Monday, October 20, 2014

Watching Willi's Presentation... (told from the third person)

Several blogs are presented in Senior Literature and Composition. Jason watches as a child wraps up their presentation. Willi is next up to present and he looks a little nervous. He stares at his notes extensively as he mouths each enticing line to himself. Willi goes up to present. As he stands up all of his nerves and fears seem to wash away. He walks to the front of the room with a swagger in his step. He seems like he is ready. There's no doubt in Jason's mind that he won't nail this presentation.


                                     Willi starts his presentation and states that his presentation is based on a book titled Jay-Z American Gangster Decoded.  He explains how Jay-Z grew up in a small apartment complex in a tough side of his neighborhood. After Willi shows a video where Jay-Z explains that rap is poetry and lets you express your emotion through it. Once the video finishes Willi moves to the next slide where he tells the audience the depths of the relationship between Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls. Jason learned from Will's presentation that Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls were competitors in the rap industry. Overall Willi's presentation went smoothly and Jason hoped he got a good grade on his presentation. Several other people presented that day and everyone did a great job, but Willi's presentation held Jason's attention above the rest.              
                                                                                 

Monday, October 13, 2014

Presentations and Presenting



This week in Senior Literature and Composition we had to have a presentation about our memoirs ready to present. It was the second day of presenting. Two other people have presented and there is about 15 minutes of class left. This leaves just enough time for Ms. Menough to call on one more person. She does. "EEhhEhehEh" said "the deer in headlights" aka the scared child she called on. "Are you not ready?" said "the Audi r10 coming strait for the deer" aka Ms. Menough "Naww sorry." said the scared child She subtracts a couple points and picks on another child. I think to myself "oh please don't be me." She picks on another child that agrees to present, and as their preparing their powerpoint they decide they aren't ready to present as well. This is where I started to get anxious, I thought to myself "what are the odds she picks me next, slim to none right?" Wrong. "Uhhhhmm Jason" Ms. Menough announces "Alriiiiight" I announce with subtle distaste I go up and present and it goes pretty well. I feel I nailed all of the key points I wanted to. I wound up to get a high A as a grade and was happy.

Throughout the course of the week we saw several powerpoints presented. One of my favorite powerpoints had to be the one done on the book Fab Five. What makes this book so astounding is that you learn that there will never be a team like this again because of how much they impacted the game. Another Thing I found amusing about the Fab Five was that they were the first basketball team to use Hip-Hop music during their games. It was also interesting to find out that what ruined them as a team was what ruins most bands and teams that become popular, of course I'm talking about money. I hope to read this book in the near future because it sounds like quite a wonderful read.