"A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
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I'm not saying the guy was incompetent. His french toast really impressed
me. It was a cut above. I wish I would have written the recipe down. He
just seemed kind of awkward. But then, I tend to over criticize sometimes.
But I also admit that he had a great french toast recipe.

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Could be that he was uncomfortable demonstrating to others or the food being
made wasn't his idea. I don't usually have problems with public speaking.
But as a high school Decca student, I was required to go to a community
college and give a speech to a class about giving a speech. I was not
allowed to write the speech but had to read word for word from something
someone else had written out onto some transparencies that I had to present
on an overhead projector.

The whole thing was very dry and boring and exactly the opposite of what
you'd want to do to give a good speech. I hated doing it and the teacher
even commented that I came across as awkward. My normal style would have
been to put in some smart assed comments in there here and there, giving my
opinion of what I thought of what I was reading but I was not allowed to say
even one extra word. Only what was written there.

To this day I am uncertain as to why I had to do this. It was a group
project. But the group determined that I had to do the speaking because I
don't get nervous speaking like that.