WEBVTT 00:00:00.333 --> 00:00:01.000 [ Music ] 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.336 Examples of Good Credibility Statements 00:00:03.336 --> 00:00:16.349 Students of Mr. Stone's Public Speaking Class 00:00:16.349 --> 00:00:18.685 STUDENT 1: In my undergraduate years at OU I had 00:00:18.685 --> 00:00:21.855 the opportunity to do research in the DNA cloning technology 00:00:21.855 --> 00:00:25.024 which is actually just on another small-scale cloning. 00:00:25.024 --> 00:00:30.363 Human could be on a much larger scale and I did some research on 00:00:30.363 --> 00:00:34.701 to find out why human cloning is, has a lot more 00:00:34.701 --> 00:00:36.035 serious outcomes. 00:00:36.035 --> 00:00:38.605 STUDENT 2: If we spay and neuter our pets, being 00:00:38.605 --> 00:00:44.043 a pet owner myself, it breaks my heart to see, you know, 00:00:44.043 --> 00:00:46.880 pets lying on the side of the road, you know, being run over, 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:50.550 things like that so I am a very big supporter of having 00:00:50.550 --> 00:00:52.552 your pets spayed and neutered. 00:00:52.552 --> 00:00:55.789 STUDENT 3: I have had an interest in this for a long time 00:00:55.789 --> 00:00:58.925 down on Reno is where the police forces are, one of 00:00:58.925 --> 00:01:01.327 the professor was kind enough to give me pretty much 00:01:01.327 --> 00:01:06.332 a whole library of books written by a lot of experts on this and 00:01:06.332 --> 00:01:10.503 hopefully one day I might get to, if I get to work for the FBI 00:01:10.503 --> 00:01:13.339 this would be something that I would be very interested to do. 00:01:13.339 --> 00:01:14.674 Notice the student references past course work and 00:01:14.674 --> 00:01:15.675 current research. 00:01:15.675 --> 00:01:17.010 STUDENT 4: I have been interested in the working of 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:20.013 the human mind ever since taking a human anatomy class in 00:01:20.013 --> 00:01:23.683 high school and since then I have seen documentaries and 00:01:23.683 --> 00:01:25.685 read books about the phenomena that the brain can produce. 00:01:25.685 --> 00:01:26.686 Notice the student references work connections and specifies 00:01:26.686 --> 00:01:27.687 a period of time. 00:01:27.687 --> 00:01:30.023 STUDENT 5: I worked for Kohl's for about 2 years now. 00:01:30.023 --> 00:01:32.258 I had the opportunity to start from the store when 00:01:32.258 --> 00:01:34.727 it first opened, I worked in the northern one, and so 00:01:34.727 --> 00:01:35.361 I have just been able to see...