Post Media Presentation

Nerve Racking

We finally got to execute all of the media presentations and I'm glad i finally got it over with because for the first i found it nerve racking to present. Building the poem was good time well spent and i enjoyed doing the work because i love writing poetry but i don’t know what came over me when it came time to present.

I felt the lights in my face, the heat building up, i completely felt like i was melting. I felt as if at times when i messed up everyone noticed and the room just seemed to be silenced. For the first time in my life, presenting was difficult. I guess i could say some of the reasons on why felt like that would be because i didn’t have my poem fully memorized and maybe i was worrying to much about if they would like it or if they liked it when i was done and is it good enough. My worst fear was if my teacher my adjudicator would like it and feel what i felt when i wrote that poem and saw the truth of life on the streets.

I have to say it was not one of my best presentations but i do plan on continuing to get better and gradually grow to be stellar at presenting. I will work on my memorization and i will try not to worry so much in the future. Doing these kind of challenges allows you to open up your eyes, view the streets with a different perspective and be more gracious to your surrounding people living their life struggling day to day. It also allows you to keep in mind how great your life is disregarding the mini situations or problems. It also teaches you to not take everything for granted and to enjoy the life you live.

Make wise decisions, for you only have one shot at life. I hope the class enjoyed my presentation and was able to connect with the message i was trying to deliver. I hope they can now open their eyes to these people struggling and will try to make a change. Let’s all contribute and make that change.