Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts
Friday, November 13, 2009
Jr. Speech Tournament Again!
Tomorrow is the Jr. Speech Tournament for children who are 11 and under. It's going to be very fun. Older children from age 12-18 will be judging them. I'm sure the day will turn out just grand. I think this is our 4rth Jr. tournament. Each one gets better than the last. I hope to see some of you there. :)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Speech Tournament is almost here!!!
I'll be doing apologetics, impromptu, and duo.
Have a great night!
-David
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Stuff....
Speech club was great. I did an apologetic card for Mr. McMurray and he really helped me understand what I probably should do and say when giving one. I also did impromptu while I was there. That was fun. Victoria is an awesome coach. Then, outside, I did a duo with my sister, Emma. We've changed it a bit since then but I think it's for the better. Aaron really helped with it. You're such a great guy, Aaron! Thanks a lot!
I can't wait till next week. That's the BIG speech & debate tournament for Medford. It's going to be wonderful. I hope I'll see many of you all there. If not, then some other time.
Oh, and I also got a haircut. It's a little shorter than the hair on my profile picture. So, yeah. Lots of stuff is happening and I actually have (or get) to go to singing class tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to carry a tune soon...
Bye Now!
-David
I can't wait till next week. That's the BIG speech & debate tournament for Medford. It's going to be wonderful. I hope I'll see many of you all there. If not, then some other time.
Oh, and I also got a haircut. It's a little shorter than the hair on my profile picture. So, yeah. Lots of stuff is happening and I actually have (or get) to go to singing class tonight. Hopefully I'll be able to carry a tune soon...
Bye Now!
-David
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Latest News...
Yesterday was the Jr. Speech Tournament. It was fun and I think everyone had a fantastic time... I did anyway. I watched some Duos, Impromptus, and poems. The competitors did wonderful.
I realize that the bigger tournaments for the older children are close at hand. Finally, I have chosen a duo for my sister and me. We'll be doing the classic, "Cheaper by the dozen." Yeah, that should be fun to act out. My plan is to write it and perform it Tuesday night for our Speech Club. This speech will be done soon. So long now.
Thank you for listening (reading?).
I realize that the bigger tournaments for the older children are close at hand. Finally, I have chosen a duo for my sister and me. We'll be doing the classic, "Cheaper by the dozen." Yeah, that should be fun to act out. My plan is to write it and perform it Tuesday night for our Speech Club. This speech will be done soon. So long now.
Thank you for listening (reading?).
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Some "Not So Fun" Summer Stuff...
Hey everyone!
I'm sorry that I haven't posted for a while. It's just that I have been so busy recently. I really shouldn't even be posting when I think of all the stuff I got to do. But then I realized that we have to sleep and eat so why not post too?
Here are five of my "busy things" -
I'm sorry that I haven't posted for a while. It's just that I have been so busy recently. I really shouldn't even be posting when I think of all the stuff I got to do. But then I realized that we have to sleep and eat so why not post too?
Here are five of my "busy things" -
- Memorizing my cousin's play
- Memorizing a speech (DUO) for a Super Regional Event on July 25 http://wellnessshow.blogspot.com/2008/06/super-regional.html
- Practicing singing A LOT!
- Tending a garden
- Learning business stuff
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Stuff and more Stuff
So much has been going on since I last posted. Something fantastic is that I am now getting piano lessons from a really wonderful teacher. My Grandma is paying for them. She is really nice to all of her grand kids including me. So, yeah, that is totally cool.
What else? Well, there is a big colonial performance that is happening in a couple of months. I get to be in that and it should be very fun seeing as most of my cousins will be in it as well. Of course, it will take some time to memorize the many lines I have but it will be worth the effort when everything is over and done with.
Lately, I have also been busy with schoolwork. It is tough but I am learning so much and I know that in the long run it will pay off quite satisfactorily. Learning never is actually finished though. There are many adults who are still learning things even when they probably know ten times as much as I do.
Speech has been keeping me on my toes too. I am diligently looking for some subject to share with others so as to continue my speech skills. In fact, I already have much to give and should start by sharing what I already know. Yeah, that seems logical enough.
Okay, gotta' go now,
Bye.
What else? Well, there is a big colonial performance that is happening in a couple of months. I get to be in that and it should be very fun seeing as most of my cousins will be in it as well. Of course, it will take some time to memorize the many lines I have but it will be worth the effort when everything is over and done with.
