Take a Trip Down the Rabbit Hole
Ahh the dreaded TED Talk. What a time to be alive. If there's one thing that every college student looks for in a class description, it's definitely "a plentiful amount of public speaking. Not. Not only is a speech an assignment that requires some research, organization, and writing, but you also have to present that piece in front of the class. The whole class. Scary. A paper you can write and forget about, but a speech? You have to burn those words into the side of your brain if you want to avoid looking like you blew the assignment off and forgot every word. Or at least that's how it feels for me. I'm sure many of you can relate. Yes, speeches are scary. We all knew that. The thing is, though, the TED Talk took the scariness to a whole new level. Not only would we have to memorize the presentation and deliver it in front of the class, it was recommended that we leave all notecards and safety nets behind and deliver this thing under lights and cameras like...
