Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Take from this class
For me I will take a few different things from this class. I will always remember that people are not watching me as closely as I feel they are. I will remember how to stay calm when having to get up in front of people. There are many things in life that we must get up in front of people so I will be able to take all the techniques I learned and how to be confident from practicing public speaking in this class. I also want to be a teacher and that means getting up in front of people and staying organized, so this gave me a small view of what it is like to get up in front of a group of people and I can use all the ways of organization I learned in my future public speaking situations. I will also remember that it is not as bad as we make it out to be. We are simply getting the opportunity to share information we are passionate about.
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I agree with what you have gotten out of this class! The main point of this class was to make it easier to go up in front of an audience and feel comfortable. While comfortable may not be the word I feel, it isn't as nerve racking and doesn’t seem as impossible as it once did. When you go up in front of an audience, it seems as though everyone has their eyes on you. I feared that as well. Taking this class has demonstrated that the audience isn’t as critical and judgmental as it seems when you’re in front of them.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet you make a great teacher. Good luck with that! Yes, it's true what you said about people not watching you as close as you think. However, I feel that way all the time as well. Even with all the practice and preparation I did I still had those feelings. Maybe it's something that will continue to happen for me (but to a much lesser extent). The practing is the best way to overcome that felling I think. I think when it's practiced a lot, the confidence builds up in you and the delivery is better. I'm sure as a teacher, you'll know your information very well. I hope that makes it easier for you.
ReplyDeleteThat was a big thing for me as well. I really did think that people were watching me more closely than they really were. By doing so many speeches so close together, I was able to see that people really were not paying that close of attention and probably did not care that much about what I was saying any way. It was difficult for me in the beginning to not feel like I was in a huge spotlight, but now I realize that everyone is not hoping for you to fail or picking apart your every move. It was nice to realize that everyone wanted you to do well also.
ReplyDeleteI have to concur with the other commenters. I would often ask people what they thought of my speech after I gave it. I usually got two answers, the first was that people liked my speech and thought it was cool. The other answer was that they were so absorbed with giving their own speech that they didn't even notice mine. Although, I still have a little paranoia about people watching me when I am giving a speech, I can rationally tell myself that they are not going to judge me poorly, are really interested, or are just not paying attention.
ReplyDeleteI can actually focus more when I have everyone's attention because than I won't be distracted by thinking I wonder what he's looking at or what is she doing? I remember in highschool I use to get all shaky when I had to do a speech but I didn't do that anymore and I think it's because I feel like the audience isn't judging me about the way I look or act but just the quality of the speech itself. Sometimes if I forgot something to say or I blackout I start getting nervous but even than it's not as bad as it use to be. Your right we have to be confident in the way we present and this class definitely taught us that.
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