DIARY OF AN OPPONENT (READING)
Today is the day to travel to Madrid (if you're not there), to make reading your review-board members.
You make a list of opponents and set aside the day established by the court, few opponents will (between 8 and 12) has to perform the reading.
I went to the National Library, the first time I'm at it, do not see much of it, but what I see is huge and beautiful ceilings. We descend to a basement which coincidentally is the museum of the National Library (now have exposure to the life of the book, if the digital format will end the paper.) The courts stuck in a room, call us one by one (in the order of the list) to read the test. The worst of it is to be out and know you're next.
When you call, you enter, you show your ID, and you sit in a chair, with its corresponding table. These face to face, they are (were 10) but you have your test, you have to defend in front of them. Got a water bottle with your drink. I sat down, opened it, take half the bottle and I drank it. Give me the envelope, where is your review, you open it, and you can start anytime. A tip, read slowly, pronounced as if it were an exhibition, but remember this is a reading, you notice when you say something you've written, looks up slightly from time to time to maintain eye contact. You'll be really nervous as they take notes and notes and more notes, you think, suggest good or bad.
When done, it becomes to put the review on the envelope (I drank the remaining water left in the bottle) and gently take my leave. They at no time ask questions, or anything, just listen. My question
now Will I see again the National Library?, hopefully if
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