(10-21-2010, 10:37 AM)Sila Wrote: Scored an 88 on the presentation. >.< Not bad I guess, but I really stuttered a lot and mispronounced things. my voice was really shakey too :/ wish I could've done better, but I did what I could I guess.

Hi Sila and everyone

(hey Dan, the steam driven one is in! She worked out how to search her emails for old things that reminded her old brain...)

88/100 (yes?) is pretty good you know! What's the Pass grade range? Where I teach (at college level) it's 50-63%, 88% is a "high distinction" grade score. Your assessor will look past the obvious anxiety and look for the content: your factual accuracy, how widely and well you have read, the structure of your argument, the degree to which you addressed the question. A wobble in the voice box counts for very little. Just don't bury your head in your palm cards and learn how to make the killer powerpoint. (Lots of academics don't do it well themselves!) We all hate to speak to the bigger group but it gets better the more you do it.

I agree with Dan, go and find out about special needs support services at your college and see about getting them applied, you could be eligible for all kinds of things - extra time in exams etc. There should be a way to register that means you don't have to confront individual teachers... sounds as though you work hard, that's good: one things that is hard for teachers at any level to cope with is the whiny person who wants all kinds of support and exemptions but never pulls themselves together and makes some kind of effort.