My heart beats faster when I am speaking or presenting in front of an audience. Having all those faces stare at me as I present my information to the class or forgetting everything I reviewed are a few terrifying things that occur while I am public speaking. This, especially, happens when I am debating in front of attorney judges. At NJ LEEP, I partake in Constitutional Law Debates where I go up against other classmates in my grade debating my argument and advocating why the judges should choose my side. However, I am not reading off of my paper. I have to speak in front of all the judges and a courtroom filled with people with my memorized and practiced speech. Afterwards, I have to answer questions extemporaneously while connecting every answer to a debate case we read that cycle which is usually four debate cases. During this process, I forget everything I read and can feel my heart beating faster. However, this feeling does not just occur while I am debating, this happens when I am presenting in front of a class. Standing in front of a classroom filled with people, I am afraid of embarrassing myself and stuttering when I am talking, and this usually occurs while public speaking.
