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Part 1 To think further about situational anxiety, complete the…
Part 1
To think further about situational anxiety, complete the following:
1. Make a list of several situations that make you nervous (e.g. speaking before large audiences or with
family members present or at a job interview).
2. Which of the suggested methods for managing situational anxiety do you think will work best for you
and why? Give an example to illustrate your answer.
3. Suggest an additional method for managing situation anxiety that you or someone you know has used in
the past.
Part 2
Pages 34 – 36 of the text present an analysis of J. K. Rowling’s Commencement Address given at Harvard
University in 2008. Please watch the video (link is posted below) then read the analysis on the above
pages.
As you did last week, review the analysis presented in our text and answer the questions at the end of
the review on page 36.
Did Rowlings apply anxiety techniques to overcome stress before and after the speech? What does she
say about anxiety and its effects on her?
View her speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGqp8lz36c
List of questions:
1. What do you think?
2. If you had been in the audience in 2008, would you still remember Rowling’s topic
and challenge?
3. In addition to influencing graduates to change the world, what other ways can commencement
speeches be used?
4. Did Rowling use the right speech for the occasion, or was there another, more
suitable topic for a commencement address?
5. What topic would you suggest?
6. What do you think about the way she managed her anxiety?
7. Do you think she should have mentioned her fear to her audience? Why or why not?
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Part 3
Compare this speech to one given by Admiral McRaven at the University of Texas in 2014.
View this speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70
Answer the same questions about Admiral McRaven’s speech
Which one do you think is better and why? Use examples in your answer
