If I Had a Daughter Response

In the If I Had a Daughter Ted Talk, Sarah the speaker, pulls the audience in to her captivating talk on standing up for yourself and believing that you as person matters to the world. Her motivation for this talk was her experience in slam poetry, but she goes beyond that with interesting stories that add to her own story. I loved the part in her talk when she says that everyone has a story worth sharing, I think that is really important for everybody to know, because it tells people that they matter as individuals. But my main take away was how all of these little stories and ideas all relate back to her topic. I noticed during Sarah's presentation she would make sure the audience was awake by accentuating important points. It was almost like she was persuading the audience to listen to her. I liked that at points during her talk she would tell the audience she was nervous speaking in front of them, and that made her more relatable to the audience. Throughout the entire speech I saw Sarah try to connect through the audience and she always seemed confident in her words, which is important for any speech. I think what really made her speech relatable was telling the audience she was nervous, because saying that makes you that much more confident. Sarah also used a lot of hand gestures on the stage which is good because it seemed to make her more comfortable on the stage. What really mattered to me in the Ted Talk was that everyone has a story that matters. This it makes me feel like my stories are worth spreading no matter how ridiculous they might be. This connects to the education because it makes students feel more comfortable in their own skins and increases confidence as well. This connects to the world because her words tell society that they do matter. Sarah is obviously a very good speaker, but she also knows how to connect to the people around her and how to make a difference on their lives.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
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https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_how_many_lives_can_you_live
During this Ted Talk called how many lives can you live is about how little kids think they can be anything in this world all at the same time, and that they want to live through everything. Sarah would always tell people that she was going to be a princess ballerina astronaut, not as a super profession but as a master of all of these jobs.