Corinne's IST 110H Blog

I found the guest speaker Manohar Bhattarai very interesting and honestly I didn't think that I would. I have been subjected to a lot of guest speakers so far at Penn State and some of them, no matter how interesting their subject, just don't have the presence to engage an audience. I must admit that at first I was tempted to just zone out because I am pretty hard at hearing and any sort of accent pretty much destroys my understanding, but with the visual aid I was able to keep up with what he was saying. I became more interested still when he deviated from the slides and began taking questions. I thought that all of the questions that were asked were excellent and I was kind of wondering why I hadn't thought to ask them. I didn't realize the purpose of his visit until the very end when he began to talk about raising the awareness of the possibilities of globalization in places such as Nepal and when I finally connected the dots it made me all the more appreciative of his talk. I wish that more of the guest speakers i've been exposed to were in a smaller group like ours because it creates an environment where I feel like I have to pay attention and in the end i'm glad that I did.

After the presentation I wanted to read more about Nepal and its situation so I found this great article which I will comment on later because I have to get a shower now :P
http://newsblaze.com/story/20060318143739nnnn.nb/topstory.html