Student Conference Panel

           From the moment of writing the paper without even knowing about the possibility of being chosen to participate in a student conference panel until the moment I walked out of the conference it was all an incredible journey.

            At first when the Professor indicated that some of the works we had handed in for the midterm paper were going to be chosen for them to be read in the Student Conference Panel, all I could think of was how I wished I would have done a better job. I knew I had done a good job with my essay but I probably would have made it a little bit more mine. The Professor explained how this would have been a great opportunity for those who were chosen and something we could even mention in our future resumes. I was really excited and hoped that I would be chosen but I was not sure if I would be chose because I thought my work could be better.

            When the professor started mentioning the people that would be reading their essays on the conference I was starting to get really nervous and she started mentioning a lot of my classmates but not me until the last person to be mentioned was me. I was really happy and it made me feel special in a way that I was chosen and I was glad that I would be able to have that experience. Then the Professor asked us to write a small biography of ourselves to be presented in the conference before we read our essays which had to be in 25 words. For me, this was something kind of tricky because I like to write a lot but I managed to do it in a bit more than 25 words.

            Finally it was April 10, the day of the student conference and everyone was really nervous. It was a really nice experience to hear everyone’s paper and their different opinions on journeys and travelers and tourists. I was a bit nervous when it was reading my essay but then I liked reading it to everyone. In my opinion I would have liked if there were a bit more students and professors hearing our works but I liked a lot the whole experience. I also would have liked if I did not have any class after the conference so I could have stayed and answer some questions.