An important part of graduate school work is to be able to talk about research clearly and concisely, as well as getting other researchers interested in your work (which should interest you!). Speaking of things that excite you can be difficult, and many students struggle with reaching out to (what amounts to) strangers. In order to prepare you for the world of professional conferences, we're going to start small. In this Discussion, pick something that you were excited to learn about in the last two weeks, and describe why you thought it was neat, relatable, or interesting to your classmates. Example (from another psychology class so it doesn't steal material that you can talk about): Let's say that you just learned that English Language speakers have specific orders for adjectives that describe an object. For example, the phrase "The brand new, squeaky clean, big, red balloon" is correct, but the phrase "the red, squeaky clean, big, brand new balloon" sounds weird, because it lists the adjectives in the wrong order. If that is what excited you to learn, you'd spend your initial chat giving a brief explanation of what you learned, and then you'd have the option of explaining other