Monday, December 8, 2008

Public Speaking Requirement

I haven't taken it here, but I hear credible complaints. Is it UW's worst "program"?

Complaints:

1. Make you follow very specific speech formula, and if you loose points for not following it to the teeth, even if you have a wonderful and effective speech

2. Having a great speech, but getting a 70% on it. Or the teacher not giving you useful criticism explaining her low grade when they she seemed to give you only positive comments

3. being controlled by a higher power to deduct points so the majority of the class has a C?
---> if so, does this reflect the class well? Really, a class that the entire school is required to take, and they make it hard in an arbitrary way. Is/Should the outline really be more valuable than the speech?

4. Not that it's impossible to get an A in the class, but you just have give a very standard speech.


Regardless, I'm glad I took my speech class somewhere else. I saw the speech workbook= :(

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