The idea of living in a place where the electricity is unstable is a completely foreign idea to me. Right before our PBBC presentations the electricity went out at Wits (as it had the day before). This resulted in delays and venue shifts that, ultimately worked out well for the presentation groups. I can’t imagine trying to study here and have the power go out regularly.
All of the presentations went really well. And in most cases I think our presentations were better than some of the professionals that were asked to present at the conference. This amuses me since the organizers of the PBBC were concerned about us embarrassing ourselves (and if they were honest- them). The lack of professionalism at this conference is astounding. When a group of twenty somethings is more professional than the group of organizers in their fifties something is seriously wrong. And to think that these people are affiliated with the United Nations is shocking. The attitude that poverty is somehow quaint and that they can come to Joburg and ‘give these people a better life’ is pompous.
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