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well..im a junior in high school. im a horrible public speaker and found out that almost every college requires a speech class. how exciting. so i did some research and found a community college in my state that offers an online speech class where you tape your speeches and send the tapes to the teacher.
two questions about this. one, i wanna take this class during my last high school semester. i'll be taking an english class and 2 really easy electives. do you think taking the online class would be too much?
two, how do i approach my mom with this? she always makes me face my fears..but i have social anxiety disorder and facing my fears only intensifies them. so how do i get her to approve and help me?
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I understand where you are coming from with the social anxiety. I remeber giving presentations in high school...freaking out and studdering... But,I'm going to have to agree with your mom on this one. I think you should take the class at a college(if your school doesn't offer one). Taking a speech class online is pretty silly and i think it defeats the whole purpose of the class. If your going to devote time to a class you should learn the skills it intends to teach. You should leave feeling more confident in your abilities to speak IN FRONT OF PEOPLE! I never had to take public speaking, but during my senior year of high school i took drama in an attempt to overcome my shyness and it really helped me. Don't deprive yourself of the benefits public speaking can bring you. It also might be a good idea to bring a friend with you to the class to make it seem less scary. good luck! hope that helped. : )
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It shouldnt be too much if you arent a very active person. I mean if you have free time. Just tell your mom straight out that you want to do it. Telll her that you just arent ready to jump right into it. BUT here is the thing, some teachers in college make you stand in front of the whole class and introduce yourself and tell a little bit about yourself. So your screwed either way.
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