Essays on Public Speaking

My earliest memories of public speaking would have to be from my junior or senior year in high school. I remember entering the classroom and as soon as the teacher informed us that presentations were that day, my heart would start racing and my palms would start sweating profusely. Once it was my turn to...

Speaking in front of a crowd can be scary. Research has found that glossophobia – the fear of public speaking – is the most common phobia among Americans, ahead of thanatophobia – the fear of death. The average person going to a funeral ‘would rather be in the casket than give the eulogy’ which means...

Here’s the situation: most people don’t like public speaking. It’s a fact that has bothered me since I joined the co-op and was first required to do a presentation. Thank you, Miss Justine and Miss Darla for making me do that. It has changed my life. I still dislike public speaking, have for a long...