B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Cello
London
AmbulanceSpeaker 2
Brother
Coffee
WatermelonSpeaker 3
Stairs
Remote
BakerySpeaker 4
Chair
Cinema
MusicSpeaker 5
Razor
Tunnel
KnifeSpeaker 6
Trench coat
Wolf
EyesSpeaker 7
Detective
Fox
Television
Round 2 - 11:45am
Speaker 1
Fear
speculation
rumorSpeaker 2
Delight
Skill
faithfulnessSpeaker 3
Argument
Power
hearsaySpeaker 4
favoritism
Dedication
UnionSpeaker 5
Deceit
Ego
truthSpeaker 6
Hurt
Kindness
SlaverySpeaker 7
Defeat
improvement
Goodness
Round 3 - 1:15pm
Speaker 1
It takes two to tango.
Blessings come in disguise. --Chinese Proverb
Cowards die many times before their deaths.Speaker 2
If you carry the egg basket do not dance. --Ambede proverb
You do not fatten a pig by weighing it.
When in Rome, do as the Romans doSpeaker 3
Time and tide wait for no man
One shouldn’t miss the forest for the trees
However long the night, the dawn will break. --African ProverbSpeaker 4
There's no time like the present.
Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you.
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.Speaker 5
Practice makes perfect
To get lost is to learn the way. --African Proverb
Good medicine tastes bitter. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 6
A man without a smiling face must not open shop. --Chinese Proverb
Having a good discussion is like having riches. --African Proverb
You reap what you sow.Speaker 7
Hindsight is better than foresight.
Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem. --African Proverb
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Elim 1 - 3:00pm
Speaker 1
"Great, we've made a great discovery!” --— Jonas Salk's response whenever he was told in the laboratory that something hadn't worked.
Hope is a waking dream. --Aristotle
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 2
I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. --Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. --Andy Warhol
You can’t tiptoe toward justice. You can’t walk up to the door all polite and knock once or twice, hoping someone’s home. Justice is a door that, when closed, must be kicked in. --Daniel José OlderSpeaker 3
The only way to get what you want in this world is through hard work
In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. --Albus DumbledoreSpeaker 4
There are more love songs than anything else. --Frank Zappa
They say if you dream a thing more than once, it’s sure to come true
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. --Aldous HuxleySpeaker 5
“My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to stay sane.” --— David Sipress
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. --Alice Walker
Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.Speaker 6
We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them. --Jackie Kennedy
In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential.
Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.Speaker 7
There's always a chance, Doctor, as long as one can think
Before you can lie to another, you must first lie to yourself.
Truth never damages a cause that is just. --Mahatma Gandhi
Elim 2 - 5:15pm
Speaker 1
Character is power. --Booker T. Washington
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. --Fred RogersSpeaker 2
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. --Jane Addams
The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it --Henry David ThoreauSpeaker 3
The only way to stop feeling afraid of something is to face it.
“Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. Sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” --— Vince Lombardi
We are always getting ready to live but never livingSpeaker 4
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. --Erma Bombeck
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Avoiding offense means that we don’t accept each other as equals. --Ayaan Hirsi AliSpeaker 5
I am the one who knocks. --Breaking Bad
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. --Mahatma Gandhi
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 6
“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” --— Elbert Hubbard
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” --— Bill WattersonSpeaker 7
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. --Benjamin Franklin
Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect. --Fred Rogers
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.