Speech

So I joined the speech team this year. I am in the Humorous category, i chose this one because i was told you have to be insane to be in humorous so i decided i would be a perfect fit. :) well my speech is called "Men are Stupid and I Rock" by Laurie Notaro. it is very funny. the main character is stood up on a date and she seeks revenge. My first speech meet went pretty well I was pretty happy with my results i got a 5 94% a 3 94% and a 3 95%. In speech language this means i was ranked 5th (or sixth) for my first round and 3rd for my second and third round. the percentage mark is how well you did the scale goes from 90-100 100% means you were excellent, the percentages are also used as tie breakers (nobody in your room has the same percentage). So for my first speech meet (ever) i was extremely pleased with my results. then yesterday i went to my second speech meet. this time i was memorized. and was very excited to perform. after my three rounds i was very confident that i came out on top, either getting a 1 or a 2 on the first two. the third round i guessed i had gotten a 2 or a 3. then we waited for the list of people going to finals. they put up several categories before mine and i was becoming increasingly more impatient. then (of course!) when they were putting up the humorous list they couldn't get it to go on right!!! so then when they finally let it drop i was kneeling on a stool trying so hard to see, i could only see the title of the category, and then i saw a tall member of my team throw his hand up in the air and scream "YES SARAH!" and then i knew i was in! yay! in finals i did not do as well as before, and my competition was AMAZING. So I walked home with a 6th place ribbon. out of 30 some people I think that ribbon will be framed. :) my scores from that meet were. 1 99% 1 97% and 3 98% (the 3 was because the first and second place speakers were in that room). and my scores from finals were straight 5s (which i deserved). so all in all a wonderful speech meet :D