J’étais nerveuse!

Tonight was week 3 of my French class at the USDA Graduate School. I’ve been a little bit intimidated, as I feel like most of the class is more advanced than I am (and definitely has more vocabulary than I do), but the teacher is very animated and friendly, and I don’t mind spending my Thursdays from 6-9pm there.

I had a bit of extra anxiety tonight, though, because last week I was asked to make a presentation this week. Well, actually, that’s not quite true. Two weeks ago, I was asked to make a presentation last week, but she had forgotten, and I conveniently forgot to remind her. Anyway, I was only delaying the inevitable, and tonight I had to present. Not knowing what else to do, I brought in pictures and talked about my trip to Haiti: my work, the poverty, and the animals, too (Really, I think it was an excuse to show the giant spiders). All in all, it was okay. I wasn’t as nervous once I stood up; the anticipation of it had been worse. The teacher would help me when I was stuck for a word, and the class was interested enough to ask questions. AND, that was the only time I’ll have to do it all semester, so I’m the first one to have gotten it out of the way!