| So...you are all persuasive masters now, right? Moving on to the After Dinner Speeches, it is good to have a quirky bit of schtick up your sleeve for relaxing people, getting a laugh and being interesting and thought provoking when called upon unexpectedly to "say a few words." One such occassion might be the after dinner environment, where toast might be made over a drink or two to celebrate a good year for the company you work for or you might be asked to introduce your friend, a generous donator, at a charity dinner...get the picture? No more than 4 minutes long, the after dinner speech should loosely be strung together based on our outline, w/ an intro, body and conclusion, but it should sound very conversational and always be from memory, never read. It should be prepared beforehand, yet appear to be spontaneous. If I were speaking after a dinner with other teachers celebrating the end of the semester... for instance, it might be interesting for me to get up and say something like: I'd like to thank the circles and triangles in the house tonight. Circles and triangles, hadn't you heard? That's what we are now, a bunch of geometric patterns from math class hanging out together...when did females become cirlces and guys become triangles anyways? That's the state's answer to resolving the gender bias of the womens' restroom door being demarcated by a figure in a dress! Crazy huh? And when did we vote on the shapes, cuz I missed that day...I wanted to be a rectangle, not a circle! Is the circle symblolic of a body part or something? If no, what is the triangle supposed to be symbolic of, an elbow? That doesn't help me choose the right door when I gotta pee! Funny thing is, they have been training us with these shapes and we didn't even notice, the figure in the dress for the womens' bath is now mounted on a circular background for state building bathroom and same with the guy in pants, he's mounted on a triangle shape up on the mens' restroom door in state buildings. Eventually they will remove the figures in either the pants or the dress and we will respond to the shapes...so --don't be a "square" choose the right shape and let me know what this all means to a geometry teacher! (laughter, glasses clinking to the sound of "cheers" etc)...See? It is just a light-hearted way to get some conversation going after dinner in a way that show you know who your audience is and that they will laugh, gasp, etc appropriately. So tell me below, if you have any questions about the assignment and also--what you think about being circles and triangles????? Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape for some witty inspiration gang! See ya blog-side! |
Monday, May 07, 2007
Triangles and Circles
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I don't know about circles and triangles. Let's all wait till we see men and women,boys and girls bumping into each other with confusion in the public restrooms. One would think circle sounds more female like. The triangle I'm yet to figure out where that came from. I've always thought symbols are associated with some meaning(s).When the figures are gone, as we heared they will eventually do,there will be chaos in the public restrooms as people knowingly or unknowingly choose the wrong option.I hope my muscles will still be intact then so that I can cross my legs and try to hold it in, till I can get home to void.What a mess!
By the way is there going to be dinner with the speech? PLEASE! PLEASE! that will create more fun and make it more relaxing. Oops! we can't eat and talk at the same time.Anyway, is it going to be like an inpromptu speech.It sounds interesting but I think I need more explanation before I get too excited and start tripping that day. I better stop, seems like I'm already starting my speech.We all look forward to that day if not for anything else , for being the last class. Yes! we made it.
Euchay.
So are we not having a final or something? Because I was trying to figure that out...
Remember? We voted to onlydo the last speech, "After Dinner" and skip the final exam. Smiles--Sandra
Well, I'm not sure the topic holds water for after dinner. Not exactly in "good shape" for humor about the shape of the facilities.
LOL
Well, I think that the assignment of roles, perceptions, symbols, and archetypal manifestations are inevitable in human life. We struggle against them, but we also find comfort and rely upon them, even if only in opposition.
I think that is the nature of the human condition: we struggle against form, but we also embody it.
Paul DeLong
Hey this is a circle talking here!!! Uncle Sam has always just bunched us up together. Identity is for people we know.
As a child I though my life was a movie and I the star. Now I realize that I am just a extra in the movie of life. I must say that I have enjoyed this class and feel that I can and do make a difference if only in my childrens lives.
Thank you all for listening to all my speeches. I am wondering... do I say ummm in my speeches? I of course dont hear them but have noticed them in other speeches given.
Well can someone let me know. Wish we could have recorded ourselves and watched. That would have been a great way to learn and improve!
I forgot to sign that one!! its me Kelley!!
For Al I gathered this last speech is going to be on a spot. Just a reunion with your classmates as we make a toast for all that we have accomplished so far. I will figure our about the circles and triangles as it relates to the gender. Right now, I'm blank.
Oby
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