public speaking in college

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<p>Just wondering... can a person get through college without doing any public speaking? I always hear from teachers that you'll be doing a lot of that in college and that we need to get used to it, but nowadays all I hear about from actual college students is lectures and notes.</p>

<p>I'm also aware that some have discussion classes. Are those avoidable?</p>

<p>I know it's better to just try to get used to it, but I want to avoid them if possible. :) I don't enjoy public speaking very much.</p>

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<p>sometimes there are quizzes held in discussion sections.</p>

<p>and if you have to take a public speaking class my advice would be to get it over a.s.a.p. so you won't have to worry about it later on. speech class was required for me at my college.</p>

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<p>public speaking is a part of LIFE.</p>

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<p>I think at least one public speaking type of class is required for most majors, even the science/engineering majors. But other than that, you can pretty much get away with it.</p>

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<p>public speaking is a part of life. i can't think of any job where you will get around some sort of public speaking. most colleges require some form of course. in my business courses i have big (30+ minute) presentations several times per semester. it's just part of school.</p>

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<p>FenderGirl:</p>

<p>What kind of business are you doing, and what school ?</p>

<p>Regards</p>

<p>Jerod</p>

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<p>Public Speaking is a course EVERYONE should take in college no matter what your major. It’s really not that hard, except maybe “emotionally” for some, (but those are the ones that need it the most). Not allot of homework, and the skills you acquire will serve you well long after you leave college. So for heavens sake; Make sure you take Public Speaking!</p>

<p>Oh! It’s also allot of fun.</p>

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<p>they say that most people fear public speaking more than they fear death</p>

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<p>omniscient:</p>

<p>i'm a business major concentrating in IT (relating it to business and whatnot), and i have minors in visual communications and photography. </p>

<p>i go to york college (<a href="http://www.ycp.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.ycp.edu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>just an example of some presentations i've done recently</p>

<p>45 minute for human resource development, 30something for operations management (first we did it infront of our class and it was video taped, then we watched the tape, then we did it infront of the executives of the company we did our project on), 20 for international business, and there's more. we had to take a course called human communications, in which you do a few speeches throughout it. i've also given speeches in spanish courses, and of course art critiques where you have to explain all of your work to the class.</p>

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<p>They say that at a funeral, most people would rather be in the coffin than giving the eulogy. :)</p>

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<p>you should get over your fear of public speaking, even in the real world you will have to make presentations and stuff.</p>

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<p>get used to it. I've had to give 6 major presentations in the last 2 weeks (each was between 10-50 minutes)</p>

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<p>You ripped-off Seinfeld!</p>

<p>My idea of scary public speaking is when you have to use a microphone. Speaking in front of the class is nothing. I find that the louder I make my voice, the less nervous I am.</p>

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<p>Mm, I don't think the real world would require as many presentations as college does (judging form the previous posts, it seems like they're done often). I mean, in college, I understand, but in the real world, I can't think of many jobs that would require you to do a presentation. There are some, but I can think of more jobs than don't require doing them than those that do. And by public speaking, I mean presenting things in front of a group of people, not simply talking to people or customers, just to clarify things. :)</p>

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<p>if you go to a larger college with 30,000 people do you think you would have to do less public speaking as a school with 15,000?</p>

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I’m sorry, but people saying “Get over it. It’s apart of life.” are not helpful -.-

  1. It doesn't answer the question
  2. Don't project your ideas
  3. OP clearly had a disclaimer - he knows
  4. If you are not answering the question or you're just repeating others, it's better not to answer

There are many careers that don’t require public speaking. Just wanted to know what college was generally like, geez

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As an engineer, I REGULARLY have to stand up there and present my findings, recommendations, proposals to management, shareholders, partners, government, conferences, to audiences of 10 to 400 people.

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