Firstly, I am writing this post on a Saturday because I am playing a tennis tournament since Thursday. Unfortunately I cannot be with my team this week and I feel like I am missing out. There is a big assignment due on Monday and I cannot be with them this weekend. I am trying to give my team as much help as I can, but sometimes I have tournaments and I cannot spend enough time with the team, which bothers me a lot.
I had my first serious presentation in my life on Monday. I was pretty nervous before because I always thought when I presented in Hungarian in high school that I am not very good at it. It obviously makes it harder for me that it was in English. I tried to really focus on my accent, so that everybody understands what I say. I did not really memorize the sentences that I was going to say so that I don’t look like that I just learned them all. I think it was not a bad presentation, but I also think I have to improve a lot. The questions and answers part was especially hard for me. Someone asked a question that we actually discussed with them team before, but I just froze and could not answer it, my teammate had to help me out. It was a very good experience though and I am glad that I practice public speaking for the first time in English.
It is always hard for me to talk about myself and I don’t like to self-evaluate myself because I usually only see the bad things. As I mentioned I missed a few group meetings due to tennis. Also, I always have good ideas I am just not sure how to put it in practice. I tell my teammates about it, but then I can’t really explain how it would be beneficial so we just let it go. I have to do a better job with explaining and backing my ideas up. I think I am a good teammate because when I am there I work hard and also do a lot outside of the class to succeed. I also try to be the guy who cheers up others when they have a bad day, so we can work better.