Speech finals

So I got into the speech finals (In front of the school). And guess what? I won first place!!! I am so excited. The finals were on Wednesday March the 28th and the speech districts that my school is sending me too are on Thursday April the 12th.

I'm pretty stoked!

I changed my speech a bit since i posted it on here. I heard a couple people started crying when I was reading my speech. and the digital arts teacher made a DVD of it, so I can keep it and remember that I won! Its the first time I've ever won the speeches, usually I get 3rd or 2nd.

So anyways, I though I should just post to inform you!
talk to you all later!

Love:
☼♫Shayna ♫☼

Speech

okay, so for school I was supposed to write a speech. And so here it is.

Its not really G rated tho, so... be careful with 'little-er' ones reading it, may scare them.

Its about Animal Testing. Tell me what you think, I'm handing it in on monday.


Testing, Testing 1…2… wait, this is tested on what?!

Chair Person,
Honourable Judges
Ladies and Gentlemen
Fellow Students

Today I will be talking about animal testing, and what can be done to stop it. I believe that animal testing is wrong. Even a friendly pet food chain is testing on animals. There are alternatives to animal testing that has the same, or even more, accuracy.

PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) went to investigate the contract laboratory of ‘Iams’ for about 10 months before reporting back. PETA had said in their actual report that the investigator found dogs who had gone crazy from intense confinement in barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs who had been left on a dirty floor with muscle hacked from their thighs, and horribly sick dogs and cats who were languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer alone without veterinary care.
Iams claims that what they do makes a ‘better product’ for consumers.

There are many different types of animal testing, though today I will only be mentioning two. One type of testing is an LD50 test. In this infamous test, animals are force-fed doses of chemicals until they die. The tests inflict hideous suffering on the animals, who endure severe abdominal pain; bleeding from the nose, mouth, and other areas; convulsions; seizures; diarrhea; and paralysis before they die.
Another test, is the “Fish Acute Toxicity Tests” These tests are similar to the LD50 test, except that chemicals are pumped into the water tanks that hold fish until the animals die. The fish endure severe pain, before they are poisoned to death.

Doesn’t sound very appealing does it? And there are still more types of testing! More horrible ways that animal can slowly suffer for our drugs and “beauty”. For example:

Hair spray and bleach is sprayed into rabbit’s eyes and their throats.
Experimental drugs are pumped into monkey’s stomachs thru tubes shoved far into their nose or throat. And most of these experimental animals die from various abuses, and are denied veterinary care.

People take innocent animals and put them through unimaginable pain until they eventually die, all in the name of “Science”. But Mice are not little men, The results of a drug may not have the same effect on a human then it had on a mouse. Therefore the results would be inaccurate.
But there is an alternative to these horrendous tests. Scientists can take human blood and tissue to test the drugs and products on. It is said to have more accuracy then animal testing and this way, no one is hurt.
Animals do not have to be put through so much pain for us. Please, you can help stop animal-testing, all you need to do is not support it. Check the product to make sure that it says it is not tested on animals before you buy. And think about it... do we really need another hair spray?

Thank you.

A Warriors Cry

A Warriors Cry

He looks
over the mountainside
He shall wait.
His heart is true,
His soul is pure
What’s that?
He ducks behind a bush,
Waiting,
For the right time to move
He sees them all
Sneaking slowly
Up the mountain
He’s not afraid
‘Bring it on’
He thinks to himself
Just as all of them reach the base of the mountain
He steps out
From his hiding place
A sword in each hand
He stands
The sun behind him
Creating a silhouette
for all below to see.
They all look up
And begin to rush
The climbing
But, still he stands
Stands ground
He is not afraid
For his Father is watching
Watching and protecting.
Sending more
To help with his aid
Something flashes across the sky
They are coming
He grins
And lets out
A soft chuckle
“If only they knew”
His friends begin
To land softly behind him. Staring down
At the coming danger
But they are still
not afraid
He looks back
On all his friends,
He gives them a nod
And a little wink,
He once again faces
The demons climbing
The mountainside
Casually, he raises his sword
High up into the sky
And lets out
A Warrior Cry
High above the mountains
It carries
A warning for all near and far
That this is the end
Get ready for war
A warrior cry is loud and long
Crying out, loud
like a brilliant song
All his friends join in
Crying together
Over the mountainside
And up into the heavens
Praying for the Lord’s protection
Swords raised high
They all together
rush down the mountain
Going into war
Still you can hear
The Warriors Cry
Ringing loud a clear
Like a brilliant song
While all below
Is Havoc
Gruesome Battle
Down below
Teaching the Demons
Where they should go
Don’t come up here
And cause people to
Go Astray
Stay down below
Where you belong
God reigns on high
Not the father of lies
Get back where you belong
And Suddenly they all began
To Flee
The Warriors Cry Has worked before
But not as well as it has
Today
God has protected us all.
The Battle scene is clean
The enemy has gone
They are no where to be seen
He faces his friends once more
And slowly
He raises his sword
And lets out a warrior cry
Joined by the sound
Of hundreds of his friends
Joining in the cry

