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When I first started my science fair project, I was ...

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... very scared.

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I had to memorize what I had to say to people,

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whether in Marshallese or English language.

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Oh hello ...

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This project is about slowing down coastal erosion.

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I had a butterfly in my stomach.

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... help make the soil to decrease. It get smaller.

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But it got away because

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I was using John F. Kennedy's speaking skills.

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And it helped me a lot.

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For example, you have to 
make action with your hands

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to make them completely understand

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what you're doing, what you're saying,

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like body gesture.

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Our island can decrease and get smaller.

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One of the skill are making eye contact
and speaking humbly

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from your heart.

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People kept asking question and say,

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"How are you going to be a president 
[for] an island [that] is gone?"

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But someday I will prove to them wrong.

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That this island is not going to be gone.

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Because I’m dedicated to this place.

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Like, I was destined to be in this place.

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That’s why I'm going to stay here. 
I’m not going to leave.

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I’m going to stay watch.

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Even if it means to drown.