I Like Public Speaking!!

          When I say to people 'I like public speaking', some people look at me with the 'are you insane?!' look. It really isn't that big of a deal to me. I just had to face the fact that public speaking was someting that I was going to have to do sometime or another in a class that I would take in high school or college and I was right. 
          Currently in my English class, we are giving informative speechs. Now the fact that I'm kind of chill about this may be due to the fact that I'm on the Fremd Speech Team, but when we were first told about the speeches, I was nervous like everyone else. I'm not on the Informative part of the speech team, so informative speeches aren't really my thing. However, I soon accepted the fact that I would just have to give my speech and whether people liked it or not was up to them.  

I like public speaking because it gives me a chance to show my speaking talents and also for me to build up my confidence of speaking in front of crowds. I look at speeches in a positive light instead of making them out to be the most terrible thing in the world. It's interesting to me to see how much of the world fears public speaking more than death, when really it's not something to be that afraid about. The more practice that you have under your belt, the better off you'll be! 


Here's a web link talking about public speaking, why it's feared by so many people, and how to deal with it.

So what do you think about public speaking? Do you like it to? And if so, for what reasons? Do you hate public speaking? How come?