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<blockquote data-quote="Fladian" data-source="post: 118695" data-attributes="member: 5833"><p>About a year ago, at the school I'm on, there was a big 'debate.' Everyone was looking forward to it, maybe because someone from the politics would come by or perhaps they just found it interesting, they were at least looking very forward to it. Or at least, that was the case until the <em>teacher</em> asked my class who is going to be the representative, where everyone backed down off quite fast. Though it came to mind, I never took the job. Three other classmates of me back then took the job, and one of those three was a quite big help in the 'debate.' When they decide to do so again, I'll probably accept it. Though I actually wonder how I am going to act when I stand in front of 300+ students from my own age, including a few people I try to keep an act up for, or a girl (or two) I try, or tried to impress.</p><p>The big "boo's" and "yay's" were quite well heard in that hall where the debate took place. That important 'politic' guy kept everything quite well ordered though. I don't think many people understood how hard his role actually was, therefore, I am quite impressed. I was pretty ticked off by the sound of his voice though. It felt like he kept his nose closed all the time, giving him a very squeeky voice.</p><p></p><p>In the end, the debate went quite well. The subjects were exceptional interesting and I would be more than willing to continue a conversation with any of those subjects at pretty much any time. It was also interesting to see how other people thought about those subjects. There was only one bad part about it where everyone agreed upon, which includes both the students who only followed the debate, as those who kept it, the problem was that they gave too little time. I think it was fifteen minutes a subject and there were three subjects. The start of every subject was a little rough and quite slow, but after about 5 - 7 minutes, they got started and the discussion became interesting. During the 13 - 15 minutes, everyone lost their shyness and are more than willing to throw their opinion in it too, unfortunately, that's also around the time the next subject has to come to mind, which results in starting the situation all over again from scratch. </p><p></p><p>What is my point? If it is a subject you can talk about, there is nothing really to be nervous or shy about. A proper push in the back takes care of it and... <em>pride isn't that important.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>In that case, it will depend a bit on what kind of... uh... "kids" they are. I don't think I can keep lil' kids interested for a long time. Lil' kids as in, 6 - 12 years old. </p><p></p><p>But all in all when you are talking in front of people? What exactly is it that makes you nervous and miss your words? Shyness? Nothing to be shy about. You are either forced to say something in front of that amount of people, which usually involves that others will have to do the same. Otherwise, it involves that you need the attention for... whatever reason you may have, but if clearly explained, very understandable.</p><p>On my senior year, I kept a presentation about a hobby of mine, something many people in my class were not familiar with. I was the first, and only one who decided to keep it without using any ways of helping myself. Oh, no, wait, that's a lie. I had one scrap of paper in front of me that had exactly two words on it that had no particular reason. I just had to have something to look at when I was thinking of how to continue. Using a scrap of paper did the trick quite well.</p><p>I scored the highest possible result out of it, no one managed to keep it without using their notes or entire reports for that matter. The teacher at that moment found it remarkable how I kept the attention by making a joke halfway or involving people from the audience from time to time. Also my: "If you want to laugh, feel free to do so, but try to delay that until I'm done... 'keey?" was accepted quite well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fladian, post: 118695, member: 5833"] About a year ago, at the school I'm on, there was a big 'debate.' Everyone was looking forward to it, maybe because someone from the politics would come by or perhaps they just found it interesting, they were at least looking very forward to it. Or at least, that was the case until the [i]teacher[/i] asked my class who is going to be the representative, where everyone backed down off quite fast. Though it came to mind, I never took the job. Three other classmates of me back then took the job, and one of those three was a quite big help in the 'debate.' When they decide to do so again, I'll probably accept it. Though I actually wonder how I am going to act when I stand in front of 300+ students from my own age, including a few people I try to keep an act up for, or a girl (or two) I try, or tried to impress. The big "boo's" and "yay's" were quite well heard in that hall where the debate took place. That important 'politic' guy kept everything quite well ordered though. I don't think many people understood how hard his role actually was, therefore, I am quite impressed. I was pretty ticked off by the sound of his voice though. It felt like he kept his nose closed all the time, giving him a very squeeky voice. In the end, the debate went quite well. The subjects were exceptional interesting and I would be more than willing to continue a conversation with any of those subjects at pretty much any time. It was also interesting to see how other people thought about those subjects. There was only one bad part about it where everyone agreed upon, which includes both the students who only followed the debate, as those who kept it, the problem was that they gave too little time. I think it was fifteen minutes a subject and there were three subjects. The start of every subject was a little rough and quite slow, but after about 5 - 7 minutes, they got started and the discussion became interesting. During the 13 - 15 minutes, everyone lost their shyness and are more than willing to throw their opinion in it too, unfortunately, that's also around the time the next subject has to come to mind, which results in starting the situation all over again from scratch. What is my point? If it is a subject you can talk about, there is nothing really to be nervous or shy about. A proper push in the back takes care of it and... [i]pride isn't that important.[/i] In that case, it will depend a bit on what kind of... uh... "kids" they are. I don't think I can keep lil' kids interested for a long time. Lil' kids as in, 6 - 12 years old. But all in all when you are talking in front of people? What exactly is it that makes you nervous and miss your words? Shyness? Nothing to be shy about. You are either forced to say something in front of that amount of people, which usually involves that others will have to do the same. Otherwise, it involves that you need the attention for... whatever reason you may have, but if clearly explained, very understandable. On my senior year, I kept a presentation about a hobby of mine, something many people in my class were not familiar with. I was the first, and only one who decided to keep it without using any ways of helping myself. Oh, no, wait, that's a lie. I had one scrap of paper in front of me that had exactly two words on it that had no particular reason. I just had to have something to look at when I was thinking of how to continue. Using a scrap of paper did the trick quite well. I scored the highest possible result out of it, no one managed to keep it without using their notes or entire reports for that matter. The teacher at that moment found it remarkable how I kept the attention by making a joke halfway or involving people from the audience from time to time. Also my: "If you want to laugh, feel free to do so, but try to delay that until I'm done... 'keey?" was accepted quite well. [/QUOTE]
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