Thanks #Jesus!
Along with an ill nephew, quitting a job due to being bullied, applying for work and starting a new job: Public Speaking overall
82% Tuesday April 18, 2017 2:34 PM.
Oral presentation of persuasive speech: 26.1/30% A27 March, 2017
Extra note: I have imaginary husbands.
Unedited work submitted to Professor Jevne. A couple grammar errors and Roman numerals are tricky! I could have done better.
February 22, 2017
Introduction 20.28/26% B+
I. Today, we will look at
A. The definition of the word bully. What does the word bully mean?
For close to 6 months, I was bullied at work. I am not a saint, I have bullied
my own child. This is why I chose bullying as my topic.
B. Bullying facts and statistics
C. Two real life accounts of bullying
a. Amanda Todd case
B. My case
D. How to stop bullying
II. Different type of bullying targeted at teens and pre adolescents. For example,
A. Physical Bullying, Verbal Bullying, Relational Aggression, Cyber Bullying,
Sexual bullying and Prejudicial Bullying.
B. We will focus on aspects of:
1. Cyber Bullying
2. Workplace bullying.
V. Ways in which we can stop bullying.
(Transition: Having informed you of my speech outline, let us begin the definition of the word bully.)
I. There are more bully categories than there are minutes in this class. We will study 2.
A. Here are a couple of definitions for a bully.
1. Oxford dictionary states, a bully person who uses strength
or influence to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. Other words for bully include, oppress, tyrannize, harass and torment.
2. The Workplace Bully Institution online has the following definition for
workplace bullying. It is “abusive conduct that is,
a. Threatening, humiliating, or intimidating, or
b. Work interference — sabotage — which prevents work from
getting done, or
c. Verbal abuse.”
Body
(Transition: Now that you know the definition of bullying, what are some facts and statistics of bullying?)
III. According to Canada Bullying Statistics, and I quote:
A. Bullying occurs once every 7 minutes on the playground and once every 25
minutes in the classroom.
B. Mostly, bullying stops within 10 seconds when peers intervene, or
Do not support the bully behaviour.
C. According to Bully Statics on line, “adult bullies were often either bullies as children, or bullied as children.”
1. Having been verbally abused by an authoritative figure for decades,
as the authoritative figure in my daughter’s life, I shouted at her. At age three, she exhibited signs of self worth and asked why I was shouting at her. I thought to throw her down the balcony, instead I knelt down and told her I was terminally ill. Four years later she died breaking the cycle of abuse that I had extended to her. A bullied person need not be a bully. A bullied person can stop bullies from being bullies without being a bully.
2. Kellie Jo Holly writes, verbal harassment alone can cause emotional
abuse with following effects.
1. distrust my spontaneity
2. suffer a loss of enthusiasm
3. wonder about how I am coming across
4. think and feel that something is wrong with me
5. wonder why I am not happier and feel that I should be
According to BC Human Rights Tribunal
6. My dignity, feelings and self-respect are damaged.
(Transition: Having look at bullying facts and statistics let us focus on cyberbullying and bullying at the workplace.)
II. According to verywell.com,
A. Cyberbullying happens when a person uses technology to torment, terrorize,
humiliate or prey another person. This type of bullying is very invasive.
You may have heard of Amanda Todd. She was a normal teenager who started talking online with someone she did not know. She sent a private photo to a stranger. The photo went viral, Amanda lost friends, started cutting her wrists and trying to die by drinking bleach. Life became distractive. Name calling from her friends made Amanda lonely. Stress led to alcohol, drugs and eventually in 2012, she committed suicide at 15 years old.
B. Recently, I left a workplace because of being harassed and bullied. I was asked to use
my common sense. As I was still learning, I made mistakes and my whole job got
undone and I would have to start from scratch. My co-workers would gossip.
They asked me to hang my coat in the men’s washroom and get ready for
work from the men’s washroom. I reported to my manager every incident and when
he accused me of doing something I had not done, I knew it was time to leave. I am
loyal and not to the point of slavery.
(Transition: We have looked at two accounts of bullying which leads us to look at ways in which we can stop bullying.)
IV. According to PREVNet, online, there are many actions to stop bullying. Eg
A. Identify bullying and help an early stage.
B. There should be bullying prevention programs in place.
C. Encourage the bullied person to report the incident places like,
Worksafebc who deal with harassment in the workplace in British Columbia as well as PREVNet whose vision is to stop child and youth bullying in Canada
D. Be assertive rather than aggressive. Like my daughter asked, in
mixed English and Kiswahili she asked “mbona unanishautia?”
She taught me strength of self worth and courage.
