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Edison students
descend on Greenville South and JHS
GREENVILLE – “So how does the dead lady feel?” The ‘dead lady,’ Ann
Bradfield, said “I feel rejuvenated.”
As part of their drug presentation to South School, this team of Edison
Community College communications/public speaking students presented a
skit depicting what can happen when a student, behind in her homework,
takes too much of a drug (to help her study) and dies. The skit
included a local ‘police officer,’ portrayed by Bryce Jenkinson,
arresting the pusher who sold the drug, portrayed by Aaron Balsbaugh.
Ally Russell, Alex Bietry and Danielle Faber, remaining members of the
team, all had support roles in the portrayal.
“I thought the skit was pretty well received,” said Bryce. The students
were attentive and it set up the rest of their presentation. Aaron had
accidently banged his head on an overhead projector as they were
getting started. “I did that on purpose,” he joked. “They all kind of
woke up a little.”
Overall, four teams totaling 24 students descended on Greenville South
and Junior High Schools as part of their Fundamentals of Communication
course credits. Three teams went to South, one to the junior high. They
were required to use the basic public speaking tools they’d been given
throughout the term, which included animation, strong projection,
familiarity with the topic and more. It was an exercise in diversity;
their presentations had to be age appropriate for their audiences.
Each team was allowed to develop its own plan. They mostly included a
skit or a demonstration, using graphics such as charts and photos,
descriptions of drugs and their harmful effects, personal stories and
drawing their ‘audience’ into questions and discussions...
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