Speech, Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 4th period

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"First of all, congratulations to Kathy for the high honor of winning a plastic crown at the dance on Saturday," Josh said with a wink. "I'll assume that you won because you practiced your speech in this class, and nothing like reality is going to change my mind on that."

Good to see that Josh was in a very rational mood today...

"Sure, there's canned speeches and the ability to make persuasive arguments in front of large groups, to recite talking points in a way that make them feel organic, but a lot of the speaking you do in life doesn't have notes. Thinking on your feet is essential, especially if you've dozed off in the middle of class or a staff meeting and have absolutely no idea what's going on. So today you three are going to do a bit of a team building exercise in making a coherent story. I'm going to start with you and demand to know why you weren't paying attention--" he pointed to a moddable student, "--and you're going to give me your best sob story. The next kid jumps in and adds details, and you guys just keep going until I know longer find your story plausible." He grinned. "It'll be fun!"

Josh had a weird idea of what was fun.

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