A. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 3:00 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    Lion

    Carrot

    Stove

  2. Speaker 2


    Bank

    Egg

    Owl

  3. Speaker 3


    Cow

    Spoon

    Alligator

  4. Speaker 4


    Hammer

    Keyboard

    Apple

  5. Speaker 5


    Singer

    Country

    Plant

  6. Speaker 6


    Panther

    Lamp

    Back

  7. Speaker 7


    Horn

    Bookcase

    Estate

Round 2 - 4:15 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    Ego

    Unreality

    Rhythm

  2. Speaker 2


    Dishonesty

    Coldness

    Love

  3. Speaker 3


    Infatuation

    Riches

    Curiosity

  4. Speaker 4


    Loss

    calmness

    excitement

  5. Speaker 5


    Tiredness

    Need

    Strictness

  6. Speaker 6


    Wit

    Law

    Victory

  7. Speaker 7


    Childhood

    forgiveness

    Insanity

Round 3 - 5:30 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    Two heads are better than one

    All things are difficult at the start. --Chinese Proverb

    Flowers may bloom again; you're never young again. --Chinese Proverb

  2. Speaker 2


    If you don't do stupid things you won't end up in tragedy. --Chinese Proverb

    It’s better to lose the battle and win the war.

    Each has his own task, and nobody is dispensable. --Chinese Proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    However long the night, the dawn will break. --African Proverb

    Talk does not cook rice. --Chinese Proverb

    Kind words will unlock an iron door.

  4. Speaker 4


    A person leaves a reputation, as a swallow leaves its call. --Chinese Proverb

    Necessity is the mother of invention

    Disaster comes from the careless talk. --Chinese Proverb

  5. Speaker 5


    A roaring lion kills no game. --African Proverb

    Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap?

    Without standards, no boundaries are set. --Chinese Proverb

  6. Speaker 6


    Night brings counsel.

    Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit. --African Proverb

    Among the blind, one-eyed man is king.

  7. Speaker 7


    Where one door shuts, another opens

    Half a loaf is better than none.

    Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

Round - 3:00 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. --Aristotle

    I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. --Anne Frank

    "While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.” --— Leonardo da Vinci

  2. Speaker 2


    The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. --Thomas Aquinas

    My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. --General Montgomery

    Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, director. --Darth Vader, Rogue One

  3. Speaker 3


    It requires more courage to suffer than to die. --Napoleon Bonaparte

    "Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” --— Albert Einstein

    You were my new dream --Tangled

  4. Speaker 4


    Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. --Benjamin Franklin

    A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. --John Maxwell

    The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. --Bruce Lee

  5. Speaker 5


    “When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” --— Thomas Sowell

    If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it’s fixed. --David Hackworth

    Being an activist is about getting things done. It’s not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. --Christine Quinn

  6. Speaker 6


    An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. --Andy Warhol

    Rebellions are built on hope. --Jyn, Rogue One

    We are always getting ready to live but never living --Ralph Waldo Emerson

  7. Speaker 7


    Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. --Anwar Sadat

    It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. --Fred Rogers

    Being dead is like being stupid: it's only painful for others. --Ricky Gervais

Round - 5:45 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    "When they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball, and jazz music. They're the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created.” --— Gerald Early

    Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. --Alice Walker

    Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. --Dean Koontz

  2. Speaker 2


    A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. --John Maxwell

    "At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous." --— Ernst Lubitsch

    Faint hearts never won fair lady --Robin Hood

  3. Speaker 3


    Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world. --Pat Nixon

    "You may not think about politics but politics thinks about you.” --— Aung San

    Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. --Laura Bush

  4. Speaker 4


    I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change. --Marley Dias

    Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. --Bob Marley

  5. Speaker 5


    He who hath many friends hath none. --Aristotle

    Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. --Dale Carnegie

    Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors. --Fred Rogers

  6. Speaker 6


     

    “I’m afraid most people choose political parties based on the same question they ask about regular parties: Who else is going to be there?” --— Tim Kreider

    Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. --Barbara Bush

    “This is the most poisonous thing that secrets do to us—they isolate us from everyone around us and make us feel even lonelier than we already are.” --— Tim Kreider

  7. Speaker 7


    Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. --Albert Einstein

    The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. --Ken Blanchard

    Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. --Leo Tolstoy