B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    Panther
    Sandals
    Musician

  2. Speaker 2


    Buckles
    Fruit
    Cooker

  3. Speaker 3


    Medicine
    Bridge
    Pigeon

  4. Speaker 4


    Skyscraper
    Forest
    Bill

  5. Speaker 5


    Cravat
    Hostel
    Blazer

  6. Speaker 6


    Desktop
    Kangaroo
    Garlic

  7. Speaker 7


    Armchair
    Frock
    Swan

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet. --Chinese Proverb
    Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half. --Chinese Proverb
    Discretion is the better part of valor.

  2. Speaker 2


    Willful waste makes woeful want.
    An idle brain is devil’s workshop.
    Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

  3. Speaker 3


    No gain without pain
    People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
    A wise man makes his own decisions, but an ignorant man mindlessly follows the crowd. --Chinese Proverb

  4. Speaker 4


    In a group of many words, there is bound to be a mistake somewhere in them. --Chinese Proverb
    A broken clock is right twice a day.
    An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

  5. Speaker 5


    Half a loaf is better than none.
    A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind. --Chinese Proverb
    Better to wear out rather rust out.

  6. Speaker 6


    While the cat’s away, the mice will play
    Watch the doughnut and not the hole
    Its better to be safe than sorry

  7. Speaker 7


    Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps. --Chinese Proverb
    Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it. --African Proverb
    Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. --Aldous Huxley
    Whoever is new to power is always harsh. --Aeschylus
    The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action. --Malcolm X

  2. Speaker 2


    All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. --Earl Nightingale
    “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” --— George Orwell
    In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap, the job's a game --Mary Poppins

  3. Speaker 3


    “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
    Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
    “Let the fools be parted from their money... if they are fools. Do not shackle them if, however, they are wise.” --— Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

  4. Speaker 4


    “Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.” --— Desmond Tutu
    If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right --Cars
    "In all countries I know, more of their citizens have come to live in America than Americans have left to live in theirs.” --— Neil deGrasse Tyson

  5. Speaker 5


    Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger. --Herber Hoover
    In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. --Alice Walker
    He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. --Miguel de Cervantes

  6. Speaker 6


    "Impossible is nothing." --— Elna Baker
    Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.
    "If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” --— Noam Chomsky

  7. Speaker 7


    True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. --Bill Owens
    Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. --Albert Einstein
    They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. --Andy Warhol

Elim 2

  1. Speaker 1


    Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference. --Barack Obama
    Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. --Babe Ruth
    "Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.” --— Ray Bradbury

  2. Speaker 2


    How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. --Benjamin Franklin
    Lost Time is never found again --Benjamin Franklin
    If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. --African Proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves. --Alexis de Tocqueville
    The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. --Betty Ford
    In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. --Aristotle

  4. Speaker 4


    You ultimately decide, every day, whether or not your life will speak on behalf of the oppressed, or remain an inaudible but decisive tool for the status quo. --Lisa Kemmerer
    The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. --Bruce Lee
    It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. --George Washington

  5. Speaker 5


    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. --Albert Einstein
    “Exhausting someone in argument isn’t the same as convincing them.” --— Tim Kreider
    Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

  6. Speaker 6


    The failures and successes are necessary for learning.
    Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” --James E. Faust
    He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. --Aristotle

  7. Speaker 7


    “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” --— Benjamin Franklin
    "I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.” --— Booker T. Washington
    "Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.” --— Murphy's Law

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    jealousy
    Philosophy
    Hate

  2. Speaker 2


    idiosyncrasy
    Timing
    reason

  3. Speaker 3


    Disregard
    Goodness
    Despair

  4. Speaker 4


    Love
    Disturbance
    Relief

  5. Speaker 5


    patriotism
    Reality
    self-discipline

  6. Speaker 6


    Gain
    Curiosity
    grace

  7. Speaker 7


    Loss
    Compassion
    Kindness