It is very out of character for me to say this, but I did not hate this project! For the most part. Of course I hated presenting because presenting is scary and I'm not good at it and it gives me anxiety and its horrible. But actually doing the project was enjoyable!! For one thing, my mom bought me a bunch of nail supplies, because it was "for school". I also really do love nails, and before I knew about this project, I was thinking about starting a "career" in nails. I even found a nail school in Hawaii, which is where I want to live after high school. This was good because it felt like I was actually doing something that mattered, versus the waste of time I usually view school work as. Overall, it was just general fun. It wasn't always exactly relaxing to paint my nails, because I did mess up a lot and would get pretty angry when it kept happening. But when I started getting better, it was pretty fun to go into my room, open the window, turn on some music and start painting.
In relation to my TED Talk, I would say no. It wasn't really four to five minutes, I'm estimate it was about two. My visual component was alright, and it included two (2) pictures of John Lennon, so that made it 500% better! My content was a solid part in my opinion. Even though it was short, I expressed what I wanted to say and I think the message I was going for was a good one. The organization was a little weird. My delivery was basically as it always is, pretty bad. I definitely read because I can't memorize things. I might have had a little bit of passion, I don't know it was really scary! I can barely handle presenting in class let alone on the flipping stage.
But besides the TED Talk, this project was pretty okay! It was definitely good to get a break from boring school work, and be able to tell my parents I was doing homework when I was painting my nails! I would give myself 25/30 for the presentation.
