Table Topics

Hi all, As usual yesterday evening I found myself attending the Toastmasters club meetings. I answered two table topics questions. One question was about a person in history I admire the most. I said Mahatma Gandhi. I spoke about how India was a British colony and how Mahatma Gandhi wanted to win independence from the British using non violent means. Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of Indian nation. Mahatma Gandhi won over those opposed to his ideas and did not ever harm and exhorted others to not harm the British colonists. In the end India won independence from the British without any violence. The second question was a place in history that you would have liked to be at because it inspired you. I spoke about the battle of Delaware in the American revolutionary war and the story of how George Washington lead his army consisting of untrained civilians who had no winter boots or soldiers clothes to wear. The army consisted of people drawn from all walks of civilian life life like farmers or store keepers. They were not trained soldiers. Yet they fought valiently because they believed in the values of the revolution. I remember feeling so awed by this story when I read it to my son who was at the time (elementary school) very interested in the American Revolutionary war. My son read so voraciously he knew everything about the revolutionary war. George Washington and his band of revolutionaries were at a disadvantage because they were unlike the british soldiers who had the training as soldiers and the support of the british empire The American revolutionaries had to face bitter cold winters trudging through snow to face the British in some fort. Yet they won many battles and the battle of Delaware was one such battle. These are the questions I answered. I hope you have a lovely day!