Monday, October 31, 2011
The Beauty Myth
In The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf intends to persuade and convince the audience of mostly middle-aged women that women are (and always have been) undermined and unappreciated in society. Wolf is a woman, giving her credibility for the audience, but she is so dramatic that we cannot respect her opinions after the first sentence. She argues that “The Beauty Myth” dictates women’s lives, but is only convincing for those who believed it in the first place. Wolf’s book is perfect for somebody who wants their original views to be articulated, but is overbearing and unnecessary for anybody who is reading the book with an open mind. Wolf quickly becomes harsh, critical, and demanding of women instead of supportive or even realistic. We, as teenage girls, expected to be convinced but instead felt chastised, like we should believe something about ourselves that we do not. We are aware that America is materialistic, we are aware that girls are often not confident, and we are aware men desire beautiful women, but Wolf was too forceful to take seriously. We didn’t learn any great values, or form any opinions, aside from the unanimous agreement that we won’t be reading this book again.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Halloween Memories
I love Halloween, and even as I've grown up I've found ways to make it fun. Except this year might be different. Why? Because it's on a MONDAY, and I will probably have homework and other stuff that I will need to be doing. Anyway, I have a lot of fun Halloween memories. In seventh grade I went with my sister and some friends as the cast of High School Musical (I even had a mask of Zac Efron). All I remember from that year is getting kind of far from home and then sitting on the curb eating candy until my mom came and picked us up. Last year and the year before I wasn't that creative, so I wore some torn jeans, a plaid shirt and this huge matted wig (which I stuck some garbage and leaves in), and called myself a hobo. I also love going to the Halloween parties at the barn that I ride at. Unfortunately this year I couldn't go because I had to work, but last year I dressed up as Thing 1 and the horse was Thing 2 (complete with blue wigs). I thought that was pretty creative. When I was younger I would go over to my neighbor's house after a long night of trick-or-treating and we would count our candy and then exchange some with eachother. If I went trick-or-treating now I would probably just get some weird looks, so I'm stuck passing out candy and scaring kids.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Things That Drive Me CRAZY!
1. When you turn on the radio and you're so excited because it's your favorite song and then you realize the song is just ending.
2. When my mom barges into my room in the morning five minutes before my alarm is suppossed to go off
3. When my mom barges into my room at night to ask me a question five minutes after I have already fallen asleep
4. Squeezing the kethup bottle and only getting the watery stuff
5. Waiting in line for five minutes in the cafeteria just to get some dang mustard!
6. When you lose something and ask somebody if they've seen it and they say, "Well when did you see it last?" or "Do you remember where you put it last?" Well, obviously the answer is NO!
7. The sales people in a store that won't leave you alone
8. People who push your backpack when you're walking down the stairs at school
9. Those annoying clear straps on the shoulder of shirts that is meant to hang them up on a hanger with but you rarely do.
10. A slow computer (and hitting the back button on the Internet but it for some reason blinks for a second and then stays on the same page-does that only happen to me? I wonder about that kind of thing...)
11. When my dog lays in my room and snores so I can't fall asleep
12. How you can never understand the ladies in the nail salons (and I'm pretty sure they're saying mean things about people behind our backs).
13. People who borrow your pencil and then never give it back
14. The sound of a mosquito buzzing in your ear
15. You get all settled on the couch under a comfy blanket and then realize you can't find the remote
16. You find a really cute shirt you like...but of course they have every size but yours!
17. Justin Bieber and the Jonas Brothers (when there was that weird obsession with them in middle school)
18. When I paint my nails and they get smudged and I have to do them all over again...and then when I use the nail polish remover to take off the bad nails I accidentily take off the good nails as well!
19. You get all pumped to watch a movie because the trailer looked so good and then the movie sucks.
20. The sound of a hair dryer
21. When my mom creeps on my Facebook
22. When my mom turns the volume of the radio down RIGHT after I just turned it up.
23. How much effort it takes sometimes to get your arm through the arm hole of jacket.
Wow...that's a lot. I must be more irritable than I previously thought.
