- Get some ready to go Teacher Tips. My schedule has been so crazy that even trying to get my brain to function to think about teacher tips just have not been working.
- Get some ready to go Sound Off posts as well. See above for rationale.
In other news, Guitar Teen competed in a speech contest on Tuesday. That was my family event. It was held at the rotary club by where my parents live. He ended up winning. People were blown away with his speech and one county supervisor who was a guest speaker mentioned Guitar Teen several times when he was speaking about how much he was touched by what GT had to say. We were very proud.
The theme for the competition was something along the lines of making your dreams come true. GT spoke about how he is making changes in life so that he can accomplish his dreams. More importantly, he spoke about his own personal growth and making sure he is making the right choices to his achieve his goals. When he talked about how a year ago, he was worried about being jumped at school to a year later being worried about his contact in his eye, it was very poignant. Of course, as his mom I knew that I was going to tear up as he spoke, but I what I wasn't expecting was for several other people in the room to have the same reaction.
He will be speaking again in two weeks for a larger competition. In this round, four rotary clubs meet and their first place winners each give their speech. The top prize if $500 and then speaking to a larger group of rotarians. I think this whole experience has been worth so much more than any of the money. For him, I know he was definitely thrilled with the $100 win on Tuesday :)
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As someone who just finished (an abysmal) public speaking class this week, I say YAY to Guitar Teen for dong this project. Being able to express oneself well in front of strangers is a HUGELY important skill to have - a point that it seems I was unsuccessful in impressing upon my own students. Sigh.
How wonderful--for both of you.
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