Speech tournament
As most people have to do in there undergrad experience, I too had to take Public Speaking. My particular instructor was considered one of the hardest, but also one of the most engaging. Every speech was without notes (with the exception of our formal speech) and in fact, the first day of class we had to participate in the bag of death, impromptu speeches. It all culminated at the end in a speech tournament. Now let me go to my childhood. My parents did their best to make it to elementary award ceremonies and things like that, but they both worked and so it was very difficult for them to attend during the school day. I remember getting called up for honor roll sometimes and being sad that my parents weren't there when other kids had their parents there. But at the end of my high school career, when award ceremonies were in evenings and on Saturdays, I felt like all of a sudden my parents were there in full force. In retrospect, I know it was the timing of things, but I kind of
