Link to Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sgsDTuVupC6f0fx_HNP20cm5SdDOlPKJpOgV1udoLh8/edit?usp=sharing
Script (doesn’t correspond with the presentation, but how I would group the paragraphs if it was an essay):
When I was in the second grade, I was a pretty weird, crazy girl, as you can tell from the photos. I also liked to think that I had a solid group of friends. Actually, it was just one friend, but quality over quantity, right?
We would do what normal, typical second graders did. We did everything together, we only really talked to each other, and we only hung out with each other during recess.
That was the norm for me, to just go straight to her because she was my best friend. So imagine my surprise when one day, that was not a reality anymore. Who I thought was my best friend was gone, she decided to find someone else as her friend instead. I was pretty sad and lonely that day, just doing everything in class myself, without anyone to really talk to. As a second grader, that was a pretty sad day for me – it seemed like the end of the world for me. When it came time for recess, I especially didn’t want to go to the playground because I knew that I was going to be alone there. For a while, I wandered around the covered play area, kind of looking down at the floor and just being by myself.
However, I saw in my peripheral vision – in the farthest side of the play area, where all the benches were – sat a girl. She sat alone, swinging her legs and saying something to herself – later turns out she was singing a sad song that she had made up on the spot. I don’t know what made me do it, but I decided to walk over to her, sit down right next to her on the bench, and asked “can I be your friend?”.
And from then on, we became best friends – we would never leave each other’s side. what makes this story really cool is that I never a consistent group of friends before – not until she and I began friends. And in fact, to this day, we’re still friends, and it’s been nine years since I went up to her and asked her to be my friend.
What I’m trying to say here is that in the most unexpected moments, in the saddest or the most miserable times, good things can come out of it. I know that this seems like a bit of a stretch, but at the time, if someone had told me that day that I would find such a good friend, I would’ve been angry at them, or even sad because I didn’t think it would ever happen to me. But looking back in hindsight, I’m glad that I went through that experience.
Again, to sum up the worst moments, the most unexpected ones, good things can come out of it.
Link to Brainstorm: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WOyNp1u1UblquujHOlzZ6ybqtxSQATY1QP94xffwFjo/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection: This presentation was unlike any other presentation I had ever done – the added time limits scared me at first, but later on I found that it wasn’t that hard to really do. Brainstorming a topic that was relevant to me was pretty hard and I hit a writer’s (or presenter’s) block when I first tried to work on the presentation. Nothing really came to mind at first. As well as with writing, another stressful and nerve-wracking part was having to present it – I didn’t know how the class was going to react, if they would be into the presentation or not, but I think once I was up there and was presenting, I started feeling more comfortable and I ended up really enjoying the whole assignment. Being able to watch everyone else’s presentations was also really fun!
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