The fear of public speaking is more common than the fear of death, spiders, or heights. However, overcoming that fear can lead to an invaluable skill. Public speaking helps us in our day to day lives by speaking and presenting in class, meeting new people, interviewing for jobs and schools, and standing up for ourselves and our beliefs. hese pieces are from unorthodox perspectives in terms of what is traditionally taught in school. They will be given as examples of how one can rise above and hav