Overcoming Shyness

Verbal communication has never been my strong point. I have always done better expressing myself through writing. So it makes sense that I should get involved in blogging.

In my senior level English class in high school, our first paper was to write about something we had to overcome in life. Obviously, for me it was shyness. After the teacher had read our papers, she decided to share one with the class. Being an outgoing person herself, she was enlightened by the paper on shyness. She couldn't believe that someone would plan out conversations ahead of time. She never had any trouble striking up conversations with people. As she continued to share my utmost secrets to the class, I sat there mortified. I stared at the ground and pretended that she wasn't talking about me.

I received the highest grade in the class with the expectation from my teacher that my papers would only get better. I think I may have disappointed her, but hopefully I won't disappoint my readers.