Loyola Greyhound

I wholeheartedly and completely agree with this thoughtfully written essay. Too many young people (of my generation and younger) litter their speech with qualifiers and acceptance-seeking words--"verbal fillers" one of my acting teachers used to call them. This problem is especially noticeable in girls and young women who speak every sentence with a question mark at the end, their high-pitched voices tilting up, forever asking if their opinions are correct. I am so thankful that Jerard has brought this problem to light, and I hope that everyone who reads this article accepts his challenge and changes their speech patterns to reflect more confidence in their thoughts and words.

What, what's going on?! This isn't the guy who normally writes for The Bottom Line! WTF??!!