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Got Butterflies in My Stomach Before Presenting Narongpon Laiprakobsup from Thailand
As a third year student in the School of Architecture of Silpakorn University, I had to present the progress of my projects every month. That was the first time that I had to stand up and explain my ideas to a project committee, my friends and other students in the school, all of whom were staring at me. Before presenting, I prepared and arranged what I had to explain about the project, yet I always forgot everything I prepared when I saw everybody in the conference room looking at me. While I was explaining my concepts, my heart raced, my hands and legs perspired, and I had butterflies in my stomach. After finishing the explanation, I could not remember what I had said to the committee. After that happened, I knew that presenting in public places was a big problem for me, so the next day, I met my advisor in order to get her advice. She suggested that I practice speaking to myself in front of the mirror and pretend that nobody was staring at me. I practiced what my advisor recommended, and in the second presentation, I did better than I had done in the first one. After that, my presentations in public gradually got better and better. I
am glad that I was able to deal with my big problem
because presentations are very important for
architectural students and architects to explain
their concepts to the project committees and to
clients. If I could not communicate and make others
understand my thoughts, this would become an
obstacle to my studies and work life. More
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