Speaking

There are many different situations in which we feel uncomfortable or inadequate to perform. The classroom, speaking in front of people, our crush, our professors, these are all examples of circumstances where we can get nervous and breakdown. Sometimes literally. I think the best way to deal with these situations is to practice your speech (if you are giving a speech or presentation or whatever) in front of your friends and know what you're saying. If you are kind of BSing your way through something like quantum mechanics and don't know what you're talking about; there's a good chance you'll get messed up by question someone asks and stumble around for the answer until the teacher saves you. KNOW your subject matter like it's your child and be comfortable about talking about in conversation and presenting it. In the classroom you could get nervous because you feel your answers are inadequate, or they're a "dumb" answer. This may be true. There is a such thing as a dumb answer. Don't get cute with your response, just lay down what you think the answer is and if you're wrong you're wrong, at least you tried. If you don't know, don't speak. Crushes are tricky because you wanna have that right mix of being funny but you still want them to take you serious. I can't really tell you what the right mix is because it's different for every relationship and girl. Just don't be absolutely ridiculous and stay within the golden mean. Don't sway too far into ludicrousness or be a homeschooled freak and you should be good. Profs are interesting because I'm just a freshman. Some like to joke around while some take professionalism very seriously. Once again it just depends on each area.