Spaghetti Architecture

Dimensions
Total Height- 27”
Base- 6” x 6”
Area below cap- 17 ½”
Cap- 9 ½”

Materials Used
13- 1 ¼” (soft and fluffy) marsh mallows
20- 10” uncooked #8 spaghetti strands
12- 6” uncooked #8 spaghetti strands

Physical Description
The 6” x 6” square base is the foundation for a 17 ½” rectangular body. Which is capped off with a pyramid measuring 9 ½” tall. The structure is made of biodegradable food products, and stood for roughly 5 minutes before flexing and falling, but not breaking. As the spaghetti though uncooked and rigid, is still quite flexible.

Module 13 ~ Warm Up

At times, I do enjoy speaking in front of large crowds, because I usually only present material if I'm actually interested in the topic. "Some say that people fear speaking in public more than death." I believe this is true because once you die, it's over... nothing else can be done about what you've ever said or done. But speaking in front of public audiences always includes the feedback afterwards. Because of their "fear of man" many individuals never conquer themselves, coming out of their shell, to speak on an important topic.
The largest group I ever spoke for was a little more than 300 (at my church). Since I knew everyone there, I would say it was pretty easy and not stressful. I gave a 5 minute report on my mission trip to Panama, and the next year from South Africa.
Perhaps the thing that helps me to most is writing out word for word what I will say. This only works if you also practice your voice inflexion. Never sound like you're reading a script. I also try to add humor to my speech right away (within the first two lines). It relaxes you, and the audience too! Sometimes when an audience senses a nervous speaker, they get nervous for the speaker as well. Too much tension in one room!

Module 13 Warm Up

I dislike speaking in front of a large number of people. I don’t mind small groups which I have done many times working with new technicians during training. One of my responsibilities was the training of new technicians on how to work on the equipment we were responsible for maintaining in our semiconductor wafer fabrication clean room. The groups sometime were as large as twelve technicians. I believe it has to do with not being completely familiar with a subject that one is asked to speak about. If you know the subject very well then it is always easier to speak about it and answer any questions that may be asked.

chapter 16

I thought that this chapter gave excellent examples and that the material was well covered. The explanations helped me to understand better what is needed for the final project and what I need to do to achieve my goals.

Module 13 - Warm Up

The only time I have spoken in public is in the classroom setting. I have a little fear of speaking in front of people, but it doesn't terrify me. I tend to either talk a little faster than I normally would or accidentally miss some points in my speech that I wanted to give. All in all, it isn't too bad.