CO210 - RAYNALYNN SABLAN
- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. - Marianne Williamson
REFLECTIVE EVALUATIONBy watching my video I noticed that I have a lot to work on. First off, I rarely had eye contact with the camera. I feel like you need to have direct eye contact throughout your speech to really capture an audience. Second, I feel like I should change my tone of voice. I noticed that my tone is always me questioning what I'm saying rather than stating it. It should be about me, so it shouldn't sound like I'm questioning myself.
My goals for this class is to learn how to be more confident when presenting. I feel like this will really help me in my field as I need to know how to confidently explain a procedure to patients. Hopefully I will learn that skill. I say it is a skill because I feel like confidence can be mastered or learned. You could still be shy as a person and learn how to face those fears when presenting in from of an audience.
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Course Reflection
The speech I really enjoyed presenting in class was my community issues speech. The reason why I enjoyed it was because I got to present something I’m really passionate about. Global warming has been one of my favorite topics to follow since I was in highschool. It’s an especially important topic to discuss because it is happening currently and it is affecting us all. I was a bit nervous when presenting this speech because we had a representative from the Mayor’s office who specializes on my particular topic. I really took time to research on how global warming affects the CNMI. I think because it was relative to our lives it made it easier for me to connect to my classmates. I feel like the community issues speech should continue to be used throughout the next classes of speech. A student will gain a ton of experience when it comes to professional speaking about a topic. If I was confident enough I would love to present a global issues speech to lawmakers.
The speech I really enjoyed presenting in class was my community issues speech. The reason why I enjoyed it was because I got to present something I’m really passionate about. Global warming has been one of my favorite topics to follow since I was in highschool. It’s an especially important topic to discuss because it is happening currently and it is affecting us all. I was a bit nervous when presenting this speech because we had a representative from the Mayor’s office who specializes on my particular topic. I really took time to research on how global warming affects the CNMI. I think because it was relative to our lives it made it easier for me to connect to my classmates. I feel like the community issues speech should continue to be used throughout the next classes of speech. A student will gain a ton of experience when it comes to professional speaking about a topic. If I was confident enough I would love to present a global issues speech to lawmakers.
FAVORITE SPEECH
What is global warming? Close your eyes and imagine glaciers melting, sea levels rising,
cloud forests dying, and wildlife scrambling to keep pace of their habitats vanishing. Global
warming is happening now. Global warming is the effect of the cause of our daily human
activity. Human activity such as pollution that aid in releasing heat-trapping gases called:
greenhouse gases (Richards). The one main contributing greenhouse gas that causes warming is
carbon dioxide, which comes from none other than air pollution (Essick).
Well you’re probably wondering “but don’t we exhale CO2 during respiration?”. You’re
correct! However, CO2 or carbon dioxide is “rather considered to be a pollutant when associated
with cars, planed, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil
fuels: gasoline and natural gas” (Essick). In fact, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are
higher now than in the last 650,000 years (Richards). Our human activities have contributed to
this result of the pumping of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere within the past 150 years
(Essick).
Does global warming actually affect us? Well, yes. That is why we name it “global”
warming. We see this as our shore recedes in, our corals bleach white, and typhoons form more
dangerous than ever. In fact, in 2015 we experienced firsthand how terrifying typhoons are
forming to be. “The storm was roaring across the western Pacific Ocean packing wind gusts up
to 220 miles per hour” and was claimed to be officially the world’s biggest category 5 typhoon
(Soudelor). It is because our ocean temperatures are warming that typhoons are more common of
forming.
We all know what happen when ice melts: WATER. More of it actually entering our
oceans, which causes the receding of our shore lines. It is because our globe is warming that
glaciers are melting that we’re experiencing a rise in sea levels. Will there still be a “beach road”
20 years from now? According to the NOAA, Global sea level has been rising over the past
century, and in 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches above the 1993 average. In fact, “sea level
continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per year” (US).
Due to increasing concentrations of dissolved CO2 in seawater, carbonic acid is formed.