And now hundreds of
warrior Angels
Fly through the sky
Watching us
Making sure we’re safe
Making sure demons don’t try
Because God loves you
And he wants to make sure
You’re always safe
And if you ever hear
A soft song being sung in your ear
You’re hearing the cry
Of A Warrior Angel
In Battle
Or Victory.

By: Shayna Marie Dyck

Poems again.

Okay so as many of you already know, when I get bored I write poems and songs! So here's a one I've finished recently. My best friend and I got in a little misunderstanding, so [unplanned] we both ended up writing poems for each other. So here's mine, and hers is underneath.

8:56pm
I remember the day we met
It was a hilarious day
A day I will not soon forget

Mandy found you
And introduced us
Then came in Phil
He made such a big fuss

He told us to be good
He told us to be kind
He said I was now your best friend
And you were now mine.

Pushing us together
What an awkward time that was
We didn’t even know each other
Every single Youth night
There we were
You and I
Hanging out together

You really had become my
best friend
Just as Pastor Phil had
Said

One day I brought some friends
To youth with me
I had no Idea what how they would act
What the after effect would be

They ended up ignoring
You
I wasn’t sure how to react
I kept trying to bring you in too
But it didn’t work

I was stupid and stuck with them
Even tho my true best friend was not with me
I felt so horrible when I got home
I thot we would never be the same good friends
We used to be

Weep ‘till the sea is full
I will not
I will stay strong
Dry as the dessert
When prying eyes look away
Only then, will I flood the world with my
Grief, Sorrow, Sadness

The next day you called me,
Omg, I was so happy!
You began to say sorry
And I said
“Wait, why should you be?”

We talked it out,
now were goodWe’re the very best friends
Just as Phil said we should
<3

[I wrote two.. this is the second one]

Friendship growing like a flower
Friends forever within the hour

Memories we will forever save
secrets we will take to the grave

But then a fight,only once
never twice

She fely very hurt
I got very sad
I didn't mean
To make her feel bad

Laying in my bed
Wallowing in self pity
waiting for someone to ask what was wrong
Needed someone to feel sorry for me

Weep 'till the sea is full
I will not
I will stay dry
Dry as the desert
Only when the prying eyes look away
will I flood the earth with my
Grief, Sorrow, Sadness.

I felt so bad
I didn't know what to do
so I looked up to the sky
and with my Father
I talked it thru.

We talked thru what should be done
I almost picked up the phone
when suddenly it rung

we talked things thru
we were both wrong and right
And in that one phone call
we figured it all out that night


[The one my friend wrote \/]
7:42pm:

I’m not going to jump to conclusions
With everything going on right now
Im losing my grip
The walls are caving in
Feel like im gonna slip

I gotta pick up the phone
And dial the number
Did I do something wrong?
I’m trying to remember

Being ditched
Feeling left out
Hung out with some other friends
But we had nothing to talk about

This friendship just started to bloom
I’m gonna end this pity party
Right here in my room
Stop feeling sorry for myself
And give her a chance
Stop acting like a 5 year old
And put on my big girl pants

So I picked up the phone
And dialed the number…

Whispering willows
Dancing in the breeze
Do they feelings?
Or are they just trees?

Rain falls down
Storm breaks it apart
Is it totally worthless?
Or still a work of art?

Forgiveness entered through the clouds
The rain began to stop
The sky a shade or sparkling blue
And there forgiveness shone through
Hope for someone to be there
Hope for someone to understand
Solid rock formed beneath my feet
Finally I could stand

Done with carrying all this weight
I gave my garbage to him
The only one to satisfy my sorrow, ache, or whim

Forgiveness stayed there in the clouds
The rain had stopped for good
Lifted my face up to the sky
Took off my hood
Someone was there
Someone understood
Friends for life
We looked up to the sky
And firmly we stood

So there you go... poems! yaay. Maybe later I'll put on more that I've written byes : ]