Public Speaking

Hello friends and respected teachers today I’m going to discuss about the most annoying and difficult topic for us all students I.e. giving speeches. The idea of delivering a speech without a scruple leads us to the unnerving thoughts of stage fear.

Usually students wear their feet of dancing crazily, became the mellifluous nightingales or flaunt their talents at others. these acts win the reputation of a celebrity within the bounds of our school but when it comes to speaking in public most of us fall to paces, our senses go halting off, the picturesque screen of our mind all of a sudden clears itself of all that vivid scenery and we start to simper and stammer.

The root cause behind this strange instinctual behavior is fear.  It is a humanly desire to want others to concur with our own opinion. if that doesn’t happen we start doubting ourselves and in worst cases we even tend to condemn ourselves. the chef cause of this stage phobia is the fear of disapproval if the audience doesn’t find the speech interested or if do not appreciate the dint of the speaker’s toil, he-the speaker finds himself stuck in a thick soup.  Henry Ford, I’m sure he needs no introduction, said “whether you think you can or you think you cannot, either way you are true!” The fear of disapproval that I have touched upon is basically baseless! It all depends on our mental disposition; If we believe we can, we definitely can! But mind you here’s a word of caution; If you think you cannot you won’t be forsworn! the optimistic people often miss out on this complementary truth and then lament till the oceans start to flood the continent! Armed with this ultimate understanding one can never allow his audience to take charge for which he himself is responsible. This is a wide world.... I hope you discerned the euphemism involved! And for those who didn’t, well its wide substituted for wild. So coming back from this little comic digression I would like to assert that one must keep doing his duties without being affected by the ‘wide’ opinion. When all of them seeps into one’s head they drive even the sanest of the man nuts! The golden rule to public speaking is to leave the spectators at bay and to focus on our own hunches!

My dear friends please do forgive me for biting so acridly at the world of my fellow mates which in our case happens to be you – the spectators. I, standing at this podium, am simply trying to boost the morale of my friends who would be speaking just like am.

Speaking makes you ready to face challenges. It expands or narrow horizon and gives way to a broader and clearer version of the otherwise distorted reality. Also speaking in a particular language, English in our case, improves our fluency. to be able to think and express oneself in a given language is an art which we imbibe through constant practice. Almost every school’s norms insist upon the students conversing in English. This is a preparatory phase for public speaking.

Having shed light on a rather intimidating subject I leave you all pondering – in a pensive mood- the one in which Wordsworth found himself as he looked at the daffodils! I hope you would challenge your own biases for the good!

Thank you!