TEENS: I know I've asked this already but I skipped school for this reason.?

Sorry I know this doesn't belong here but I seem to find more teens in here; and I really just wanted to ask teens ^^...





Okay so to clear it up I AM a "good" student but not a perfect one. %26gt;.%26lt;


I can get into the first class honour rolls and I have a good working habit in all my classes and everything. But this time I just had to skipped school because of this presentation I had to do. I'm just afraid to embarass myself stupid %26gt;%26gt;;; Nobody's perfect...





Okay so I skipped on Tuesday which was the presentation day. But my friend told me not everyone has done it yet so we're continuing on Thursday. So I skipped TWO days. Tues. %26amp;%26amp; Thurs. There was no school on Friday. So do you think I will still have to do this presentation tomorrow (Monday?)





NOTE: I HAVE handed in my whole project to the teacher already %26amp;%26amp; no one else has to do it on Monday 'coz everyone finished.





I know it's a stupid question %26gt;%26lt;


And I know it's long, I'm sorry %26gt;%26gt;;;


xD

TEENS: I know I've asked this already but I skipped school for this reason.?
i dont think u will have to do the presentation
Reply:You should have done it when you were supposed to do it.


Now, if you're made to do it, you'll be the only one to do it. With everyone's eyes upon you. Way to go, hero.
Reply:she will forget but have a back up plan
Reply:Don't stress it. Everyone hates to do these presentations, and no one will laugh if you make a mistake. It's all in the mind.





No one is perfect. I've had several presentations I didn't want to do, but I know it must be done. And I stutter too, which I know some people poke fun of. That fear has made me want to skip school, but in the end, I don't and everything works out well.





Do it Monday. Or else you'll regret it for a long time.
Reply:ohh you should have seen me!


i had a novel presentation


and i was panting and i skipped some words so it didnt make sense


but it wasnt so bad becase some people were worse than me


just do it and get it over with! your adding more pressure just by holding it off
Reply:She is either going to make you present it, you take a lower grade , or you might have to make the assign up or redo it.





Sorry that this sounds bad but it has happened to me before although i didn't skip school for a project.





Confess and BE STRONG!!!!!





Hope I helped!
Reply:umm more than likely yeaa..unless your teacher is planing to move on to something else then no.








heehee skippper...sweet ;P
Reply:Wow you must be scared of presentations if you are willing to skip that class. Usually the presentation is worth one or two grades and eventually the teacher will make you present it. Good Luck! Oh dont skip anymore at some point you will get caught and go to detention.
Reply:just try not to be nervous!!


i get super nervous for presentations too but i know i have to get it over with sometime


just keep practicing so ur ready


and keep telling urself its not a big deal


good luck tomorrow!!
Reply:ughh! i hate doing reports! ( i have to do 1 on Wednsday :b) No worries, most of the kids dont listen. just pretend like ur talking to the teacher %26amp; friends( theyre the only ones listenin anyway) u are probably gonna have to do it. i know it sucks, but there is thing in life that sucks that ur just gonna have to go through.





EDIT: I know! i get red too. i also shake really badly and everyone can notice. all i know is that when it's over no one wants to talk about it, and u feel relieved that it's over
Reply:face your fear and do it. pretend everyone your talking to is your best friend. tis not exactly a big deal
Reply:oh my god....im so sorry ur like this. i pretended to be sick soo many times growing up cuz i was soo embarrassed to do things in front of the class. it was horrible when i did, my face would get bright red and i would stutter and it was just all bad. i just freaked out. i skipped school quite a few times too. well as for ur situation, evrytime ive done that, they never made me get up and do mine, since everyone had done theirs and they already took an extra day out to do them, they just let mine go, and i never had to do it. hopefully u wont either!
Reply:Most likely. Don't be nervous!
Reply:I think you might have to do your presentation so I would be prepared. You should not have skipped school. It would have been over and done with already. I understand how you feel, but I think you should be ready to do the presentation. Good luck!
Reply:lol. well i think you should just be ready to present..


but dont mention anything to the teacher about it


so if she asks you to do it then you will be ready


but if she doesnt than its alllll good xD
Reply:Public speaking is going to haunt you for your entire life..so..My advice is to get it over with..


If you want a Sneaky way of trying to get out of it on Monday (and I know I'm going to get TONS of "Thumbs down" for saying this) but why not fake a sore throat? lol..
Reply:i had the same problem and i wel like sweatin up there and i was talkin to fast the whole clas told me slow down but thank god it was over just pretend like ur in ur room
Reply:you cant escape projects...you have to face your fear..just like i did..there was one of yahoo answer member that said if you have troubles presenting because you are nervous you could pretend that you are a CEO that is going to announce JLO's pregnancy rumors or etc.





