Fear is part of what makes us human. We all have fear in us, but some people know how to suppress and control their fear, which makes people think they are fearless.
The way some people react to fear is what makes others call them a scarecrow, but we also need to understand that there is a limit to fear. When you push a timid person to his limit, he will forget his fears, too. That is one superpower not many people have, but it can be forced out when they are pushed into rage.
When it comes to confidence on the first day of doing something, it is a rare ability possessed by a few because we humans are often scared of what we don’t understand or something we are trying for the first time, especially when it involves impressing or dealing with other people.
I can remember the first time I was seeking a job as a teacher. The confidence was nowhere to be found. So many thoughts ran through my mind: what if the proprietor thinks I am too small to teach? What if they need taller people instead? What if I don’t teach the pupils well because of the fear in me? So many random thoughts. But in the end, I summoned the courage to visit the school, and what I found there was nothing like what I had imagined.
The owner was a woman, and she was not as harsh as I thought.
When I got there, she asked if it was my first time, and I said yes. She said I would be tested to know the class I fit into. She brought out the Ugo C. Ugo book and asked me to answer some questions in it. Even though I was not expecting such a test, I was relieved because the kind of test I expected was even more difficult than answering questions in the book.
I expected she would ask me to teach a class in front of her, which I felt would be difficult with her presence because of the pressure I would be facing from her and the pupils, who were all unfamiliar faces.
To cut it short, she was impressed with my score, and that was how I was allowed to teach the highest class, which was Primary 5.
My first time with the students, even though I wasn’t full of confidence, I was certain I would be able to teach them well. They were younger than I, so I felt I had nothing to fear, but I also didn’t know how to relate to them.
But as time went on, everything went smoothly. That was the last time I lacked confidence when it came to going out to seek a job, because I now see it is not something to be scared about. The more I grow, the more confident I become, and at some point, I concluded that there are only two options: either to be employed or not, and it is not something that should deprive me of my confidence.
Just call me Burl.
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