The most embarrassing time I faced was doing my schoolings. I think I was in ninth grade. I was actually the school pupil leader and had to do a marching thing afterwards. So while going and giving a speech, I just fell down. And in front of everyone on the stage, while I just skid on the wire and the mic wire, so that’s how I fell. It was kind of embarrassing but it made me more nervous as I was actually already nervous because of my speech and the marching time. And I have to lead everyone, I have to salute everyone and rise the flag and I had more responsibility to do. But when I fell with all my nervousness, it became an extra embarrassing moment and I had to cope up with it immediately. So I just got up, I relaxed and I took a minute, I just laughed myself. So I think that’s what gave me to cope up with the atmosphere. Because if I stand idly, seeing at the faces of everyone, I would feel too nervous and I would lose myself and can’t concentrate on what I’m doing and couldn’t be consistent. I would lose my confidence also. So I just laughed at myself and everyone started like they were clapping and they just encouraged me. So that’s when I gained confidence and I coped up and I managed to stand in front of the mic and do everything and complete my responsibilities after such an embarrassing moment. Thank you.
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The most embarrassing time I faced was during my schooling. I think I was in ninth grade. I was actually the school pupil leader and had to do a marching event afterwards. While going and giving a speech, I just fell down in front of everyone on the stage. I skidded on the mic wire, and that's how I fell. It was kind of embarrassing, but it made me more nervous as I was already nervous because of my speech and the marching event. I had to lead everyone, salute everyone, and raise the flag, so I had more responsibilities. When I fell, with all my nervousness, it became an extra embarrassing moment, and I had to cope with it immediately. I just got up, relaxed, and took a minute; I laughed at myself. I think that helped me cope with the atmosphere. If I had stood idly, looking at the faces of everyone, I would have felt too nervous, lost myself, and couldn't concentrate on what I was doing. I would have lost my confidence as well. So, I laughed at myself, and everyone started clapping and encouraging me. That's when I gained confidence, coped with the situation, and managed to stand in front of the mic, complete my responsibilities, and carry on after such an embarrassing moment. Thank you.
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