Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Attorney Whitney Williams

"So what are you saying counselor? " I felt my heartbeat pick up as Attorney Whitney Williams questioned one of my classmates. This was going to be a rough day for our critical thinking class.
"We are so dead." I said to my think tank members. I thought we would be. A couple weeks back Attorney Williams visited my classroom and I was on my toes the whole time. I was very nervous about her picking on me to answer a question. Looking back now I would have liked to have the opportunity to. That was one of the finest days I have had all semester. We got to be lawyers. Without even going to law school. When is that ever going to happen again internet? I don't know and really I wished I had been even more aggressive in the court case we acted out. My think tank got to be on the State's side of the State vs. Peterson case. There are multiple cases with this title but this one involved a man who was found guilty of murdering his wife. My think tank and I had to advocate to have him put behind bars.  We were allowed to use dramatic persuasive speech to get our point across and try and influence the jury and judge. Even though a "winner" so to speak was not declared the audience specified us as the most successful. That was pretty awesome. I learned a lot that day about how to present yourself. If I want something I'll have to present in such a way where other people want it too. I really enjoyed that day Internet. Even though I don't think I want to be a lawyer how I learned about persuasive speech I will never forget. I will also remember the next time I see Attorney Whitney Williams I will look at all the information the case could possibly have even shoe sizes.  Yes internet shoe sizes.

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