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Everybody's got their off-days in another language. Most people get the jitters in public speaking. And few people can switch fluidly and resourcefully between two languages with improvisation pulled in.

I still think it sucks that I froze up in front of the freaking Board of Education in my damn 90-second self-intro. What am I, fifteen again? seriously. Can I stop being a deer in the damn headlights now. I thought I'd earned that.