Dave Eggars (Blog 7)

Eggars starts out incredibly nervous, which is really adorable, except absolutely not at all. It was a bit hard for me to focus on his talk at first because every couple words seemed to be punctuated by an "um" or an "uh". However, once I managed to actually tune in to what he was saying, I found that... not only did his story cause he to take quite some time to reach the actual point of his talk, but he also went off on multiple tangents that distracted him from the story, which was already distracting him from his point. However (again), when his talk finally began to round out and come together, I saw that what he was trying to say and the idea that he was presenting was actually a really fantastic idea. The combination of a fun, creative store that is open to the entire public and a tutoring centre that also assists kids in writing books, etc, and all together helps these kids become more excited and motivated to do well in school and in life is an absolutely brilliant plan. I think that his "wish" is a great goal, and if such a thing could be accomplished it has the possibility of changing the face of education in a very fun way. I also loved the way in which he concluded his speech, as I think it really tied together the slightly jumbled mess (at least at the beginning) of everything that he had said. All in all, while his mumbling, fumbling speaking style was not especially effective, this was overcome by the all around wonderful idea that he was presenting, and his message was fantastic.