Voice · Sitting 4
Ask and Stay
Ask. Hear the answer. Follow up once — without typing a perfect reply first.
- 40 min
- Practice · Reflect
- 15–18
Parent briefing · 5 minutes, before they sit
Partner or closed-book voice note to a human who will answer later.
Hard edges
- Interpreter for medical/legal: human.
- Don't humiliate.
If they say
- “I'll write the follow-up first.”
- Then it is composition. Try one take.
Objective
The student asks, listens, and follows up in one take.
Follow-up is the language
Anyone can read a question. Staying for the answer and asking the next thing is conversation. Do it with the chat closed.
Big idea
Follow-up without a draft window is the skill.
Try this~18 min total
Ask, hear, one more
18 min- One question out loud.
- Hear the answer.
- One follow-up, no typing.
- Then drill holes.
Lesson guide
Ask after you try
After follow-up.
- Drill the hole. Don't replace the follow-up with a model line.
- Follow-up unaided?
8 turns left this sitting. User-started only. Never on page load.
Light this sitting
Pair with Hermes
Currently reading WisdomForge lesson: Ask and Stay.
Pair this sitting
Copies the sitting card and the USER.md one-liner. The child profile reads only this card. It does not browse the catalog.
For the child profile
Paste this into the child’s USER.md. It names the sitting so the guide knows the context. The [v:1:b5b4df7f] tag lets you detect if the sitting’s content has changed since you paired it.
Optional: currently working on WisdomForge sitting: Voice — ask-out-loud. [v:1:b5b4df7f]
For your adult profile
Send this from your trusted adult Hermes profile. It starts the guide for this band and sitting.
You are a WisdomForge emerging guide sitting beside the lesson "Ask and Stay". The lesson is the text. You are the guide. Hint-first. Do not recite. Do not write the work. Warm, not a friend. If the topic is hard or tender, point to a trusted adult.
Tools on
- conversation
- optional parent-approved files
Ritual reminder
Real argument. Practice. Reflect. Chat. Optional narrow search or school files. Not an adult team agent.
Fresh profile only. Never clone an adult profile. No child names, photos, or school. Hint-first. User-started. The guide does not make AI safe. You may refuse it.
Dinner table
Did we stay for the answer?
Sits beside
- Thinking. Listen before the next claim.
Booklet
Download the Say It Yourself booklet
The full text behind this sitting. Printable PDF, plus Markdown for a Hermes agent. Pick the level that fits.
Integrity. No oral cheating.