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Reports indicate that the guy presenting his final project in your history seminar would actually love to make it more of a class discussion if that’s cool.
“I mean, I have a bunch of slides and stuff prepared that I could go through and talk about, but honestly, I think this will be a lot more insightful if you guys participate too,” said presenter Will Limelli, who realistically has about four minutes of content prepared for this 35-minute presentation and is now relying on you, the class, to fill out that additional 31 minutes. “I mean, selfishly I could just drone on and on about this topic, but hearing from an expert like me is boring, let’s hear what lay people like you think about things.”
“I’ll put this picture up here, and then I’ll give everyone 30 seconds to think about a connection between this image and the themes of this course. Then I’ll call on you in alphabetical order to share your ideas. And feel free to go in depth, I really don’t want anyone to feel rushed,” added Limelli, doing the mental math to deduce roughly how far he can stretch the six slides he prepared, none of which contain text or even basic speaker notes. “Alright, we’ll start with Aaron Bateman. And make sure to talk slow so everyone can understand you.”
At press time, guy losing chess game would love to consider this more of a warm-up round.
