Giving Speeches

I don't use hate very often, because it's such a strong word but....I HATE SPEECHES. Giving them and listening to them, i hate them both. In my speech class we have to give four speeches throughout this semester. After I accomplish one, I have to admit I do feel good to have one over with but I know that the next one is just that much closer. Some people fear speaking more than death. I don't know if I'm that strong of a hater, but it's pretty close. I get up there nervous as ever and ready to give a speech that I'm not fully confident in. It doesn't help when the teachers videotaping either. It just makes my level of nervousness go higher. I know everybody else in the class is probably just as nervous as me but their not the ones up there at the time giving a speech. I think the second hardest part of speech giving, falling second to actually giving the speech, is picking a topic. You have to find something that you feel stronlgy about that if your up there giving it and lose ur place, you can go on with just the knowledge you have. You also need to pick something that everybody in the room is familiar with so they don't get bored. I picked this blog topic because I have to give a speech tomorrow. It seems like it puts a damper on my whole day. When I wake up in the morning I say to myself ugh I have to give a speech today.