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Start a new conversation or join one »  I'm a little nervous
about giving my atheism speech at school.  My writing teacher
has given my class the assignment of writing a persuasive essay.
Most people chose quite petty subjects to write on, but I
decided to write about something that neither I or anyone else
has ever written about. I'm going to give a speech on the the
truth of science and atheism.  I believe I have very convincing
coherence and evidence in my essay, but I'm extremely nervous on
how people are going to handle it. I've already told a few
people on what I'm writing on and both of them seemed a little
offended and enraged. I'm only an eighth grader and so are my
class mates. They might not fully comprehend my essay and just
be extremely mad at me. Any suggestions on how to cope with this
nervousness? PS:My teacher already approved of my subject.
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Dear Kevin,     I applau