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A Pizza My Presentation
A few of my favorite slides from my final presentation for HONORS 231C.
HONORS 231C, also known as Gender, Diplomacy, and Human Rights, was my first "true" Honors class that I took at UW! The format was a bit surprising - three hours long, often virtual (because of COVID), and reading heavy, I wasn't prepared for the level of intensity of depth that this course would extend into.​
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All my hard work culminated in my final presentation (see left) where I discussed the topic of abortion in a predominately Catholic nation. Delving into the history, politics, and theology of Italy was a surprisingly intriguing experience - one that resulted in me spending hours narrowing down my final report instead of searching for items to add.
I’d always been a lengthy writer, but I’d never quite had this much difficulty narrowing down my word count. In the past, teachers were thrilled if you wrote over, but in college its penalized. This is understandable, as professors have hundreds of papers to read and grade instead of 25-50; however, the idea of not being able to write endlessly about something I was interested in was immensely frustrating. It was through assignments like this one where I began to learn that sometimes less is more. Words, arguments, and persuasion can be just as powerful without being as lengthy.
Perhaps this new found power of being short, sweet, and to the point is just the spark in my journey to working in a more people-based profession.
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