Reflection Matthew Boch

     In high school, i took public speaking as a class so i have somewhat an idea of what this class was to entail. I do think i can learn many new things from it that i hadn’t learned before. During the project i thought the slides that i contributed were pretty good and i was confident in them. I was also confident in my speaking ability when it was my turn to present. I think in general my whole group did a great job in presenting and how they ended up finishing the powerpoint. 
    One of my favorite parts of the project was actually presenting. It felt like a big weight was finally taken off my shoulder and i felt a bigger surge of confidence once it was all said and done. The chapters were easy to read and i felt as if i definitely learned from them. 
    Overall i believe that our presentation was very solid. I found myself interested in my own powerpoint aswell as the powerpoints of the other groups. We can still learn a lot but at the end of the day we did a good job. Personally i think i’m more confident in my ability to do well in this class.

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