That was a strange lecture
May. 22nd, 2007 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_milky_wayI think there rarely has been a day in the last 6 years that I really enjoyed being at uni. There have been some, and some really memorable one but today was one of the few where I thought I was at the right place at the right time. I know it doesn't make much sense. It's just a feeling I had while lazying around in the sun with my presentation group, going through the presentation and talking to a group of Stanford students, who were there due to a G8 summit meeting at the campus. Wiebke and me realized at the same time that this would be our last presentation ever and that we both hadn't really done something for it. Sure I read the text and made notes and marked passages I wanted to read out loud but other than that I didn't do anything.
So sitting there in front of the brand new cafeteria drinking frozen cappuccino and talking about future plans made me feel okay. Good even.
The presentation then went surprisingly well, despite the horrible heat in the room and the 144 students. The three of us actually managed to pull it off despite the lack of preparation and we did chose the right passages to read out loud. Afterwards the two profs even thanked us with shaking our hands. That never happened to me before. Never...
... The profs said they were amazed that we did so well because the text was rather difficult to read and interpret. And again, I didn't do a single thing for that (other than to read the text).
Anyway, I need the credits for the course, so I need to write a paper as well. So we asked if we could write it together and how long it should be. At the beginning of the seminar they said something 10 pages if you do a presentation,s o we thought it might be 10 for each. And this is the best thing, it's acutally 10 to 12 for both of us together (so only 6 for me, which I have already in notes and only have to write them out). Go figure that I have the paper for this semester finished before the ones of the last semester. I'll hand it in next week, which amazes me to no ends.
Another thing about this seminar that is amazing me is that I actually get along quite good with the prof. I had one lcture with him in my very first semester, that was like 5 years ago, and I slept through most of it and swore myself to never have another lecture with him. But this seminar is interesting and good and well I never knew you could actually talk to the prof that much. He practically told us that we have the credits by the middle of June. Oi.
Now I only need to get the other papers done. *hides*
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Still contemplating London though... and yes I know it's not a good idea but I am thinking about it.. constantly. I mean it's not that far.. Uhm.
And it's Kane.
So sitting there in front of the brand new cafeteria drinking frozen cappuccino and talking about future plans made me feel okay. Good even.
The presentation then went surprisingly well, despite the horrible heat in the room and the 144 students. The three of us actually managed to pull it off despite the lack of preparation and we did chose the right passages to read out loud. Afterwards the two profs even thanked us with shaking our hands. That never happened to me before. Never...
... The profs said they were amazed that we did so well because the text was rather difficult to read and interpret. And again, I didn't do a single thing for that (other than to read the text).
Anyway, I need the credits for the course, so I need to write a paper as well. So we asked if we could write it together and how long it should be. At the beginning of the seminar they said something 10 pages if you do a presentation,s o we thought it might be 10 for each. And this is the best thing, it's acutally 10 to 12 for both of us together (so only 6 for me, which I have already in notes and only have to write them out). Go figure that I have the paper for this semester finished before the ones of the last semester. I'll hand it in next week, which amazes me to no ends.
Another thing about this seminar that is amazing me is that I actually get along quite good with the prof. I had one lcture with him in my very first semester, that was like 5 years ago, and I slept through most of it and swore myself to never have another lecture with him. But this seminar is interesting and good and well I never knew you could actually talk to the prof that much. He practically told us that we have the credits by the middle of June. Oi.
Now I only need to get the other papers done. *hides*
***
Still contemplating London though... and yes I know it's not a good idea but I am thinking about it.. constantly. I mean it's not that far.. Uhm.
And it's Kane.
