petrified
in order to challenge out of this communications class that i am currently taking, I have to give a 5 to 7 minute speech in front of actual humans. if you are reading this and you actually know ANYTHING about me, you know that i absolutely abhor having to speak to, or in front of, more than oh say, one person at a time... at the most.
i considered just staying in the class to avoid having to do this, but i am taking a public speaking class (that i have to take in order to graduate) as well, so orating is only an eventuality. i decided not to prolong the inevitable, and took the proper steps to make the speech thing happen. now i am in a state of sheer panic. in the previously mentioned public speaking class we had to do a little introduction speech on the first night. i nearly passed out. this is what i said verbatim " hi, my name is leia, i am 26 years old, i am pursuing my bachelor's in english with emphasis on umm... professional writing. i am a vegetarian. i am from here originally, but i spent a lot of time traveling. i've been to germany, korea, and i lived in my car for a year." there is more but it is just too embarrassing... i concluded by saying " yeah, so... thats me." and then, i gave the thumbs up. it was horrible.
i have no idea what i am going to do about this...
hopefully i'll just pass out, hit my head, get rushed to the hospital, and the instructor will take pity on me and give me an A. at this point, that is the best case scenario.
i considered just staying in the class to avoid having to do this, but i am taking a public speaking class (that i have to take in order to graduate) as well, so orating is only an eventuality. i decided not to prolong the inevitable, and took the proper steps to make the speech thing happen. now i am in a state of sheer panic. in the previously mentioned public speaking class we had to do a little introduction speech on the first night. i nearly passed out. this is what i said verbatim " hi, my name is leia, i am 26 years old, i am pursuing my bachelor's in english with emphasis on umm... professional writing. i am a vegetarian. i am from here originally, but i spent a lot of time traveling. i've been to germany, korea, and i lived in my car for a year." there is more but it is just too embarrassing... i concluded by saying " yeah, so... thats me." and then, i gave the thumbs up. it was horrible.
i have no idea what i am going to do about this...
hopefully i'll just pass out, hit my head, get rushed to the hospital, and the instructor will take pity on me and give me an A. at this point, that is the best case scenario.