Monday's Rehearsal (April 20th)

Today I had my rehearsal...I have to be honest. I had about zero nerves about it. Not because I was well prepared (the opposite!) or anything, it just wasn't something that I was worried about. I know that I can talk about my subject for a long time, so that wasn't an issue. I also was thinking that I would rather have a sub-par rehearsal with lots of suggestions and then work really hard to meet all of the suggested criteria in the final rather than have a stellar rehearsal, feel confident, not do any more prep prior to the final, and forget something. Maybe that doesn't make sense to everyone, but it works for me. At least, I'm hoping that it works for me...the final is on Thursday, which is totally crazy to me. I've done SO much for so long, it seems strange that this whole thing is almost totally over with. Thank God!
I've certainly had some ups and downs, and I'm happy with the final result, but it will be wonderful to not have to worry about this anymore. Once I am done however, I don't see myself being extra motivated to do any other school work...it's getting pretty hard to do so as it is.

For the rehearsal, I made a power point with some pictures to illustrated just how multifaceted my project had been. I included very few words so that I would be able to just talk to my audience. It's simple, but it looks clean, so I like it. The panel, Mrs. Nobles, Mr. Eckerson, Mrs. Walsh, and Mrs. Hopple, liked it too. As far as what I talked about, I winged it. I mean literally, I winged it. You could tell- the whole thing was about 20 minutes long and I totally and completely failed to mention anything about Baking Club. I failed to mention a lot of things here and there, but I couldn't believe that I actually forgot about Baking Club! Oh well...Mrs. Hopple wrote down the suggestions of what I should include in the final and they were all things that I could have figured about myself. I knew that I forgot stuff, but it was nice to see EXACTLY what they wanted to hear more about. Mr. Eckerson said that my speech speed and cadence and all that could stuff was great though, so at least I don't have to worry about something fundamental like that. Today didn't make me feel especially good about my presentation since I didn't do the best job ever, but I really think that I can make it all come together when it matters on Thursday.