Public Speaking [Tuesday, April 16, 2013]

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"Right, well, last week completely blew," Josh began without preface, drinking from his precious, precious mug of coffee. "And next week is your final exam. For that I would like you to prepare a ten minute informational speech for newcomers to the island. Tell them all the things you wish someone had told you, and present it in a way where the person hearing you won't immediately dismiss you as being completely insane."

He leaned back against his desk. "But for today, we're going to do some improv speaking. Stand up, I'll give you a topic and you just get to go without any preparation time. It'll be fun!"

Or a disaster. One of those.

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Re: Speech! Speech!

[arsenicmauls]

"If I had a magic wand, the first thing I'd do is make sure everyone else had one too," Gert began. That was a really terrible start, Gert. "I don't want to be the one person with magic powers while everyone else has to rely on me to make good choices. Then I'd do things to help the world, like making sure people have more freedom to do what they want as long as it's not hurting anyone. And then I'd do stuff for myself and my friends, but only after I ran out of ways to help everyone else."

Uh huh.