THE BLOG OF JESS

Hello. So, about 2 weeks ago, I was stressing out on writing my first research paper; 4 pages long. It was about A Study in Selfies. Anyway, I presented my presentation today.

The moment I realized that I was called to go up, something in me snapped, unleashing the maddening anxiety tucked away. I was basically shaking in fear, oh my goodness. I logged onto my Prezi account, and set up what I had. 
I started out with "I did my presentation on selfies.... who here has taken a selfie?" With that, most of my fellow classmates raised their hands. I then went on explaining on what exactly a selfie was. Mrs. Korey cut in to say that she's never taken a pic of herself and shared it online. My response to that was basically "It's a teenage thing." As I presented, I found myself tripping over my words while trying to speak. It didn't happen often, but as I spoke in the first 2, 3 slides, my throat would, idk, close up a little, cutting me off mid-word. Ugh. I managed to control that a little better. I'm glad that I gave myself a little speaking break by adding in a video that made fun of those attention seekers on Facebook. The audience laughed at the humorous video, which relaxed me. There was a small tech issue, which had me run over to the computer and fix real quick, and then I skipped back to my spot. I still had nerves running through me, so skipping calmed me down a little. While I skipped to my spot, I heard people giggle? (Later Bailey told me that people said that I was really cute, skipping around.) I then went on to talk about the Selfie Olympics, Ellen Degeneres's selfie during the Oscars, and I did mention that one song dedicated to Selfies, which I didn't intend of having played, as I didn't add it to my prezi, but students insisted, and they went onto youtube so that they can play it. That song is ultra crappy. I don't recommend that you listen to it. I wrapped up the speech with a few statistics, and yep. I got a loud applause and it felt good. 
A few girls found it appropriate to have a class selfie, which I was in because, hey, it was my presentation. I don't have the picture for you, mainly because it's probably on Instagram and I'm not much of an instagrammy person. Also, I can't remember who took the photo, so... yeah.
All throughout my presentation my body was shaking internally. I was incredibly nervous. It wasn't until my next period class did all the tension inside me went away when I bit into a nice hard red apple. Doing that, all the nerves dissolved, and all that was there was apple. It was a very delicious apple btw.

After the class, I did get a few lingering compliments. Jen saying "Everyone loved your presentation", Bailey (who isn't in my class, although she does have the same teacher) said basically the same thing. Vicki, later on our facebook chat told me that people were still talking about how awesome it was in her French class. 

So yep, this was basically a success.

I later shared with my sister my success, but when she realized I included Jimmy Fallon NO WHERE in my prezi, she yelled at me.

Thanks for reading.
-Jess