Limited Prep Prompt Topics

 St. Genesius Classic hosted by Marist School

Preparation must be recorded for all events except Extemp.  Videos are due by Tuesday 1/18 at 5:00pm EST.

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking

Prepared by Emma Pereda, 2017 TOC Runner Up & 2017 NSDA Semifinalist from NSU University School (FL)

1. What role, if any, should the United Nations play in the ongoing territorial disputes over the South China Sea?

2. Which country provides the best model for how to combat the COVID - 19 pandemic?

3. How can the EU better respond to Europe’s refugee crisis?

4. What long-term impacts will the Belt and Road Initiative have on the International Community?

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Prepared by Emma Pereda, 2017 TOC Runner Up & 2017 NSDA Semifinalist from NSU University School (FL)

1. What grade does President Biden deserve for his first full year in office?

2. How can the federal government curb the ongoing opioid crisis?

3. Will California Democrats succeed in creating a universal healthcare system?

4. How can the Department of Education fight systemic racism in K-12 schools?

Improvisational Duo

1. You can't do that here.

2. That is not how that works. 

Impromptu Speaking

1. "Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow." -- Pope Francis

2. "A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just." -- Pope Francis

3. "Where there is no work, there is no dignity." -- Pope Francis

4. "You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person." -- Pope Francis

5. "Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded." -- Pope Francis