Oh, yeah, I got many zeroes (or is it zeros? D'OH!) in classes where you had to give presentations. I'm horrible at it. But, I just worked my butt off on everything else and did as much extra credit stuff as was humanly possible to avoid failing the entire class. I mean, if I'd given the presentation and it had stunk, I would have gotten an "F", but, I would take the zero. Sad, I know. But, yeah, I totally feel you. If I ever have kids, it'll be something I work on with them a lot...like speech classes and public speaking and stuff way early on. It can really get in the way not being able to do it, and, you're certainly limited by having that fear...I know I am. Not daily or anything, but, there have been some things I've missed out on because I'm afraid of public speaking. I can sit in front of a small group now, and, talk, but, not like standing at a podium in front of a group. I remember on Oprah once they were talking about fears, and, public speaking was the number one fear, even over death!