Analysis Of The Large Group Speech

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Speech “We are not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” (Jimmy Carter) While Jimmy Carter stated this about the people of the USA and how they contribute to the society, it can also stand for many different groups. One of those numerous groups that this statement easily holds true on? The Large Group Speech program at Hampton-Dumont High School. Large Groups Speech divides into a multitude of different categories such as; Improv, Chorale Reading, One Act Play, and a plethora more. Improv - one group creating a scene in no more than five minutes. The problem the kids have to solve? They only have one prompt and they have to come up with the entire scene in under two minutes. They only get five chairs to work with, and if they touch anything but the floor, the chairs, or each other, they are immediately disqualified. Choral Reading, on the other hand, uses a script and can take up to fifteen minutes. The …show more content…

There are athletes, choir and band kids, and everyone in between. Quiet kids and loud kids, shy kids and outgoing kids, kids who have nothing in common with anyone and kids who can connect with everyone, find speech as a safe haven to have fun and meet new friends. Any student, no matter their personality or ability, will find benefits of participating in speech. Finding the difference between sports and Speech can become difficult at first glance. While sports mainly consists of athletic kids, Speech consists of anyone who has an interest for it. Speech has so many diverse groups, so wouldn’t it make sense if the students in it are just as diverse? The students come from all over the high school for speech and everyone becomes friends no matter their academic or athletic background. Students that normally wouldn’t speak to each other or don’t see each other in class have the chance to become friends through

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