2. When my mom barges into my room in the morning five minutes before my alarm is suppossed to go off
3. When my mom barges into my room at night to ask me a question five minutes after I have already fallen asleep
4. Squeezing the kethup bottle and only getting the watery stuff
5. Waiting in line for five minutes in the cafeteria just to get some dang mustard!
6. When you lose something and ask somebody if they've seen it and they say, "Well when did you see it last?" or "Do you remember where you put it last?" Well, obviously the answer is NO!
7. The sales people in a store that won't leave you alone
8. People who push your backpack when you're walking down the stairs at school
9. Those annoying clear straps on the shoulder of shirts that is meant to hang them up on a hanger with but you rarely do.
10. A slow computer (and hitting the back button on the Internet but it for some reason blinks for a second and then stays on the same page-does that only happen to me? I wonder about that kind of thing...)
11. When my dog lays in my room and snores so I can't fall asleep
12. How you can never understand the ladies in the nail salons (and I'm pretty sure they're saying mean things about people behind our backs).
13. People who borrow your pencil and then never give it back
14. The sound of a mosquito buzzing in your ear
15. You get all settled on the couch under a comfy blanket and then realize you can't find the remote
16. You find a really cute shirt you like...but of course they have every size but yours!
17. Justin Bieber and the Jonas Brothers (when there was that weird obsession with them in middle school)
18. When I paint my nails and they get smudged and I have to do them all over again...and then when I use the nail polish remover to take off the bad nails I accidentily take off the good nails as well!
19. You get all pumped to watch a movie because the trailer looked so good and then the movie sucks.
20. The sound of a hair dryer
21. When my mom creeps on my Facebook
22. When my mom turns the volume of the radio down RIGHT after I just turned it up.
23. How much effort it takes sometimes to get your arm through the arm hole of jacket.
Wow...that's a lot. I must be more irritable than I previously thought.
"I Just Wanna be Average" by Mike Rose
The short story "I Just Wanna be Average" focuses on the idea that there is going to be that one person in your life that will inspire you and change your outlook on life forevor. Following the crowd by not trying or giving less than you are capable of is harmful in the long fun. Often people cover up failures by saying they didn't try or want to be good at it in the first place. They usually do car, but simply want to mask their feelings of emberassment or failure. Rose argues that by throwing away potential you will get nowhere, and by conforming to the standard that soceity has set for you is easy, but damagins in the long run.
Being the first to do something-especially if it's outside the mold you have been placed in-is scary, and at first you are looked down upon. The author realizes he doesn't want to be average, he want to be more. Culture often shows that if we are less than average, we want to be average. If we are average, then we want to be more than averag (Average is often confused with normal, but although many are average, let's face it, there is no such thing as normal). A leap from less than average to more than average is a tricky thing, but Rose had the right guidence and the determination to do it.
Being the first to do something-especially if it's outside the mold you have been placed in-is scary, and at first you are looked down upon. The author realizes he doesn't want to be average, he want to be more. Culture often shows that if we are less than average, we want to be average. If we are average, then we want to be more than averag (Average is often confused with normal, but although many are average, let's face it, there is no such thing as normal). A leap from less than average to more than average is a tricky thing, but Rose had the right guidence and the determination to do it.
"For Once, Blame the Student" by Patrick Welsh
"For Once, Blame the Student's" argument is very similar to that of Two Million Minutes in that American kids are lazy and do not try as hard while foreign kids in America get much better grades. Author Patrick Welsh feels that kids today are making even more excuses for the academic failures, and always finding someone else to point the finger of blame on. Dave Roscher quotes, "Kids have convinced parents that it is the teacher or the system that is the problem, not their own lack of effort." I believe if a kid does not want to learn, they are not going to. If the student does not want to do well, then they are simply not going to. These ideas cause motivation and determination (or lack of) and it is up to the students to find that reason to become motivated. What Welsh is trying to get at is it is up to you.
The constant comparison between Asian and American students is getting a little old. we know how much more disciplined they are and how they are so smart and work so much harder...but this article gives the reader a new idea to ponder. "But a clear majority of U.S. students put the responsibility on their teachers. A good teacher, they said, was the determing factor in how well they did in math." Welsh makes it seem like it is absurd for kids to rely on their teachers to learn, but in reality a teacher's job is to teach. It is then up to the students if they choose to listen and learn. In reality, although it is mainly up to the student the teacher has always played a key role in a child's education. Welsh put it perfectly by saying, "As a teacher...who among us would say we couldn't do a little better? Nonetheless, teachers have no control over the student motivation and ambition, which have to come from the home-and from within each student."
