This week’s web conference was definitely a learning experience for me. First of all, I was traveling across the country and had to rely on a horrid internet connection. The lag was incredible. I could hear past, present, and future talk. It was really quite comical, in a bizarre twisted way. Honestly, it was very irritating. All-in-all, I came away from the initial web conference with a little more knowledge than I started with, regardless of my inadequate internet connection.
I had never, even heard of a curriculum vita, before I started this master’s program. During the web conference, Dr. Abshire discussed a CV in detail. I was relieved to hear that, it was simply a focused resume. I have yet to do my CV, however, I am confident that; I will be able to put something together that will make sense. I also learned about a site called audible.com; they have books on tape. Unfortunately, my book of choice was not on their list of recorded books.
The single biggest lesson, I learned this week; is sound and inflection can be misleading, over a faulty internet connection. I listened intently to web conference, even with the bad connection. I was left feeling like a comment, I had made; was in some way offensive. Later, I had asked; the person with whom, I thought I had offended, if I had indeed offended them. They said no, I did not offend them. I later listened to the web conference again. In no way were any of the comments negative, or argumentative. I was left thinking that my internet connection was definitely messed up!
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