Hey guys, this is blog 17, and capstone night was so rough. I had so much to do over that one day, and I was completely worn out. I was already stressed because of a huge mistake that my group members made in a Precalculus project. And because of it, I had a hard time remembering what I have to say for the capstone presentation (I had to memorize everything for each slide because the screen, from my perspective, was always backwards; and this meant that I had no way of looking back on my project because I was the one behind it). I was told by Dr. Watson (my school’s principal) that there would be a microphone and a clicker in the black-box (a large room for presentations) for me to present my capstone project, which gave me a false sense of security that I would not have to yell during my presentation. I was the very first person to present in the black-box and what do I see? No microphone, and the clicker wasn’t connecting. I ended up losing my voice that day. At the end of my not-fully memorized presentation I asked for questions from the audience, hoping for something that I could elaborate on. The only question I got was, “Was any other type of bird egg used in the experiment so far?” I spent the rest of capstone evening as a regular senior student, listening to other capstone presentations. I was also worried about presenting to two science fair judges, only to find out that most of the judges weren’t even present because they had “something to do” at the last moment. Honestly, it was just a meaningless disaster from my perspective, but if everyone enjoyed their own projects and had a good time at the capstone evening, I guess that’s fine for me. I do wish things were just more organized, so future students wouldn’t have to go through the stress that I had to face on the worrisome night.
Tags: Presentation, Reflection
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