I kept looking outside the car window as I could feel the drop of tears from my eyes. “I didn’t deserve whatever she did” I kept saying to myself. The driver was indeed someone who minded his business because he didn’t even turn to look at me. I was extremely devasted by what had happened in school.
We had our presentation and I was 100 percent prepared for it, but being someone who is scared of the public I knew I wasn’t going to say much. As usual, it was a group work and everyone had to play one role or the other. We all had something to say. After the presentation of each group, we are asked questions by our colleagues and then the lecturer which will influence our scores.
When it came to my group, as always, I hid behind and I was always excited I got a short line since I am still working on my self-esteem. I couldn’t face the crowd and most times I was always excited whenever it was a group presentation. When it got to my turn, I quickly said my lines and went back into hiding.
It was time for the class to ask questions and then a friend of mine raised her hands when I thought she was my friend until this happened. She was permitted to ask her question and that was when she pointed at me saying “Sir, I would like to ask her a question and I noticed she contributed little and hid all through the presentation” I had all eyes on me and I was truly embarrassed.
The lecturer looked at me and asked why I was hiding all through and had the shortest line, well she said if all my teammates had 20 marks, she would give me 10 marks. Then we were dismissed.
When I got to my seat, I couldn’t even look at her because I had tears in my eyes, all she kept saying was “I am trying to build your confidence” I looked at her and asked her “At the detriment of my result.” She just laughed and said I will get over it. I immediately went home and couldn’t stop crying.
It took me a while to feel better and I later realized she wasn’t my friend. She stopped associating with me after that day and I knew for a fact that she did whatever she did on purpose. I had to look at the good side of it and work on myself so I do not fumble in our next presentation.
A few weeks later, we had an individual presentation, she was super confident she was going to trash it as she kept bragging about how well she had prepared for it. When it was time for her presentation she was asked lots of questions by the lecturer which she couldn’t answer and she ended up having a D in her presentation. I was super certain she had a taste of her own medicine because she kept crying after the presentation was over.
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