Lately, I have also been busy with schoolwork. It is tough but I am learning so much and I know that in the long run it will pay off quite satisfactorily. Learning never is actually finished though. There are many adults who are still learning things even when they probably know ten times as much as I do.
Speech has been keeping me on my toes too. I am diligently looking for some subject to share with others so as to continue my speech skills. In fact, I already have much to give and should start by sharing what I already know. Yeah, that seems logical enough.
Okay, gotta' go now,
Bye.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Slow times have come now that speech club is gone...
Slow times have come now that speech club has gone,
And I wonder, "What Shall I do?" at each day's new dawn.
Should I play in the fields with the dogs and such,
Or should I study hard to learn things like...Dutch?
What shall I do without speech club?
Oh, speech club, I miss you terribly so!
And I wonder, "What Shall I do?" at each day's new dawn.
Should I play in the fields with the dogs and such,
Or should I study hard to learn things like...Dutch?
What shall I do without speech club?
Oh, speech club, I miss you terribly so!
Sometimes I wonder while I sit alone in my room,
Is speech club all over and done with so soon?
How could it be that someone like me,
Would like to give speeches with this much glee?
What shall I do without speech club?
Oh, speech club, I miss you terribly so!
Now that this club's year is over,
I find I am picking this Spring's new clover.
'Tis true when I say, "I am now so sad,"
But speech club shall come again and then I'll be glad!
What shall I do without speech club?
Oh, speech club, I miss you terribly so!
I hope you know this is sad but don't take it too seriously. I can live without it. (For a while anyway)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
I just finished reading "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells and it was interesting. I thought it would be somewhat different but it still was quite intriguing. It is about a man who builds a time machine and goes 800,000 years into the future. While there, he discovers queer creatures and ends up having to hunt down his time machine so he can return home. I was thinking maybe I could do a speech on it but it just wouldn't do. I will keep reading and maybe I could find one of you people a speech to act out next year. Alright then, and until next time, so long for now.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tournament Stuff...
Yes I just got back from the Regionals tournament yesterday and I wanted to say that it was a blast and I learned a lot of good stuff! Last night it felt almost like heaven when I climbed back into my own cozy, wonderful, warm, soft, and home-like bed once again. I can't believe it is over and I want to start working on speeches for next year (I'll start now by reading lots of books) so that I can have them in ship-shape order by next season. In conclusion, I had fun, learned lots, gave speeches, and met others who also wanted to glorify God. :)
Oh, and I hope to see y'all at Speech Club tonight!
Oh, and I hope to see y'all at Speech Club tonight!
Monday, February 25, 2008
This is my Nikola Tesla Speech
You’d think you’d know his name each time you switched on a light or turned on your radio. Among others, he is one of the greatest inventors of his time. Yet who has ever heard of the name Nikola Tesla. Hello, my name is David Kruse and today I will be speaking about a lost man in history, Nikola Tesla. First we will see Tesla’s success and then something that we never got and why we never got it, and lastly we will see some similarities between Christ and Tesla.
1) Tesla’s Success –
Before electricity, America was filled with the dust and filthy soot of the coal mines. And then a man came. Nikola Tesla. Tesla knew, without a doubt, that he could change all of it with his future inventions. Presently he invented alternating current (or AC) in 1887, and went to tell the famous inventor, which you have probably all heard of, Thomas Edison. Edison knew that Tesla’s AC system was far superior to his direct current (or DC system) and would do anything to stop him. He began to incite fear by killing stray animals frequently, using Tesla’s AC system.
Despite all the disapproval & condemnation, Tesla would ultimately triumph over Edison by electrifying the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Late at night, Tesla lit up Edison’s incandescent light-bulb with his alternating current. Everyone there was startled; light suddenly appearing as if a great door had swung open in broad daylight. Morning coming at the middle of the night some thought. People who had never seen a light bulb were astonished at this miracle! Tesla felt that he was beginning to change the world!
Nikola Tesla then moved on toward bigger & more useful things such as utilizing the power of Niagara Falls. With his partner George Westinghouse, Tesla designed and then created the world’s first hydro-electric system at Niagara Falls in 1896. It was another smashing success! Million’s, from all over the country, flocked to see this new system and were amazed. Tesla knew that he was headed in the right direction.
