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How do you get people to take you seriously?

How do I get people to take me seriously?

  • I'm 15 (almost 16) and am in highschool. My ENTIRE life people have made fun of the way I talk. They say I sound like a valley girl. I took speech for several years, but my voice just sounds immature. This wouldn't be that big of an issue, except I'm involved in debate and speech. I love both of these and am quite good, but even if I am saying something intelligent, people don't take me seriously. I will be at some programs at Harvard this summer, and don't want to be taken as some unintelligent, blonde, valley girl. Any tips on how to appear more mature/ serious?! Thank you!

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    Your voice is your voice and you can't change that. I don't know if you do this, but make sure to never say the word "like" unless you are comparing two things. I sometimes say like at random times in the sentence without realizing it and actually have to be careful about it. If that is the case for you too then just practice saying anything and make sure to cut the word like out of it. Besides that, forget about what other people are saying. As dumb as this is, think about Legally Blonde. No one took her seriously and she did an amazing job. No one respected her until she worked hard to earn that respect. Do the same thing. Work hard and earn other's respect and I promise they will forget about what your voice sounds like.

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This is a though one, because you can't just change the tone of your voice. What you can do is frown at the people that make fun of you and the way you sound/talk. It could just help them take you more seriously. I'm sorry if this didn't help, but this is a really difficult situation... Maybe your voice hasn't aged yet? It's quite normal for a female voice to develop postmature.

Steven

I'm really self-concious about my voice, too. Nervous, really- it's begun to fade a bit suddenly and I think I sound different to other people. The thing is, people are always going to judge you on what your appearance or your voice sounds like, but that's because it's the nature of humans. Humans (especially girls) always compare themselves to other girls. It's like "Oh, well I don't like my voice, so I'm going to make fun of this girl's voice because it sounds less mature than mine probably does" or "Oh, I think I'm fat, and that girl has an amazing life, a hot boyfriend, and a good body so eff her!" That's just how it is. But DON'T try to change for someone that, I PROMISE you, won't matter in the future. You don't have to try harder than everyone else to look mature just because there are morons acting stupid and making fun of you because they have nothing to do with their time.

Hailey

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