Honors Forum Presentation and Discussion

When the rest of the class voted to do our presentations over self-image, I was greatly disappointed. I had voted for a different topic, the name of which I have since forgotten. Yet, I decided that I would try to make the best of this project. My group decided to report on health and image. At first I was befuddled as to what I could possibly do my part over. Then Jill came up with the topic of plastic surgery.

The researching part went fine. I had my research long before our group met. Google searching through government websites is a wonderful thing. I learned a lot about plastic surgery, but I still don’t think that I want to have any. This is probably due to the fact that I also learned about the possible side-effects.

Our presentation wasn’t to be until the middle of November, so no one seemed too terribly worried about it. Consequently, we only met a few times before we presented. Though overall, I think it went fairly well, except for the part where we ran over the allotted time when presenting. I even hurried through my part of the presentation so that we wouldn’t run over. Oh well, I’m sure it turned out fine.

I think discussion also went well considering nobody wanted to really say much. Towards the end of class everyone seemed to wake up some and start talking, which was convenient, since all that not talking was starting to make me sleepy too. I do, however, think that things would have gone a bit smoother if our presentation and discussion had not been interrupted by Thanksgiving break. I think that people would have remembered our topic more, and perhaps even have been more willing to discuss it.

In the end, I suppose that discussing self-image was okay. It turned out to be more interesting than I thought it would, especially if one forgets that almost all of the groups over-lapped and repeated information. Though, I think that if I take this class again I would like to discuss something a bit more intellectual. Maybe even something with more available information so that the groups don’t overlap.