1 00:00:00,333 --> 00:00:01,000 [ Music ] 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,336 Examples of Good Credibility Statements 3 00:00:03,336 --> 00:00:16,349 Students of Mr. Stone's Public Speaking Class 4 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:18,685 STUDENT 1: In my undergraduate years at OU I had 5 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:21,855 the opportunity to do research in the DNA cloning technology 6 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:25,024 which is actually just on another small-scale cloning. 7 00:00:25,024 --> 00:00:30,363 Human could be on a much larger scale and I did some research on 8 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:34,701 to find out why human cloning is, has a lot more 9 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,035 serious outcomes. 10 00:00:36,035 --> 00:00:38,605 STUDENT 2: If we spay and neuter our pets, being 11 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:44,043 a pet owner myself, it breaks my heart to see, you know, 12 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:46,880 pets lying on the side of the road, you know, being run over, 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,550 things like that so I am a very big supporter of having 14 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:52,552 your pets spayed and neutered. 15 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:55,789 STUDENT 3: I have had an interest in this for a long time 16 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:58,925 down on Reno is where the police forces are, one of 17 00:00:58,925 --> 00:01:01,327 the professor was kind enough to give me pretty much 18 00:01:01,327 --> 00:01:06,332 a whole library of books written by a lot of experts on this and 19 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:10,503 hopefully one day I might get to, if I get to work for the FBI 20 00:01:10,503 --> 00:01:13,339 this would be something that I would be very interested to do. 21 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:14,674 Notice the student references past course work and 22 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:15,675 current research. 23 00:01:15,675 --> 00:01:17,010 STUDENT 4: I have been interested in the working of 24 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:20,013 the human mind ever since taking a human anatomy class in 25 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:23,683 high school and since then I have seen documentaries and 26 00:01:23,683 --> 00:01:25,685 read books about the phenomena that the brain can produce. 27 00:01:25,685 --> 00:01:26,686 Notice the student references work connections and specifies 28 00:01:26,686 --> 00:01:27,687 a period of time. 29 00:01:27,687 --> 00:01:30,023 STUDENT 5: I worked for Kohl's for about 2 years now. 30 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:32,258 I had the opportunity to start from the store when 31 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:34,727 it first opened, I worked in the northern one, and so 32 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:35,361 I have just been able to see...