A. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 3:00 PM
Speaker 1
Lion
Carrot
Stove
Speaker 2
Bank
Egg
Owl
Speaker 3
Cow
Spoon
Alligator
Speaker 4
Hammer
Keyboard
Apple
Speaker 5
Singer
Country
Plant
Speaker 6
Panther
Lamp
Back
Speaker 7
Horn
Bookcase
Estate
Round 2 - 4:15 PM
Speaker 1
Ego
Unreality
Rhythm
Speaker 2
Dishonesty
Coldness
Love
Speaker 3
Infatuation
Riches
Curiosity
Speaker 4
Loss
calmness
excitement
Speaker 5
Tiredness
Need
Strictness
Speaker 6
Wit
Law
Victory
Speaker 7
Childhood
forgiveness
Insanity
Round 3 - 5:30 PM
Speaker 1
Two heads are better than one
All things are difficult at the start. --Chinese Proverb
Flowers may bloom again; you're never young again. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 2
If you don't do stupid things you won't end up in tragedy. --Chinese Proverb
It’s better to lose the battle and win the war.
Each has his own task, and nobody is dispensable. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 3
However long the night, the dawn will break. --African Proverb
Talk does not cook rice. --Chinese Proverb
Kind words will unlock an iron door.
Speaker 4
A person leaves a reputation, as a swallow leaves its call. --Chinese Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention
Disaster comes from the careless talk. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 5
A roaring lion kills no game. --African Proverb
Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap?
Without standards, no boundaries are set. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 6
Night brings counsel.
Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit. --African Proverb
Among the blind, one-eyed man is king.
Speaker 7
Where one door shuts, another opens
Half a loaf is better than none.
Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
Round - 3:00 PM
Speaker 1
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. --Aristotle
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. --Anne Frank
"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.” --— Leonardo da Vinci
Speaker 2
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. --Thomas Aquinas
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. --General Montgomery
Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, director. --Darth Vader, Rogue One
Speaker 3
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. --Napoleon Bonaparte
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” --— Albert Einstein
You were my new dream --Tangled
Speaker 4
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. --Benjamin Franklin
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. --John Maxwell
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. --Bruce Lee
Speaker 5
“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” --— Thomas Sowell
If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it’s fixed. --David Hackworth
Being an activist is about getting things done. It’s not about standing around shaking your fist in anger. --Christine Quinn
Speaker 6
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. --Andy Warhol
Rebellions are built on hope. --Jyn, Rogue One
We are always getting ready to live but never living --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speaker 7
Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. --Anwar Sadat
It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. --Fred Rogers
Being dead is like being stupid: it's only painful for others. --Ricky Gervais
Round - 5:45 PM
Speaker 1
"When they study our civilization two thousand years from now, there will only be three things that Americans will be known for: the Constitution, baseball, and jazz music. They're the three most beautiful things Americans have ever created.” --— Gerald Early
Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. --Alice Walker
Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool. --Dean Koontz
Speaker 2
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position. --John Maxwell
"At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous." --— Ernst Lubitsch
Faint hearts never won fair lady --Robin Hood
Speaker 3
Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world. --Pat Nixon
"You may not think about politics but politics thinks about you.” --— Aung San
Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. --Laura Bush
Speaker 4
I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change. --Marley Dias
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. --Bob Marley
Speaker 5
He who hath many friends hath none. --Aristotle
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 Carnegie
Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors. --Fred Rogers
Speaker 6
“I’m afraid most people choose political parties based on the same question they ask about regular parties: Who else is going to be there?” --— Tim Kreider
Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. --Barbara Bush
“This is the most poisonous thing that secrets do to us—they isolate us from everyone around us and make us feel even lonelier than we already are.” --— Tim Kreider
Speaker 7
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. --Albert Einstein
The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision. --Ken Blanchard
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. --Leo Tolstoy