Khalil Dunham-Carson' Strengths and Weaknesses.

For my public speaking experiences, I learned that I am very confident. I do not need note cards or any type of notes to remember what I am talking about. I usually make strong eye contact. I might not stare at everyone, but I try my best to make it seem like I am. I do not shake my hands or get really nervous when I talk so that is another strength. I need to work on my verbal filers because I say "like" when I speak without even noticing. However, when I say like, I usually try to give an example. It is not like the typical "like" as in lack for words, but it might come off across like that. So instead, I am going to try to expand my vocabulary to correct this weakness. In addition, when I do public speaking, I usually move around to make the presentation engaging. I heard positive feedback stating that people like it when I move and talk at the same time. The body language is strong and I have a good posture and hand movements. On the other hand, people do say I move too much, which can be very distracting to the presentation.

During presentation, notice that I over prepare because I feel like the time will go by long if I do not have a lot to say, but in reality, I tend to over speak and become very repetitive. In reality, I could be more precise with the points that I am try to say. Overall, my biggest strength when I give presentations is the support of the crowd or the audience. The audience is very supportive even if I do make a mistake or feel like I made an huge error that I can't overlook. Instead, they will encourage me to go on. Also, they laugh at the points or participate at the points where I need them to, which makes my presentation more easier to deliver. Therefore, these are my strengths and weakness whenever I deliver my presentation. Hopefully, I can correct my weaknesses and make them my strengths.

Outline of Paradigm

Thesis: The major shift in television shows compared to the past television shows, in the 1990's, emphasizes the negative standards and expectations we have created as a society. The definition of  "cool" and "family" has completely changed for the worse, specifically VH1 television shows.
Outline:
The shift: It occur due to the newer television illustrating: explicitness, nudity, glorification of drugs, violence, and lack of morals
Past television shows: It emphasizes the necessity of having a working job, talking as a female, solving problems in a rational way, and depicting what a good life consists of when having good morals.
Quality: Of course there was a shift in the television shows we watch compared to now and the past. However, the culture of this generation and the next generation is greatly impacted negatively due to the adverse material we watch on television. The way how men treat women changed, the way how education is viewed is changed, the way how we handle altercation is now changed, the language we use talk to other people has changed, and the list continues due to the shift of television. The shift is very potent due to the fact millions of people watch, or used to watch, television some point of their life. Even children at very young age are infatuated with television. Therefore, this shift exists, but has significance to the way how our society is shaped.
Sources: I am going to list all of the television shows that an help further my claim. These television shows should be considered popular with everyone instead of obscure. The  sources contains television shows in the pas and are currently running on air today.
Old school television shows
Full House
The Cosby Show
Family Matters
Home Improvement
George Lopez
Sister Sister
The Brady Bunch
Malcolm in the Middle
Andy Griffith Show
Married with Children
Everybody loves Raymond
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New school television shows
Love and Hip Hop
Basketball Wives
I Love New York
For the Love of Ray J
South Park
American Dad
Family Guy
Futurama
Flavor of Love
The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Technology and College

    Do you remember the time when we use to write letters to communicate to our friends and family, and waited days, sometimes even weeks, to get a letter back from them? Or, do you remember looking up a word in the thick dictionary going through the alphabetical letter to find the exact word? Or my favorite, do you remember the CD walk man we use to carry to listen to music?

     As society became more developed, so did our technology. Our technology became highly advanced from the way how we were living in the past. There were no iPhones, computers, or video games back then.Now, there are so many technology gadgets that technology is everywhere we go. This is highly significant because humans became so dependent on technology that we actually became less- efficient. For example, when we try to solve a math problem that requires decimals and fractions, we are so tempted to use a calculator to solve the answer instead of using our brain. In addition, when it comes to typing a paper, we use auto-correct to fix a word we do not know how to spell instead of looking at the dictionary. This impacts the culture of not only our generation, but future generations since technology caused humans to become indolent with poor work ethics.

   Another major shift that occurred is the diversity in colleges. Before, there were only whites that were allowed to receive an education due to laws discriminating against other races. Because of this, the culture is greatly impacted since colleges are predominately white. Colleges will have limited culture backgrounds or experiences due to less minorities enrolling in a college. Also, it is unexpected for a minority to actually finish college. it is very common for them to drop out due to the circumstances and conditions colleges have for those of color. By dropping out, it is not particularly relating to academics, it is also referring to social aspect like culture shock. Now, the shift contains more minorities in college now. There are colleges that are historically African American, historically Latino, and more that makes the conditions or circumstances more bearable for those of colors.

  In conclusion, the shift in technology and the amount of minorities in colleges are two significant paradigms since it impacts the beliefs, expectations, and conditions of our society.