Stage Fright

Christian has to give a presentation this week in his Geography class. He selected the topic of Canadian currency, researched it and wrote out some notes. He made a display board for a visual and has been practicing his presentation. He does ok, but he is very scared. He teared up yesterday and told me he had stage fright. I told him that was ok and to just do his best, to take his time and try to make eye contact. I suspect he will do better in front of his peers than in front of me. We will see. I tried to get him to do it without his notes, but he won’t. Too nervous to just go through the display board he has created.  I remember feeling the same way every time I had to get up and speak in front of the class. Ugh. Not fun for an introvert. Oh well. This won’t be the first time he has to do this. With any luck, he will do well enough to make a passing grade. Keep your fingers crossed.