Unconfident student.

[White Warlock]

Agree with WolverineGuy. Maintaining eye contact (not staring) is critical to building your self-esteem and gaining a little chutzpah when you speak.

 

As to the part about saying, "never mind"... don't do that, ever. If they cannot hear you, raise your voice. If they cannot understand you, enunciate. If they ask you a hundred times, repeat yourself a hundred times. But never ever say, "never mind" or "oh doesn't matter." Besides being extremely annoying, it is also rude and is often interpreted as a dismissive statement of you no longer having interest in obtaining their input.

 

"Oh, never mind.

 

"I don't need your services anymore.

 

"Be off with you.

 

"Go away I said.

 

"What? You're not gone yet?

 

"Pfft..."