Post by Finlip on Feb 26, 2006 19:29:13 GMT 6
SMART CLUB
February 25, 2006
The session started a little late. They finally got under way.
The co-ordinator for the day, Rita Thapa, was not very smooth. She did her job well. She already has one great quality. She can speak with a lot of confidence. If she keeps practicing, I can only see her improving. However, her performance today wasn’t the best she has done. One of the reasons may be the fact that the number of participants present in today’s session was higher than she might have been comfortable speaking in front of.
The speech that I had really been looking forward to was the first speech on the menu. Rita, did hold a round of introductions and invited the chairperson in addition to laying out the format of the program for all the participants before inviting Sameer Ameer. However, she didn’t announce the names of all the role-holders.
Sameer Ameer came forward and gave his speech on the topic that was decided last week. I felt that he didn’t interpret the topic correctly. In the topic ‘Foreign topic on the state’ the word state already means Nepal. He only started talking about Nepal after saying that it was the best possible example rather than understanding that he was supposed to talk about Nepal. The way he spoke was really smooth. He wasn’t looking at people whom he were speaking in front of. He was quite relaxed and moved his hand well.
Ajay was the self decided speaker who spoke about the ‘International Humanitarian Law.’ Ajay spoke well. However, along with his speech, we could hear a constant ‘um’ sound coming almost continuously. Ajay had better eye-contact than Sameer. Overall, Ajay also looked well-prepared.
Sudip, the impromptu speaker, got the topic ‘Music and Youth.’ Sudip spoke for over five minutes. His speech was wayward. He didn’t really get to a point. However, he was entertaining. His style of speaking and well as the nice things he said in the course of his speech kept the audience interested in him all the time. He wasn’t getting anywhere. However, he was able to demonstrate that he can do well, if only he could speak on some other topic that suits him better.
Sushil’s comment on Sameer’s speech started with the recalling of Sameer’s first ever speech as an observer. Sameer had done a very good job back then and made me his fan. Sushil was also impressed from then. Sushil’s comment was quite inspiring. I have no doubt that he did a good job.
Rup Bahadur was the commentator for Ajay. He came up and gave his comments well within the allotted time. Today, Rup showed that he has really been improving himself in addition to giving some fruitful comments.
Rakshya was the star of the day. She has a gem of a voice. She sounds very confident as well. The only thing was that she wasn’t aware of the time that she was supposed to speak for. I heard her say that two minutes may not be enough for a commentator to give their comments on a very bad speech. It’s not that the commentator would take more time to speak about a very bad speech. Actually, if the speech is very good, it will take a lot of time to appreciate all the good points that the speech contained. However bad a speech is, it is not necessary to give too many comments. People can only improve on their errors step by step. So, the most serious error or two can first be suggested.
The commentators should not aim at coming and commenting on the speakers as critically as they can.
The first grammarian was Binny Bhandari. She speaks with the loudest of voices and is full of confidence. I feel that she should be a little less imposing and avoid being a purist. All in all, she was quite great to listen to.
Lhakpa Sherpa also did a good job as a grammarian for the first time. Over the last few weeks, our two grammarians have not been dividing their roles. Maybe we can start having just the one grammarian.
The time keeper today was Manish. He shows confidence in his speech too. However, one step he might want to take is to improve on his pronunciation. Even if he decides not to improve it, he isn't bad.
The ah! counter today divided the things he was counting into many groups. He divided them to long and short ah!s and also counted the 'and's and the 'the's.
Three observers were invited to come forward and give their observations. Among them, was Madhu Gautam. She is a class seven student. She came forward and spoke two sentences. I remember her second sentence, "The speakers today were mind blowing." At least she was mind-blowing. The other two observers were Buddhi and Ujjwal who were both wonderful to have.
The chairperson today was Apeckshya Karki. The only thing I didn't like about her closing speech was the fact that she started it by calling Madhu a kid. Apart from that, she was mind-blowing.
There was no moderation-skills session.
Instead, Robs brought Mr. Ronny who combined with him and tried collecting our ideas about what the youth of this country can do. I didn't speak a single word throughout. However, I listened to everyone quite attentively. There are times where I feel like I'm no good when I see the quaility of those people around me. There are also many other times when I feel I might do a few things in a different, better way.
I'm looking forward to Kripa Gautam's self-decided speech next week. Lets just wait and see how well this girl does in her first appearance in front.
