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Mary Jane

If you saw Mary Jane talking with her best friend, you would think the two girls were the most obnoxious people on the face of the Earth. The best friend would describe Mary Jane as, “always interrupts my sentence, she is basically yelling at me half the time and her stories can go on for hours.” Mary Jane would counter that with, “ I try to give the most detail to my listener, so they can fully grasp what I’m saying and I cant help having a loud voice.” As a student, Mary Jane had the opportunity in her senior year of high school to be part of Virtual Enterprise, and represent her chocolate company as their CEO. Being the CEO meant speaking publically in front of a medium sized crowds when presenting the business plan. Her main bad habit was talking too fast, due to how nervous she would get, prior to the presentation. Constantly her teacher would comment, “slow down, Mary, don’t rush through your part.” Though Mary felt that the faster she would say her part the faster it would end. In class Mary tends to stay quiet, unless she feels comfortable enough to share her thoughts or ideas to the class. Mary doesn’t feel great pressure when presenting in front of a regular sized classroom, but any more than that and the butterflies start to flutter. Mary is at her best, when she has written out and memorized her speech, therefore allowing herself to be more free with the presentation and not constantly stumbling into pauses.