Post #125: Speaking

I started a new course today. Oral communication. In other words it's asort of speech course. I wanted to go on an oral course instead of like a written communication course since I think I can better the written part of my communication capabilities by myself with like studying but it's hard to study how to make a good speech without people giving you feedback. Well I was kind of nervous about the course since I have this prejudice that all speech teachers are really horrible women that I just can't imagine I would get along with. And being judged by someone I can't get along with would just not be fun at all and I'd get this counter attitude and be difficult. But my worries turned out to be uncalled for.

The teacher was a man. Ok, so men can be bad too but this man was quite nice. He was really easy-going and made the atmosphere in the class really relaxed. I found myself commenting on the issued we discussed about more than I would have thought. Or maybe not really since I have been the chair of things and am used to talking in groups when no-one else is but still. I liked noticing that I'd actually developed in that area in the last five years or so. And it made me feel good that I'd done it purposefully and succeeded. But as talkative as I may have been in comparison to some of the other people there I did notice that I have things I can work on. I think the course is going to be really usefull.

The other people there were also quite nice. We even went for coffee during the break. (The course is like 4 hours for the next like 6 Fridays in the mornings.) It was nice being one of the people going for coffee and not like what I might have done. (I might have rushed to the toilet and then come back to the class and just waited silently till it started again.) But yeah the morning went by rather nicely. I think I'm sort of waiting for the next class though I have to prepare a 5 minute talk about some term or phenomenon from my field of study. "I wonder what I'm going to talk about..." It's way obvious. Polymorphism, of course. :) What better subject than the subject of my thesis. And I think talking to people about it will help me get some ideas together in my head. I just need to take this homework seriously and really practice what I am going to say.

But right now it's Friday. I'm off to see some stand-up comedy. Fun, fun fun. I've so ben wanting to go for ages. I haven't been in like a year. Have a good weekend!