Blog Post #1

Millie, is currently taking a required communications course at her college. Millie always strives to do her best in everything that she does; however, the terrible disease of laziness always interferes with her capabilities. Millie tends to be a little shy at first but opens up once she gets comfortable with her surroundings. One weakness that Millie has is that she absolutely loathes public speaking and isn’t any good at it either. Her palms start sweating and her heart starts racing and a million thoughts are scrambling through her head at once causing her to lose her train of thought and just carry on with silence. Even if she is well prepared and practiced a million times before, she goes blank before the real thing.

With classroom participation, Millie always tries her best to raise her hand at least once every class. She may not be the most active participant; however, she is definitely not the least active. She always pays attention and makes sure to take good notes. This will also depend on the class, however, as some classes are really interesting and some just put her to sleep.

Millie has quite a handful of public speaking experience with class presentations. At every presentation, Millie, more often than not, will fail to maintain eye contact with the audience. With so many pairs of piercing eyes staring at her, she gets nervous. She has been trying to fix this habit for the longest time and has made a little bit of improvement. Also, Millie has never had to improvise much so she always remembered every little bit of information she was to present. The only time she improvised was when she performed a play with a group of close friends. Her personality shines best when she is with a group of familiar people.