Wed November 5: TRAVEL + 1st Speech Assignment

The discussion topic for this week will be TRAVEL. It is also the date for the first speech assignment; students will present their speeches during the first hour of class. You can find more information about the speech assignment in the Speech Assignment #1 posting.

Topics to consider:

• If you won a free trip anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why did you pick that location? What would you like to see there?

• What is the best trip you've ever been on? What made it so special?

• Have you had any travel disasters? What happened? 

Travel QuotesThere are many famous quotations from famous people on the subject of travel. What are your thoughts on these quotations? Try to find more travel quotes to share with the class.

"There ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them" Mark Twain 

“Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?”  Erma Bombeck

“Travel is the only context in which some people ever look around. If we spent half the energy looking at our own neighborhoods, we'd probably learn twice as much.”  Lucy R. Lippard in On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place

Working/Living AbroadHave you ever worked or lived in another country?If you had a chance to work or live abroad, would you take it?What do people need to consider before moving?How can people more easily adapt to a new country?

Articles

The Lonely Planet founder explains why he thinks travel is very important:http://www.lonelyplanet.com/blog/2011/09/14/tony-wheeler-why-travel-is-more-important-than-ever/#ixzz2jnYyFOjB

The BBC Travel section features articles and fabulous photos of destinations around the world: http://www.bbc.com/travel

National Geographic Traveler's website includes photos, lists of places and events to see and travelogues about a variety of destinations: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/