Presentations - Day 2

Waking up at my own leisure on a school day is ultimate bliss.  Since there was a sports festival during the school day and presentations started at around 11, Lisa and I slept in until 9.  We lazily woke up, got ready, and ate our breakfast, and then we rode our bikes to school.  Lisa and I separated and went our ways.  I walked into the classroom lazily, sat down lazily, and waited for everyone to come together so we could start presenting.  As everyone sat down together we moved to another, more high-tech, class room.  Then a class of seventh graders came in and sat down waiting for us to present.  Aaron and Jessika presented first about the life of an American teenager, then Chris and Willow presented about Seattle.  Since it wasn’t their first time presenting they seemed relaxed and confident; they also managed to involve the class by asking questions and trying to get them involved.  

After the questions stopped and the presenting was over we all went back to the old classroom for a break and debriefing.  During the break we got food and just relaxed until we had to walk over to another classroom to present our projects.  We had to wait for the room to clear, but the class managed to get out and we managed to come in. Connor and I were the first ones to present to this class of tenth graders.  Honestly, I was a bit afraid to present to them because they are our age and presenting to little kids seems easier. However, we didn’t present right after they came in, we had to wait because the teacher started to pass out tests. Connor and I stood at the white board waiting for the opportune moment to start our presentation on Washington State. When we finally got their attention, Connor started his part of the presentation with plenty of information wrapped around with witty humor and random facts.

It seemed to entertain the kids, so I had no complaints.   Then came my turn; I took the clicker from Connor's hands, a bit nervous, and started talking about the Geography of the State of Washington. However, I had to go quite quick because Connor had taken a long time, but I had no complaints.  I tried to go as quickly as possible, while giving all the information, and trying to make it entertaining.  I tried my best and from Mr. Mobini’s reaction Connor and I did well.   After 2 brief questions we were excited to give the stage to Katie and Renee who presented about Kennedy Catholic High School.  Their presentation was also a slideshow, but with clips.  They had clips from school sports, assemblies, and cheer.  Then when their presentation was over they started to teach the class, which consisted mostly of boys, a Kennedy Catholic cheer.  I must say it was very entertaining and very funny as they tried to keep up with Katie and Renee’s pace.  

Filled with laughter and embarrassment class ended and we all walked out and went back upstairs to debrief the whole day. –Karanjot