GOOD LUCK!
Reply:you took it to far. you should have just don eit in the first place and gotten it over with. if you have to do it on monday then do it's no big deal.
Reply:Just do it! Once, in my class, me and three other kids had to get up and do a play in front of my class and a CAMERA!!!! I was nervous before, but afterwords I was proud of myself for finally facing my fears! I know I did my best and that was all that mattered.
Reply:i have a fear of presentations and last tuesday was our class's presentation on our biographys and i skipped just to get out of it and when i came back on wed. my friends told me that only 4 people had presented.





soo...i ended up doing the presentation and was the last person in the class to present.





i finally faced my fear and now i feel great about it. just do it, trust me its not that bad. no one even remembers the next day :)





i was actually willing to fail english just because i didn't want to do it, but when i got up there it was like no one else was in the room and i did great.





now i don't have a fear of presentations anymore!!!
Reply:Come on HUNY be brave, I totally know what you mean. So, just do your best and most importantly be yourself!








Good Luck Sweety!!! :)
Reply:hey.yeh i know how that feels .i don't know if ur teacher will let u do it.but in my school no matter how many days u skipped u steel have to do it.but i don't know about ur school.maybe go up to ur teacher and tell her how u feel.if she doesn't agree.than just go on and be calm and don't look up.and if u made a mistake just act like u didn't do it.good Luke.
Reply:It's not a stupid question. I use to do the exact same thing. Everytime I had to do a presentation my hands would get sweaty, my heart would beat rapidly, my face would get red, and my mouth would get dry. I absolutely hated it. But to answer your question..it really just depends on the teacher. Some will forget or just not make you do it so they can move on...some will call you up and make you finish it. I know you will hate to hear this, because I always hated to hear it...but you HAVE to face your fear. I promise you it gets alot easier. I thought avoiding it in highschool would be fine. Then I got to college. Some teachers here randomly call on students to answer questions in front of classes that can contain 200 students!! Trust me....learn to get comfortable with it in highschool...where you know everyone! Always show up on the day the REST of the class has to present...and GO FIRST. You can hurry up and get it out of the way, and people will quickly forget about your presentation because they're all going to be thinking/worried about THEIR presentations. Good luck with everything. I know how incredibly difficult it is.
Reply:Yes, you will have to do it on what ever day you choose to go back. Don't be like that kind of person, really. I just graduated from high school and I was so nervous to do my graduation presentation. Just go through with yours. Believe me, after you are finished, you'd be glad that it's off your chest. Besides I'm sure you'll do fine.
Reply:Either you have to do the presentation or you have to make it up.





I know it's not fun to speak in front of everybody, but relax. Unless they're all jerks, they won't make fun of you if you say something wrong. If you mess up, just smile and keep going.
Reply:Personally, I think you're teacher's going to make you go to be fair to the other students. And, well, you're going to do it eventually, so might as well do it well and get a good grade rather than running away from it.





I suggest practicing your presentation in front of the mirror. I know it sounds stupid, and you're going to feel stupid doing it, but TRUST ME, it'll help. You'll be able to see your body language and if you tweak a certain way that might look wierd, and you'll be able to improve your posture and poise.





I do this whenever I have a speech to prepare for. It helps, trust me. I'm a good honors student like you are :)





I took this theatre class last year and hated it (but I HAD to take it since I was missing a credit) since it involved monologues and I didn't want to embarress myself. However, I practiced in the mirror and nailed my performance, and people actually really liked it :)





Good luck with your presentation! Just be yourself up there while you're talking. And just think about it, five minutes after you're done nobody's going to remember what happened.
Reply:Well really you should have stayed for the presentation. I know how you feel about them, I HATE them and always feel im going to embarass myself [i usually do as my nervous show] but...Each time I do one, I have more confidence in myself to do the next one im challenged with, and I feel proud of myself for going for it and getting it over and done with.





I have done what you have done, I've missed school or lessons so i wouldn't have to do a presentation...I felt really guilty afterwards, and many times i'd make it even worse by having to present mine when everyone else had finished theirs the next day.





Well we all have to do things we don't want to do, so in future when you have to do a presentation...try not to think of it before hand, when you are up there presenting, just pretend you are in your own room with no-one watching you or focus on a wall in front of you or something, it will be over before you know it and you will grow in confidence when speaking outloud to a group too.
Reply:maybe talk 2 ur teacher about doing the presentation in front of just him/her after skool!
Reply:just do it... you shoulda just went the day when everyone else went cuz they wouldnt only be remembering only yours they would be remembering everyones
Reply:Your teacher will make you do it. I once missed a day when everyone had to give presentations ( i was sick, not skipping) and he made me give it anyway. But once you get up there, you won't get nervous. Make some note cards and you'll be fine.