Interdisciplinary Unit Experience

"Interdisciplinary Project Experience"

From the beginning, I was a little confused about the project since there was so many parts to it, and the idea of presenting in front of a panel, made me quite nervous. Me and my group were behind the first 3 weeks, because we lacked communication and we had to meet up more frequently. It came to the point where I had no choice but to finish the project myself, which means, I had to do the power-point by my self. Yes, I know it wasn't fair but I did not want suffer from a low grade so I stepped up to the challenge. Then came the day we all had to rehearse for Van Hill and we took the challenge and came out pretty successful. I feel that we were on the right track, and although we didn't have a perfect presentation, we did well and just needed to rehearse a bit more and we would be fine. Of course, my group members made excuses as to not meet up and rehearse, so I decided to do it myself.... I practiced with my parents, my sister, my friends and I love how in the end, they came through as their support really motivated me to dominate my part, (EXPO). Well, it was the day of the showcase and when I was at my house, I had showered and dressed up. I combed my hair, brushed my teeth, and put on cologne. I wanted to look good for my presentation as well as for the ladies. But in the end, I couldn't stop thinking about my presentation.. I thought about not showing up, because I feared I was going to make a mistake, but then I said to myself ,"Look Rodrigo, you have just one night, you've practiced, you've researched, you got this!" This motivated me as I left my house to get to my school, to present my power-point. Once I got in school, I was very nervous, because I was worried my group members had not memorized their parts of the presentation. But when we got into our assigned room, I felt confident for some reason.... maybe it was the support of my loved ones, or was it simply because I had studied? To this point, I don't know the answer but confidence was a key in my presentation. Once me and my group started presenting, I introduced our group and our topic, and I did my part, and my group members presented decently as I knew they weren't prepared, Once the presentation was over, I felt a great relief, I felt accomplished, even if one of our group members, forgot their parts in the presentation. In the end, the panel asked several questions about our topic and since I knew my team members were not ready, I stepped up and answered the questions the panel had for us. I was impressed because who would've thought I would be the one who stepped up for our group and our presentation of needle free injections :). In the end, I felt like I could do any other presentation because at least now, I finished one of the most important ones in my life, so far.