After what feels like hours of anxiously sitting at your desk, you finally hear your name being called out by your teacher. It’s your turn to present your report to the class.

Grabbing your paper, you walk up to the front of the room, take a deep breath and begin reading from your presentation.

To some students, like freshman Lacey Gregory, this scene wouldn’t be any trouble at all.

“I’m used to talking in front of people,” Gregory said. “So it’s not really a big deal to present a paper. I like talking and so it’s pretty easy for me to do things like that.”

Sophomore MaKenzie Giess said she would have all but an easy time presenting to class.

“I just get really nervous,” Giess said. “Talking in front of a class is difficult for me, so I have no idea how some of the music students are able to get up on a stage and perform. It would take a lot out of me to do something like that.”

Students participating in musical, like freshman Dusty Schneider and junior Courtney Ellis have to conquer stage fright while performing on the actual stage this year.

“I’ve always had stage fright,” Ellis said. “I’m afraid of someone watching me and thinking that I’m not good at whatever it is I’m doing. It’s something that I know I’m really going to have to work on, but I know a lot of other people have it, too.”

Dusty Schneider said he is comfortable performing, but only in front of a specific group of people.

“I can totally perform in a musical or stage environment,” Schneider said. “But presenting in class is different for me. It’s like I can just feel everyone’s eyes on me and that’s just not something that I am comfortable with at all. ”

Sophomore Quinn Buffington said that he has trouble talking to people in general, so presenting to a class is even more difficult.

“I absolutely hate it,” Buffington said. “I always feel like I might be either talking too loud, too quiet, too fast, or too slow. There’s always something. I don’t know how people are able to do things like that for a living.”

However, senior Jacob Balzer said that stage fright is just something that everyone can overcome eventually.

“I used to be nervous while acting or singing in front people,” Balzer said. “Something clicked my sophomore year though. Stage fright goes away once you focus more on the fun of performing. Once you stop worrying about what other people think, you can do pretty much anything.”