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I love when stuff works out—doesn’t everybody?
For those of you aren’t aware, Tommy and I recently finished a 12-week internship at Digitaal Leren, hammering out the basics of Dokeos’s upcoming LCMS implementation. While every student is required to host an elaborate presentation mid-June, we got to host an extra presentation today, in front of a bunch of Dokeos community members.
Now, sadly, Tommy was taken ill earlier this week. Consequently, I was on my own today—that is to say, our internship mentor Bart kindly leant a hand by operating the Impress presentation and walking people through the demonstration.
Still, you may or may not know that, frankly, I am a bad public speaker, partly because I speak very quietly. Furthermore, being in a fairly large room, without a mike, in front of some 30 people, most of whom know their stuff pretty well, doesn’t help. Add to that the fact that I pretty much live at night and that I had to get up at 7:30 this morning, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster—or at least I thought so. Which didn’t bother me as such though—I’d laugh it off, because that’s what I do.
Ironically, because of this apathy, I was dead calm, and delivered what was probably the best presentation I ever gave—which would be “above average” for normal people, I guess. Apparently, I am capable of talking for half an hour straight, and answering questions diplomatically. I think it’s safe to say that I actually enjoyed being up there for once. Of course, I had a very good audience in front of me. Everyone seemed dying to hear what we had to say—not sure if they were, but hey, judging by several pleasant chats I had with them after the presentation, I’d say their interest was sincere.
I can only hope our final presentation—hopefully with Tommy this time, not that I don’t like Bart—goes this well. If anything, this whole thing has convinced me more that I should consider a career in education. However, I am still going for the Industrial Engineer’s degree next year, no matter what.