Hi. This is Mr. Salsich. I'm enjoying all your thoughts about the speech topics. I have one comment about the "what makes me happy topic", which is getting a few votes. One danger I see is that the speeches might be kind of similar. I mean, do you think a lot of kids might want to talk about the same things, like how music makes them happy, or dancing, or playing sports, or hanging out with friends? One thing we always want in the speeches is for each speech to be completely different and unique. That's become kind of a tradition. Each 9th grader is unique, so each speech should be unique. Do you think that could happen with the "what makes me happy" topic? (Also, I want to add that, if we decide on that topic, I probably won't let you repeat what an earlier speaker had said. Like if a student in January talks about how music makes her happy, probably I wouldn't let another student use music, just to make sure each speech is unique. (Is that too harsh??)
Keep the posts coming. I'm loving them.