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At school you were always the person in charge of the group presentation.
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And you could never really understand why shy kids didn't want to be the centre of attention.
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You probably grew up in a pretty loud family, so your only way of communicating was YELLING.
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And your idea of chatting involved shouting over each other to get yourself heard.
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A lot of your conversations were had by shouting at each other from different rooms.
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So you’ve really had to get used to the concept of “inside voices”.
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And it probably took you a while to work out whether there was a pause in conversation or if you were just interrupting.
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At sleepovers growing up you were the one who got everyone in trouble for talking too loudly and waking the parents up.
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You were always the person who got made to call for pizza delivery.
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And the one who got made to ask your friends parents for things.
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Whenever you happened to be quiet one day everyone would ask if there was something terribly wrong with you.
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You were usually really quick to put your hand up in class.
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And your school reports probably commented on how “lively” you were.
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You definitely got into school theatre at some point.
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But you were probably cast as the narrator at least once.
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And the debate team was your spiritual home.
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You definitely got in trouble at school for talking.
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So your parents probably got called in to school for a meeting with your teacher because you could never shut up.
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But even though being loud probably got you into trouble sometimes, you're glad you grew up with the confidence to stand up for yourself.
