I can’t believe that the day has
come. My feeling that morning was undescribable. As soon as my feet stepped on
the hall’s floor, my expectations were reduced. My first impression were; the
hall seems to big(I prefer small hall that encourage interactive activities and
participation), no air conditioner, chairs were arranged nicely(I prefer informal
environment that promotes interaction) and the mic and the speaker is not
working! (Errr but somehow, I felt relieved that they are not working as
suddenly that morning, I don’t feel like I can be the MC of the day!)
I also felt grateful that some
schools arrived late because I am totally not ready to be the MC. I felt like
letting my MC’s partner have the stage all by himself for the whole day. But I
know I can’t and I already take the risk. Due to my nervousness, everything
went wrong. I started to feel blur and forgot everything we have planned
yesterday. I forgot the script, the flow of the program, forgot to mind the
language hence my instructions were not clear. My confidence was fading.
I felt relieved and grateful that in the middle
of the program, Mr Ghazali asked us to minimize the roles of the MC. Out of
sudden, our roles changed. We became the timekeepers instead and we have to
remind every group about the time and the flow of the program. I don’t mind as
it is much better than having to speak in front of the whole crowd.
Throughout the program, I act as a
person who assists any facilitator who in need of helps, make announcements,
remind other facilitators about the time, and arranged the prizes. I felt
insignificant and knew that I did not contribute much in making this camp
successful. I can’t deny that I envy my friends who had the chance to guide and
facilitate students in small group. I felt a bit discontent and how I wish I
could be one of the facilitator so that I could interact with the students in
smaller group, knew each of them better and observe their progress before and
after the program by myself.
It's okay Yana. All of us felt the same on that day. But it was only at the beginning of the program. I noticed that you became comfortable as you got along with the program. :)
ReplyDeleteExperience of MC-ing comes with time. You can watch YouTube videos on how to attract students' attention during camp. Hope it helps! XD
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