2) What we did not get, and why –
Shortly after 1896, Tesla realized that he could create a station which would give free electricity, free energy, to every human being around the globe. Whenever someone needed power, they could just get it out of the atmosphere using Tesla’s stations which would be placed around the globe to receive and give out energy to each other. As he needed money for the operation to be possible, Tesla called upon one of the biggest bankers in the country. J.P. Morgan. Tesla told Morgan that if he had the money, he could make a station to send wireless communication across oceans. So Morgan, thinking of all the extra money and profit he would gain if the invention went through, he thought, gave Tesla the approval.
While the building began, another man, Marconi, the inventor of the radio, had also found a way to send wireless communication (or radio waves) across the ocean and was almost finished with his project. Tesla was racing against time. Then, suddenly, J.P. Morgan heard of how Tesla was also going to use his station as an outpost to send free electricity. He was enraged! He quickly withdrew all of the money that he had given to Tesla and the station remained unfinished, never to be completed. Marconi, shortly after, did succeed in sending his trans-Atlantic signal on Dec.12, 1901. Later that day, Tesla was on a walk with one of his engineer’s who said, as Margaret Cheney says in her book “Tesla, Man out of Time” – “Looks like Marconi got the jump on you.” Tesla replied, “Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using 17 of my patents.”
Tesla was a man who did not care of reputation. He wanted to help humanity move forward. But he was just too good and for that he was forgotten. Not by accident mind you, but by greedy men who wanted wealth and money. You see, they could not get it with Tesla’s plans & so… they ruined him & after he died, all of his inventions, his paperwork, his journals, were taken & are perhaps still hidden today. We do not know what became of them. So, what did we not get? Free electricity. We did not get free electricity. Why? Because men want money. Tesla, did not.
3) How is Tesla like Christ? –
Nikola Tesla wanted to help humanity move faster into a new era. An era filled with electricity, free electricity, where we would not have to pay to get around. Tesla, rather, was pushed away by the world because greedy men do not like free things. They want power, possession, & position. So what did they do? They took over Tesla’s projects and absolutely ruined him. So much so, that today people cannot recollect, in the least, who he was, what he did, and why they do not know of him. This reminds me of Christ. He came to save sinners here on earth. But many did not like him. They did not want help. They wanted to remain in sin and so they crucified him.
Tesla came to change things but could not give his full potential because the world pushed him away. This is also similar to Christ. Christ came to change things. He came to break the Pharisee’s old traditions which they had put far above God. Christ came to bring new life into a dead world full of sin and corruption. Christ brought healing, grace, & salvation to sinners who deserve nothing but death. Christ was a Savior. We must try, every day, to be more like Christ & share all the gifts that God gave us as Tesla did & happily use them for his glory so as to advance his kingdom here on the earth!
Today, we have seen a couple of Tesla’s inventions that were quite successful; that are still useful today. Next we saw how Tesla was used by J.P. Morgan for his own purposes & how Tesla’s dream was destroyed and why. And finally, we learned how Tesla is somewhat similar to Christ and what he did for us.
In conclusion, the next time you turn on your cable television, your computer, your radio, or your light switch, just remember what it would have been like if Tesla’s plans were not ruined. How would the world be? What would our world be if electricity and energy were all, absolutely, free?
1) Tesla’s Success –
Before electricity, America was filled with the dust and filthy soot of the coal mines. And then a man came. Nikola Tesla. Tesla knew, without a doubt, that he could change all of it with his future inventions. Presently he invented alternating current (or AC) in 1887, and went to tell the famous inventor, which you have probably all heard of, Thomas Edison. Edison knew that Tesla’s AC system was far superior to his direct current (or DC system) and would do anything to stop him. He began to incite fear by killing stray animals frequently, using Tesla’s AC system.
Despite all the disapproval & condemnation, Tesla would ultimately triumph over Edison by electrifying the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Late at night, Tesla lit up Edison’s incandescent light-bulb with his alternating current. Everyone there was startled; light suddenly appearing as if a great door had swung open in broad daylight. Morning coming at the middle of the night some thought. People who had never seen a light bulb were astonished at this miracle! Tesla felt that he was beginning to change the world!
Nikola Tesla then moved on toward bigger & more useful things such as utilizing the power of Niagara Falls. With his partner George Westinghouse, Tesla designed and then created the world’s first hydro-electric system at Niagara Falls in 1896. It was another smashing success! Million’s, from all over the country, flocked to see this new system and were amazed. Tesla knew that he was headed in the right direction.
