How competitive public speaking can transform students' lives | Betty Chen

[Music] [Applause] I was 7 years old, sitting in second grade, and having lived most of my life in China. I didn't know what get out your crayons meant or why everyone stood up during the pledge of allegiance and looked at the flag in the classroom. I didn't understand why kids would run away from me during recess while screaming tag.After a month or so of second grade, I was enrolled in EL, the English learning development program and was pulled out of class at times to learn new words or grammar rules eve ...