fandomhigh | Speech Comm

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Lee looks at all his speeches and decides on writing one on the evils of fathers.

Parker looks at her speeches, and decides that one on how Dean Bristow is an alien and therefore she is emo and needs money for shoes wouldn't go over well.

She settles in to work on a speech about using communication to get what you want and communicate your point of view.

[She arches her eyebrow at Parker and smiles like she knows a secret. She wanders over to check out her notes.] Oh, no. You want a good grade, do the Bristow one. That was funny. And, um, I'm the one who fed you breakfast, so thanks for the flowers. I'm keeping half. [She winks and walks off.]

"Bristow it is." Parker rolls her eyes at C.J., but smirks back. "And you're welcome!"

Shep flips through the "Speech 201" folder on his computer, glancing over his previous work.

In the end he decides to make a new speech.

Sort of.

He goes for the ~~clip show~~ meta and explains what he's learned in speech by using exerpts from all his other speeches as examples of the individual points.

"Why you don't want to bore the crap out of your audience... and how not to do it... by John Sheppard..."

Shep ~~baby~~, you gonna use those little people for a visual rhetoric angle?

"Little people?"

"Oh! My Sims? Uh... sure. Actually they do a whole simulated speech class of their own. You have to tell each on to talk to the others to build relationships and then you have to chose the most appropriate way to speak to each person to get the results you want. If not you can get slapped. Or maybe that's the result you want... who am I to judge?"

"You could use them next term as a microcosm study of how to get people to coexist. Avoid the OMGDancing!Bears though. They tend to get you threatened with detention or get your computer taken away."

He looks up and bats his eyelashes at her.

[She smirks] That sounds frightenly entertaining. Do that for an A. And you'll be in 301 next term, right?

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Lindsey considers his notes from his speeches this term. He's unsure if he can get 10 minutes out of either one of his favorites. Lies about Oklahoma was fun and so was Boys are Stupid, but he's not sure he can manage to stretch either one that long.

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Veronica walks into the class sheepishly after skipping Journalism and spending all morning on the phone.

"Um, Professor Cregg, can I talk to you?"

You betcha, Dancing Queen. What's up?

Veronica's face flames bright red. "I got bit a gremlin last night," she says by way of explanation. "And I didn't get a formal proposal written. But I changed my mind about my topic this morning. I want to propose that we start a Gremlin Bite Support Group on campus."

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Anya pops in and decides that note cards for her presentation to Bristow might not be a bad thing. She begins to work on them.

Lindsey spent the entire period writing notes and crossing things out. He's still not sure what, exactly, he's going to ask Bristow for, but he's closer to a concrete idea. Hopefully he'll get there soon.

Piper wandered into class wishing she could hide in shame instead. "I'd like to request that something be done about the gremlin infestation in the dorms. A gremlin exterminator or something?"

[Sorry this is so very late. I was at a concert last night and had planned to comment here when I got home. But I crashed instead.]

Good idea, Piper. You and Veronica should coordinate. Maybe hit him with a one-two punch.

*Elizabeth has graphs. And figures. And notes.

Lots of notes.*

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[Chiana finishes up her notes and makes plans to call Red after class ~~because RL made her mun forget to do that~~.

Who could possibly have a problem? Today of all days at the end of the term? Hmmm?

At least Jack remembered signing up for this class. With any luck, he'd be able to fake his way through the last few days, although it was deeply weird not remembering the previous three months.

He came in and found a seat in the back of class. In his backpack, he'd found a notebook with notes on a speech to deliver to Principal Bristow (I thought Principal Connor was principal...?) and notes on a business in town that wanted to sponsor his spirit club (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomtownies/451913.html?thread=18285897#t18285897). He pulled that out and worked on it.

So did you find a solution to the money problem, Chip? [She leans down to his ear, whispering quietly.] And the rule about the card is you call if you don't come home, buster.

[Startled, Jack looks up.] Uh, money problem? [He checks his notes, and realizes what she means.] Um... the bank in town was looking to sponsor something, and I suggested my spirit club.

[He flips more pages, but doesn't see anything about a card.] What card?