I've Still Got It!

Okay -- I haven't lost the BS skill I learned in MIG. I gave my presentation today in Victorian Literature. Whooo--Hoooo! I went out to school early today to add a couple of things to my presentation that I had ready for last Wednesday (but Dr. May asked me to postpone until today). Thank God!

I added only about 5 slides including two or three quotations from Tess of the D'Urbervilles and one question that was intended to be a cross-over between Tess and Mill on the Floss. Well, apparently, this was the "good stuff" in my presentation. The ensuing class discussion that I was required to lead based on my "discussion" questions ended up taking almost 2 full hours. The class was totally engrossed in my suggestion that Tess is an allegorical condemnation of the Victorian penchant for dividing up the countryside and destroying nature. Wow. I didn't believe a quarter of the crap I was spewing, but several of my classmates caught me after class to continue the argument -- when I shrugged off everything I had argued, my classmates were shocked -- "But you were so convincing!" Yeah, I also taught debate for 13 years -- usually from the perspective of the "other" side of the aisle!

Ha-ha! MIG wasn't a total waste of 13 years :) I am so happy!

I have a good feeling about the grade -- my instructor grades on "quantity" and "quality" -- but considers "quantity" to be evidence of "quality." Needless to say, I think I had plenty in the "quantity" department -- enough to cover up what I think was a lack of quality.