Speaking to high schoolers

The last 2 weeks have kept me on my toes. Working on projects and being on call as a substitute teacher forces me to stay disciplined and be ready for anything here at work. On Wednesday I had the chance to travel with my boss to San Sebastian. This city is located on the northern coast, right on the beach, and about an hour from Pamplona. We took his mazda miata, top down, screamin out, but only becasuse my knees were stuck up against the dash. We went to represent the University overall, not just the economics department. We arrived, had a good lunch together on the University credit card, then headed to the school. We were greeted by 2 others, representatives of universities for northern Spain. They are a team very similar to myself and my boss, in age and professions, their names are Fatima and Miguel and instead of representing UNAV itself, they represent all universities in the northern region of Spain and want to recruit from the north as well as bring students from other regions/countries. This particular high school has a strong relationship with UNAV already, and we went to continue that relationship, and allow the final year students to know more about the school. When I speak, I talk about the University experience here, the international aspects, programs, exchanges, internships, activities, and other options available for incoming students. Fortunately, its in english, this is so the students realize we are serious about our bilingual program and international focus. At this seminar, it was the most people I had ever spoken to in public, and it was without power point or any crutches, in an auditoreum full of spanish high schoolers.  I reeally had to put any anxiousness that may have come up aside. I was very successful in my delivery and my colleagues said I did a good job, spoke clearly, and had all of their attention! I enjoy public speaking, but this was a bit daunting because of the whole school watching, and it was the first time of anything like this. Mike 1, Spanish high schoolers 0