C. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Train
Xylophone
PainterSpeaker 2
Apple
Hospital
ShirtSpeaker 3
Tissue
Soup
EarsSpeaker 4
Bag
Zoo
TeacherSpeaker 5
Table
Toothbrush
HammerSpeaker 6
Pants
Lawyer
CrestSpeaker 7
Lion
Back
Uncle
Round 2 - 11:45am
Speaker 1
Mercy
patriotism
CalmSpeaker 2
Peculiarity
Hurt
IntelligenceSpeaker 3
Slavery
Fragility
enthusiasmSpeaker 4
Fiction
Company
DeathSpeaker 5
Dedication
Need
LaughterSpeaker 6
Trend
self-discipline
FrailtySpeaker 7
Care
Uncertainty
Unreality
Round 3 - 1:15pm
Speaker 1
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try. --John Quincy Adams
If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you. --Alex Trebek
“Whatever lens you view the world through, becomes your reality. If you believe that everybody is out to get you and the whole system is designed to oppress you, then you'll find infinite evidence to confirm your belief.” --— ZubySpeaker 2
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. --Benjamin Franklin
I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them. --George H.W. Bush
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.Speaker 3
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. --Antisthenes
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it. --Toni Morrison
Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.Speaker 4
"We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” --— John F. Kennedy
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. --Abigail Adams
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 CarnegieSpeaker 5
"All men dream: but not equally.” --— T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
“I am not a politician. I am an ordinary citizen with a deep-seated belief that much of what troubles us has been brought about by politicians.” --— Ronald Reagan
It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. --Amy TanSpeaker 6
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted. --Andrew Jackson
"If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” --— Noam ChomskySpeaker 7
If you somehow believe that correcting the intolerance of others should be done by attacking, smearing, shouting and name-calling others, you've become your own enemy. --Katherine Brodsky
A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell.
I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformation change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face. --DeRay Mckesson