Okay, here's the deal. When did people become "that" instead of "who?" I hear this on the radio on the TV ( and shouldn't news reporters know better )? and unless my memory is wrong, have even read it in places. Why? How hard is it to remember that people require a "who"? And here's another--myself instead of me. My boss did this all this time and it drove me crazy. Are we so afraid to be in the spotlight that we have to say, "So-and-so and myself did such-and-so?"
I’ve been told I’m lucky I can speak in public. It’s not luck. Anyone can learn to speak in public. Here’s how. When I was young — under the age of 10 — I wanted to do two things more than anything else. I wanted to tap-dance and play the violin. My dreams were crushed . My parents opted for singing lessons (solo and choir) and elocution lessons. I realize now they were the cheapest lessons around and money was short. Or was that really it? Did my parents know something I didn’t? My first humiliation came when I sang with my choir at a concert. I think it was in the Westminster Church Hall in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. I stood in the front row. I remember a brown dress with full crinoline (it was the 1950s) and my favorite yellow and brown cardigan. (it had come as a hand-me-down from my cousin, Kathy.) All was well until we stopped singing and the crowd clapped loudly. And so did I ! Laughter rippled around the room. They thought it was cute. I thought I’d prefer to sink through the ...
