wadavis comments on Open Thread for January 8 - 16 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wadavis 14 January 2014 11:14:59PM 3 points [-]

College is full of student groups, find one you like for its own merits and as a side project strive for a role that includes a little bit of audience addressing. I took on a secretary role in my fraternity that involved frequently addressing the whole chapter, and joined the 4-H alumni that volunteered as leaders for 4-H youth events. Unfortunately it is a skill that benefits less from dedicated practice and more from repetition and familiarity.

College is a great opportunity to develop these skills, but it does seem that the low-hanging fruit has been picked over (tour guides, student council, excreta).

I'm from Canada, I hate to reinforce the polite/sorry meme. but ya.