TED Style Talks at SCUT

Craig and I were asked to prepare a TED-Style talk in English to present to students in an evening lecture.  We were allowed to select our own topic but it needed to be approved before we could speak.   We must have made good choices because our topics were approved!  I selected “American Education” and Craig selected “The Changing American Family.” Needless to say we were a little surprised to see the introductory  slide when we arrived! We weren't told  that the group of students were the International Office "Communist Youth League Committee"  at their meetings on November 12 and November 19. 

The first presentation only had one glitch; the power went off about midway through the first presentation. We had about ten minutes of down time waiting to IT to arrive and get things up and running again.  The students had a five-minute Q&A after our presentations that didn’t seem to be adequate.  Many students were still standing and wanted to ask questions but the moderator was working very hard to keep things on track. 

There never seems to be a dull moment both the expected and the unexpected keeps us focused!