November 8th review

The Toastmaster of the day was Marisa, whose theme was the election and how women got the right to vote. Lee was the general evaluator today, and he talked about how when answering table topics, treat it more like a short speech than an answer. He also complimented how Peter gave a thorough grammarian report including who used the word of the day, mollify and how he talked about specific phrases people had said.
Brian gave his speech on how you grow through the hard times in life. He talked about how a woman on the radio was thankful that she even had a drain that could clog, since before she was homeless. This put in perspective what he should be grateful for. In his speech, he talked about how it is now how we are knocked down, but how we get back up that matters. This speech was his last speech for the competent communicator. He was evaluated by Christa who really enjoyed his speech, saying it conveyed his message well. The only critique she had was he did not make the ideas personal to him.
Dave gave his speech on how he is half the man he used to be. To demonstrate his weight loss, he stripped himself of his old bigger clothes, so we could contrast to what he wears today. This was a practice for a speech he will be giving to people in a bariatric program. He emphasized how following the nutrition plan made for him allowed him to lose the weight that he had been trying to take off for many years. Paul briefly evaluated Dave, telling him that he managed to humorously persuade the audience about nutrition and how they can do whatever they put their mind to.
Laurie was the Table Topics Master of the day, whose theme was fall. She asked Anjanette about what she liked the least about this election, to which she said the length since in New Zealand you can only campaign for six weeks. Laimons answered that he does not really like daylight savings, though he is not too concerned about the time change because he is retired. The thing Laimons does not like the most about daylight savings is that he has to relearn how to change the clock in his car. Marisa won table topics answering how she felt about all the rain we have had, to which she said that she loved it. Since she is a PHD candidate, and is going to be defending her work soon, Marisa is enjoying the rain which demands she stay home.
Have a good day!