On this essay I basically did an expansion of my pitch presentation.
I took my outlined slides and all my notes and turned the information into
paragraphs. I decided to stick with the same topic due to my passion and
knowledge of the issue of adolescent drug addiction. Through all of our
assignments I have found it so much easier to come up with a better final copy
if it is something pertaining to myself or information I am very confident that
I’m fluent with. Since being in this
class everyone is aware of how close to my heart this topic is, so I assume you
guys almost expected it!
I was extremely grateful to have some sources already from
my pitch, making my research time lessened. Although I found more information
to add to the essay as well as my slides I had a huge head start. I know from
hearing others talk, that coming up with the topic was the hardest part for
them, so I guess I saved myself a lot of stress!
I will say I really was excited initially about writing this
as a satire. I did not end up doing that because I allowed my lack of
confidence to hold me back. My grades should show me that my insecurities are
irrational, but for whatever reason I listened to them still. I am very excited
to hear others’ presentations that were done satirically so if ever presented with
this option again maybe I will have a clearer understanding and go for it.
I feel especially comfortable with my paper and presentation
now that I’ve received my feedback from the pitch presentation. Although no one
said it in their comments I know my two biggest fallbacks in the pitch were the
amount of text per slide and no images. I am going to utilize that knowledge to
better this one, mostly by taking the statistics and specific schools mentioned
and showing them in images in my new presentation. I hope I receive a decent
grade from the class again and that they are not too disappointed it’s the same
topic since I’m switching it up a bit.
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