Tony said:Goddamnit, I went through a similar event when I was in 4th grade. Childhood sucked.cerealnmuffin said:I've always been a talented writer. Way back in the 6th grade, it was no surprise that my essay was chosen as the winner in class. The prize was the chance to compete at the state level by reading it in front of the whole school and a panel of judges. Being terribly shy, I didn't want to have any part in that, but my teacher said I had to. I tried to get out of that, but my teacher held firm so I felt like I was being punished for doing so well.
I rehearsed my speech over and over, but I wouldn't be writing this if the performance had gone well. Standing on stage in front of the entire school and a panel of judges, I not only forgot my speech a minute into it, but I became so terrified that I started crying. I hurried off the stage wanting to hide in the bathrooms, but not only the teacher wouldn't let me leave the auditorium she made me try the speech again only to have the same disastrous results. It was only Monday so I had a long week ahead of me.
I was the exact opposite, my teachers would have dreaded what I'd do if given the power of the stage. It's funny how introversion came to me later in life...early on I was the most obnoxious little bastard you could imagine, always fighting and running and being generally not the type of person you'd give the power of giving speeches to without expecting of him to fart in the mic.
From the above, you can tell that my childhood was awesome. XD