I don't know how common this is in British or American schools, but in Germany and at my current school we're required to do project presentations fairly often. What happens most of the time is that the teacher gives a few subjects, tells us to form groups of four or work alone, and tell the others about a topic.
I can't do it. Whenever we get a presentation work like that, I get stressed as shit, I can't concentrate on anything until its over. This gives me more stress than what would be some kind of middle school final graduation exams, which is literally the most important exam in the next two years for me.
People say it trains you to speak in front of big audiences, to present your case on somwthing later in jobs, maybe explain a business project for a company.
It doesn't, and thats where my main problem with it lies.
Almost every single topic we're ever given for presentation work is just stupid, irrelevant or uninteresting. Nobody wants to know about it.
Not the guy who does the presentation.
Certainly not his audience.
Sometimes not even the teacher.
Thats what bothers me so much, its all fake. "I thought it was a nice presentation, it was really interesting and I learned a lot." - No bitch, you didn't, you're gonna forget about this shit tomorrow, and so am I. The teachers also just fucking pretend shit, "Maybe you should have gone a little more in detail about the historical relevance" - Who cares, I'm talking to people who don't give a shit, and you already know this.
When I'm in a job and I need to to present an Idea to someone, I and they are gonna be at least mildly i terested, then it has a purpose. This shit doesn't.
Tell me how you feel about this, or if the situation is different at your school.
Throw in some funny lines in the presentation that you can say. If the class laughs, it loosens you up a bit because now they're interested, and not thinking about how awkward you look up there. If it doesn't work, well then you're screwed.
I need to speak in front of the whole class (this occurs to everyone in the class) to talk about their project/assignment and we have to make it so we sound like Business/Mature people because of the Business Course.
[QUOTE=garychencool;27618356]I need to speak in front of the whole class (this occurs to everyone in the class) to talk about their project/assignment and we have to make it so we sound like Business/Mature people because of the Business Course.[/QUOTE]
That sucks.
suck it up, OP. everyone has to do presentations, its a good life skill to learn
Your argument is in the wrong place. Learning how to talk in front of audiences is an important skill and you're going to be doing it for a long time to come. The fact that you have to talk about boring stuff is what's lame. But like professor cool(face) said, just suck it up. The emphasis isn't on the subject it's on your ability to communicate. And seeing as giving a boring ass project to your peers gives you a panic attack you need to keep practicing.
I used to get nervous while doing presentations til I realized nobody gives a shit about what you're presenting.
Well as one of the "class clowns", talking is rather easy.
Just calm down bro.
No one actually is much as an asshole to laugh at you.
(or at least what I know :v:)
but still
Calm down.
It really is good practice though. Learning to articulate yourself in front of a group of people is an incredibly useful skill for practically any social situation.
Imagine, dude, this happens in Russia too. You have to show your presentations to a bunch of fucking dickheads.
When we have presentations I never really worry about how good I will look infront of the audience or what they'll think of me, I'm more worried about how good the actual work and presentation itself actually will be.
Fuckin' presentations how do they work?
I have problems with bigger presentations, because I get stressed as well, and forget half of what I was supposed to say, unless I bring notes, but then I just tend to look at them the whole time. I also start to read so damn fast, which makes me mispronounce or skip several words.
Reminds me of a presentation I had 2-3 years ago, which was a big failure.
We were supposed to talk about something within biology. I didn't bring any notes because I assumed I would make it without them. I started talking, but instantly forgot what I was supposed to say. It went something like this;
- Ah, yea, I'm going to talk a bit about...uhm...I forgot what.
Luckily, the teacher gave me another day.
The best thing is to be the last group. You get more time to practice while others present theirs and most of the time, the class won't have time for your presentation so you're gonna have to do it another day and then you get much more time to practice and study your subject, etc.
[QUOTE=gsp1995;27632059]The best thing is to be the last group. You get more time to practice while others present theirs and most of the time, the class won't have time for your presentation so you're gonna have to do it another day and then you get much more time to practice and study your subject, etc.[/QUOTE]
Teachers generally grade the first presentations more kindly.
OP what if you look at that hot girl in your class and you get a boner, you will be laughed at for sure, and have a bad image for the rest of your life on that school.
I had a presentation once.
It was going pretty badly untill we realised I had used a picture of a mushroom cloud that looked like a clown face.
Errybody lol'd us off the stage.
[QUOTE=Notnotprobydoby;27632212]OP what if you look at that hot girl in your class and you get a boner, you will be laughed at for sure, and have a bad image for the rest of your life on that school.[/QUOTE]
If you're nervous as fuck presenting then it seems unlikely you'd randomly pop a boner.
Eh, I always liked to be first or second so everyone forgets it quicker
I'm never nervous during a presentation, it's where I'm best at :smug:
On our school we don't have boring presentations because we may choose our own subjects :smug:
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