Advantages And Disadvantages Of Public Speaking

A Disadvantage

For as long as I can remember I never liked public speaking. My heart would race, I would feel nervous, and I would not stay still. I could never get myself to voluntary get up in front of people and talk it is a fear that has always been on my mind and has been a disadvantage in school because that is something that was an often assignment. Three times in my life have been the worst for me with this fear. I would try to runaway instead of facing it. I would think of methods that would get me out of presenting even if it meant getting a bad grade.

A time in my Junior year we do a research project on a person. It was chosen at random and so was the time I would present. The teacher for the class told everyone how everything was going to

That alarmed because that would mean having to go through this whole process again. I finally presented in which I did not do well reason being my fear of public speaking. When it finally ended I thought I finally conquered my fear since it was the longest time I publicly spoke. At this time I thought I had finally conquered my fear of public speaking. Public speaking alone is very difficult for me but when I present with other people it is not as bad my nervousness is there but it is not keeping me from focusing. I had to do a small final project for my Language Arts class which involved us being creative with the book the we had read. Finally a project that I knew what I could do and actually wanted to and was fine with presenting I was not looking for methods that would get me from presenting. The project we chose what it would be and how we would represent the book I had thought about using a mexican board game to represent it and I felt confident it was going to come out good. During the presentation me and my teammate presented. Although, I did notice that I would not look up that often. The presentation finished I felt confident that my score was good.