since when does getting a good grade mean more work LAMENESS

Today we have our group speeches and it went well.

We are all "compeating" for the spot to represent our class in the Communication convention. Every comm class is participating and one group from each class goes. So we all wanted a good grade but we didnt want to be the one to go to the convention .. more work .. YUCK!

Well after all the groups went our teacher had to make a choice and he couldnt choose. We had all done well and the grades were veary good. We knew he was going to choose the group that got the best grade and wanted the best grade but didnt want to have to do the convention. Well .. he said the prophet group and everyone cheered and the 5 of us "uggggggg"ed.

my group gets to be in the comm convention on thursday. kinda excited and nervous and not really wanting to do it .. but well we have to.

So we got the best grade in the class .. and becuase of that we get more work .. so we get to repeat of speech like 3 or 4 times for 25min as people walk around and judge and what not...

well thats it .. class is starting. I will end this with our group outling.

Speech Outline


PRESENTATION:
-Introduction
--Hook: “If you have a chance to something great, take it. You may never have that chance again.”
--Relevance: These men of the LDS church had their chance, took it, and did through effective communication.”
--Credibility: Prophets of the latter-Day saints church have always been examples of effective communication
--Topic: Today we wish to explain how different prophets communicated during their era of service.
--Preview: The Prophets featured will be
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young ability to listen prevented him from reacting in a violent manner.
Joseph F. Smith stood his ground on what he knew was true and right.
Spencer W. Kimball was able to lead and communicate without words.
Gordon B. Hinckley preserved the name of the church during an era when communication was globalized.
-Transitions(1): Your duty is to organize a religion, How do you Persuade people to follow you? This is the major challenge Joseph Smith had to face during his era.

-Point #1: Joseph Smith—Trust and Expertise

-Transition(2): The organization is growing, now you must move them across the country. How do you organize a cultural exodus? Brigham Young was faced with this challenge after Joseph Smith’s death, but successfully completed it.

-Point #2: Brigham Young--Listening

-Transition(3): Your cultural lifestyle is challenged, how do you state your path without rebellion? With the removal of polygamy Joseph F. Smith had to face the opinions of the members, and the persecution of the government.

-Point #3: Joseph F. Smith—Sticking to your story

-Transition(4): Membership is growing, but you vocal chords are removed due to cancer. You still must lead the church despite the fact that your voice is altered. The example Spencer W. Kimball set was through his ability to communicate without words.

-Point #4: Spencer W. Kimball—Non-verbal Communication

-Transition(5): Membership has now reached a worldwide scale. How do you adjust your communication to this vast audience? Gordon B. Hinckley faced this challenge, and proved himself to be a world renown leader.

-Point #5: Gordon B. Hinckley—Focus on your audience.

-Conclusion:
--Summary Statement: During each critical time during the church, these Prophets skillfully communicate properly to preserve order.
--Call to Action: When the time comes that you are faced with a crucial conversation, take the lessons you have learned from these men and communicate your way skillfully back into safety.
--Memorable Closing: Remember, “when a chance comes to do something great, take it, for you may never have the chance again.”


so the count downs are
1 week and 2 days
1 week and 5 days
2 month and 4 days
3 months and 24 days

oh and that 1 week and 5 days one ... its snowing out and makes me cry ... it HAS to be nice and warm and sunny on that day//weekend// well how about the 9-(at least)19


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ummm an Insight

Name: Erin Christina Elliott Rel. 122 Section: 25 Word Count: 385 Date: March 30, 2009
1) What is the reference of the insight?
Ether 9:34
2) What principle or doctrine is taught?
Compelled to be humble
3) What message for improvement is taught?
On when it was that they were to parish is when they fall to their knees and started to repent. We do that so much in our world today. We do what we want, when we want, how we want, where we want, and only when something bad is to happen we fall to our knees and repent of the deeds that we have done as so the Lord does not strike us down and reject us from the kingdom of God. It really is to many times in the world that it is seen people only repenting during sacrament, or praying for help on a test and never praying other times, or even repenting just so they can get a temple recommend.
4) How can I apply this principle, doctrine, or message in my life?
In my life I know that there are plenty of times I have been compelled to be humble. Starting off in high school, I would pray for help on tests, and sometimes during sacrament. Times I would pray in the temple to be forgiven and times that I would pray only at certain times. I wasn’t doing regular prayer and scripture. I got out here to school and it hit me HARD! I was compelled to be humble by the most extreme power. Soon I slipped again and again I was compelled to be humble and again I have been compelled to be humble. I HATE the feeling of it; you know more than anything that you have done wrong and it feels like you are being stared down my God himself. At those times I wanted to run and hide but I couldn’t, nowhere to run and hide, I had to face it. I never want to be compelled to be humble again. I am living the commandments, and praying every night and reading my scriptures. I am going to the temple and doing the things the Lord has asked me to do. I hope that I won’t ever have to be compelled in any way again, and if I do, at least not in those extreme ways – those kill!



