B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 1:30pm
Speaker 1
Apartment
Sand
Sofa
Speaker 2
Airport
School
Butter
Speaker 3
Cello
Elephant
Painter
Speaker 4
Spaghetti
Boxers
Mobile
Speaker 5
Sun
Leggings
Remote
Speaker 6
Xylophone
Peacock
Cheeks
Speaker 7
Mouth
Pad
London
Round 2 - 3:00pm
Speaker 1
Weakness
Growth
helplessness
Speaker 2
Inflation
Principle
Gossip
Speaker 3
Hurt
Sacrifice
Success
Speaker 4
Kindness
Cleverness
Death
Speaker 5
Irritation
Courage
Chaos
Speaker 6
Education
Laughter
Awareness
Speaker 7
Faith
speculation
Delight
Round 3 - 4:15pm
Speaker 1
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what a ship is for.
Clothes do not make a man.
A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 2
Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs. --Chinese Proverb
All monkeys cannot hang from the same branch. --African Proverb
Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge. --Irish proverb
Speaker 3
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?
There's no time like the present.
The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
Speaker 4
I was angered, for I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. --Chinese Proverb
If you pick up one end of the stick you also pick up the other. --Ethiopian proverb
While the cat’s away, the mice will play.
Speaker 5
True love means what’s mine is yours. --African Proverb
Jack of all trades, master of none. --na
It's better to be without a book than to believe a book entirely. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 6
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Do not follow a person who is running away. --Kenyan proverb
Time is money.
Speaker 7
Be a mountain or lean on one. --Somali proverb
You can’t always get what you want.
It’s better to lose the battle and win the war.
Finals - 5:45pm
Speaker 1
A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you. --Ramsey Clark
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. --Daniel Patrick Moynihan
There’s a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It’s exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don’t cheat yourselves out of this promise. --Nancy Reagan
Speaker 2
“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” --— Alan Moore
Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it. --Yoko Ono
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. --Steve Jobs
Speaker 3
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. --Alexander the Great
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. --Alice Walker
"You can't put paradise in a tour book. You have to discover it." --— Elna Baker
Speaker 4
You become what you think about all day long. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I look at you, I can feel it. And I, I look at you and…I'm home --Finding Nemo
"It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.” --— Mia Hamm
Speaker 5
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. --John Maxwell
"Waste no time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” --— Marcus Aurelius
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. --Albert Einstein
Speaker 6
Let love guide your actions --Brother Bear
"It is not the critic who counts. [...] The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. [...] His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. --— Theodore Roosevelt
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. --Steve Jobs
Speaker 7
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. --Benjamin Franklin
In protesting for your rights in any form you may, but it’s only good if they can understand your problems and feelings and not only to judge you. --Auliq Ice
"I've got a dream too. But it's about singing and dancing and making people happy. That's the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with.” --— Kermit the Frog