Wednesday, April 5, 2017

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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2 comments:

  1. Hi James,

    Don't stress about your TED talk! It was fine. I know you like to think about grades, but I recommend taking your focus off that. I understand that it's what eventually gets put on your report card, but I'm sure that even with a bad grade this project has helped you in more ways than none. Think about it like this. This one grade isn't going to affect your college, but the experience (probably) will. I know you were stressing out right after your TED talk, but sometimes it's okay not to think about the grade but the experience you had with this project.

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  2. Although I missed your TED Talk, I'm sure you did well. Coding is a really tough thing to do, and it's nice to see that you have developed it into a solid speech. I have followed most of your improvements throughout these seven weeks, and I think that if you can get past two different coding languages, then you can also write a solid speech. Good job!

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