emptybottle said:
They'd say that doing oral presentations in school will be useful in the long-run when you're out in the real world because it improves your communication skills. Or some crap like that.
Ugh, I know! One of my teachers recently said that. I hate how teachers always think the more you do it, the better you'll get at it. So untrue. All my life, teachers have said that, and I haven't improved at all.
In response to the topic title, oh god, yes. I don't have a presentation until next month but I'm already dreading it and it's already killing me inside! I'm already worrying about what to do, whether I should go or not, and if I do, the way people will look at me, how people's assumptions of me will change, etc. We can present from our seats but I KNOW people will stare back at me because someone ALWAYS does, and I hate it.
A speech class is also part of our general ed requirements and I plan to put that off as long as possible. Who knows, by my second year, I might be at another school that has other alternatives. I doubt that'll happen, but I have to have that option in mind because I can't stand the thought of me taking a speech class. It just can't happen.
