LIMITED PREP TOPICS (TUESDAY evening)

Choose One and submit video by 5pm Central Time Wednesday 11/4

Impromptu Topics

1. The 2 most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. – Mark Twain

2. The more you read and observe about this politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that’s out always looks the best. – Will Rogers

3. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. – General George Patton

4. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90 % how you react to it. – Helen Keller

5. Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are right.  – Henry Ford

7. Don’t cry because it’s over….smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss

8. There are 2 ways of spreading light….to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. – Edith Wharton

9. The price of greatness is responsibility. – Winston Churchill

10. One man with courage makes a majority. – Andrew Jackson

Extemp Topics

1. To what degree should social media be regulated?

2. Should the age limit for full retirement benefits be raised?

3. How will the work-from-home revolution reshape the U.S. workforce?

4. Is an aggressive law and order approach the best method for handling civilian protests?

5. Assess the impact of President Trump’s appointees to the Supreme Court.

6. How will Covid-19 change the future of American education?

7. Are efforts to address world climate change too late?

8. How will Kamala Harris’s selection as Biden’s running mate impact the 2020 election?

9. Does the militarization of space pose a significant threat to the future of global society?

10. How can we protect truth in this age of misinformation?

11. How will the legacy of Rep. John Lewis impact social inequality?

12. Are Americans losing confidence in our democratic