Eighteen Paget Primary School students will compete in their third Annual School-wide Oratorical Competition today.The entire school participated last week in a class competition. The finalists will compete this week.The students will be judged in the following criteria: accuracy; voice clarity; voice projection; eye contact; posture and expression. The guest judges are Selwyn Woolridge; Thaoo Dill; Laurel Burns; Shangri-la Durham Thompson. There are 18 finalists.The students will be reciting poetry such as “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya Angelou and “Our Deepest Fear” by Marianne Williamson.“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”By Maya AngelouShadows on the wallNoises down the hallLife doesn’t frighten me at allBad dogs barking loudBig ghosts in a cloudLife doesn’t frighten me at allMean old Mother GooseLions on the looseThey don’t frighten me at allDragons breathing flameOn my counterpaneThat doesn’t frighten me at allI go booMake them shooI make funWay they runI won’t crySo they flyI just smileThey go wildLife doesn’t frighten me at allTough guys in a fightAll alone at nightLife doesn’t frighten me at allPanthers in the parkStrangers in the parkNo, they don’t frighten me at allThat new classroom whereBoys pull all my hair(Kissy little girlsWith their hair in curls)They don’t frighten me at allDon’t show me frogs and snakesAnd listen for my screamIf I’m afraid at allIt’s only in my dreamsI’ve got a magic charmThat I keep up my sleeveI can walk the ocean floorAnd never have to breatheLife doesn’t frighten me at allNot at allNot at allLife doesn’t frighten me at all“Our Deepest Fear”By Marianne Williamson“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”