And sometimes they say the darndest things. The context of this assignment is a presentation for a speech class. The assignment was for each group to present a newscast complete with visuals (via powerpoint), sports, news, weather, and an editorial. They could include more if they so chose–as long as it was relevant, of course.
Just a couple gem quotes from today’s presentations:
First, from a group that didn’t even pretend to be prepared. They pretty much made the whole thing up as they went.
. . . and now to William–who also does the traffic.
. . .um . . .yeah . . .ahh, there really isn’t any traffic out there . . . um, yeah . . . because everyone’s inside. So yeah . . .that’s it.
And then this gem from a group that was actually fairly well prepared and had some relevent topics within their stories.
Too many energy drinks can cause heart failure . . . so you might not want to drink those . . . if you want to keep living.
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mrschili
February 25, 2007 at 6:30 am (UTC -6)
I taught a public speaking class last term, and was in turns horrified and amused at not only the students’ techniques, but their topics. Several of them (and they’re junior college students, mind you) chose to speak reports rather than to deliver speeches, despite my stern and repeated warnings against that. One student, who I get the pleasure (?) of having in class again this term, spoke a biography of Kurt Cobain. Most of his speech was along the lines of “um… yeah… he was MAD messed up and.. um… it was all Courtney’s fault.”
…and yet, we continue to show up to work….
I know. I teach 8th graders so I’ve learned to tolerate and even expect a certain level of silliness. Though at the junior college level I can imagine it would be a bit maddening. I read in your blog about some of the common writing errors. I don’t stand for any of that stuff in 8th grade. It’s kind of sad you’re still getting it post high school.
Anyway–I’m going to start to collect some of the good stuff. Maybe some day I’ll organize them and sell a calender
Thanks for stopping By Mrs Chili. It’s always nice to meet another soldier of language in the trenches.
Chris
George
March 25, 2007 at 11:35 pm (UTC -6)
For the record, some of your students are very funny. The vitiman water post was a laugh. Also, for the record, I have writin some stranger things on my reports, some of which I regret doing = P.
Oh, I want you to have this in mind chris; several people that have posted on your blog, most of which I beleive are close to my age, leave terms such as “lol” and “g2g”. I wanted to tell you what these terms meant, because I think you do not.
Read the following:
Lol: laughing out loud
Rofl: rolling on floor laughing
G2g: got to go
Bbl: Be back later
Brb: Be right back
L8er: Later as in “see you later
I’m sure ther are dozens of other terms, and if you need to learn them, just ask. = )
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April 18, 2007 at 10:13 pm (UTC -6)
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April 18, 2007 at 10:14 pm (UTC -6)
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lady M
May 7, 2007 at 6:31 pm (UTC -6)
It is also kind of sad toffy nosed people in society have to slate the handwriting skills and grammer of others if this is all society is wrapped up in then theres no wonder why people are dying on the streets because they cant get decent jobs ect its a very poor world in which we ALL live in where we dont help others…didnt jesus tell us to help nxt man so nxt man helps you…
arn
June 5, 2007 at 5:13 am (UTC -6)
I wish you were my teacher! It seems like you really make the classroom come alive. It’s hard to come by in a classroom these days.
Ah, shucks. Thanks Arn. I wish you were my student.
tweety
June 8, 2007 at 5:11 pm (UTC -6)
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Do you think today is going to be good for me?
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October 5, 2007 at 10:56 am (UTC -6)
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October 8, 2007 at 7:37 am (UTC -6)
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October 11, 2007 at 1:02 pm (UTC -6)
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