Group Presentation

As mentioned already in the group Blog, we did our presentation today on the Waco siege. I agree with the rest of the group that we should have had more practice on the presentation itself and I think academically our presentation was a little weak. If I could do it again I would have given more explanation as to who the group where and a little more of their history. I also would have liked to have posed better arguments for my part with a more "academic" focus.

On the plus points though, I felt that we dealt well with the pressure of the question and answers well. As a group I feel that we got on well and had we started earlier we would have produced a stronger presentation.

This was the first slide on my part of the presentation, I looked at the how we could define Waco. With hindsight I feel I could have given more depth to my arguments and presented it more confidently. I also was aware of out presentation not interesting the audience and I think I would like to address this when I do another presentation. Overall though even with the negatives I have spoken about, I feel that I gained something and will look at it as a learning curve and not as a purely negative experience.

I have enjoyed this module as much as the being bad module last year and it has sparked an interest in the subject for me. The module has also changed my point of view in regards to the way I preserve what I would have called "cults" but now would refer to such groups a New Religious Movements, before this module