February 25, 2006
The session started a little late. They finally got under way.
The co-ordinator for the day, Rita Thapa, was not very smooth. She did her job well. She already has one great quality. She can speak with a lot of confidence. If she keeps practicing, I can only see her improving. However, her performance today wasn’t the best she has done. One of the reasons may be the fact that the number of participants present in today’s session was higher than she might have been comfortable speaking in front of.
The speech that I had really been looking forward to was the first speech on the menu. Rita, did hold a round of introductions and invited the chairperson in addition to laying out the format of the program for all the participants before inviting Sameer Ameer. However, she didn’t announce the names of all the role-holders.
Sameer Ameer came forward and gave his speech on the topic that was decided last week. I felt that he didn’t interpret the topic correctly. In the topic ‘Foreign topic on the state’ the word state already means Nepal. He only started talking about Nepal after saying that it was the best possible example rather than understanding that he was supposed to talk about Nepal. The way he spoke was really smooth. He wasn’t looking at people whom he were speaking in front of. He was quite relaxed and moved his hand well.
Ajay was the self decided speaker who spoke about the ‘International Humanitarian Law.’ Ajay spoke well. However, along with his speech, we could hear a constant ‘um’ sound coming almost continuously. Ajay had better eye-contact than Sameer. Overall, Ajay also looked well-prepared.
Sudip, the impromptu speaker, got the topic ‘Music and Youth.’ Sudip spoke for over five minutes. His speech was wayward. He didn’t really get to a point. However, he was entertaining. His style of speaking and well as the nice things he said in the course of his speech kept the audience interested in him all the time. He wasn’t getting anywhere. However, he was able to demonstrate that he can do well, if only he could speak on some other topic that suits him better.
Sushil’s comment on Sameer’s speech started with the recalling of Sameer’s first ever speech as an observer. Sameer had done a very good job back then and made me his fan. Sushil was also impressed from then. Sushil’s comment was quite inspiring. I have no doubt that he did a good job.
Rup Bahadur was the commentator for Ajay. He came up and gave his comments well within the allotted time. Today, Rup showed that he has really been improving himself in addition to giving some fruitful comments.
Rakshya was the star of the day. She has a gem of a voice. She sounds very confident as well. The only thing was that she wasn’t aware of the time that she was supposed to speak for. I heard her say that two minutes may not be enough for a commentator to give their comments on a very bad speech. It’s not that the commentator would take more time to speak about a very bad speech. Actually, if the speech is very good, it will take a lot of time to appreciate all the good points that the speech contained. However bad a speech is, it is not necessary to give too many comments. People can only improve on their errors step by step. So, the most serious error or two can first be suggested.
The commentators should not aim at coming and commenting on the speakers as critically as they can.
The first grammarian was Binny Bhandari. She speaks with the loudest of voices and is full of confidence. I feel that she should be a little less imposing and avoid being a purist. All in all, she was quite great to listen to.
Lhakpa Sherpa also did a good job as a grammarian for the first time. Over the last few weeks, our two grammarians have not been dividing their roles. Maybe we can start having just the one grammarian.
The time keeper today was Manish. He shows confidence in his speech too. However, one step he might want to take is to improve on his pronunciation. Even if he decides not to improve it, he isn't bad.
The ah! counter today divided the things he was counting into many groups. He divided them to long and short ah!s and also counted the 'and's and the 'the's.
Three observers were invited to come forward and give their observations. Among them, was Madhu Gautam. She is a class seven student. She came forward and spoke two sentences. I remember her second sentence, "The speakers today were mind blowing." At least she was mind-blowing. The other two observers were Buddhi and Ujjwal who were both wonderful to have.
The chairperson today was Apeckshya Karki. The only thing I didn't like about her closing speech was the fact that she started it by calling Madhu a kid. Apart from that, she was mind-blowing.
There was no moderation-skills session.
Instead, Robs brought Mr. Ronny who combined with him and tried collecting our ideas about what the youth of this country can do. I didn't speak a single word throughout. However, I listened to everyone quite attentively. There are times where I feel like I'm no good when I see the quaility of those people around me. There are also many other times when I feel I might do a few things in a different, better way.
I'm looking forward to Kripa Gautam's self-decided speech next week. Lets just wait and see how well this girl does in her first appearance in front.