The mold I cast
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers Buse Koldas’s account of public-speaking anxiety and her efforts to accept mistakes.
- The article says that Koldas hoped college would help her fix her disappointments in herself.
- The paper reported that she spent seven years taking on uncomfortable roles, including teaching, leading meetings and presenting projects.
- The reporter writes that Koldas experienced mistakes in teaching, writing and research, but found that others responded with feedback or encouragement rather than lasting judgment.
- The article adds that these experiences led her to conclude that people did not expect her to be perfect and that life continued when she was not the most capable at something.