The constant comparison between Asian and American students is getting a little old. we know how much more disciplined they are and how they are so smart and work so much harder...but this article gives the reader a new idea to ponder. "But a clear majority of U.S. students put the responsibility on their teachers. A good teacher, they said, was the determing factor in how well they did in math." Welsh makes it seem like it is absurd for kids to rely on their teachers to learn, but in reality a teacher's job is to teach. It is then up to the students if they choose to listen and learn. In reality, although it is mainly up to the student the teacher has always played a key role in a child's education. Welsh put it perfectly by saying, "As a teacher...who among us would say we couldn't do a little better? Nonetheless, teachers have no control over the student motivation and ambition, which have to come from the home-and from within each student."
Two Million Minutes
The film Two Million Minutes interviews an assortment of kids from America, India and China. All are successful, but for different reasons and because of different reasons. The movie argues that America has fallen behind other countries in terms of education because of the lack of motivation and discipline.
The people interviewed in the movie were all chosen strategically to show a variety of kids to represent these three countries. The boy from India kept up on his schoolwork and spent the majority of his time learning, while taking time out of his busy academic driven schedule to form a band with three friends. The Indian girl featured in this film spent time with family as well as studied hard everyday of the week. The Chinese girl dedicated most of her time for schoolwork while having ballet and violin on the side-all three activities having high standard and an involve an incredible amount of discipline. The Chinese boy's main interests were math and computer games-though he does all of his studying before beginning the allotted amount of computer games. The American boy balanced numerous activities including a variety of clubs, football and a job along with his schoolwork (though schoolwork was always second priority). The American girl was in the top 5% of her graduating class, yet also very social and a sports star.
This movie chose to include activities outside of school as well as academics to show the well-roundedness of all countries and to disprove the myth that all Indian and Chinese students do is study. The main difference this movie is trying to get at though in terms of academics is that American students tend to view schoolwork as a priority, just lower down the list whereas Asian students view schoolwork as top priority. This movie also shows the incredible amount of determinatino and discipline of the Asian kids, while American kids are portrayed as lazy and unmotivated. It was mentioned in the movie that Asian kids need to work hard to get a good job in order to support themselves, their family and a decent lifestyle. For many American kids they are already economically stable so they do not feel the drive to make a better life for themselves. It was also mentioned how Asian kids have their future planned out for them at a young age, while American kids do not know what area of study they would like to go into until halfway through college. I believe this statement contradicts the previous one because it seems as if you have a future planned out, there is less need to work so hard at everything, and instead your focus should be on the area of study. Is the problem in America the parents because they hand their kids everything? Although that could be the foundation for the problem there is much more to it. It seems as if American kids are exposed to much more than academics, and therefore have more opprutunities. They may feel that being successful in life branches way behond academics, and that one must also be really good at a sport, have a job or a large circle of friends, and if you happen to be good in school on top of that then that's great.
It is a matter of lifestyle and culture that sets America apart from their Indian and Chinese counterparts. For this movie to more accurately portray American students they should not have interviewed two students who have a lot of academic success, yet rarely study because of their involvement in other activities. That is not portraying the average American student. Instead, to more accurately portray American students the makers of the film should have interviewed an American student who gets good grades and spends a lot of time studying while balancing her other activities. The second person could be your average football player who tries in school and does his homework but does not push himself to go outside of his comfort zone when it comes to school. These kids would give a more accurate portrayal of America instead of making others believe that all Americans get good grades without working at it (however the statistics that flashed across the screen-only a small percent of kids are proficient in math, they rarely push themselves to take more years of a class then required...-states otherwise).
The whole movie is looking down at America, while it seems as if the Asian kids are looking at America as simply having a much easier lifestyle. "Like a dream..." the Indian girl quotes. How bad is America? If they compared America to France and Brazil instead, would we still come out on the bottom?