2) What we did not get, and why –
Shortly after 1896, Tesla realized that he could create a station which would give free electricity, free energy, to every human being around the globe. Whenever someone needed power, they could just get it out of the atmosphere using Tesla’s stations which would be placed around the globe to receive and give out energy to each other. As he needed money for the operation to be possible, Tesla called upon one of the biggest bankers in the country. J.P. Morgan. Tesla told Morgan that if he had the money, he could make a station to send wireless communication across oceans. So Morgan, thinking of all the extra money and profit he would gain if the invention went through, he thought, gave Tesla the approval.
While the building began, another man, Marconi, the inventor of the radio, had also found a way to send wireless communication (or radio waves) across the ocean and was almost finished with his project. Tesla was racing against time. Then, suddenly, J.P. Morgan heard of how Tesla was also going to use his station as an outpost to send free electricity. He was enraged! He quickly withdrew all of the money that he had given to Tesla and the station remained unfinished, never to be completed. Marconi, shortly after, did succeed in sending his trans-Atlantic signal on Dec.12, 1901. Later that day, Tesla was on a walk with one of his engineer’s who said, as Margaret Cheney says in her book “Tesla, Man out of Time” – “Looks like Marconi got the jump on you.” Tesla replied, “Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using 17 of my patents.”
Tesla was a man who did not care of reputation. He wanted to help humanity move forward. But he was just too good and for that he was forgotten. Not by accident mind you, but by greedy men who wanted wealth and money. You see, they could not get it with Tesla’s plans & so… they ruined him & after he died, all of his inventions, his paperwork, his journals, were taken & are perhaps still hidden today. We do not know what became of them. So, what did we not get? Free electricity. We did not get free electricity. Why? Because men want money. Tesla, did not.
3) How is Tesla like Christ? –
Nikola Tesla wanted to help humanity move faster into a new era. An era filled with electricity, free electricity, where we would not have to pay to get around. Tesla, rather, was pushed away by the world because greedy men do not like free things. They want power, possession, & position. So what did they do? They took over Tesla’s projects and absolutely ruined him. So much so, that today people cannot recollect, in the least, who he was, what he did, and why they do not know of him. This reminds me of Christ. He came to save sinners here on earth. But many did not like him. They did not want help. They wanted to remain in sin and so they crucified him.
Tesla came to change things but could not give his full potential because the world pushed him away. This is also similar to Christ. Christ came to change things. He came to break the Pharisee’s old traditions which they had put far above God. Christ came to bring new life into a dead world full of sin and corruption. Christ brought healing, grace, & salvation to sinners who deserve nothing but death. Christ was a Savior. We must try, every day, to be more like Christ & share all the gifts that God gave us as Tesla did & happily use them for his glory so as to advance his kingdom here on the earth!
Today, we have seen a couple of Tesla’s inventions that were quite successful; that are still useful today. Next we saw how Tesla was used by J.P. Morgan for his own purposes & how Tesla’s dream was destroyed and why. And finally, we learned how Tesla is somewhat similar to Christ and what he did for us.
In conclusion, the next time you turn on your cable television, your computer, your radio, or your light switch, just remember what it would have been like if Tesla’s plans were not ruined. How would the world be? What would our world be if electricity and energy were all, absolutely, free?
Monday, January 21, 2008
This weekend...
Yes, well there wasn't much going on this weekend other than that my Grandparents along with several of my aunts and uncles are in Hawaii having a BLAST without everyone here in OR. Besides that I didn't do much.
Oh yes, I did go to a tournament. How could I forget. It was a lot of fun seeing old friends and meeting many new ones. Giving speeches and watching many. Overall, I had a grand time! (that does not include getting up every morning at 5:30 a.m.)
In conclusion, I look forward to the future and what it holds. Or should I say, "I look forward to what GOD HOLDS!"
Have a wonderful evening.
Oh yes, I did go to a tournament. How could I forget. It was a lot of fun seeing old friends and meeting many new ones. Giving speeches and watching many. Overall, I had a grand time! (that does not include getting up every morning at 5:30 a.m.)
In conclusion, I look forward to the future and what it holds. Or should I say, "I look forward to what GOD HOLDS!"
Have a wonderful evening.
