The hardest class I have ever taken was my Public Speaking class. I took this class my senior year of high school for college credit. I wasn't particularly looking forward to taking this class in the first place mainly because i don't enjoy memorizing things, it is hard for me. The reason i took it in high school was because i figured it would be easier there, and i would know all the kids in my class that consisted of 25 tops, as opposed to a class of 40 or better here at Washburn. Well little did i know, that class wasn't going to be easy.
The first speech was easy. All we had to do was introduce ourselves. It was supposed to be 2 minutes tops. From the looks of this speech, i had it in the bag. After that one they got progressively worse. All leading up to the 10 minute long speech. I honestly cant even remember what i did my speech over, all i remember is it stressed me out completely. I ended up completing the essay and being able to recite it, however what came out of my mouth wasn't completely what i had planned to say because i forgot parts of it. I was able to ramble enough to make it sound like i knew what i was saying, and like it was planned.
The part that made this class horrible for me was the fact that i was really sick for one of the speech days. This was not planned and definitely wasn't an excuse to get out of my speech. I had it ready and all memorized, i just couldn't go to school. My teacher would not let me make up my speech, because he said that he said from the beginning "you had to recite your speech on the day planned". He gave me a zero on that speech and i barely passed the class with a C.
After passing this class i felt like i had a huge weight lifted off my shoulder. Even though this grade has affected my college GPA, i am still thankful that i passed and wouldn't have to take a class like that every again!
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