IM SO DONE

Ok, for the record I am not quitting Unity after this project is over. I feel like it would have been a waste to just never use what I spent 1000 hours learning. I hope that this will be part of my life for a while, because of all the knowledge I gained. Now, about the TED Talk... I somewhat forgot about the TED Talk about the week before. To get my idea I looked towards what I hate most. Cliche and cheesy things. A cheesy joke is the worst thing in the universe. To avoid being cringey, I looked in the opposite direction of other TED Talks. One day, I heard the phrase "shoot for the stars." Well, I tried to show that you should shoot for the ground before you can get to the stars. I wanted to show the importance of a strong foundation. Last Wednesday I watched a bunch of TED Talks to get ready, and developed a formula to make one that flows. I got it down to: story, question, evidence that shows that what you are talking about is relevant, what you did, what you learned from what you did, and what the message is. I tried to accomplish this list by entering with the story of my constant failure, then shifting towards my work. Then, I ended with a story about someone wanting to be an astronaut. I was SO NERVOUS about my ted talk. I was panicking 48 hours prior to my turn, and I was constantly struggling not to fidget or stutter. I get anxious when being graded all the time, but having everyone look at me and rate me against everyone else was not exactly appealing. Honestly, I have no idea whether or not I stuttered. After the first two lines my brain went into muscle memory and snipped out some parts of my script that had not been memorized. I am pretty sure that my time was around 4:20 when at home my time was 4:53. So somewhere along the line my brain decided to do a little last-minute editing. Anyway, I am relying on my peers to grade me. Anonymous source: 27/30 Joseph: 27.5/30 Panav: 26/30 I think that I should get a 26/30 because I thought that I delivered an "idea worth spreading," because I have not heard many people talk about having a strong foundation. From what I can remember my execution was pretty good, and people said that my talk brought up a previously untouched topic. Ok, thank you all for being here with me through my Unity adventures. So long! :)

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