Evaluation

Initially I rated myself seven out of ten, after having spent an entire semester in Communication Skills class; I can comfortable move to a nine out of ten; I am being modest.

I have definitely learnt alot from this class, especially when we got down to the presentation. "I'm a boss" that is at presentation, I implemented all that I learned in this class and I aced my presentations.

Ms. Mangah thank you for all you have done for me and I truly enjoyed your class and you can look for me again cause every course that I have to do that you are teaching, believe it I will enroll in that class.

Last Group Meeting before the BIG DAY

The last group meeting before the day of the presentation, tonight it was more or less a test trial, hopefully everything goes well on Monday. I am incharge of decorating and I think everyone has such high expectations of me; I don't want to let anyone down. But I am doing much research on decorating ideas and asking people who are in the decorating field alot of questions, so on Monday "God's Willing" I will be very equipt to handle my job as designer.

we have alot in store and everything sounds so good, I just hope that everyone enjoys it and we pull this thing off really well.

All About the Group Meeting

I am incharge of the decorations, I am not sure I know what to do yet but it will be great. "Funkii
Munkii" is back in, and I just love it. The group meeting I think was a success; we always come to a common understanding and we have such great ideas. I just hope everything goes well on Monday, and everything just flows good. I want to do some research for some ideas of decorating the area, I mean I was placed incharge of decorating but I am willing to accept any suggestions of the group after all we are all going to have to benefit or not from this work. I am just working for an "A" and doing all I can to make sure that this is exactly what I receive, I mean I did work hard for it.

Group Meeting #2

I will say that we had a successful group meeting but some may think otherwise, this one girl was against everything; oh man she was running a nerve. we had a really cool name "funky monkey" she found that funky sounds dirty so wanted it to be changed, I personally felt that she confused "funky" with "funky" I mean there are different meanings. So the new name is "NU3-US" yes, I mean it was cleaver but who can beat "funky monkey" just awesome.

GROUP PRESENTATION "Product"

All I can say is "WOW", initially I thought that it was all "make believe" but only to realize that......No No we have to come up with the real thing.

Carlene and I had to split up, we are in different groups; but I must say I feel quite comfortable in this group. We do not have any concrete ideas as yet but we are all talking and everyone has an input. I must say we have a wonderful group leader.

Working on some great ideas to share with my group on Wednesday, have alot flying around in my mind. The other group wants me to switch when the other guy comes on Wednesday but I am sticking with my group.

Hope they would not be mad.

MY PRESENTATION

My presentation was this evening, I was not as nervous as I thought I would have been. I was very relaxed and calm. I did time my self and practised alot but in presenting I just didn't go according to what I was supposed to do. But I thought to my self that I did good.

My classmates presentations were exceptional, I can't say that I disliked any; The persons who I feel sorry for are those who did not show up to present I mean 20% lost. ouch!

I am so glad that this is all done and gone, heard tonight that I have another presentation to do; just when I thought that I was through with presentations, but what can I say, "Bring it on". I am so ready for anything.

Presentations 1st Group

First of all, I want to say congratulations to all the presentors, you all did great jobs!

I learned some things about USC that I did not know at all, for exampe from the pictures; the disgusting state of the mens dorm bathrooms.
The presentation on the shuttle service; true, serious facts were brought across in a very comical way. this situation really does need to be addressed and the suggestion to have a bus by the english block gate was a truly wise one indeed.

End of semester exam is really nerve wreaking and although an invigilator has never made me feel as if I am cheating before; nor have I seen it happen to anyone, this really needs to be addressed.

I'm up first on Wednesday, wish me "All the Best."

VIDEOS

The video's were excellent, I absolutely benefitted from them. Michelle Obama, I consider her to be a great speaker. Even great speakers need to practice and I appreciated that; also seeing her family there for support was good. Therefore for my speech in support of me my family have no choice but to listen to me. :)

The video on LISTEN was also much appreciated, I plan to pay attention to others while they give their speech as it may benefit me as well and could aid in building future relationships with my classmates.

THE BIG DAY

I am very thankful that I have to present on Wednesday; I can observe others give their speech and get a few hints of what to do and what not to do. 3 - 5 minutes seems to be so short a time when you are doing nothing or just hanging out, but to give a speech in that same time, oh how time seems to drag. The topic for this speech is another thing you can have either too little to say and then you have all this time still left on your hands or have the world to say and try to squeeze everthing in. I am indeed looking forward to the presentation, I believe that we have a wide range of age groups and personalities in this class and that is why I believe that alot would be discussed. what matters to someone may be barely noticed by another and that would make things really interesting.

Quiz

That quiz have been on my mind since I knew it was coming, but if I told you we were given the quiz on the same day as promised I felt like I would have done so poorly I would have been so ashamed to attend class the next session. I am kind of happy that I eneded up doing Strategies for Diverse and Exceptional Learners and Communication Skills together; because they are related in some aspects, multicultural and ethnocentrism and etc. I can really say that I am enjoying the clash.