Talking to students

I had to say a few words about my college alumni association yesterday at the conclusion of a careers day event. I had rehearsed what I was going to say and was pretty confident, even with the help of a few bullet points written IN CAPITALS on a piece of paper.

But somehow, with fifty pairs of eyes staring at me and fifty pairs of ears hanging on my every word, I'm sure that I must have omitted much of what I was going to say.

Speaking to students is a much more daunting task, I have decided, than standing up after dinner to deliver some well-chosen remarks.