This evening I had to give my first Rotary presentation (in French, of course). Hugues told me that I had to speak for at least twenty minutes. I have no idea how long I spoke, but in the end I think I arrived somewhere in the twenty-minute ballpark. To distract from my less-than-perfect speaking skills and to use up some more of my twenty minutes, I had a powerpoint presentation for my visual aid. I'm not sure really whether or not I was supposed to speak more about my life before in the US or the past two months that I have spent here. (Wow! Can you believe that I have already been here for two months?) I ended up using the first two slides to summarize the previous sixteen years of my existance and the other twenty-two to share all that I have done here (and England this past weekend).
Once I finished my presentation, Thomas summarized his year in Michigan and added in some cute little anecdotes. He concluded the meeting.
Two candidates for the student exchange for next year came tonight, and I listened to their interviews, given by a small panel of Rotariens, Thomas, and yours truly (even though I just listened and did not ask any questions). The first girl's first choice was to go to Canada, followed by Italy, followed by the Phillippines or Argentina. The second girl wished to go to Japan, followed by the United States, followed by South Korea or Taiwan. One of the girls was selected tonight to study abroad, sponsored by my Lens-Lievin Rotary club and that was the first girl. The other girl will still have a chance to go abroad, but she will be mixed in the pot with the other (at least five) students who have completed an application.
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