1. What are your take-aways from this video?
When parents lie to their children, they are less likely to be faithful to a religion. When stories are told that are totally bogus to enforce religion, it makes believing less likely.
2. What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques?
She uses stories common from her childhood to exemplify her point. She uses the classical lie of Santa Clause, along with other lies of childhood, as an analogy to the story of God. She makes fun of stereotypes. She uses common sense to drive in her points.
3. What is his/her presentation style?
She uses different tones of voice for each character in her voice. She almost dictates her story because it sounds very rehearsed and her tones of voice are perfect for what she is saying. When she makes a mistake with her microphone, she plays it off and makes the audience laugh.
4. What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
When childhood dreams are dependent in lies to prolong innocence, when children grew up, they will not believe in things that adults do. This has always been present in my life. When I was told that Santa Clause wasn't real, I also abandoned my faith in God. When certain subjects are being taught that are only being taught at a surface level, the teachers should not lie to their students to make it make sense to them. Society needs to rethink creating fantastic images of unreal figures so that people will not lose faith in the system (see Vietnam).
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