Short but Packed

Seeing that it's one of those half days with such tight schedule... I was rather startled when Mr. Armstrong told us we were to create a podcast after a given time of preparation. He sorted us into tables, shaking hands, taking attendance, and all that habitual stuff. After that he assigned each group with a different 'week' of the unit we covered recently. Our group was to cover week 1 while others covered week 2, 3, and essay topics. I'm not so sure of the other groups but our group first had a mini seminar amongst us. First we described about the key terms and people, educated one another on what they are. Then we discussed about the topic, often times had little disputes. Speaking of disputes and disagreement, perhaps we had a little mini debate too. And so we finished organizing our information, it was time for... CHOOSING WHO GOES WHEN!! 'Choosing who goes when' is for all one knows the most dreaded time when working with other people. People just mewl how everything stinks and all that rubbish just bursts out here and there. But some how everyone manages to sort things out in order. Seeing that we are week 1 we were the first to go. We sat around the little orange table placed at the centre of the room. Then as Mr. Armstrong pushed the trackpad button, the recording session started. I was given the honour of beginning our discussion by saying the words “8C group 1”. Elizabeth first described the topic we chose for her to say, and so did the others. But we failed to make it sound like a group of people discussing. So we tried it again. This time I managed to make my self seem like a nincompoop, being neither unconscious nor concentrated and suddenly bursting the words “8C group 1!!” as I realized the recording has begun. Although I didn’t see much difference with the first try, all of us contributed something to make it sound like a smart conversation by asking questions to others and adding amiable comments like “Ah” “Interesting” or “Fascinating”. As we continued recording I realized the whole thing sounded very unrehearsed (not like we did rehearse) and typical. Yet Sangwoo managed to make it a success by asking a very keen, clever question at the end, which just saved the podcast. His question was “What is the difference between the Land Ordinance and the Northwest Ordinance?”, very good question indeed, according to Mr. Armstrong, it was amongst the questions in the little piece of paper he gives us time to time to help us make good questions. Although our podcast was great in my opinion, I still had feelings of regret due to the fact that I wasn’t able to contribute much to the group. Followed by other groups, the little time that was given to us in the first place went by quickly. Today’s class was short but rather packed and brimming enthusiasm.

Andrew W. Yoon 8C
28.01.08