I am with you! However, I'd appreciate it if it can wait til Friday about 4 to start snowing... not too much on the roads as I go home, then when I get home, it can just dump a pile, while I sit by the fire, watch football and eat pizza.
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Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Sounds good.
So, I'm going to have my first Power Point based presentation in three years tomorrow. Last time was a complete failure, in that I relied on it and the hardware didn't work (i.e. there was no video projector). And of course I didn't have any hand outs either. The only reason why I chose to go for Power Point again was because I have to show an abundance of maps and compare some of them.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I did my first ever powerpoint presentation last month. It was a complete success.
People who use Powerpoint usually use it poorly. That's why I hate Powerpoint presentations.
Exactly. I've always felt Power Point does more to harm your presentation than it does to impress people. I'm down to the basics with this one: four slides (plus title and literature slide), each one showing one map... and one showing two, including the first and only animation I've ever used, just because I felt it would run more smoothly. Nothing fancy, no spin or flash crap, just one map moving to the left to let another one appear at its place. I already feel kind of guilty for that one gimmick.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
A lot of people in my class overused animations when we were doing our presentations last month. Some people had every bullet point flying in which became really annoying. I only used animations to highlight important points and that was included in my positive feedback from the lecturers.
Yea I'm not a fan of powerpoints either. That's almost all we did in last year's U.S. history class. What I ended up doing for most of my presentations, is every slide was just the subject, and then a picture to go with it, and I just explained it orally. It's better that way I think.
That is the idea of it, actually.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Absolutely. Too many people read from the computer screen or turn round to read from the projected slides, but the audience can already read that!
Wow really? The people in my school need a serious lesson in making power points then. Because most of the time it's them typing a ton of stuff on each slide and reading it to the class.
That's not the idea at all. The real idea behind PowerPoint is to help people overcome their fear of speaking in public. Instead of talking in a bright room with people looking at you, you can talk in a dark room with people looking at your pretty slides. And if you make them very pretty, or fill them up with massive blocks of text, you can mask the fact that your presentation isn't really about anything.
Travis The Dragon
AFTERGLOW!!!
The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
I've ruptured my meniscus today and I have an incredible pain on my back. Even moving is too much for me and I've got two exams at school today, I'm totally screwed. The pain on my meniscus connects to the pain on the back, I think that's because of my sensitive nerves. I think I have a herniated disc. 
And like that's not enough, I'm battling with migraine once again. Hell must be something like this if it exists.
And like that's not enough, I'm battling with migraine once again. Hell must be something like this if it exists.
Travis The Dragon
AFTERGLOW!!!
Damn Flash! I really hope you feel better soon!
I really hope you feel better soon!
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
I've ruptured my meniscus today and I have an incredible pain on my back. Even moving is too much for me and I've got two exams at school today, I'm totally screwed. The pain on my meniscus connects to the pain on the back, I think that's because of my sensitive nerves. I think I have a herniated disc.
And like that's not enough, I'm battling with migraine once again. Hell must be something like this if it exists.
Ouch ...
Are you going to need surgery for the knee? And if both the knee and the back are acute, you should be allowed to take the exams later?
Vap
Ancient Mariner
The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
No surgery, luckily but I have to wear a kneecap for a month and use some drugs. The reason of pains on the back turned out to be spasms all over the muscles. I'm currently resting, exams will be fine, I've got a medical certificate for resting.