Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

[Today CJ teaches class in a pair of jeans and a man's tshirt that is five sizes too big for her. She looks well rested, but tense.]


201--Speech
Deliver the speeches you've been working on.
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301--Register and Grief

Ok, gang. Sorry about yesterday. Didn't meant to just cut out on you. This topic is going to be unavoidable, so let's just work with it. How do we talk about grief? Death? Sadness?Everyone copes differently, but what is the register we use to speak to each other? To superiors, such as teachers, counselors, doctors, or clergy? How do euphemisms infulence how we see death? I know we have a lot of different backgrounds in here, would you like to explain death in your culture? We're going to keep this professional people. If you need to leave, do so. I honestly can't deal with this today, so we're going to play normal, all right?

Comments

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

It says a lot about the need to express grief.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Could you imagine that some of those milliion visitors were expressing grief, not for Lenin himself, but perhaps for their own loved ones who had died? A projection, a transferance of grief, perhaps? [As she questions Elizabeth, her voice keeps dropping, until she's almost whispering when she mentions projection and transferance.]

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

*starts to nod*

CJ? *places a gentle hand on her arm* Are you okay?

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

[She smiles weakly] Non....Oui...Je'suis fatigue.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Voulez-vous que j'aie continué avec le reste de la classe ? Je n'ai pas des objections

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

No, Elizabeth. I need normal. I need routine. Thank you though.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

*nods, and gently squeezes CJ's arm comfortingly*