GirouxEmbarrassmentEssay

Giroux Writing

Amanda Giroux 5-25-10 Block 8  __Embarrassment Essay __    I don’t normally get embarrassed, and even if I did I wouldn’t tell anyone about it! But, I think I’ll make an exception this one time. Last year I was in the Musical, Beauty and the Beast. It was an extremely memorable experience with many…memorable moments. One of such being on the night of the first production. It was turning out to be an amazing show and everyone was enjoying themselves. Some of the lead roles were stressed about putting on an amazing show though, so they broke into the gymnasium and started kicking around a soccer ball just to relieve some pressure. This was during the show though, when some people were required on stage and some were not. I was needed for a dance routine on stage but I needed to enter on to the stage from the opposite side I was on and the fastest way to get from one side of the stage to the other is through the gym, where the lead roles were still passing the soccer ball. I had only a few seconds to get on stage so I ran and while I entered the gym, one of the leads kicked the ball at me and went, “Pass it back, Amanda!” so I tried. What I mean when I say “tried” is I was running in EXTREMELY slippery shoes and when I continued through the motions to kick the ball, my foot slipped out from under me and I fell right on top of it! I was completely mortified, and then I almost died laughing! I learned that if you don’t let things, such as falling in front of all of your friends, embarrass you and you just laugh WITH them, then it won’t actually embarrass you; it just turns into a funny story that even you wouldn’t mind telling over and over again.