Public Speaking, June 12th, Period 4

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There were no cookies this week.

And Glinda looked kind of upset.

"Since none of you gave me speech topics, I am very much looking forward to today," she said, not sounding at all like Minsc, shush impressed. "Since your rough drafts are due as of right now."

She clapped her hands. "Pair up among yourselves and read through them! Make sure you give honest critiques! Anyone goofing off can expect to speak to me in my office! Make it happen!"

[OCD up shortly is now up. Oh yes, you are all on Glinda's bad side. Ping me in the OOC thread if you're willing to have your character serve a detention with her. Also, SP after noon EST to be expected please, as my parents are visiting for the day.]

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Serena smiled and tried to not catch Glinda's eye as she signed the paper.

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Joan Girardi

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Lecture!

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What little lecture there is, anyways.

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Joan scribbled some notes during the lecture. She could totally wing this.

Rough Drafts!

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Stay on topic... or else.

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Joan had managed to jot down a few points for her speech about bullying and school violence. It seemed like a good topic and it was one she had personal experience with.

She looked for a partner.

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"Joan," Turtle tilted her head at the other girl, "do you think supply and demand would be a totally boring topic? Maybe I should do something on law or something. Or patents. I don't know. What are you doing?"

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"I don't know," Joan said. "After last night, I think supply and demand could be interesting."

Speaking of which, she grabbed her purse so she could dig out money for Turtle.

"I'm doing mine on bullying and school violence. Do you think that's too serious?"

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"Hmm," Turtle considered it. "I think it might be something that can gain a very interesting slant if you take into consideration which school you're at. I mean, not a whole lot of bullying here, although there's been some cases, but a whole lot of violence..."

She considered her own topic again. "Do you remember if we can use, like, visual aids and stuff for these?"

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"I'm not sure," Joan admitted. "But I don't see why not."

She pulled out a five dollar bill and handed it to Turtle before putting her wallet away and jotting down a note of what she suggested.

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Blair had a speech on the horrors of drug addiction when it happened to those still in their teens. Females still in their teens. Female blondes, even.

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Liir had written up something for class, of course, specifically a discussion of the problems inherent in dehumanizing one's enemies. There were some bullet points on tik-toks and machines that mimic human beings, as well as the societal problems it causes, the continual universal blame-shifting it allows for.

It wasn't bad, really, but delivering it would probably be the hardest part.

"Care to team up?"

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"Considering the options, sure," Blair replied.

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He looked over at her pages.

"So... what do you have for today?"

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Since Ellie wanted to be a doctor, she decided that her topic would be on proper funding for hospitals. She started to work on an outline while she waited for a partner.

Talk to Glinda!

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Although she is not really in the mood to.

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He didn't so much talk to her as leave a small bag of brownies on the end of her desk.

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Later, after his talk with Brooke, he came back with his rough draft.

"Miss Glinda?"

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Glinda was busy investigating the brownies. "Yes, Liir?" she said, looking up and looking less pissed than she had been prior to the chocolate.

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He smiled and gave her a neat stack of papers with his speech and bullet points. His topic involved the dehumanization of enemies and scapegoating and how it worked to undermine society and it's values. It was actually rather well drawn out, with examples from his world and quotes from the Ozian history book he'd been given. She probably wouldn't be familiar with the text as unfortunately, it wouldn't be published for a few hundred years.

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Ping if your character earns a detention, and I'll keep an eye out for your transgression.