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201--Final Speeches

Continue working on your final speeches. These will be delivered next Tuesday ~~omg but not really so do not stress~~ and I expect them all to be exceptional. Go.

((and cuz Shep pushed my OCD button, if you want to know what 201's done speeches on, here you go.

Introductions
Persuasion: Something you feel passionate about.
Pathos: Argue for something lovely in the world
Pair up: Pro and Con debates
Trust: Persuade me to trust you
Ethos/Pathos/Logos: Regarding the Elections
Invitation: Ask your parent to parent's weekend
Friendship
Register: Two speeches asking for money addressing different audiences
Honesty: Use E/P/L to tell me the biggest whopping lie...and I have to buy it.
Catharsis
Boys are stupid
Boys are stupid and girls have cooties
Return to Pathos (not Porthos)

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301--Final Project
I'm here to answer your questions. For those of you who have not yet made an appointment, I am going to be suprmely generous. Here is my phone.

Make your appointment with Bristow for Friday.

Make an appointment with Red. He can do it all weekend I think.

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She smiles back, softly. "Jack....can I offer you any help? I think I can handle an exemption if you don't feel up to pulling this off."

How about... if I totally suck at this, you go easy on me? Because I think I bombed my Criminal Justice final this morning, and I don't know anything about the Psych project that's my final.

"Chip...I always go easy on you. I just push. Pushed. Went." she breathes in deep, "God, this is hard on me. I'm sorry."

[Jack shakes his head.] No, I'm sorry. I... don't want to make this hard on you. I hate... I hate the thought that I'm hurting you, just by being here and not remembering.

"It's not your fault, hon...Jack. We're working on it, fixing it. And even if you don't remember, I do. I'll fill you in on all of it. If you want to know."

I want to know... but people keep coming up to me and saying things that I should know and... it's weird hearing my life without having recognition of it. I don't know if telling me would help. [He looks up at her, startled.] You think you can fix it? [His face lights up.] How?

Arching her eyebrow, she suddenly realizes he has no clue what the expression means. "Swee--Jack, I don't know. Ten's working on it."

"Who's Ten?"

Her lips freeze as she begins to ask what, and she blinks several times. Her thought continues in her head--What the hell am I supposed to tell you, Jack?--

"Well, I guess he's kind of...your dad? He's my boyfriend, and you two...got along."

Could this BE more awkward?

~~Sure it could. You could explain about Uncle Geoff, and Uncle Adam...~~

Jack considers this. "Okay. He's got a way of figuring this out?"

"Evidently, hon. Don't worry. If he can turn it around, he will. If he can't..." she smiles at him softly, "you can come home and we'll get you up to speed before next term."

Jack sighs. "What's home? I hate this feeling that I should... be comfortable in my space. I can deal with it being a new situation. I can't stand the feeling that I'm the only one feeling this way -- off-balance."

"Chip, sweetie, listen to me?" she waits until he looks at her before bending low so she can speak softly, "I love you, hon. And you loved me. Maybe you will again. Maybe you won't. But I have a piece of paper that says your ass is mine until you turn eighteen. So I'm pulling the mom card, and you're going to come home...when you're ready. Your room is there. Your stuff. And the people who care about you most in the universe. Hon, once I told you to have faith that things would be ok. If I wish you could remember anything...I wish you could remember that."

She runs her hand softly through his hair. "You are not alone. Whatever you feel, whatever you think...I'm right here with you, babe. Always."

Jack closes his eyes, and swallows. "I wish... gah. I wish I remembered." He looks at her. "I want to trust you."

"I want you to trust me again, Chip. I want you back. Please, give me that chance?"

"I can't trust you again," Jack says slowly. "As far as my brain's concerned, I can figure out how to trust you for the first time." He looks up at meets her eyes. "But I can try."

She closes her eyes, tears finally slipping down her cheeks. "I can work with that."

"Oh, God, please don't cry." Jack predictably panics. "I'm sorry, whatever I did, don't hate me, okay?"

"Chip, I love you so much. That's why this is so hard for me, ok? Everything we've done, seen, talked about...it's all gone for you. I'm gone. I can see it in your eyes. But if you say you'll try, I know you will. And I can work with that."

Jack nods. "If I didn't tell you before... well, just knowing that you say that to me... means more. I may not remember it, but... I always wanted a mom. If... since you're mine, I'll do whatever I can. I swear."

"I know you will, kid...and yeah, you told me that. That and so much more. You call me when you want to come home. Until then, I'll know where to find you. OK?"

"I will. I'm, um, in room 215 in the dorms."

"Of course you are." she smiles and touches his cheek, "Call me when you're ready."

Jack nodded, and shrugged. "I... have to go."

"Yeah. Break time's over. Get to work. No slack for slackers." She straightens up, wipes her face with the heel of her hand, and moves on to the back of the room.

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