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• You'll have to talk to your adviser, I was able to swap out some of my classes for less sucky ones when I... : MagicWishMonkey
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  What do you dislike most about it? Coming up with a subject to talk about? Finding enough interesting s... : bipolar
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    All of it. I don't like having to come up with something to talk about and then talking about it in fron... : _DoubleU_
    • Perhaps you could use the class as an opportunity to get better at what's being taught. Public speaking ... : Sapiens
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      That's probably the most important reason *for* taking this class. In the majority of jobs, if you are g... : bipolar
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        I understand what you're saying. But the thing is if my job calls for me to speak, being a business minded and competitive person by nature, I have no doubt I would be able to do it. It's doing it in the classroom that's the problem. I don't know what it is. I just don't like being open and friendly with a classroom or having to express myself to them. It just feels "icky" to me if that makes any sense. Maybe it's my competitive side getting the best of me.

        Sep 01, 2009 7:31pm PDT
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        I understand what you're saying. But the thing is if my job calls for me to speak, being a business mind... : _DoubleU_
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          Haha, what kind of speeches are you giving? Ours were usually our own choice, and topical. No strange int... : Danny5225
          • Just the usual informative, persuasive, special occasion speeches of our choosing. Can you imagine havin... : _DoubleU_
        • Compete with them for a better grade. Seriously, you just need to be able to communicate with your cowor... : zebosausamite
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          I think it's quite the opposite. If you were competitive by nature, you'd take the class and make every ... : newek
          • and avoiding typos. : newek
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          I think you're rationalizing. I doubt you'd be any more comfortable in a position where your job, to som... : bipolar
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            One thing that helped me when writing speeches was to make a series of outlines. First outline would be ... : bipolar
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              Thanks. I think a lot of it is psychological. There is a lot of social anxiety involved and worrying ab... : _DoubleU_
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                If all else fails, take a valium beforehand. : bipolar
                • Lol! : _DoubleU_
              • You really have the right idea here, and Bipolar's advice is excellent. I have pretty brutal social phobi... : DialDforDan
              • Pretend the class is full of immature business people. Oh wait it is. : unjustend
        • I'm sure that at some point, you're going to have to do things like explain concepts to a room full of pe... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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          Dude. Speech classes were fun in college. You get to pick whatever you want. I once gave a 10 minute pers... : braaains
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            I remember my speech classes too. I rocked those things. I think the prepared speech I gave was called... : xsoulbrothax
            • I've had to go up in front of 300+ global peers with about 15 min notice as an aquiree and give the talk ... : bombay
        • Then you have a topic to discuss! Pretty easy stuff! : fleabug
        • Talk about how stupid the class is. : ieGod
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      Practice over and over. The more experience you get the better off you are. I would not hire someone wh... : zebosausamite
      • Also, I find that the key is to be very comfortable with the topic, that way you are confident in the fac... : zebosausamite
      • Definitely practice. 3-4 timed practice presentations (in front of a friend or someone helps) were a god... : Acid Gumball
    • Speaking in front of a bunch of people has nothing to do with being social or "mingling". These people h... : ArB
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  it was tough but doable. Just try not to turn a 5 minute speech into a 20 minute speech and you'll be fin... : eforce98
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    most people have the opposite problem... turning a 5 minute speech into a 2 minute speech. : Demius
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      Really? I saw way more rambling than ending up short. : Acid Gumball
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        Same here. 5 minutes is an INCREDIBLY short time to speak for. Shit, if you were reading this thread out ... : SketchyFletchy
        • Oh yeah - dude that gave his thesis presentation after me ran on for 26 minutes before they stopped him. ... : SketchyFletchy
• I tried a couple speech classes before I found one I could get through. Keep at it., it may be painful bu... : Sarcastro
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  GER? german? : RikiTiki2
  • General Educational Requirement i'd guess : Thomas Hace
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    General education requirement. It's the core set of classes (English, History, Math, etc.) that all stud... : _DoubleU_
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      i've never even heard of this and I graduated twice : RikiTiki2
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        I'm pretty sure we call it "core curriculum" here. : fleabug
        • they call it Breadth Requirements here, but if you're in certain colleges within the university you don't... : mysled
        • core at my old university as well : FrayLo
    • this is a "your school" requirement. : thenoodleincident
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      Down here we definitely don't have that for university. In high school you need a certain amount of engli... : Cliffzorz
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        Really? That's pretty much the norm in the US with few exceptions. It's fucking lame. : Vincent Grayson
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          i for one, enjoyed learning things outside of my major, and did not think it was fucking lame at all : FrayLo
          • I liked most of my non-major courses more than my major courses, which in retrospect probably should have... : FlatlineDixay
          • I like learning outside my major, but I don't like being forced to, especially when my school has weirdly... : Vincent Grayson
• I took it over the summer and got an A despite my teacher being a racist, so I guess I was awesome. An... : Vincent Grayson
• Public speaking? I did great! Well I probably didn't do great but I enjoyed it. : not work safe
• Just take it and get it over with. Do it, get the easy A. Your GPA will thank you. : newek
• if you're ever confronted with a class you think is stupid or worthless, odds are you really need to hear... : biskits
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  It's a good sign to an employer when you can't get your degree because of one speech class. : LilCrypto
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    Haha! This damned speech class... It's the only one I cannot do. My future for this damned speech clas... : _DoubleU_
    • I'm scared to speak in front of people but giving speeches is a relatively important skill to have, parti... : LilCrypto
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      100 page papers typically convey about 5% as much information to the average reader as a well thought out... : SketchyFletchy
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        Learn to skim! : terath
        • One thing I liked to do on longer papers was in the middle of, say, page 18, in the middle of a paragraph... : bipolar
  • It shows that you're good at determining what is a waste of time? : batkiwi
• I still have all my science and math requirements waiting to be taken. I don't like either. : NFXFSX
• i'm pretty sure having to take a speech class is major dependent. I took communications to satisfy that G... : peat
• That class is designed for people like you. : maulla
• Make an outline. Put your outline concisely on notecards. Know enough about your subject to expound on ea... : Psigun
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  buck the fuck up and take the class : FrayLo
  • That's pretty much what i did. I waited until almost the end to so i was in there with a lot of young fo... : trevis
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    No Kidding, it's a fucking speech class, about as easy as they get. Next he'll be whining about gym cl... : watcherxp
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      a lot of people get really anxious with public speaking, including myself : jonas54
      • And that's the purpose of the class. : watcherxp
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  Drink three beers before every class. You will have no further problems with it. : filtersweep
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    sometimes i pound a scotch before i go to my case conferences : arizona bay
    • nothing portrays confidence like the faint smell of booze on one's breath : sirsteven
• I agree with what other people here are saying. This class is an important skill to have, so you really n... : FlatlineDixay
• Just try to get over being nervous. For my part, I love public speaking especially in a business setting.... : bombay
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  If I get into the BFA program I do not have to take a language. FUCK YES. : hirosushima
  • Oh, language requirements. Those are not so good. I took four years of Spanish in high school, and fortun... : FlatlineDixay
• Speech is so easy though, why wouldn't you? Easy GPA filler course. Even for an introvert like me. : kpxkrnjc
• I took an online speech class. All I had to do was create powerpoint presentations and record narration f... : Rehevkor
• Why is it that everyone thinks they are above taking the required classes, or that the classes are unnece : ra1n
• do it, it will help you with your lisp problem : fathertime