I was in a bad mood this morning after I finished my lecture. I prepared for my lecture well since I made sure the flow of it would be great in one hour. I wanted to show the students a mini case with all accounting numbers, and then prove them the theories.

However all the equipments in the classroom were not cooperating - at all. First, when I was using the Tablet on which I can use a pen to write on my slides and handouts - it was frozen. So I tried the document camera since I can still show the students my derivations under the camera – it was broken too. I couldn’t use the white board because it would be too far away for most students to see anything on it cause there were about 250 students attending my lecture today. When I started lecturing, the battery in the radio mic went dead – so I had to change the battery when I was talking, and of course made a mistake because I was distracted.

So I had to introduce the theories first because the lectern computer was the only thing which worked. However the flow of my lecture was totally random – I couldn’t think of the proper things I should say first, or later, because I became very unorganized. Then I became nervous again and it was never helpful to be nervous in public speaking. Finanlly the technician came - a half hour after I called our IT dept. - and solved my problem.

So that’s it. After my class I called a friend but she was too busy to talk to me. Gladly another colleague saw me – I was sobbing actually – and grabbed me to have lunch together and I was happier after lunch. However I still blamed myself for not having the Plan B. But... how could I know all the equipments in the classroom can be not working at the same time? I know it’s just not my day today – but, it’s really not fun to have this kind of experience!!!