More ego boosting!
I had to give a poster presentation today. All about that stuff I was posting about last time, ya know, the timing of neuronal activity compared to actual movements and the timings of conscious decisions. I was generally quite happy. people seemed to like my conclusions and evaluation generally. my main problem was that my first presentation was quite stuttered because the guy who was doing it was also running the session so had to keep giving stuff to the markers and so on, coupled with the fact he's the sort to cut you off mid stream to ask a question that you're about to answer in 20 seconds time, it was hard to get a flow going, particularly when it was my first run through! Still, while I think I was least happy with what I was doing with him, I still think I did pretty well. I know we've all passed because he told us that there wasn't going to be a problem with that for any of us anyway, its just a question of how well we've passed. I did get one major ego boost though. one person who came to see my poster was a PhD student and she was utterly fascinated by the study I was presenting and my ideas on it, particularly when I introduced some novel ideas of my own. Afterwards she said she remembered me from the graduate tutor interview I had at the university. She said she remembered me because I had 'so much of this creative energy', which isn't how most people think of me, so it was nice to hear! So after saying how much she loved my work for the day, went on to say how much I'd impressed everyone at the interview all that time ago. Apparently I only lost out because a guy after me was just way too good to turn down. It was nice to hear I was considered good enough, there just happened to be someone very good indeed up against me. Besides, its worked out better, I'm so much better for doing this masters course! She did say i had to apply again if another job came up though.
So anyway, yeah, I feel good about this assignment. I'm glad I picked something so interesting because people really did want to talk to me about it and other related topics too. I think picking something so interesting challenging will probably help people remember me, particularly when they felt a need to come back to me and talk about other things too.
I love academic life.
I bet I get a shit mark now. I do sometimes forget that my enthusiasm wont necessarily mask that I dont organise my talks as well or give as polished a presentation as some of the others! hehe.
It is quite funny though, I think I can say without arrogance I'm in the top two in the class at presentations, and the guy who's better than me has a totally different style. Well rehearsed, carefully planned, tidy organisation and dressed up for the event. I turn up in my same old ratty clothes and busk my way through. The downside to my approach is that I can lose track more easily, the downside to his is that he cant react as well to what the audience does.
Anyway yeah, today was fun. Now though, it really is going to be work work work until June. expect me to reject many social events...well, even more. Now I'm poor and really fucking busy, rather than just poor and busy! I'm even not gonna see Kay on her birthday! Stupid early morning stats exams. I'm still bitter about that!!
So anyway, yeah, I feel good about this assignment. I'm glad I picked something so interesting because people really did want to talk to me about it and other related topics too. I think picking something so interesting challenging will probably help people remember me, particularly when they felt a need to come back to me and talk about other things too.
I love academic life.
I bet I get a shit mark now. I do sometimes forget that my enthusiasm wont necessarily mask that I dont organise my talks as well or give as polished a presentation as some of the others! hehe.
It is quite funny though, I think I can say without arrogance I'm in the top two in the class at presentations, and the guy who's better than me has a totally different style. Well rehearsed, carefully planned, tidy organisation and dressed up for the event. I turn up in my same old ratty clothes and busk my way through. The downside to my approach is that I can lose track more easily, the downside to his is that he cant react as well to what the audience does.
Anyway yeah, today was fun. Now though, it really is going to be work work work until June. expect me to reject many social events...well, even more. Now I'm poor and really fucking busy, rather than just poor and busy! I'm even not gonna see Kay on her birthday! Stupid early morning stats exams. I'm still bitter about that!!