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Knitting in class and other musings from the week

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So I want to sit in class and write blog posts in my notebook during class. Not cool I know. That's the small college experience for you. You're supposed to pay attention when there are only 20 people in class. Especially when it's a guest speaker. But it's dull. However, at least it looks like I'm paying attention and taking notes. A classmate is knitting in the front row. That really bothers me. You're obviously not paying attention, and now the clickety clack of your knitting needles would be keeping me from paying attention, if I were actually trying to.
Also, it's presentations like this that make me feel confident about my own presentation skills. Also a friend today told me I have a good phone voice. I wonder what she means by that. I don't have an overly annoying voice? Makes me think back to voice lessons and my prof really wanting me to alter my speaking voice because I was 'damaging' my vocal cords. I'm glad I refused at the time. I like my speaking voice. It's not like it's uber unique or anything but not your typical girly voice. I can totally understand why I should change if I were actually planning on really focusing on singing, but since it's a hobby not a career, I'm not so concerned.

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  1. AmyApril 28, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    I wonder what you post will be about this week... how long discussing 10 articles maybe 3 or 4 people actually read takes? Its a thought. :)

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  2. Becky JeanApril 28, 2008 at 10:33 AM

    Do you really think that 3 or 4 people are still actually reading the articles? HA! I might skim the titles or abstracts if I can open them electronically somewhere, but that's my contribution. :)

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