Lilli -- UR, My Midterm Proposal

Along with forgetting my post from last week (my brain is simply done with life this week), I also need to post my blog for this week.
Although Dr. Woodall has yet to hand back any of my classmates evaluation forms (Yikes!), I do however have the specific feedback given to me following my presentation. My classmates had several great ideas as to how to improve, perhaps the most helpful is to slow down. I admit this is an issue for me as I get so nervous that I simply begin to speed through my slides in order to control my nervousness and it has been suggested to me in the past that I slow down on my public presentations. My classmates also pointed out that my scientific question does not need to be a different color in order to stand out, I myself was surprised to see it was red when I was giving my presentation as I don't remember making it red, that does not mean I didn't though. Dr. Woodall also pointed out to myself as well as the class that when a mistake is made during a presentation do not apologize simply keep moving forward. I realized half through my proposal that I was talking very quickly and apologized to my class for moving so fast, I knew when I said it that I shouldn't have as Dr. Arcuri in my speech class told me the same thing. My only explanation is that I always apologize for everything, it has become second nature almost to me and it is a hard habit to break.
Aside from the changes I intend to make to follow my classmates as well as Dr. Woodalls advice, I also have revised my scientific question, as well as redesigned my graph to be more appropriate for the data given, though that was of my own volition and was not commented on by my classmates. I also plan to include a map of where my samples where taken as a reference and that is once again, taking Dr. Woodalls advice. Another change I plan to make is to practice by myself as opposed to practicing in front of my brother in law who did nothing but crack jokes during my practicing. And I thought I could trust him! I also thought that if I were to either video tape myself or take an audio recording of myself while practicing that I could pinpoint where my flow and speed issues come in and adjust those accordingly, though to be honest with myself I know even if I practiced for a hundred years I would still get nervous and sick when the time came to actually speak to my class and professor so in some aspects no amount of practice will help, however I am confident I can get a better grade with the implementation of the changes I have outlines here.