DANA-kin Skywalker Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 But at least right is an actual word and serves an actual purpose...to engage the listener and illicit a response. Ummm is not a word, serves no purpose other than to fill in the gaps that stupid brains leave while trying to figure out what real words to say, and wastes the listeners time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 From what a student claimed to me once before, I used to say "umm" and "uhh" a lot in class. I guess this is an improvement, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I'd love to see a course in high school that teaches people how to act/express themselves in public and on social media. I think it's time. Something of a cross between an advanced English class, public speaking and diplomacy. Teach people how to correctly spell words and how to correctly use internet-speak. Record them so they can see and hear what they look and sound like to others. Teach them basic manners. Am I asking too much?We had a class sophomore year of high school as part of the English curriculum: Oral Communication. It was all about speaking and preparing for speeches and oral debate. It was a really fun class. I had a professor who said, "nyah" all the time as his nervous time filler. Guy was so damn nice, but it was really annoying. To keep ourselves entertained and awake during his 8 AM Material Science class, we'd keep a nyah tally. One of my favorite professors I ever had, but I will never forget those nyahs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 My students claim they kept a tally. I found the number they gave me pretty hard to believe even for an 80 minute class. I am pretty sure they included all of the times I was saying "right" for more legitimate reasons, which happened quite a few times at certain points of the semester. In one of my graduate classes, we kept a tally of the number of times the professor said "clearly." It wasn't so much a filler as it was a way of getting away with not explaining certain parts of a proof or derivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalcedony Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I work at Panera Bread in Prescott AZ. All the recent hires had to attend the obligatory meeting with instructional videos that employers everywhere feel compelled to inflict upon their hapless workers. One of them included the word "breaducation." I think the word "Ngngngngnggg" might have escaped my lips, but I don't think the boss heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Lol.I do love Panera tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I told my boss yesterday that the next time he has to make a presentation, he should completely deadpan "Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when you're part of a team" and see who notices. I think he might actually do it sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 That would be epic! I hope you don't get sick of Panera, Chalce. I love that place, but I could see how working there day in and day out could make it less appetizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I told my boss yesterday that the next time he has to make a presentation, he should completely deadpan "Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when you're part of a team" and see who notices. I think he might actually do it sometime.I might have to try that sometime when I assign a group project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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