The people interviewed in the movie were all chosen strategically to show a variety of kids to represent these three countries. The boy from India kept up on his schoolwork and spent the majority of his time learning, while taking time out of his busy academic driven schedule to form a band with three friends. The Indian girl featured in this film spent time with family as well as studied hard everyday of the week. The Chinese girl dedicated most of her time for schoolwork while having ballet and violin on the side-all three activities having high standard and an involve an incredible amount of discipline. The Chinese boy's main interests were math and computer games-though he does all of his studying before beginning the allotted amount of computer games. The American boy balanced numerous activities including a variety of clubs, football and a job along with his schoolwork (though schoolwork was always second priority). The American girl was in the top 5% of her graduating class, yet also very social and a sports star.
This movie chose to include activities outside of school as well as academics to show the well-roundedness of all countries and to disprove the myth that all Indian and Chinese students do is study. The main difference this movie is trying to get at though in terms of academics is that American students tend to view schoolwork as a priority, just lower down the list whereas Asian students view schoolwork as top priority. This movie also shows the incredible amount of determinatino and discipline of the Asian kids, while American kids are portrayed as lazy and unmotivated. It was mentioned in the movie that Asian kids need to work hard to get a good job in order to support themselves, their family and a decent lifestyle. For many American kids they are already economically stable so they do not feel the drive to make a better life for themselves. It was also mentioned how Asian kids have their future planned out for them at a young age, while American kids do not know what area of study they would like to go into until halfway through college. I believe this statement contradicts the previous one because it seems as if you have a future planned out, there is less need to work so hard at everything, and instead your focus should be on the area of study. Is the problem in America the parents because they hand their kids everything? Although that could be the foundation for the problem there is much more to it. It seems as if American kids are exposed to much more than academics, and therefore have more opprutunities. They may feel that being successful in life branches way behond academics, and that one must also be really good at a sport, have a job or a large circle of friends, and if you happen to be good in school on top of that then that's great.
It is a matter of lifestyle and culture that sets America apart from their Indian and Chinese counterparts. For this movie to more accurately portray American students they should not have interviewed two students who have a lot of academic success, yet rarely study because of their involvement in other activities. That is not portraying the average American student. Instead, to more accurately portray American students the makers of the film should have interviewed an American student who gets good grades and spends a lot of time studying while balancing her other activities. The second person could be your average football player who tries in school and does his homework but does not push himself to go outside of his comfort zone when it comes to school. These kids would give a more accurate portrayal of America instead of making others believe that all Americans get good grades without working at it (however the statistics that flashed across the screen-only a small percent of kids are proficient in math, they rarely push themselves to take more years of a class then required...-states otherwise).
The whole movie is looking down at America, while it seems as if the Asian kids are looking at America as simply having a much easier lifestyle. "Like a dream..." the Indian girl quotes. How bad is America? If they compared America to France and Brazil instead, would we still come out on the bottom?
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Weekend :) (Sorry Ms. Prokott)
It's Saturday night, and I know my weekend is not over but I can still blog about my weekend because I have a pretty good idea of what I will be doing tomorrow. Today we got up early and drove to my Grandparent's in Wisconsin (I'm typing this in Wisconsin!). They live on Lake Wissota, and so I helped them take out their dock today. I also spent two hours working on Chemistry before I realized I wasn't doing it right, and we went golfing. I really don't like golfing, but I only went because I was promised I could drive the golf cart. We just got back from going out to dinner, and we will be leaving early in the morning because I am working tomorrow from 2-9. Hopefully I can catch a little of the Vikings game (It's sad, really...this early in the season and I've already given up hope).
On another note, something that I love is random, useless facts...and so I typed that into Google and here's some of the facts I got.
1. The Human Heart Creates Enough Pressure When It Pumps Out To The Body To Squirt Blood 30 Feet.
2. Every Time You Lick A Stamp, You're Consuming 1/10 Of A Calorie.
3. Despite a population of over a billion, China has just over 200 family names.
4. A Square Mile Of Fertile Earth Has 32,000,000 Earthworms In It.
5. A Normal Raindrop Falls At About 7 Miles Per Hour.
6. At Any Given Time, There Are 1,800 Thunderstorms In Progress Over The Earth's Atmosphere.
7. The Average Person Will Spend Two Weeks Over Their Lifetime Waiting For The Traffic Light To Change.
8. Psycho (1959) was the first movie ever to show a full toilet.
9. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits
10. A giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Don't you feel smarter already?
On another note, something that I love is random, useless facts...and so I typed that into Google and here's some of the facts I got.
