Louise, you have to gain ground today. Okay. You have a vocabulary list for me. I do. You’re going to teach them your name and Ian’s. Yeah, so that we can learn their names if they have names and then introduce pronouns later. These are all grade school words. Eat. Mock. Help me understand. Okay. Oh, no, no, no, not the top. Okay, this is where you want to get to, right? That is the question. Okay. So, first, we need to make sure that they understand what a question is, okay? The nature of a request for information along with the response. Then we need to clarify the difference between a specific you and a collective you, because we don’t want to know why Joe Alien is here. We want to know why they all landed. And purpose requires an understanding of intent. We need to find out, do they make conscious choices, or is their motivation so instinctive that they don’t understand a why question at all? And biggest of all, we need to have enough vocabulary with them that we understand their answer. I get it. Stick to your list. Just… don’t add anything to it.

1. to gain ground – get closer to something that is ahead in a pursuit or competitive situation 
2. vocabulary list – a list or collection of words and phrases
3. the nature of (a request) – the fundamental qualities, characteristics, or essence of something
4. a specific you – this “you” focuses on the individual
5. a collective you – this “you”  refers to a group of people, addressing them as a whole rather than as individuals