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heh

ok... so its not a super exciting post just another video that makes me smile!!




had a good friday!
had 2 concerts back to back.
A&E movie night and amy spent the night and we made cookies. now we are baking muffins then maybe going to the temple.

i am stll kinda sick and feeling it bc i went to sleep without drugs and havent taken any since 6 yesterday. but none the less i am getting better!!

ttyl!


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Being Sick Makes Me Depressed

Maybe it is because i am sick or maybe it is becuase the drugs have worn off and I feel misserable right now but I just want to cry, and have for a while now. I have reached a week of being sick, have spent close to the last of my money on medicine to help me feel better, and I just dont seem to be getting better. I have kinda started stressing about being sick and its making me worse, and I dont know what to do anymore.

So I was sitting in my science class on Tuesday and looked at my grade, I have an 82 and i started crying. It is not good enough. I will never be good enough.

I am trying my best in all my classes, but when my grades get sent home I will get a phone call saying, why arnt all those Bs As?

All my life nothing has ever been good enough for my paretns...My Dad. I cant ever seem to make him happy or to be good enough for him.

he hates the fact that I am LDS, that I go to a church shcool, he hates my belifes nad that I believe them, he has never liked any mormon boy I have dated, and I just feel like I can never make him happy. I spend so much of my time trying to get a "good job" "I am proud of you" anything like that from him, and it really be meaning full. Anytime in my life I have done something I am proud of and I go to my parents they compare me to someone else better then me.

Nothing I do will ever be good enough. I try so hard. I do my best, I cant be anymore then I am.

BUT when I mess up, the whole world knows. I cant get anything out of doing my best, but when I stumble, its hell on eath from my dad. Its one of the most scary things in my life is for him to be mad at me. I try and I try and I try. I dont ever get the same praise and joy and love that my brothers get, and I get worse punshment then what they get.

It scares me .. will I ever please my dad .. will I ever do anything to make him happy. I just wish I knew what to do to make my parents happy, what do I do...being me just isnt enough. I have to be more. I have to be greater. Do I go off and do something that i dont want to do with my life. I could be a special ed major and make my mom proud. I could leave the church and hate mormons and make my dad happy. BUT those wouldnt make me happy...it would infact make me miserable. I love the major I am in, I dont think I would be happy anywhere else..I made my mom happy by changing my major because she NEVER thought that I could do what I wanted to do. I love the church I go to. I love my religion. I know what I believe ... I am a daughter of God who loves me, I know who I am, I know Gods plan, I am a memeber of the only true church on this earth, I wouldnt leave it for anything!!

I am the black sheep of my family. I am the out cast. I am the person that doesnt fit in. I dont know how to, I dont know what to do. I am my own person, and it is not good enough. I have never felt accepted by my family. I just want to feel apart of them, but I have to be my own person.

Sometimes, I just dont know what to do.

Will I ever be good enough for my parents, for my family, for myself?



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Facebook

saw this ... love it. dang funny!!

made me smile in my sick state

so i bought drug to help me sleep and so i am sleeping now

nini


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A week later and still sick

I am sitting here in my science class just wanting to go home. I feel so horrabul and yucky and gross. I have an 8 page paper to write tonight.
I dont want to be here ... I really really really really really dont.
I was up late last night coughing. I couldnt stop coughing, for 2 hours I was coughing over and over again. Today I have had a horrable headach and cant breath and have been super dizy all day.
I laid in bed last night crying. I kept trying to tell the things my mom would say but it just wanst the same.
How big of a baby am I. I am almost 20 and I was laying there crying in misseray and wanting my mommy becuase I have a cold. I am so done with this cold...I just want to be healthy ... I really do want my mommy..


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Ok, I'm a dork .. but I am in the major I should be then

So I am getting things put together for my 5min presintation last night .. and well I went to youtube to see if i could find anything for Erik Erikson's 4th stage of child dev. and well ... I did find something and I was trying so hard not to luagh out loud because my roommate was sleeping ...
I might be the only person who finds this funny but I thought I would share it with you!!




So I need to get ready for class ...
yay for class 10:15-3, a presintation in that mix, and right after I get out of my last class I have to go take a test. and I am still sick .. and since friday night have drank over half a bottle of cold medicine .. :(
So for prayers to be with me would be wonderful, because .. well I dont pass tests when I am sick .. I dont study well, and I havent for this test.
Tonight and tomorrow is the task of writing my 8 page paper due wednesday.
14 school days left!!!
and 2 weeks and 6 days till I turn 20!

ok well gunna be late now .. loves


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