you will construct your own “This I believe” statement on everyday ethics. Everyday ethics concern minor acts that point to your values.

A popular podcast from NPR, “This I Believe” asks for listeners and speakers to critically think through the values and worldviews that guide their everyday choices, no matter how small. For this assignment, you will construct your own “This I believe” statement on everyday ethics. Everyday ethics concern minor acts that point to your values. Some examples might include:

• Depositing dropped money into a tip jar
• Giving money to buskers
• Slowing down to allow cars to merge
• Making eye contact and smiling with service workers
• Chewing food with your mouth closed

Think about how you would complete one of the following sentences:

I believe you should always ______________________________________.

I believe you should never _______________________________________.

While the above statements are rather absolute, your speech may work through some of the qualifiers and complexities of your belief.

Your speech will be delivered in the style of an Ignite speech – a 5-minute speech that is supported by 20 automatically timed slides. While these conditions may feel limiting, such conditions encourage you to be intentional in your linguistic, embodied, and visual rhetoric. 5 minutes is roughly 500 words.