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orders. You'll get less than nowhere in business if you can't convey your ideas crisply and accurately." A
happy thought struck him: great chance to implement the Spiritual-Values Directive. He added, "You may
be asked to lead in prayer or say grace on short notice." (He'd add that one to his permanent repertoire;
it was a natural.) "We are not asking the impossible. Anybody can talk interestingly, easily and naturally
for three minutes if they try. Miss Gerber, will you begin with a little talk on your career plans?"



Miss Gerber ("Grapefruit" was the mnemonic) rose coolly and driveled about the joys of motherhood
until Mrs. Giovino passed her card to Edel and called time.



"You spoke freely, Miss Gerber, but perhaps not enough to the point," said Edel. "I'm pleased, though,
that you weren't bothered by any foolish shyness. I'm sure everybody I call on will be able to talk right up
like you did." (He liked that "like" the way you like biting on a tooth that aches; he'd give them
Artificial-Grammar De-emphasis . . .) "Foster, may we hear from you on the subject of your coming
summer vacation?" He jotted down a C for the Grapefruit.



Foster ("Fireball") rose and paused an expert moment. Then in



a firm and manly voice he started with a little joke ("If I survive English Three Oh Eight . . ."), stated his
theme ("A vacation is not a time for idling and wasted opportunity"), developed it ("harvest crew during
the day for physicalтАФmy Science Search Project during the evenings for mental"), elevated it ("no excuse
for neglecting one's regular attendance at one's place of worship") and concluded with a little joke
("should be darned glad to get back to school!").
 The speech clocked2:59. It was masterly; none of the other impromptus heard that morning came close
to it.



"And," said Mr. Edel at lunch to his semi-crony Dr. Fugua, biology, "between classes I riffled through
the grade cards again and found I'd marked him F. Of course I changed it to A. The question is, why?"



"Because you'd made a mistake," said Fuqua absently. Something was on his mind, thought Edel.



"No, no. Why did I make the mistake?"



"Well, Fured, in The Psychology of EverydayтАФ"