Saturday: 8:00 am – 12:00 noon Attend AAAS Session Attire-business casual
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm AJAS Oral Presentations Attire-business professional
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Plenary Lecture Attire-business professional
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm AJAS Awards Banquet Attire-business professional
10:00 pm - 1:00am DJ & Dance for Delegates Attire-casual.
I woke up this morning with a nervous knot in my stomach. This was the day I would be presenting my project to other people. I worked on my power point presentation that morning, putting the perfecting touches on it. I wrote notes on my project, so then I could have a good once-over and, just in case, if I forget something while presenting. I realized that this presentation didn't mean much, since it wasn't for a competition, but I was still nervous.
I headed to the Marriot with my friends, and then went to the room where I was supposed to be presenting. I sat next to Dr. Bates, where he asked me if I were prepared. I had brought my lap top, but it was unclear to whether there were the proper hook-ups for the projector, so a friend, Ian, lent me his USB so I could put my presentation onto the computer that was hooked up already. I reviewed my notes, and when it was my turn to present, I was able to spit out all the information. I was happy to hear that Dr. Bates could understand my presentation.
Following that, I went downstairs to go find my friends, where we hung out for a little bit. I went to go check out a robotics competition that was taking place at the hotel we were staying at. Following that, I went with some friends to the plenary lecture. The lecturer, one hired Obama, spoke more of politics than he did science. He told us that he hoped to talk more about science, but AAAS wanted him to talk politics. The lecture was interesting, as it depicted the role of science in politics.
After the lecture, I went to the dinner. Since my friends and I were a little bit late to the reception, we were seated at the table with Board Members. We talked to the photographer of the AJAS trip about his work there. It was a pleasant dinner. After the dinner, certificates were passed out, as well as pins. Being from Washington State, our state was called last. Dr. Bates and I were one of the last people to go up to the podium. After we went up, Canada went up, or something like that, so we weren't entirely last.
My friends and I went back to the hotel, where we went to the dance held by AJAS. It was a lot of fun. I crashed into bed after that.
0 comments:
Post a Comment