Conclusion
We looked at:
A. Definition of the word bully
B. Various types of bullying
C. Bullying facts and statistics
D. How you can stop bullying anywhere
Closing points:
I. We must play a role in anti bullying.
II. A step towards stopping bullying is we ourselves abstain from bullying.
III. Reporting bullying.
IV. Recite: Our deepest fear by Marianne Williamson.
V. It is an act of saving lives when we stop a bully. Do it.
REFERENCES
Oxford Dictionary
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/bullyVerywell.com
WBI - The Workplace Bully Institute
Bully Statistics
The Effects of Verbal Abuse and How They Hurt
Posted on January 19, 2015 by Kellie Jo Holly
HEALTHY PLACE
America’s Mental Health Channel
Human Rights Code: [RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 210
PREVNet
STOP A BULLY CANADA
Canada Bullying Statistics
The Unforgettable Amanda Todd Story
Personal story
Our Deepest Fear, Marianne Williamson
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Oral presentation of informative speech: 11.76/14% A-
20 February, 2017
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Informative speech: Basic HIV/AIDS Education. THEA 150 PUBLIC SPEAKING - University of Victoria with Professor Clayton Jevne, PhD
20 February, 2017
I had the wrong cue cards, noticed last minute in class. Oops.
Fortunately, I know the HIV/AIDS topic well. Thank you Jesus.
January 30, 2017
Basic HIV/AIDS Education
Informative Speech Preparation Outline 16.6/20% A-
Introduction
I. Have you ever met a HIV+ positive person? That HIV+ person is standing right here
in front of you. I live with HIV and I have lived with AIDS. With great help from the
government and people of Canada, I am lucky to be alive through access to HIV
medication.
The best path for me to take is to give back to the nation by teaching
HIV prevention through education and to empower others through
storytelling.
My mission is to reduce the number of HIV infections to zero and have treatment for
all infected populations. My ultimate mission is to end the HIV epidemic worldwide.
II. According to CATIE,
A. An estimated 75,500 Canadians were living with HIV at the end of 2014.
B. An estimated 2,570 people became infected with HIV in Canada in 2014.
III. This was the topic of my mini-speech and from the amount of
attention you showed then my intention is to inform you more about
HIV/AIDS
IV. This is today’s outline.
A. A reminder of the the definitions of HIV/AIDS since my mini-speech.
B. The disease progression or the disease time-line is based on AIDS.gov
a. Acute infection stage
b. Asymptomatic HIV infection
C. AIDS
C. Ways one can catch or not catch HIV
a. A fluid HIGH in HIV.
b. An activity
c. A way into the bloodstream
D. My personal story.
(Transition: Let’s start by quickly refreshing our minds about the HIV/AIDS definition.)
Body
I. HIV/AIDS: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments written by Christian Nordqvis
states the definitions of HIV/AIDS
A. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
a. The HIV virus attaches itself to the CD4 cell, also known as the fighter
cell. The HIV multiples itself defeating the fighter cell.
B. AIDS stands for Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
b. When the fighter cells have been destroyed, they are deficient or
lacking. With the body not having enough fighter cells, diseases
Get into the body and if untreated, the body dies.
(Transition: Now that we know what HIV/AIDS stand for, let us study the disease progression.)
II. i-base states that, “An HIV antibody response can be detected as early as two weeks
in a few people and in more than 99.9% of people by 12 weeks. An antibody test at
4 weeks will detect 95% of infections.”
A. Part of the acute period is the window period where the person can infect others
and
the tests are showing a negative result because it is too early to
detect the antibodies that show one it fighting the virus. During this
acute period, a person is capable of spreading the virus from one person
to another.
B. The next stage is the asymptomatic stage which can last for decades with
HIV medication. The virus multiplies at a slower level than when infection
happens and one can still infect another.
C. The AIDS stage was known as the last stage, the end stage, the end stage. I have
been in that stage in the beginning of my diagnosis and more recently, last
year. With newer medication and better ways to cope, and Grace, people
are living long.
(Transition:
Having learned the basic disease progression, let us study the ways to
catch the virus which will tell us how not to catch the virus.)
III. For HIV to occur, one needs:
A. A fluid High in HIV
a) Blood
b) Semen
c) Vaginal fluids
d) Breast-milk
B. An activity
a) Unprotected sex
b) Sharing Dirty Needles
c) Breastfeeding
d) Childbirth
C. A way into the bloodstream
(Transition: With the basic understanding of theory behind us, let me tell tell you about my journey with HIV.)
IV. A. At my HIV diagnosis I was 24 years old. I was a single mother with a toddler.
B. I was afraid of stigma that I did not disclose to my family about my diagnosis
until 6 years after diagnosis.
C. Canada treated and continues to treat me for my diagnosis.
D. As I am given, I give too. Today I was given an opportunity to speak and I
took the chance to educate my fellow human beings.
E. Giving to others gives me self-worth. I am learning self-respect and care.
Conclusion
I. Today we have learned what HIV and AIDS stand for, the disease progression, and
we can or cannot catch HIV.
II. HIV does not choose whose body it gets into. Abstain or protect your is what I
Would like you to take from here.
III. It is difficult living with a disease like HIV. Ask me, I know. Now that you have all
Taken something informative from today’s session, I urge you to share with people
around you. My mission is to see HIV infections calm to an end and the people
infected with HIV getting treatment.
REFERENCES
The epidemiology of HIV in Canada
Challacombe L. (2016)
CATIE - Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information.
HIV/AIDS: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Nordqvis C. (Updated 2016)
Medical News Today
What is the window period for an HIV test?
i-base Information Guide 2016
