December 15th - Today's the Day... Concluded

After an intense wait, and not hearing from our group mate Tish until just a few minutes before the official start of our exam period, we finally got the relief of seeing our magazine for the first time that morning. It was well past 1 o'clock at this point, and all other presentations were coming to a close with everyone seemingly anxious to see us present so they could start their vacation. It was an unbelievable morning for me to say the least, and while I quite literally can’t recall myself ever being caught in such a clench of a situation during the whole of my academic career, things worked out quite ok at the end. 

Our classmates did a great job presenting the material associated with their magazine, and it was obvious that all of us were familiar with our end product and content to an extent that required almost no notes or cues. It really was nice to see everyone maintaining such a high level of eye contact and commitment to their presentations. While some last minute realizations on the missing of some of my content in the final magazine led us to make some quick improvisations on our presentation, we managed to coordinate the use of pc and projection stand effectively. I have to say though that when I realized my creative element was nowhere to be found in the magazine, I did start to panic, which left me feeling quite guilty as Ms Newsam had to remind us to remain quiet and attentive during the presentations of others.  After all of us had gone on to present, I felt that the class concluded on a very positive note, which probably had much to do with Ms Newsam’s joyful announcement that she was indeed pregnant. I for one had not considered that to possibly be the reason for her absences at all , but we all know us men can be very oblivious to these types of things, as many of my classmates had been expecting this for some time it seemed. 

I’m glad to see how things turned out, happy with my progress though out this class, and definitely happy for Ms Newsam. With the fifteenth of December, our English 102 class has ended, and I can honestly say that while it was my hardest class this semester, it was also one of my most enlightening, a combination that often goes together in life.