It seems as if it was my second year in diploma that I was a young middle collage student giving a class presentation on the Addressing modes of 8051 in micro controllers. While I was prepared, I was also horribly nervous. At the conclusion of my speech I was given verbal feedback from my lecturer in front of the entire class! Needless to say, it wasn’t glowing. I remember that feedback to this day because it was negative, defeating and very embarrassing. Despite all o f my hard work, my technical lecturer ripped my presentation into shreds. I understand now that the lecturer was trying to hone my presentation skills, but did she have to do it in front of the electronics class? Let’s just say that my speech delivery skills weren’t up to par and because of this experience, I stumbled through many public speeches for a long time afterward. It really is amazing I went on to become a writer. it is essential that we make the process of providing feedback a positive, or at least a neu
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