Extemporaneous Speaking

When I showed my son the Forensics pin, his response was "When were you in Forensics?" I have not been involved with his speech participation.  My guys have been going off on Saturday mornings for four years now.

My son is an extemporaneous speaker. He is given a choice of three subjects and 30 minutes to put together a 7 minute speech. He often selects an international topic following his interests. When he first began, he would lug around a huge bag of magazines for research. Now the rules allow for electronic devices, thus his loaded iPad  suffices. I think he relies most on The Economist.

I have never observed any of his competitions. My husband hasn't either. He's off judging some other event. We have not been able to personally gage his development. It seems now that he's really getting good. There is talk of higher competitions, maybe even nationals.

I wonder if I will be able to sit at the back of the room then?