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Public Speaking, Tuesday, January 8, 2013
"Hey there," Josh said, standing behind a rostrum at the front of the room. "I'm Josh Lyman. You may all be suitably impressed now."
Yeah, it never worked in Fandom, but a guy's gotta try, right?
"Before I returned in glory to Fandom High School to teach you fine students, I was the Chief of Staff to President Matt Santos," he continued, "and before that I was the deputy chief of Staff for President Josiah Bartlet, and before that, I worked for various House and Senate members on the Hill. And before that, I got degrees from Harvard and Yale."
Be impressed, dammit!
"And in all of those places the ability to be articulate in front of large groups was absolutely crucial," Josh added. "If you can't make your point in a way people'll remember, there's no point in you even being in the room. This class will teach you how to be remembered."
He reached onto the shelf on the rostrum and pulled out a bullhorn, then tossed it to the nearest student. "And the first part of being remembered is making a good first impression. You each have fifteen seconds to get me to remember your name. Go."
Yeah, it never worked in Fandom, but a guy's gotta try, right?
"Before I returned in glory to Fandom High School to teach you fine students, I was the Chief of Staff to President Matt Santos," he continued, "and before that I was the deputy chief of Staff for President Josiah Bartlet, and before that, I worked for various House and Senate members on the Hill. And before that, I got degrees from Harvard and Yale."
Be impressed, dammit!
"And in all of those places the ability to be articulate in front of large groups was absolutely crucial," Josh added. "If you can't make your point in a way people'll remember, there's no point in you even being in the room. This class will teach you how to be remembered."
He reached onto the shelf on the rostrum and pulled out a bullhorn, then tossed it to the nearest student. "And the first part of being remembered is making a good first impression. You each have fifteen seconds to get me to remember your name. Go."
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"Hi. Um." She had no idea what to say about herself here, especially when people here were talking about wars and Haiti and all the stuff that was impressive about her was stuff she a) quit, and b) was trying to put off telling people for the moment. "I'm Maddie Berry, and I'm a junior, and..."
And then there was a nervous wasting of fifteen seconds before finally lifting the bullhorn and saying, "Thanks," as a last ditch effort at doing something that wasn't just standing there.
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"You'll get better," Josh assured her.
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And apparently she really, really needed this class.
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