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On this first day of April, I would like to share a fool-proof guide to presidential speech-writing. Use the following to generate a powerful opening, and the rest of the speech writes itself.
Note: you will need a six-sided die (not included).
“This ______________ gives me ____________ about the _________ _________ __________.”
| 1. | scholarly lecture | insight | acute | human | experience |
| 2. | exhibition | wisdom | authentic | shared | sensibility |
| 3. | performance | knowledge | challenging | communal | existence |
| 4. | poster presentation | hope | incisive | common | perspective |
| 5. | student protest | motivation | poignant | liberal arts | journey |
| 6. | faculty insurrection | excitement | paradigmatic | educational | encounter |
Steve Bahls is President of Augustana College in Illinois. The Fool(s)proof Speech Builder was designed by his son, Timothy Bahls, a software engineer in Madison, Wisconsin, who has heard many presidential speeches.
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