monique's+personal+reflection

====Yesterday the yr 10's were treated to a special visit from the award winning novelist Boori 'Monty" Pryor. All i can really say to describe this experience is wow. Boori was the most engaging, funny, interesting and charasmatic guest speaker ive ever had the pleasure of listening to. At the start of period 2 i wasnt really expecting anything out of the ordinary from Boori. ive come to relate guest speakers with boring speeches. When Boori finally arrived at Killester i was ready to listen to him and was expecting the standard school speaker. To my complete and utter surprise he started his talk with us by making EVERYONE laugh. i thought that it was a great way to get the students full attention, and it really did. Boori told us stories from his childhood, telling us wat really should have been sad stories in HILARIOUS ways, showing us that even though he had gone through so much injustice in his life, he was stronger then all that, rather then dwell on the negatives, he chose to be positive. While we were listening, rather laughing at Boori we were all reminded less of a school guest speaker but instead of a stand up comedian. my stomach hurt from laughter hours after school had finished Although Boori told his stories with humour, he did address some very serious issues. When Boori told us about his family we all listened intently and felt terrible for this extraordinary man. Boori Pryor showed us that when life knocks you down, you get back up and you do it with good will. It was truly a pleasure to meet Boori.====