Out of my depthAs a schoolkid, I signed up for a public speaking contest purely as a ruse to meet girls. It haunts me still: in front of 300 people, I started to speak, dried up, stood there for what felt like half an hour staring at the floor and then slowly walked back to my seat. Oh, and the girl I liked laughed.
Have you ever been utterly, completely, devastatingly out of your depth?
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chthonic, Thu 14 Oct 2004, 15:07)
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Passed the class thoughIn high school I was a senior and somehow missed the Speech requirement to graduate, so I was placed in a before-hours debate club class which I thought was great because all they did was sit around and talk all hour. Then at the end of the semester I was informed that I had to actually participate in a debate to pass the class. Unfortunately the opportunity presented was at a debate competition in another city and I knew just about nothing about debating. So I climbed up there on the podium and basically argued pointlessly with this intelligent girl half my age until I was declared the loser and that was that. Lots of snickers in the audience, I don't think I'm a very good faker.
(, Thu 14 Oct 2004, 18:08, Reply)
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