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Originally Posted by DramaRani
Anyway, I'm kind of pissed off right, but reading Sumiyia's post has calmed me down a little bit. I don't understand why people force other people to do things they don't want to do. My uncle just called our house at 11 pm asking if I'd read a speech about his wife at our party for some Hajjis. We've invited about 65 of my father's college alumni friends because a few of them went for Hajj, Alhumdulillah. My uncle's wife didn't go for Hajj, but he wants me to read a speech about how she got some excellency award in the county she lives in. What really got my blood boiling is when I said NO because I don't like public speaking especially in front of at least 25 PhD/post-doc biochemistry smarties, my uncle said and I quote, "What kind of teacher are you? You're a dummy...." Seriously, WTF? I don't want to read the damn speech which has NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the fact that I am a teacher or the THEME of our party, which is to honor the Hajjis. Just because I'm a teacher doesn't mean I like public speaking or brown-nosing.
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You should totally do it in a teacher-y way. "Okay everyone, I have an announcement! Aunty did something VERY special today! Do you know what it is? Anybody want to guess? Now remember, we raise our hands if we want to talk! Aunty got a special treat because she did ________. Let's all say congratulations together to her! Now Aunty, do you want to pass your award around so everyone in class can look at it?"