Speech class

        So I am taking a speech class this semester and it is going pretty good. I had to give my first informal speech on tuesday and I thought I did a good job. The class was laughing at my story, I was telling jokes, acting out characters voices, and I was trying to be as natural as possible; as if I were telling the story to my sister. Well, my teacher told me this after I was done, "You are very guarded and need to let us feel your emotions more. You are talking to us like we are on a first date when really you should be talking to us at a third date level." I was like WHAT! I was totally being open to how I felt about my story. How open am I supposed to be? Im not going to stand there and cry in front of 30 people that I just met and don't even know their names.
      So after the class I started analyzing my life. Trying to figure out if I really was a guarded person and if it was somehow being portrayed through my speech. Well I decided im not. I open up to people that I feel I have a close connection to. Yes it is true that I only open up to certain people and those certain are not a lot, but are you really supposed to open yourself up to everyone you meet? If you walk around being an open book then there is nothing interesting about you that people dont already know. Why would someone want to get to know you if you are already letting them see everything before they even get the chance to know you. Basically the question is this; Are you supposed to let your guard down for anyone you meet, or are you supposed to only let people that mean a lot to you or people that you feel connected to have the chance to get to know you on a more personal level with no guard up?

Just a thought,
KAYLA