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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

When presentations go well

After this semester’s first paper/presentation a couple of weeks ago, which went horribly and embarrassingly wrong, it feels good to hit one out of the park. Tonight my classmate and I gave a talk on sustainable agriculture and cultural landscapes, loosely based on a chapter from one of my favorite books of late, Charles Redman’s Human Impact on Ancient Environments. With several graduate-level talks under my belt I feel myself getting better and more comfortable with public speaking each time. So, a celebratory beer and maybe a movie will cap off a pretty good evening. Then tomorrow it’s time to get my head out of the clouds and come back to the real world of reading and writing.

Posted by Will at March 21, 2006 11:17 PM in Graduate School