1. The Human Heart Creates Enough Pressure When It Pumps Out To The Body To Squirt Blood 30 Feet.
2. Every Time You Lick A Stamp, You're Consuming 1/10 Of A Calorie.
3. Despite a population of over a billion, China has just over 200 family names.
4. A Square Mile Of Fertile Earth Has 32,000,000 Earthworms In It.
5. A Normal Raindrop Falls At About 7 Miles Per Hour.
6. At Any Given Time, There Are 1,800 Thunderstorms In Progress Over The Earth's Atmosphere.
7. The Average Person Will Spend Two Weeks Over Their Lifetime Waiting For The Traffic Light To Change.
8. Psycho (1959) was the first movie ever to show a full toilet.
9. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits
10. A giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Don't you feel smarter already?
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Speeches
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkberliner.html
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthewizardofozcourage.html
I found two great speeches for comp. class, not sure which one to do yet. The first is "Ich bin ein Berliner" by JFK and the second is "The Cowardly Lion on Courage" from the Wizard of Oz.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthewizardofozcourage.html
I found two great speeches for comp. class, not sure which one to do yet. The first is "Ich bin ein Berliner" by JFK and the second is "The Cowardly Lion on Courage" from the Wizard of Oz.
Obama's "Back to School" Speech
1. First of all, I thought it was clever how he used a student in the area to do the opening because it gives students watching a sense of familiarity right off the bat, also making Obama seem more relatable.
2. I just found it strange how there was not a single Caucasian kid in the background, making it seem as if he was just talking to the minority of the population when really he was speaking to every "young person" (as he would say) in America. In fact, the girl introduces Obama's speech by saying he "represents students all over America." It just seems ironic to me.
3. The girl at the beginning said their school had a 100% graduation rate, which to me almost seems uheard of. This statistic I believe also boosts Obama's credibility because the teachers, parents and even him are guiding this nation's children to success.
4. As soon as Obama came to the podium and began to talk I actually had to turn down my volume quite a bit! He was speaking so loud, but had a huge grin on his face when acknowledging certain teachers and had a certain liveliness to him that made the audience excited to listen to him and feel as if they are welcomed.
5. Throughout Obama looks down at his (what I would assume note cards) a lot. However, it seems more like it is just a nervous habit than actually looking at what to say because he glances down for less than a second, and in my opinion I think that is too quick to actually read anything.
6. Right away Obama acknowledges that kids these days are busy in school and also with extracurricular activites, boosting his relatability and credibility because he knows what kids are up to and that they do have a lot going on in their life.
7. At the beginning of Obama's speech his voice is quite loud but in an enthusiastic tone instead of an angry one. Throughout he is quiter but also much more intense, saying the future rests in our hands. At the end he remains quiet, but lightens up again when he closes his speech.
8. Another aspect of his speech that boosts his credibility and relatability is when he mentions Facebook and Twitter, showing he keeps up with the current times and can relate to his audience.
9. Often Obama throws in short, quick and snappy sentences such as "You have to wonder, you have to explore, you have to question." (8:15) These statements make an impact on the listener.
10. I noticed Obama is very expressive with his hands, and is constantly making hand gestures. He tends to point when he is giving facts that are suppossed to make an impact and he wants the kids in the audience to really listen up. Almost as if he is pointing at the kids and saying "these facts pertain to you, all of you, and I want you to listen."
11. At 6:15, after he cracks the joke about Twitter, he takes a more serious tone and slows down and sounds less intense as he brings up the touchy subject of the economy.
12. Obama uses repitition to get his point across, often by saying "we're the future" and "right now." We need you "now, right now." Showing his urgency as well as his desire to bury that thought deep in our brains. Another example of repitition is using the word "diverse" multiple times as well as "try new things."
13. Around 9:30 Obama brings up his own school experience, and how he wasn't the best student and didn't like some of his classes." He is constantly trying to increase his likeability and credibility while boosting his relatibility to kids and how he knows what being a kids in school is like. By throwing his own experiences in there it gets other kids to listen and believe in what he says, and that if the President wasn't that good at school but has turned into something great, so can the kids today.
14. Obama uses the examples of kids who are already doing something great, and I feel that can either encourage some kids or discourage them. For me I thought "wow, I am really behind."
