Physics Will Make You Tired

In the weeks before leaving Campus, I attended the Freshman Lecture on "Why the Universe Is Shaped the Way It Is." A friend of mine, Austin, accompanied me. (And I just now remembered the ticket sitting in the pocket of my hoodie.)

Austin's original hope was to grab the ticket and leave, but the presenters had expected this, and told us they wouldn't be available until the end, and that we weren't permitted to leave early for any reason. I was getting the feeling that we were not in store for something at all entertaining. Austin had a mask of terror and panic from the moment he stepped inside.

Our speaker, who's name I can not find but will surely put back in here as soon as I do, was someone our introduction woman told us we should be "honored to have," and began singing his praises. Finally, it was our actual speakers turn to impress us.

He fired up a Power Point Presentation.

God, no.

He began to speak, and before he had a chance to impress me, I was counting everything he was doing wrong that was going to drown us all swiftly in a sea of lethargy, including how many times he could end a sentence with "Ok?." It was like a check list right out of the "Cognitive Style of Power Point."

I had high hopes coming in, but when only one of his (completely recited!) slides had anything to do with how the universe is shaped, let alone WHY, I lost all faith in the presentation. There was evidence that his speaking style was supposed to NOT make us feel like stupid freshmen, but he bored us all. We all left sort of confused and with throbbing brains.

I thought, certainly, if they were offering it to Freshmen, that they would attempt to make even Physics interesting. My bad.