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How our School shows Motivates Speech & Interaction in English

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BOOKING & QUOTATIONSThere's nothing more confronting than someone speaking to you in a foreign language, especially if you have no idea what to say back to them. Imagine then how it would feel in a room full of people laughing with relief because they are not the one that is being asked the question. In our show there is no such escape. Every single student is greeted as they enter the room ...
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Entertaining the most highly qualified unemployed people in the country , the PostDoc Community @ Ghent University

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Standup comedy antwerpen
When I met with PostDoc Pres/ Chemist / Mentor / fellow Expat César "he joked that the postdoc community are the most highly qualified unemployed people in the country... It's quite a confusing and insecure position to be in , you're not quite employed and you're not really a student... but your also essential to the education system mentoring the new generation of researchers, while also w...
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Which “Friend” is your political party

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Flemish Friends
CD&V is Rachael : always tries to do the right thing but ultimately boring. Open VLD is Ross, because he is intelligent and makes sense but everyone ignore him. NVA is Monica : Pragmatic & practical , Traditional and loves rules.. SPA is Chandler because no one knows exactly what he does. Greens is Phobie : they're always coming up with cookie ideas like dumping fossil fuels...
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The Hero’s Journey : Interactive Improv Game

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Solo Improvisation
I made up an improv game called the hero's journey. It is for my new solo improv show "The Quern Deadly Improv Show" . It used the 17 steps from the Hero's Journey which is a common story telling frame work from which most ancient and modern stories use to tell the story of Harry Potter or Luke Skywalker or one of thse ancient stories that I dont know. The frame work is familiar, the "Her...
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Ierse stand-up comedian op bezoek in 5 en 6

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Improv comedy
In het kader van de lessen Engels voor het 5de en 6de jaar mochten we dinsdag 26 maart en Ierse stand-up comedian verwelkomenin onze school. Hij is een Ierse stand-up comedian die de liefde van zijn leven volgde naar Antwerpen. Hij bedacht een uniek stand-up comedy concept voor scholen, David Talks, waarin hij op een grappige en interactieve manier zijn ervaringen deelt over de verschillen in...
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A new term I just made up : Egg Shell Outrage

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Trying out solo improv
I've been hearing about a bit of a backlash against my hero Bill Hicks. The gist of it is that modern day comedians are saying he is degrading to women. First of all I'm not sure why they're saying that, I could have read through the article more, but it just seems like a waste of time. To me it's just people shouting loudly, saying stuff they think that matters but actually doesn't change a thin...
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What Anxiety Feels and Looks Like

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Anxiety Comedy Song
Hallo Anxiety my old friend, it's nice to meet you once again. Thanks for making me feel disconnected from the world, Worrying about Future events, then worrying about past events, catastrophising, excessive worrying, thats Anxiety. Headaches, trembling, hyperventilation, Tight chest, shortness of breath , depersonalisation, Loss of appetite, avoidance, disqualifing the positive, When I'm...
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“at least I tried god dam it, at least I did that. “

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Trying out solo improv
High hope for new Solo Improv Show God dam I have no idea what I am doing. I feeling like a naive new-comer hoping to achieve the unthinkable. I know I have an aptitude for improv and I have been doing it for years but a 1 hour solo show feels like a massive challenge. And a massive challenge is what I need right now. Part of the reason I want to do a solo improv show is that I'm begin...
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Clearing its name – Momo Tegen Pesten

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Momo tegen pesten
In a surprise move the icon known as Momo has sprung back against critics who say that Momo is part of a bullying app which encourages children to selfharm and commit suicide. "The Flemish kids TV station "Ketnet" has launched an anti bullying campaign where all children are encouraged to show that they are against bulling by drawing 4 dots on your hand. The campaign has nationwide support an...
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Why I have never Googled “Blue Waffle”

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Blue Waffle
Its the same reason I have never googled 2 girls and a cup or Animal Farm , its the look in the eye of the person who is trying to get you to do it. That look of I'm really upset after seeing this, maybe I will feel better if someone else see's it too. Basically I don't want to know. I don't want to share in this weird thing that you have actively searched for, then looked at, then got upset ...
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