15. Obama has a way of connecting with the audience with eye contact and also throwing in pieces of information that make him more relatable. He often looks to one side of the audience, quickly glances at his notecard and then glances to the other side, making sure to give even attention to everyone.
16. The quick glimpses of the setting that we were able to see was when the girl was talking at the beginning, and it appeared to me that they were in the high school gym. Although this doesn't allow much room for spectators, however I thought is was the perfect place to hold a "back to school speech." However, some might argue that Obama is trying too hard to be relatable and liked.
17. Obama's speech is usually fairly slow, however he tends to speak slow when he is addressing a main point and then speeds up the slightest bit when backing it up with facts or examples.
18. He seems to settle down by the end of the speech and closes it quietly, as if to seem not so intense.
2. I just found it strange how there was not a single Caucasian kid in the background, making it seem as if he was just talking to the minority of the population when really he was speaking to every "young person" (as he would say) in America. In fact, the girl introduces Obama's speech by saying he "represents students all over America." It just seems ironic to me.
3. The girl at the beginning said their school had a 100% graduation rate, which to me almost seems uheard of. This statistic I believe also boosts Obama's credibility because the teachers, parents and even him are guiding this nation's children to success.
4. As soon as Obama came to the podium and began to talk I actually had to turn down my volume quite a bit! He was speaking so loud, but had a huge grin on his face when acknowledging certain teachers and had a certain liveliness to him that made the audience excited to listen to him and feel as if they are welcomed.
5. Throughout Obama looks down at his (what I would assume note cards) a lot. However, it seems more like it is just a nervous habit than actually looking at what to say because he glances down for less than a second, and in my opinion I think that is too quick to actually read anything.
6. Right away Obama acknowledges that kids these days are busy in school and also with extracurricular activites, boosting his relatability and credibility because he knows what kids are up to and that they do have a lot going on in their life.
7. At the beginning of Obama's speech his voice is quite loud but in an enthusiastic tone instead of an angry one. Throughout he is quiter but also much more intense, saying the future rests in our hands. At the end he remains quiet, but lightens up again when he closes his speech.
8. Another aspect of his speech that boosts his credibility and relatability is when he mentions Facebook and Twitter, showing he keeps up with the current times and can relate to his audience.
9. Often Obama throws in short, quick and snappy sentences such as "You have to wonder, you have to explore, you have to question." (8:15) These statements make an impact on the listener.
10. I noticed Obama is very expressive with his hands, and is constantly making hand gestures. He tends to point when he is giving facts that are suppossed to make an impact and he wants the kids in the audience to really listen up. Almost as if he is pointing at the kids and saying "these facts pertain to you, all of you, and I want you to listen."
11. At 6:15, after he cracks the joke about Twitter, he takes a more serious tone and slows down and sounds less intense as he brings up the touchy subject of the economy.
12. Obama uses repitition to get his point across, often by saying "we're the future" and "right now." We need you "now, right now." Showing his urgency as well as his desire to bury that thought deep in our brains. Another example of repitition is using the word "diverse" multiple times as well as "try new things."
13. Around 9:30 Obama brings up his own school experience, and how he wasn't the best student and didn't like some of his classes." He is constantly trying to increase his likeability and credibility while boosting his relatibility to kids and how he knows what being a kids in school is like. By throwing his own experiences in there it gets other kids to listen and believe in what he says, and that if the President wasn't that good at school but has turned into something great, so can the kids today.
14. Obama uses the examples of kids who are already doing something great, and I feel that can either encourage some kids or discourage them. For me I thought "wow, I am really behind."
15. Obama has a way of connecting with the audience with eye contact and also throwing in pieces of information that make him more relatable. He often looks to one side of the audience, quickly glances at his notecard and then glances to the other side, making sure to give even attention to everyone.
16. The quick glimpses of the setting that we were able to see was when the girl was talking at the beginning, and it appeared to me that they were in the high school gym. Although this doesn't allow much room for spectators, however I thought is was the perfect place to hold a "back to school speech." However, some might argue that Obama is trying too hard to be relatable and liked.
17. Obama's speech is usually fairly slow, however he tends to speak slow when he is addressing a main point and then speeds up the slightest bit when backing it up with facts or examples.
18. He seems to settle down by the end of the speech and closes it quietly, as if to seem not so intense.
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