YEC Club Pitch
YEC Club Pitch
The YEC Club Pitch stays in my mind because it was the first time I spoke publicly in English in front of a crowd that large. There were more than six hundred students there, and I could feel the difference between speaking in a classroom and standing in front of a real audience that size. The room had its own pressure.
Van Anh handled the Vietnamese part, and I handled the English part. I remember that division clearly because it made the whole thing feel balanced. We were presenting the same club, but through two different voices and two different languages. That pairing gave me some steadiness. I was not alone in the moment, even though the English section was mine to carry.
Where I was in life mattered too. I was still early in learning how to use my voice publicly, and English still felt like something I was proving in real time rather than simply possessing. So the pitch became bigger than a club introduction. It was a test of confidence, language, and self-control.
I remember it because it was one of the first moments that made Public Speaking feel real to me in English, not just in theory. It also tied my sense of language more closely to action. Speaking well is different when people are actually watching. The experience made me more willing to step into those situations again instead of waiting to feel fully ready.