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Students who support abolishing in-class presentations argue that forcing students with anxiety to present in front of their peers is not only unfair because they are bound to underperform and receive a lower grade, but it can also cause long-term stress and harm.

"Nobody should be forced to do something that makes them uncomfortable," says Ula, a 14-year-old in eighth grade, who, like all students quoted, asked to be referred to only by her first name. "Even though speaking in front of class is supposed to build your confidence and it's part of your schoolwork, I think if a student is really unsettled and anxious because of it you should probably make it something less stressful. School isn't something a student should fear."

To the thousands of teens who support the effort to do away with in-class presentations (at least enough to like a tweet about it), anxiety is no small issue. Students said they understood why older people might tell them to "suck it up," but that doing so was unproductive. Some responses to the most recent viral tweet, though, noted that giving a presentation in spite of anxiety might reduce a student's fear of public speaking.

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"Nobody should be forced to do something that makes them uncomfortable," says Ula, a 14-year-old in eighth grade, who, like all students quoted, asked to be referred to only by her first name.

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Smart thinking using only her first name, that way no one will know which Ula said that.

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AgEng06 said:

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All interviewees w/ our company have to give a technical presentation as part of the interview process. Guess that will keep us from having to hire any of these whiners.

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quanah said:

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"Nobody should be forced to do something that makes them uncomfortable," says Ula, a 14-year-old in eighth grade, who, like all students quoted, asked to be referred to only by her first name.

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Smart thinking using only her first name, that way no one will know which Ula said that.

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Someone should introduce her to Opah.

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I hate public speaking and presentations.

I do them at work just to get them over with. As such, I am RARELY asked to give them because they are so terrible. I'm a slide reader and don't particularly give two ****s otherwise.

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Duncan Idaho said:

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Fyi. It is impossible to take anyone named Ula seriously.

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TecRecAg said:

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I work in sales and I have all the confidence in the world that my job won't be taken by a kid fresh out of school. They're too scared to call and order pizza for God sakes.

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