Blog 5.5

Christopher Caruso

Blog #5.5

Jotting Notes

Personal note: Made in error in jotting notes, instead of focusing in the classroom as a whole, I thought we were supposed to take notes on the people presenting their research ideas.

Mike: Makes occasional pauses in speech, voice monotone, sounds confident but not thrilled with project, makes frequent gestures with hands.

While Mike was presenting a description of his research project (which was about how comics react in certain environments whether it be on a live talk show, a night club, or umong friends), he showed little signs of stuttering or making sounds like "uhh" or "ahh", nor did he have to stop and repeat himself.  It seems to me that Mike is knowledgeable about the field of stand up comedy, and feels comfortable about this topic.  However, I noticed that when mike was speaking, his voice was very low and not very audible from the other side of the room.  His voice was also very monotone and did not have a lot of spirit.  On top of this, Mike was making frequent gestures with his hands, possibly as a way to detract attention from his face.  In my opinion, it seemed to me that Mike was not very thrilled about the experience of actually sharing what his project was, especially considering that he was the first to share his project.