Breast Cancer Awareness

For the breast cancer presentation that I signed up for, Caroline, Carolyn, Dechen and I presented to grade 7 during our third period on Wednesday. The purpose of this presentation was to raise awareness and inform the younger students about Breast Cancer. We re-used the presentation that some of the 12th graders put together previously, we did change a bit of the information, as it was slightly advanced for the 7th grade. We had a few problems getting ourselves organized because none of the girls knew how to set up the beamer so there were moments of panic. We only got about 10 minutes to practice and sort out which person was saying what. I was very nervous to present in front of a large audience as I always am, but the 7^th graders were very focused and respectful so everything went according to plan. At the end of the presentation we showed a short video clip of the Pink Glove Dance: Breast Cancer Survivors, in order to show how many people are participating in creating awareness as well as also showing how many people are directly affected by breast cancer. This was a very great learning experience on how to increase and practice my public speaking skills. Talking in front of such a large audience built my confidence, as I am very nervous when talking in front of large audiences.

After the presentation was over, we split up the grade into their tutor groups and set out pink paint and posters for the students to mark their hand prints on the posters. Each student would place their hand into the paint and then proceed to press it onto the pink paper. Once we were done we hung them up in the Main Buildings entrance, for all to see. I thought it was a job well done considering we changed our minds about the activity right before we presented. Overall I thought everyone put a lot of effort and consideration to our presentation.