My religion of anthropolgy class has me bent over backwards. It's interesting and I rather enjoy the subject matter but unfortunately i have a 10 min oral presentation to put together for next week at the same time as a term paper for a philosophy class. The paper i can pull out of my ass essentially but this presentation has me troubled. Ultimately, i stink at formal public speaking. I get nervous, have clammy hand, can tremble, my voice cracks, and most importantly I have a tendency to recite or read quickly, almost franticaly, and in so much as I will lose a letter grade for being so much as a minute over or under the timelimit, I feel screwed! Nevermind the fact that I hate the notion of giving an oral presntation more than anything else, I completely and totally dread the fact that I'll be going very last. 
Just goes to show, don't miss class. Also, beacause I missed the class in which the presentations were ordered, i accordingly lost a chance to take a decent topic. To make maters worse, my prof is indifferent to my troubles and indisposed at almost all times outside class. I had no luck selling the idea of writing a 2nd term-paper for her instead and i'm not really surprised. So this leaves me doing shitloads of research. I have to have 15 sources of reference applicable to my obscure topic, and in so much as it's a minor pt of interest, am 10x less likely than alot of my peers to find visual aids and a general abundance of resources with which to make a presentation. If i missed alot of classes I could shrug this off, but I literally missed one Monday and bam, screwed! Such is my luck as of late. Oh well, c'est la vie I guess; The ride has to end sometimes. Through work comes worth. Right?
Just goes to show, don't miss class. Also, beacause I missed the class in which the presentations were ordered, i accordingly lost a chance to take a decent topic. To make maters worse, my prof is indifferent to my troubles and indisposed at almost all times outside class. I had no luck selling the idea of writing a 2nd term-paper for her instead and i'm not really surprised. So this leaves me doing shitloads of research. I have to have 15 sources of reference applicable to my obscure topic, and in so much as it's a minor pt of interest, am 10x less likely than alot of my peers to find visual aids and a general abundance of resources with which to make a presentation. If i missed alot of classes I could shrug this off, but I literally missed one Monday and bam, screwed! Such is my luck as of late. Oh well, c'est la vie I guess; The ride has to end sometimes. Through work comes worth. Right?
but hey for me it was always easy to know that all the other students suck even they knew more than me.
wish you good luck man and good karma...all the best