Orals?

[TMJ]

Does anyone else get nervous about doing oral presentations?

[no steez]

What topic are you doing?
I'm still brainstorming.

[BigAl]

Big time. My teacher said that the only thing he heard was an excited voice with frequent breathing and a voice that was about to cry..I think I got like 25/40 but don't worry too much..you got this..my problem was that I've been having problem with spoken language in both my first language and english

[brenden]

Everyone does. In general, people actually fear public speaking MORE than death. I think someone would be lying if they said it didn't make them at least a little bit nervous.
You've never met me in real life but I'm super loud/charismatic/socially confident. I've been in plays in front of hundreds of people multiple times and I LOVE oral presentations. I absolutely LOVE them, they're my favourite thing to do. "Vomit your thoughts for 10 minutes straight, uninterrupted" - like a wish come true! And this year, before my oral presentation, I was actually pacing really angrily from left to right before the teachers told me I could start (they were sorting some papers). Everyone said I looked really fired up. Hahaha I was pacing left and right trying to make them think I was fired up - the pacing was a cover for how badly I was shaking!

Edit: Not that I was insanely scared or anything. I had been looking forward to the Oral. However physiologically I was just off the charts, mentally I knew they were going to love my speech.

[pi]

Does anyone else get nervous about doing oral presentations?

Yeah everyone gets a bit nervous.

Even though I had 4 years or so of debating behind me, I was still a bit nervous

I't important to feel a few nerves or be a bit stressed:

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fuck yes, actually using this graph after all the lectures I had on this stuff

[sabii]

Just did mine today, it went great! I think everyone is nervous at the start of it however throughout the middle you start to feel a little more comfortable (well I do) good luck everyone else on your orals!

[brenden]

Spoiler

fuck yes, actually using this graph after all the lectures I had on this stuff

Good to see they put sciences other than Biology/Chem into the MBBS; Psychology is so useful.

Just did mine today, it went great! I think everyone is nervous at the start of it however throughout the middle you start to feel a little more comfortable (well I do) good luck everyone else on your orals!

That's also my personal experience. And it always feels good when it's over!