<p>For those of you pitying the girl in my OP, while I do feel a bit sorry for her, she basically just took up considerable time doing nothing, stammering, couldn't answer ONE sentence. Any teacher would probably have logically made a frustrated statement then, and the whole class felt similar - at that point, it's not as if you had to give a speech in the front of the room, it was reading one answer out loud which made it look worse than getting stabbed in the eye with a pair of pokemon chopsticks.</p>
<p>8, I'm pretty much silent in class unless some of my close friends are around me. I was way worse in elementary school though and I barely said a word even to my friends. I'm not too shy if I know the people or have my close friends in the class, but I'm extremely shy and uncomfortable when I don't know anyone. I remember the start of the year in my AP Bio class, I got called on in class and I didn't know anyone or what to expect and I answered in this semi-quiet whisper and my face was so red. Now that I know the people pretty well, I feel fine answering the questions in class and I'm not as embarrassed when called on. </p>
<p>I do know someone worse than me, she's definitely a 10. She refuses to speak answers in class when called on, she just mouthes them and she speaks in a whisper all the time. She even had to stay after class several times because she didn't do any of the oral tests in spanish and would whisper them to the teacher. I've actually heard her speak about three times all year.</p>
<p>Oral tests can be scary! Especially when you have native Spanish speakers in the class listening to you.</p>
<p>^ Yes, I know. But there are no native speakers in the class. The teacher can't even pronounce anything right herself, she was the french teacher they gave the job to as a spanish teacher who is so lenient it's crazy. If you try during an oral test, she'll guide you through it completely and will totally forget to record anything you do wrong, she will just remind you of the right answer. The spanish oral tests are nothing at all.</p>
<p>I'd say a three, though it doesn't stem from self-confidence issues or anything of that sort. I can engage and befriend virtually everyone, it's just that most of the time there are other things that I'd rather be doing... much prefer to take a walk and read a book alone than go to a populous party with unfamiliar people (though I'd rather do the former two activities in the company of a few friends than anything else). I'm most social when the occasions are more intimate than not ;]</p>
<p>Waaaait, is this about introversion/extroversion (where I'd be nearer the introvert end of the scale, maybe a 7 or an 8 with 1-10) or shyness? Wiki defines shyness as "In humans, shyness (also called diffidence) is a social psychology term used to describe the feeling of apprehension, lack of confidence, or awkwardness experienced when a person is in proximity to, approaching, or being approached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people." If we're using that then I'm easily a 1. I am quite incapable of embarrassment and supremely self-confident and not in the slightest bit apprehensive around people in general...</p>
<p>edit: Oh, and I'm fine giving speeches in class and whatnot, though I'll only volunteer information if the conditions "a) the topic interests me and b) everybody else is completely clueless" are met.</p>
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<p>2 with friends
8 with strangers/at a party</p>
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I'd say a 7 or 8. Once I get to know people, I'm irritatingly talkative, but in a new situation, I can barely open my mouth.
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ditto. I get quite awkward in certain situations, but around some people I seem like the ubersocial one...</p>
<p>probably an 8. or a 9 if i am with a big group of people that i don't know.</p>
<p>i'm 5 b/c i'm always half and half. i'm cool going both ways either shy or (if i tried) popular. i'm friends with popular and not so popular people. of course, innately i like to be quiet sometimes but i like people to notice me...</p>
<p>i can range from a 3 to a 8; it all depends on the situation.
i.e. in a crowd of total strangers or if i have to do public speaking i definitely feel awkward/ self-conscious but i also talk quite a lot with friends actually</p>
<p>my quietness is an innate quality i have, but my shyness is due to environmental influences (didn't have a wonderful time in middle school especially...)</p>
<p>In school I'm like a 7. Out of school I'm a 3. Something about the school environment makes me dull down my personality.</p>