I had my first day of class yesterday. Again, not a big deal of a class, just a community education class. But, it was a topic that I found kind of interesting and decided that I would like to take.
I arrived a few minutes early. There was an elderly gentleman there. It's a science class during the day and at night it's a classroom for community education. When I walked in, I was greeted with, "you must be Ella". Nope, that ain't me and I said pretty much that. He then realized that I was me.
The elderly gentleman is the instructor. He appears to be at least in his late 70's. The very least. He knows the subject matter and so far I am appreciating the information he is giving me.
His methods are a little dated. Most people give speeches from power point now. They put their presentations on power point. This gentleman wants us to use note cards. Put a little notes on it and not read it. It's just a point to give us a prompt on what to speak about. You take a peek at your notes and then you immediately put your hands down at your side, you never read a speech. You walk around, but you don't pace. You use hand gestures. You enunciate.
Next week, we are to introduce ourselves. We don't really have a time limit. There are five people in the class. We are to wear something special and tell an interesting fact about ourselves; nothing boring like how many kinds we have and what we do for a living.
This is going to be an interesting eight week venture.
I arrived a few minutes early. There was an elderly gentleman there. It's a science class during the day and at night it's a classroom for community education. When I walked in, I was greeted with, "you must be Ella". Nope, that ain't me and I said pretty much that. He then realized that I was me.
The elderly gentleman is the instructor. He appears to be at least in his late 70's. The very least. He knows the subject matter and so far I am appreciating the information he is giving me.
His methods are a little dated. Most people give speeches from power point now. They put their presentations on power point. This gentleman wants us to use note cards. Put a little notes on it and not read it. It's just a point to give us a prompt on what to speak about. You take a peek at your notes and then you immediately put your hands down at your side, you never read a speech. You walk around, but you don't pace. You use hand gestures. You enunciate.
Next week, we are to introduce ourselves. We don't really have a time limit. There are five people in the class. We are to wear something special and tell an interesting fact about ourselves; nothing boring like how many kinds we have and what we do for a living.
This is going to be an interesting eight week venture.
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