Oh the places you will go. ..

Last Thursday night Nora was a part of a public speaking contest.  She got second place for the 5th and 6th grade category!

The Kodiak Christian School and St Marys had already had all their students do public speaking in the classrooms, and only the best presented at last Thursday's event.  It was the finals so to speak.

And I was impressed.  One by one the students were called up and presented their pieces in an incredibly professional and animated manner.

One of my favorites was a presentation of John Donne's sermon wherein there is that line 'Never send to know for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee.'  I remember that one from growing up, but I had never heard the whole thing before.  I had always thought that the famous line ended the whole thing and was amazed that after delivered the sermon went on for quite a bit.  I decided that the 'for whom the bell tolls' line is really all I really liked about the sermon.

Nora presented Dr Seuss's 'Oh the Places You will Go', and there was a bad moment when one of the Kodiak Christian School students presented the same piece before it was Nora's turn.  Oh No!!!  But Nora recovered and I felt bad for the other student because Nora's presentation was clearly superior.

I used to read that book to Nora all the time before bedtime and knew all the lines as Nora presented them.  I was actually wondering if my prior bedtime reading had ingrained the lines into Nora's head!

Patrick