it feels so weird seeing how common is the practice of using a script for any kind of public performance. literally everyone is using a teleprompter or just straight up paper. in my school days, every time i did that i was constantly shamed by teachers for not "using my own words" (???, i wrote the script lol). which made me kinda believe that scripts are a bad thing in general and should be avoided and coming out into the real world it just feels so weird when everyone is so blatantly reading the script out loud - be it a youtuber, a politician, a business presentation, etc. and everyone is seemingly ok with that! nobody shames them for reading a script and not exactly performing "live" and here i am once again, rehearsing my script to the point where i could wake up in the middle of the night and give a proper presentation, because "what if i forget whats next?? i cant just look at the script". except i can. the last time i performed i literally had the script in front of me, yet i didn't look at it once, being too anxious that someone will notice i stuttered... school sucks