February 23rd, 2010
Just Outside of Wichita
This morning, I gave my presentation to Mr. Baum’s calculus class in Wichita, I thought it went really well, but I did notice that some of the students were dozing off. I put as many pictures in my presentation as I possibly could without overdoing it, I think visuals always makes things more interesting and is a good aid. Afterwards, some of the students thanked me for a great presentation!
I was talking to Mr. Baum after class, and Mr. Kilmer came by to join in our discussion. Mr. Kilmer is the physics professor at Hesston. Mr Baum mentioned to him that I did a great job, and thought Kilmer’s physics class might want to hear the presentation as well. I didn’t mined if Kilmer didn’t mind, and he was delighted to have me over to his class tomorrow morning. I went back to my room at this local hotel I booked online. I was only planning to leave tomorrow morning, but now that I get a chance to show my presentation to other class, I booked the room for one more night. I didn’t know if Kimer would want to continue our discussion further, so I wanted to play it cool, like it was no problem.
The next morning, I drove to Hesston and I noticed that there were some students in his class that were at my presentation yesterday, so I made sure to change up my presentation a bit. Plus, this time I showed a YouTube video demonstrating my formula car. I had just put it together before my trip to Wichita, and I think it turned out pretty good for such short notice. After the presentation, I was right, Kilmer did want to discuss things with me some more, he took me around campus and showed me a new building. He updated me about some recent changes in the media services. I attended the Hesston Mennonite church for a chapel service and notice that some of the people I went to college with were now faculty members. It was great to catch up with them after the service, we even went out to lunch.
Everyone had to get back to Hesston, so we all said goodbye and exchanged emails. I’m thinking that I might just be asked to become a faculty member, maybe, not sure, but who knows?
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