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fandomhigh2005-09-20 08:14 am
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Speech Comm
CJ walks into class wearing dark sunglasses and carrying a 20 oz coffee. She looks tired, but extremely happy. It takes her a good 5 minutes to begin talking, and then it's v-e-r-y softly.
201, it's time to get into some really meaty speech writing. I want you to pair up, this is going to be a week long project, and I want you to
1. Choose an issue
2. Take a side (one pro and one con. You do not have to agree with the side you argue)
3. Come up with a speech, a la debate.
This will be a good exercise especially for those of you running for student government.
((ooc:I go back to teaching tomorrow, so speech comm is moving to slow play))
By this time she's had her coffee and has perked up some, but she still doesn't take off her glasses.
301
Let's continue our discussion from yesterday. We had decided that sex, or rather the promise of sex, violence and the threat of violence, peer pressure and the need to conform, and fear were all tools of persuasion. All true, all true...but there are others.
Attractiveness, I mean non sexual, just plain good to look at attractiveness is another. People are more inclined to agree with and help out pretty people. Someplace I have statistics on that.
Furthermore, likability and similarity gets factored in. I suppose this all leads to the peer pressure D'anna brought up yesterday.
So, let's keep talking people!
201, it's time to get into some really meaty speech writing. I want you to pair up, this is going to be a week long project, and I want you to
1. Choose an issue
2. Take a side (one pro and one con. You do not have to agree with the side you argue)
3. Come up with a speech, a la debate.
This will be a good exercise especially for those of you running for student government.
((ooc:I go back to teaching tomorrow, so speech comm is moving to slow play))
By this time she's had her coffee and has perked up some, but she still doesn't take off her glasses.
301
Let's continue our discussion from yesterday. We had decided that sex, or rather the promise of sex, violence and the threat of violence, peer pressure and the need to conform, and fear were all tools of persuasion. All true, all true...but there are others.
Attractiveness, I mean non sexual, just plain good to look at attractiveness is another. People are more inclined to agree with and help out pretty people. Someplace I have statistics on that.
Furthermore, likability and similarity gets factored in. I suppose this all leads to the peer pressure D'anna brought up yesterday.
So, let's keep talking people!
301
Plus with what Jack said, it's kinda risky 'cause with nothin' to back it up with, since there's no gaurentee that the person you're trying to influence has the same, uh, standards of attractiveness. Like, the human brain might be attracted to symetry, or whatever but, uh, even on this campus you're not always dealing with just humans. You could end up with somebody who thinks, uh, that say only beings with tentacles are attractive and if you don't have somethin' else to...to fall back on, you're outta luck.
Re: 301
The ancient Mayans used to prize a linear nose and forehead, so much so they would bind boards to their babies heads.
Similarly, in China, small feet were attractive because they were a sign of status. This culminated with the foot binding that the high-status women had to endure.
Even in the animal kingdome, certain attributes are considered more attractive. Um *realizes she's rambling* It's most commonly observed in birds, but applies to all animals and fish.
One could assume that alien worlds would have alien standards of attractivness unknown and probably unimaginable to the Earth-bound human mind.
Ok, someone besides me...talk.