Mass Communications at Lincoln High School

 While choosing a story to tell, I considered what would be the most entertaining to listen to, as well as what would be interesting for me to tell. In the end, I chose a moment that has stuck with me for many years. I was at a neighborhood block party with a couple of my friends in 5th grade. We decided to walk up into a little patch of trees next to the street. We didn't know this then, but this was actually somebody's property. We were walking around when we saw this thin piece of wood that was probably 10 ft by 10 ft in front of us. Curious about this mysterious slab of wood, one of my friends stepped onto it. Immediately, she fell straight down. The mysterious piece of wood was actually the ceiling of a garage.  I'm not great at public speaking, or speaking in general, so this project was difficult for me. It helped me hone skills in speaking without a rehearsed speech. I wouldn't say I enjoyed this project, because public speaking is extremely anxiety-inducing for...

 Choosing a story was a little difficult. But after some thinking, I settled on a time when I was pressured by my friends to ride the tallest roller coaster in Germany. It was scary at first but ended up being a really fun experience. I choose this story because it helped me to not overthink things and helped me to take risks. This project helped me with public speaking even though I was only in front of two people. That is a good thing because it is a skill I need to practice. I enjoyed the storytelling project because it took me out of my comfort zone and it was also fun to hear other people's stories. I learned that some people had similar experiences to me with taking risks and trying new things. I also learned that I need to get better at storytelling. I am glad that we did this assignment.  

  When I was choosing a story to tell, cooking popped into my mind. This was because I had recently prepared a meal for my parents.  The plot of my story is how I came to cook chicken marsala for the first time.   What I learned from this unit was that there are different ways to tell your story to your classroom and to your friend when they aren't in class. This can be done by using literary techniques and vocabulary. Secondly, I learned that connecting with the audience in storytelling is important, but it can also be difficult.  I enjoyed the storytelling project. The best part about the storytelling project was listening to other classmates' stories. I learned that my classmates all have different stories to tell. I found it interesting to hear these stories because it reminded me that people have a lot of  character.  I got to know myself better because I learned about how I tell a story. I notice that there were parts of my delivery that can...

 Storytelling was one of the most challenging assignments I have had so far in this class because there were so many stories that I wanted to explain about. However, I haven't entirely told people about one particular story about the time: I injured my back at a Ropes and Jesus Camp. I never went on that swing and swimming hole ever again.  I learned how to write a good story and learned how to tell a good story to show people that I am pretty good at both skills. I have never spoken to a group of people or a classmate, which was a new experience. I enjoyed this project, and it was kind of difficult for me to come up with ideas.  When I got a chance to tell a classmate, it felt kind of surprising to hear some of their stories and what they did. I learned that some of them had to make sacrifices and had overcome something. 

Storytelling was harder than I first thought. It's a story where you talk about having a bad friend, one that your whole family likes, one that you want to care about, but you learn deep down that isn't going to happen (over the course of the story) how hard could it be? But then you have all these expectations, to be entertaining, to make sense, and most importantly, giving details in an order that makes sense. And worst of all, no notes! Bullet points? Nope. Teleprompter? No. Stitching the words into your eyelids? What? Why... why would you do that? But this is good, it forced me out of my comfort zone. It wasn't about writing the great American novel, making every sentence clever, having the prose to elucidate every reader into a deep sleep. It's about boiling it down into the key elements. But was that fun? No, not personally. It's limiting, and I generally don't like writing about myself to begin with.  I don't know if hearing other people's stories...

 When choosing which story to tell for this project, I had a lot of options, but none were quite as exciting or interesting as when I had emergency surgery in November of 2019. The story also impacted my life in a big way. In short, last November I had to get an emergency appendectomy after being rushed to the ER. I rode in an ambulance and everything, and looking back at the memory now it was actually a very cool experience.  I've always been a pretty good public speaker, but I'd never had to tell a story to a classmate in this way before, so this was a new experience. Even with such an important story, it was hard for me to slow down and tell all the details, as I found myself rushing through it. When I told it to a second classmate, I was able to add in more important aspects of the story and lengthen it. I enjoyed this project because it introduced me to a different kind of public speaking that I needed to work on. I also got to hear some exciting stories from my classmate...

Trying to pick a story to tell was pretty difficult, not because I have too many stories, but because I don’t have any. My life is quite boring, but I chose this story because it literally relates to borders. My story is about coming home from a vacation and missing a flight because my grandpa’s green card expired.  When telling this story to classmates I had to learn to leave out the less important parts. Originally my story was 10 minutes long so I had to practice removing things that didn’t add to the story. I really enjoyed the storytelling project because I enjoyed hearing my classmates stories and enjoyed the process of actually telling a story. Both stories I listened to were very interesting and I learned that a lot of my classmates have similar experiences to mine. As for me, I learned that my life isn’t as boring as I thought it was.