fandomhigh | Speech Comm

At the front of the classrom she stands, looking well rested and as professional as ever...except that she's wearing a man's button down shirt and a tie...with a denim skirt.

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leeadama and

caroline_todd are the only students enrolled in this class. Today is devoted to a discussion of whether to continue with only 2 students, or if they can transfer into 201.

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*When you enter there are two paper cups on your desk. They both have the same amount of a clear, odorless liquid. On the board is written: DO NOT DRINK FROM THE CUPS!!!*

I had this unit planned long before the events of the weekend, and I think it is particularly fitting that it's happening now. This weekend was an excellent bonding experience...you know, like paintball war games but with...*blinks*...moving on.

Ok, trust.

Trust effects the manner and efficiency of communication. But what does that mean? In the traditional sender/message/receiver paradigm, in order for the message to be conveyed clearly there is a level of trust that is required between the sender and receiver. This is why advertisers use *uses air quotes* doctors in ads for pain medication. This is why used car salesmen talk about cutting a deal. A level of trust makes..and this relates to last week...trust helps facilitate influence and persuasion.

Ok, so the trust game. In front of you are two cups. You may ask me 5 questions to decide which one to drink and which one to dump. If you trust me now, you will believe what I say, if you don't, you won't. Either way, Dr. House has been made aware of this game and is standing by.

Fire away.

((ooc:each player ask in a new thread please. It'll help keep the confusion to a minimum...like how the Tick's interviews went. You know.))

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((Now, see...did you really have to give me that plot buuny? Sheesh...))

[OOC: I am spectacularly stupid. Shiiit.]

((nah, it's all drama..it's all good! ))

[OOC: Wow. That reminded me eerily of Chris Rock.]

((Chris Rock?!?! CJ poisons Jack for real now. *snerk*))

[OOC: Ack no! I meant what you said. Reminded me of one of his lines "It's alright cause it's all white!"]]

((Don't care...arbitrary poisoning on the way...

Ok, not really. I got what you meant. I kinda meant for to sound that way. Two things I never say irl are 'it's all good' and 'my bad'...and yet there they are, creeping into my speech along with 'wicked'))

[OOC: Can it be poisoning with chocolate?

Dude, you should totally hear me speak IRL, it's incredibly weird and has actually scared people on several occasions.]

((me too. People question my qualifications to teach English when I clearly have little respect for it when I speak it.))

[OOC: Dude for such a grammer-nazi I sure as hell butcher it when I speak.]

((and you say dude about as much as I do. Kindred spirits of language, hee))

[OOC: Seriously it's like every other word out of my Mouth, I used to hae the most awesome Hurley-Dude icon but I switched and it got all losteded and stuff.]

((on a good day dude is my verbal punctuation...on a bad day, let's just say me=sailor))

[OOC: Oh I'm always getting in trouble for cursing, I just pair it with weird things. I called my friend a cock-bag a fwe minutes ago in fact. It was funny.]

((Anya!mun and I come up with some jewels as well. Assbitch is a fave, as well as cockholster.))

[Once called a teacher a Cum-Guzzling douche-nozzle. He thought it was funny as hell.]

((that's offensive. ::steals it and saves it for later::))

[Dude, Plafker was awesome, he used to call everyone names and we all got to call him names in return. My brother (Who's Jewish like Plafker) once had him for US History. He got kicked out of the class for a period for asking him "What about all the good things Hitler did?" My family rocks.]

((that rules.))

[Yes. Yes it does. My brother? Is Ferris Buellar. Proof dude.]

((my brother is Will Hunting without all the psychological damage. Smart as hell...

Why do I get the feeling we should be stepping toward one another and testing our personal boundaries with all these disclosures? ;)

Huh. Deja vu))

[But does he look like Matt Damon?

Dude, I wish any of my RL classes were as fun as this one is! I wanna do trust games!

XD ]

((Actually he used to look like Macauley Culkin...but not so much anymore. He bulked up and Macauley snorted his youth away.

I'm telling you...come to my college. My classes rule. Candy Friday. Animal porn discussions. Good times))