So many people growing up play a recreational sport and and it may carry over to high school which come college their athletic career is over in most cases, and this applies to music, and even academics, this is because many people are born into families with the goal to have their child do something that they have experienced or know about with the percentages of that working out are very slim, and this being said I'm am not trying to turn you away from doing large market activities, because that is what keeps the areas competitive, but if more parents were to instill a young passions for not as commonly aspired for areas like kicking in football, french horn, oboe, or college majors like mythology and latin then those areas would be desirable and more competitive and more like a sport like soccer and football, an instrument like the guitar, or a major like a business, though these fields would have a gradual increase in popularity and competitiveness. Early on it would be 

http://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/75814E59/The-Least-Popular-College-Majors/

http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/percentage-high-school-athletes-ncaa-college.htm

http://www.musicathopkins.com/fefband/instruments.html

I plan on writing about how parents should try to get their children into a not

regularly aspired for activity, so they could be successful in it if they were to show any promise towards it at a young age, examples of this would be when they sign them up for football, instead of them trying quarter back or running back, they begin as a kicker, not only would they have a great step on other kids as they get into high school, but in the case of this for football, the injury likelihood is significantly lesser than most other positions in the sport, but this doesn't only apply to athletics, it can be in music for an instrument not as popular to the common public, and anything else that can be thought of in a parents point of view, with parents starting children young with things that most kids who are older resort to as back up plans it will give them tremendous potential to thrive at whatever their specialty is which will open doors for them in life and help them be successful 

https://www.ted.com/talks/deepika_kurup_a_young_scientist_s_quest_for_clean_water
 A good simple and relatable topic that everyone can have a sense for, and besides it being a topic that  is connectable to virtually anyone it was also delivered well with engaging expression and tone, and an additional factor that helped it was adding statistics to give a number to the faces which she had opted the talk with to gives a personal sense to it.

https://www.ted.com/talks/jessi_arrington_wearing_nothing_new#t-35774
An interesting concept but not a reasonable one to get others on board with or connect with, gives off an uncomfortable vibe which can turn off an audience and also her example outfits are a little outside of the box which it significantly different to the average person listening, in some senses the whole thing can be viewed as if she is crazy, with the topic she is getting across and they way she is getting it across

Reflect on your second speech -- what did you improve on from the first one? what do you still need to work on? what did you notice in watching your peers for what makes a speech good/strong/engaging or not. 300 words. Post on your blog.

I believe that my eye contact improved from the first speech but still could get better, also there are some parts where my vocal expression improved but still needs to be improved because the majority of the speech was monotone, i feel that my posture was good an confident but that wasn't fully shown in the delivery of my speech, though the diction and projection were good, i need to learn the speech better so there are no more odd pauses for finding my place. Something i noticed about my peers was that they new their speech better than i did, some needed more eye contact but overall their were easy to understand and were able to engage me with their content and tone.

http://youtu.be/3JA7zzrxh_U