Marcy’s Voice: The Road Less Traveled

Abstract

It all started when I decided to attend Mount Holyoke, a women’s college. Although she didn’t admit it until years later, my mother was horrified. She couldn’t imagine herself choosing the road less traveled, an environment that was all-women, and she questioned how I would learn the social skills necessary to survive in a world full of men. I had been a shy kid in school. Perhaps ‘shy’ isn’t quite the right word, but I didn’t raise my hand in class, I didn’t hang out with a lot of friends, and I often preferred my own company to that of others. When I took a speech class in my senior year, I was so terrified on the first day that I could barely get my name out when asked to introduce myself. That’s the reason I took speech in the first place—to learn some public speaking skills and to gain more confidence in my ability to speak out.

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