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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 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.

                Sep 01, 2009 7:58pm PDT
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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