I think life would be very boring without challenges. Challenges not only make life more exciting, but also more meaningful. Today I’m going to talk about an excitement in school which challenged me. The assignment was doubting for me as it, um, involved, uh, a group presentation. And I’m very afraid of public speaking. I’m very comfortable when I talking with my friends, but when I have to talk in front of strangers, I chalk and I. For that assignment, I had to talk ten minutes on the environment. I was really worried, uh, and so went to my sister who regularly gives speech in public for advice. She told me that the key to a good speech mastery over the subject matter. So I spent one whole week memorizing the content. The next time she told me to do was divide the topic. Different section. I divided my presentation into five hal of two minutes each. The first half was for introducing the topic and the last half work concluding the topic. The remaining three hart were were for the main content. After breaking the speech into sectionist, I felt a lot more confident. My friends also knew about my fear of public speaking. And so every evening they used to come to my home and help me prepare. I was nervous, but I wasn’t worried anymore. When finally, the day of the presentation of ARR, I not only gave the whole presentation, but also received five grade for it from my teacher. Moreover, my teacher toldaught me that I did a really good job. That is day I released that rather than fearing challenges which should welcome them.
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I think life would be very boring without challenges. Challenges not only make life more exciting but also more meaningful. Today I'm going to talk about an experience in school that challenged me. The assignment was daunting for me as it involved a group presentation. I'm very afraid of public speaking. I'm very comfortable when talking with my friends, but when I have to talk in front of strangers, I choke. For that assignment, I had to speak for ten minutes on the environment. I was really worried, so I went to my sister, who regularly gives speeches in public, for advice. She told me that the key to a good speech is mastery over the subject matter. So I spent one whole week memorizing the content. The next thing she told me to do was divide the topic into different sections. I divided my presentation into five halves of two minutes each. The first half was for introducing the topic, and the last half was for concluding the topic. The remaining three halves were for the main content. After breaking the speech into sections, I felt a lot more confident. My friends also knew about my fear of public speaking, and so every evening they would come to my home and help me prepare. I was nervous, but I wasn't worried anymore. When finally the day of the presentation arrived, I not only gave the whole presentation but also received a grade of five from my teacher. Moreover, my teacher told me that I did a really good job. That day I realized that rather than fearing challenges, we should welcome them.
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