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Aug 10, 2019 6:45 PM
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ILikeNewEnglandBeer
Same, I still have crazy anxiety! I've been taking ashwaganda pills and that helps a bit - also exercise helps more
MarkBishop
I thought everybody did that.
TheyCallMeJimmyButMyNameIsJames
How would she figuratively do that?
Sionas
I had to read the part in catcher in the eye in which the fuck you is on the wall. Yeah that felt good to say.
Ac1dBurn72
It wasn't just me?
Rips4w
I loved reading so I was stoked to show off how good I was at it.
Doshegotabooty
I had a full blown panic attack bc the word “bosom” was in my section. I was embarrassed and pretended I lost my spot and skipped over it.
VitaminRum
Same thing but I had a speech problem with my R’s. Prayed that there weren’t any words I couldn’t say properly.
Slartybartfastsfjords
Same. It still pops in to say hello once in a while to keep me on my toes
KnightThatDrinksTea
i did that...just so I know at what point I needed to pay attention again......
DuaneMarx1962
Uni Prof used to ask the person reading if they wanted to pick the next person or should he pick so-and-so (he'd name a student)
Rumpocalypse
Reading aloud to the class at college level is really silly.
Vesane
My class used to do a fun thing where we would switch after a word containing a particular letter, like 'g' (ie finish reading that word)
ImBoredouttamyskull
School has so many anxiety starters: reading aloud, going to the board to solve a math problem, being picked last on a team, no lunch seat..
Perfzilla
I'd think about what funny voice i'd use
TheLittleMe
And then the teacher spots you doing this and changes up the order of people...
GrandChampion
Did we not all do this?
Theholytruthbomb
Crabsforeveryone
I was agonizing over the people who had less skill than I did, because they hated reading and I loved it. And I wanted to do voices.
FlashToro
Never did this, I could read pretty well at a young age. i
WhatTheDormouseSaid
My teacher would call people at random. He'd just say someone's last name after each paragraph. He picked some people twice to fuck with us.
ImBoredouttamyskull
Just when you thought you were safe and could stop sweating and relax...the devil strikes again.
SirReginaldVonBartlesbeid
Mine would do that, along with make you stand and answer any questions people had about what you read, since "You read it, you know it."
Mairoa
I hated those assholes. Following along at a word every several seconds was agonizing. Let me calculate and mark it so I can read ahead
Xenite79
Ditto
SteadyRedRanger
I did that to, and would read the lead and following paragraph to have my bases covered
Crixsih
I'd read faster then the people talking and when it was my turn I'd ask where we were to go BACK to it. My teacher stopped asking me to read
CaptainClarification
I did the same thing so I could check out during class.
ChronicD
Elementary school? This was a hellish torture for me in high school. I was pages ahead by the time my semi-literate classmates did 20 words.
HowDoesOneDoThis
and then they get picked twice because somebody left the classroom early and they volunteer to read for them
rshewmaker
I always had trouble controlling the volume of my voice. I'd start and kids would jump out of their seats. Fun times.
captainclutch
Then that overachieving asshole read two paragraphs so it gets to you and you’re lost
ReifieR
Good teachers always start with the strongest students first specifically to give others time to do this.
mythreebirds
Good teachers don't do this at all
bravoeBandit
It sucks when you miscount and practice the wrong paragraph.
GiantMoron
You didn’t miscount, the teacher let some kid read twice as much now you are stuck reading some super mammoth paragraph
BigMacTunaStacks
Or some kid backs out or rides his/her momentum and accidentally reads a second paragraph
EnderPanda13
Or when the person in front of you reads YOUR part so now you gotta tumble over your words while they get a pat on the back.
amorgan1
Or you have one overachiever kid who reads two paragraphs. Always hated that kid.
Denvercoder09
"Well done Tim.... Idiot..."
InsincereSam
'I had this totally normal school experience that everyone has and this is where I got my over-exaggerated mental health condition from'
RobinHanak
A millennial would complain. A boomer would suck it up and get over it.
ADDGirl
It's not where they got it from, it's what caused the first recognizable symptoms.
PotatoEnglish
Sunmonster
GINGIVITISSS
This tickled me in a way I did not expect. I shall yoink this into my personal collection so I may yeet it at another.
Sunmonster
NotAnIroningBoard
Over exaggerated isn’t a thing, exaggerated means it as is.
AlkeneThiol
Irregardless, I could care less.
arfysdad
No. Just regardless, unless you could care less.
zoeelane201
Metals4J
Yeah but what if it’s scientifically proven to be MORE exaggerated than normal? Like a clear 3+ sigma shift from the mean?
NotAnIroningBoard
Then it’s exaggerated. More than normal. Exaggerated.
SolicitedDickPics
It's exaggeratedly exaggerated. Exaggerated^2.
BoogerWasTheBestNerd
This conversation is exaggerated
ChickenLord666
Everyone did that.
Mimsey
Not me. Because I'd forget to stop and by the time it was my turn I'd be ahead of where they wanted me to read and get lost.
gaidinbdj
*shh* They want to feel special for experiencing an emotion literally every human ever has.
AtsaMattaForMe
EdwardEH
I didnt. I had already read the entire chapter or section by the time the first person finished reading aloud. I just put my head down.
defaulted
One time I was so into a book that I read through an entire spelling test. I was terrified I’d failed but the teacher let me retake it.
longlegsam
yeah, but then you needed to frantically look back for the part you needed to read
EdwardEH
Never frantic. Almost always had it committed to short term memory. Reading was something I loved as a kid.
defaulted
Ugh. I’m almost 30 and that deep feeling of embarrassment of not knowing where you are when finally called on cause you read ahead...
hangar
I didn't. I just fucked up and felt embarrassed
flapperfemmefatale
i didn't. my problem was that i read way faster than the other kids and had to pay attention to where they were at so i could backtrack
flapperfemmefatale
when my teacher realized this, she stopped making me read aloud. i would finish whole books in the time it took the class to read a chapter
Stormblade
That's because you read slower when you're reading out loud.
teslathemaxpuppy
I didnt, but I also could read without messing up words longer than four syllables
Nerdextrordinaire
Yup. And then, somewhere along the way I lost the advanced part. I still have my vocabulary though.
juggy
Let it be known folks
Deros1331
Same, but I was also blessed to have parents that actually cared and helped me to read from 4 years old.
DoNotTakeSeriousPls
Yea but that’s where her anxiety started
RobertZimmermanWasRight
That’s where all our anxiety started
SynonymOfHarmony
My anxiety stems from me being a perfectionist and being afraid to not do whatever I'm trying to do perfectly on the first try..
DoNotTakeSeriousPls
Awful comment. Try again.
WastingMyLifeOneMemeATaTime