Presentation Reflection #2

Emma Cheesman's Presentation on A Bible Verse A Day

I believe Emma was extremely passionate about her topic. However, being an agnostic theist, I couldn’t really relate to her topic. I mean I have went to church before, when I was forced as a youngster with my Grandma or agreed to go with my family at certain holidays, but my beliefs do not agree with the Christian views. Her presentation was really good though and she made some great points, but I believe her thesis could have been more profound. Emma’s Thesis was this: “These verses became motivation for me to become a better person. I know more of what god wants, so it is my responsibility to act on it”. I believe that she believes that the project worked for her, but if I had done something similar the results wouldn’t be anywhere close to hers. I could kind of relate to what she was saying about how she perceived others and how she would judge people. My boyfriend sometimes tells me that I judge too quickly! However, I know that I need to work on this, just as Emma said she needed to as well! Overall, Emma’s presentation was good. She didn’t really use many outside sources or research, but she stuck with her rules pretty well.  

Presentation Reflection One

Elyse Brenner’s Presentation on The Finance Immersion Project.

I feel like Elyse’s presentation was effective, but it could have been more so. I believe that her thesis was spot on, and it is something that I can relate to because I am in a similar situation (college) like she speaks of. Her thesis was, “buying nearly everything using only coupons and/or discounts could benefit me in the long run, but for my situation it was inconvenient, time consuming, and hard to see positive outcomes.” I can agree with Elyse’s outcome on her project because finding great deals and cutting coupons can be a great deal of work! I really liked how she went back and took a look at the history of coupons to begin with. This gave the audience some great background information to base the rest of her project on. I was persuaded that coupons and discounts can be helpful at times, but you just have to search for the right ones. As Elyse mentioned, there are some good deals, but there are some tricky deals (like the buy one get one she talked about) that make you actually spend more than you usually would just to get a second item. I guess you just need to look at each individual deal and decide if it’s really a bargain or not. But overall, Elyse did a good job sharing her project and informing the class of what she learned on her journey, and supplying research that went with and supported her thesis.