B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 10:00am

Speaker 1

Ambulance
Arrow
Teen

Speaker 2

Radio
Village
Truck

Speaker 3

Chocolate
Skyscraper
Senator

Speaker 4

Butter
Choker
Bridge

Speaker 5

Waiter
Town
Rainbow

Speaker 6

Scissors
Snowman
Sheep

Speaker 7

Jumper
Crest
Brain

Round 2 - 11:45am

Speaker 1

Elegance
Freedom
Dream

Speaker 2

Opportunity
Disbelief
Fashion

Speaker 3

Education
Cleverness
Luck

Speaker 4

self-discipline
Pain
Justice

Speaker 5

Insanity
humor
enthusiasm

Speaker 6

Patience
Perseverance
Wit

Speaker 7

Skill
Disappointment
Bravery

Round 3 - 1:30pm

Speaker 1

Never test the depth of the water with both feet
The highest branch is not the safest roost.
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what a ship is for.

Speaker 2

Watch the doughnut and not the hole
Ignorance is bliss
You cant have an omelete unless you break the egg.

Speaker 3

A person of high principles is one who can watch an entire chess game without making a comment. --Chinese Proverb
Night brings counsel.
Wisdom is wealth. --African Proverb

Speaker 4

An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure.
May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty! --Irish proverb
Shrouds have no pockets.

Speaker 5

A hundred no's are less agonizing than one insincere yes. --Chinese Proverb
A day's planning is done at dawn. --Chinese Proverb
If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness. --Chinese Proverb

Speaker 6

No news is good news
All is fair in love and war.
A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.

Speaker 7

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
Early bird catches the worm
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Elim 1

Speaker 1

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed. --General Douglas MacArthur

Speaker 2

No matter what anyone says, you’ll always be a prince to me --Aladdin
"Soon it is going to rain and my roses will drown.” --— Reinaldo Arenas
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. --Harry S. Truman

Speaker 3

The most effective way to do it, is to do it. --Amelia Earhart
Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. --Chester W Nimitz

Speaker 4

“You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.” --— Steven Soderbergh
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. --Aeschylus
I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence. --DeRay Mckesson

Speaker 5

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. --Les Brown
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
We accept the love we think we deserve.

Speaker 6

"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
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
The North remembers. --House Stark

Speaker 7

What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. --Barry Bonds