spikefan777
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This is a little strange, but I've been thinking about the past several years a lot lately.
I've been extremely shy my whole life, but somehow I've gotten myself to do things, that if given the chance to do now, I would totally avoid.
In 8th grade, I ran for secretary. I had to hang up posters, pass out stickers and speak in front of the entire school. No one helped me with my speech and so it was like what, about 2 paragrahs long? I got up to the podium and only managed 2 sentences. All the other kids who ran had these 20 minutes speeches which were incredible and were spoken so well, that I felt even more stupid.
Throughout middle school I had attended most of the dances only I'd get there and just sit there the entire time and watch everyone else dance. My younger brother who was 2 years younger was out on the dance floor enjoying himself the entire time. Why did I even go, if people would just come up to me and ask me why I wasn't dancing? I guess I expected each time I went, for the dance to be different.
In 9th grade I decided that I'd try out for the dance team. I arrived at tryouts and realized that I had to have a routine. They told me that I could just make something up as I went along. So there I was standing in front of the coaches (they were the moms of 4 of the girls) without a routine. They turned up the loud hip-hop music and I began to dance. I think that I just flung my arms around for about 10 seconds and stood there for about 20 more. The coaches thanked me and asked me why I was even trying out because I seemed a little shy. It was so great. I had just moved there and was trying so hard to get a unshy reputation. School hadn't even started and I had already screwed it up.
I don't even know how I went through with these things. Maybe I learned from them, that is why I won't try out for student counsel, the dance team or anything, now.
I've been extremely shy my whole life, but somehow I've gotten myself to do things, that if given the chance to do now, I would totally avoid.
In 8th grade, I ran for secretary. I had to hang up posters, pass out stickers and speak in front of the entire school. No one helped me with my speech and so it was like what, about 2 paragrahs long? I got up to the podium and only managed 2 sentences. All the other kids who ran had these 20 minutes speeches which were incredible and were spoken so well, that I felt even more stupid.
Throughout middle school I had attended most of the dances only I'd get there and just sit there the entire time and watch everyone else dance. My younger brother who was 2 years younger was out on the dance floor enjoying himself the entire time. Why did I even go, if people would just come up to me and ask me why I wasn't dancing? I guess I expected each time I went, for the dance to be different.
In 9th grade I decided that I'd try out for the dance team. I arrived at tryouts and realized that I had to have a routine. They told me that I could just make something up as I went along. So there I was standing in front of the coaches (they were the moms of 4 of the girls) without a routine. They turned up the loud hip-hop music and I began to dance. I think that I just flung my arms around for about 10 seconds and stood there for about 20 more. The coaches thanked me and asked me why I was even trying out because I seemed a little shy. It was so great. I had just moved there and was trying so hard to get a unshy reputation. School hadn't even started and I had already screwed it up.
I don't even know how I went through with these things. Maybe I learned from them, that is why I won't try out for student counsel, the dance team or anything, now.
Yeah, drivers training will defintely be very awkward. 8O