In 2008, the average global ocean PH dropped from 8.2 to 8.1(Eaking et al. 1) Why are the levels
of importance to corals? Well, if you add more carbonic acid being formed in the water near the
ocean surface where exposed to the high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, saturation levels
decrease (Buck&Folger. 7). Organisms that incorporate high magnesium calcite (some coralline
algae) tend to be the first to dissolve to ocean acidification. Coral reefs need to be protected
because they play a huge role in marine and human life. In the Northern Marianas Islands, coral
reef coverage decline threatens CNMI’s cultural heritage, traditional ways of life, and physical
ways of life (“CNMI Transition.” 1). Reef fish are a huge part of our local diet, from a long-term
perspective declining population of coral means a decline of reef fish that inhabit the reefs of our
islands. This is the main reason why the CNMI Government considers coral reef conservation a
priority (“CNMI Transition.” 1).
Contributing pollution to global warming is definitely an issue globally. We continue to
see profound emission globally as we continue to emit CO2 into the atmosphere. The way the
world is developed we need to pay mind to the natural catastrophic changes that we may not be
able to undo. We can’t freeze back the glaciers stopping the receding shore lines, we can’t
unwarm the earth instantly after much damage to the atmosphere has been done, and we can’t
replant the thousands of coral reef ecosystems once they’re all gone. We must take action and we
must do so now.
cloud forests dying, and wildlife scrambling to keep pace of their habitats vanishing. Global
warming is happening now. Global warming is the effect of the cause of our daily human
activity. Human activity such as pollution that aid in releasing heat-trapping gases called:
greenhouse gases (Richards). The one main contributing greenhouse gas that causes warming is
carbon dioxide, which comes from none other than air pollution (Essick).
Well you’re probably wondering “but don’t we exhale CO2 during respiration?”. You’re
correct! However, CO2 or carbon dioxide is “rather considered to be a pollutant when associated
with cars, planed, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil
fuels: gasoline and natural gas” (Essick). In fact, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are
higher now than in the last 650,000 years (Richards). Our human activities have contributed to
this result of the pumping of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere within the past 150 years
(Essick).
Does global warming actually affect us? Well, yes. That is why we name it “global”
warming. We see this as our shore recedes in, our corals bleach white, and typhoons form more
dangerous than ever. In fact, in 2015 we experienced firsthand how terrifying typhoons are
forming to be. “The storm was roaring across the western Pacific Ocean packing wind gusts up
to 220 miles per hour” and was claimed to be officially the world’s biggest category 5 typhoon
(Soudelor). It is because our ocean temperatures are warming that typhoons are more common of
forming.
We all know what happen when ice melts: WATER. More of it actually entering our
oceans, which causes the receding of our shore lines. It is because our globe is warming that
glaciers are melting that we’re experiencing a rise in sea levels. Will there still be a “beach road”
20 years from now? According to the NOAA, Global sea level has been rising over the past
century, and in 2014, global sea level was 2.6 inches above the 1993 average. In fact, “sea level
continues to rise at a rate of about one-eighth of an inch per year” (US).
Due to increasing concentrations of dissolved CO2 in seawater, carbonic acid is formed.
In 2008, the average global ocean PH dropped from 8.2 to 8.1(Eaking et al. 1) Why are the levels
of importance to corals? Well, if you add more carbonic acid being formed in the water near the
ocean surface where exposed to the high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, saturation levels
decrease (Buck&Folger. 7). Organisms that incorporate high magnesium calcite (some coralline
algae) tend to be the first to dissolve to ocean acidification. Coral reefs need to be protected
because they play a huge role in marine and human life. In the Northern Marianas Islands, coral
reef coverage decline threatens CNMI’s cultural heritage, traditional ways of life, and physical
ways of life (“CNMI Transition.” 1). Reef fish are a huge part of our local diet, from a long-term
perspective declining population of coral means a decline of reef fish that inhabit the reefs of our
islands. This is the main reason why the CNMI Government considers coral reef conservation a
priority (“CNMI Transition.” 1).
Contributing pollution to global warming is definitely an issue globally. We continue to
see profound emission globally as we continue to emit CO2 into the atmosphere. The way the
world is developed we need to pay mind to the natural catastrophic changes that we may not be
able to undo. We can’t freeze back the glaciers stopping the receding shore lines, we can’t
unwarm the earth instantly after much damage to the atmosphere has been done, and we can’t
replant the thousands of coral reef ecosystems once they’re all gone. We must take action and we
must do so now.