We really enjoyed doing the book review and learnt many new things. They told us our areas of improvement and also encouraged us for the things that were done well during the presentation. All the students and the teachers were very happy with our review.Īfter the presentation got over we went to the teachers to get our review. Eventually we ended up presenting a great book review, thanks to our teamwork, our teachers and Swamishree’s blessings. Though our book was a bit philosophical and with no videos, but the audience was very excited to listen to us, which eventually boosted our confidence. All of our initial bit of anxiety and nervousness faded away as we progressed further.
We had the auditorium full of students and teachers to listen to our understanding of the book and take something home which would help them, as well as us. It was 13 th of March, 3 o’clock in the afternoon when we began the journey to eradicate the EGO from our life and try and explain the author’s opinions and ideas to the students by relating it with their life at AVM. Soon the day arrived when we had to present our book review in front of students and teachers. All in all, it was a delightful experience being with them and listening to their precious words of wisdom.
So, although on some of the days we were working till late in the night, the mood was kept light by our teachers through funny revelations and discussions. We discussed stories and anecdotes and our teachers also gave us valuable wisdom through real-life lessons. During those review sessions, apart from the extraordinary and creative suggestions from our teachers, they also gave us valuable life lessons. Similarly we kept making better versions till we reached our final draft.Ī typical review session began with Prajval Sir, Purvesh Sir and Prabhudarshan Sir taking the judge seats while we three would present and explain what we’d come up with. After improving upon those we made a better version of it. Soon we started to progress at a great speed and completed various drafts of the presentation, which we showed to our teachers so that they could recommend improvements. There were times when we were stuck at various points but as we were together, we could tackle the problems easily. We remembered to not only take help from our teachers but also from the Almighty who we knew would provide us the wisdom and strength to make our book review a great success.
With this understanding we began to prepare the PowerPoint presentation for our book review. We constantly shared and discussed our ideas with each other and came up with a clearer and better understanding each time. Initially, the task seemed intimidating but as a group we were determined that we wanted to give our 100% in whatever we did. We started with reading the book in detail and taking important notes from it so that we could churn and absorb the crux of every chapter. We worked as a team throughout the process of reading, understanding and presenting the book review in front of a wide audience. Our group was given a chance to present a book review on the book “Ego Is the Enemy’’ written by Ryan Holiday. This year too we got a chance to do the same. Taking this into consideration, our teachers at AVM give us an opportunity to improve our speaking, understanding and presentation skills by letting us present book reviews. The art and skill of mass communication and public speaking has become an integral part of today’s world, irrespective of the field or career one opts for.