Too shy to speak

Too shy to speakHow literacy changed me

Baby Steps Step One

Baby and Adolescent years

Baby and Adolescent yearsI was always crying if my mom

wasn’t around because I could never be comfortable around other people

Elementary SchoolI didn’t have many friends because

I thought no one liked me… when really I was too shy to open up

Baby StepsStep two

Teen YearsJunior High School

Social life became harder to deal with

More pressure to fit in and make friends

I became much more aware of how shy I really was

By the end of junior high school…nothing changed

More Teen Years

High School

Freshman Year at Brockton High School

1000+ more students + being shy=

MISERY!

Sophomore Year

Everything Changed

MRS.NELSONSophomore Year

Mrs. NelsonOur first assignment

Write an autobiography about yourself an present it to the class

YIKES!!!!!!

The BIG dayI made sure I was the last to

present. I was extremely nervous!

My hands were shaking an I was a wreck!

I took a deep breath and completed my presentation

SUCCESS!!!!!!Although that presentation alone

didn’t immediately change me but it was the beginning of the new me!

With each and every assignment I began to be more open and social in the classroom as well as outside the class

I no longer wasToo shy to speak

Work citedhttp://renee-mentalimages.blogs

pot.com/2010/02/getting-real-and-being-cry-baby.html

http://bobbillz.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-09-28T14%3A22%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=10

http://blog.mkf.org/2010/09/09/sharing-stories-for-social-change/

http://roehamptonstudent.com/news/index.php?page=article&news_id=165593

http://highwaytosuccess.unm.edu/