Embarrassing Time

One of the most embarrassing moments of my life happened in my 8^th grade English class. My teacher assigned each student a topic to give a presentation on in front of the class, and the presentation had to be at least five minutes long. Little did my teacher know that public speaking was my ultimate fear, and I had never given a presentation in front of other students before so to say the least, I was terrified. The day of my presentation, all I could think about all morning was how nervous and scared I was to present later that day. When 4^th block finally started, I walked into my English classroom and sat in my seat with bullets of sweat running down my face. My heart felt like it was going explode out of my chest and my hands were shaking uncontrollably. Finally, it was my turn to present and I walked up to the podium and began to speak. Throughout my presentation I stuttered often and my voice was beyond shaky, I knew that I was making myself look like a fool. After class, I confronted my teacher and told her how scared and nervous I was and she told me that everyone gets a little nervous before public speaking. In high school I decided to take a public speaking class and it helped me get over my fear of public speaking, but I will never forget that embarrassing day in 8^th grade.