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Originally posted by Father Bronze:
I threaten them with "the rack" and all of those other wonderful medieval torture devices found in Irenicus's dungeon  .
Actually, I use a combination of quiet encouragement with a nice threat or two. Nervousness actually reduces sharply if the student is well prepared. I spoke to a parent's group the other night and I explained it this way.
All of my students got up to give the first speech. The speech was a self-introduction and the student needed to talk about his/herself for one minute. Since students know the topic (they know themselves) and it's a short speech, the students aren't extraordinarily nervous. Using the same rule for other speeches, the more I can get a student prepared for the speech, the less nervous he/she will be.
I also threaten the students that 1) the course is required for graduation and 2) if they don't give their speeches they will fail the course.
I only resort to the threats as a last resort -- usually with a student who is too lazy to do any work and/or has failed speech before and is repeating the class.
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well, I am a stutter. what do you think you will do to me if I go to your class?
I would be prepare and stand up, and talk... but I am 90% sure I would screw it up. have you had this kind case before? I mean, I am sure I will be left rotten and forgotten in the corner...
just like to know what you would do to people like me
