Heidi and Spencer Pratt, Seeking More Television Time, Want To Star In Their Own Reality Show
from Cbsnews.com
I read the whole article. Oddly, I was left reminiscing about my good ol’ days at Tyee High.
I know this will come as something as a surprise to many of you, but I was in debate back in my school days. Actually, I should say competitive speaking, as it included no only debate, but also interpretive speaking, expository speaking, oratorical speaking, improvisational speaking and a couple other categories. (It was decades ago; decades of brain cell abuse, some might call it brain-cell-o-cide.) I was best in improv speaking. (You better sit down kids, but I went to state!)
Improv is pretty basic. You enter the room. You are handed a topic. You read it out loud. You read it to yourself and then you read it out loud again. And then you talk for three to five minutes about the topic. Then, you are done. Once you have completed your talk, you can stay in the room to see how you do compared to those who come after, or you can wander off into the sunset. I always enjoyed listening to those who followed. Each contestant was given a different topic, so it could be very be interesting.
Senior year of high school – at state: I am done with whatever I did. It was not memorable. I have chosen to forget it. I knew I was done for the season; my career was over. The last person in our flight comes in. He is handed his topic.
“The picture of the president is no longer hung in the post office.” There is silence while he reads the topic to himself. “The picture of the president is no longer hung in the post office.” There is a pregnant pause. “Who cares?”
He leaves the room.
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