Duh, Toilet Paper!

I had my speech class today. This would be the third class I was unprepared to go. I was late, too. But I made myself go. It’s a thing. If I don’t go, I probably won’t show up again.

During Kayla’s speech, I had an inspiration. She brought in everything but the kitchen sink for her speech. That’s the point of this speech, to use a visual aid. She pretty much went through her speech, going through her visual aids. It got me thinking. I’ve been treating the damn visual aids as an enemy. I hate them.

Chalyx’s suggestion of TP stuck in my head. I originally imagined myself standing in front of the room with a single roll of toilet paper. Memorizing ten minutes worth of random facts about toilet paper would be boring to watch, and boring to prepare. Suddenly, I thought of everything else I could bring in, to bounce my ideas off of. Newspaper! The Sears Catalog! A picture of a bidet! I could end with theories of shrunking VS folding, and whether you should hang it up forwards or backwards.

An outline. If I had an outline, I’d be good as gold. Ten minutes is the full time, but plenty of people didn’t even crack 8 minutes. If I had three ‘main points’, and then three subheadings in each topic, that’s nine things to talk about, plus intro and conclusion. That’ll eat time. Just go through it. If you have good visual aids, it’s impossible to get stuck.

Plus, an intro question of “So, did everybody visit the loo this morning?” would throw everything off. Nevermind that most americans don’t know what “loo” means.

Dude, I owe you.