Voice · Sitting 4
Ask, Don't Paste
A question you can say to a human is the skill. A chatbot Q&A is not conversation.
- 28 min
- Talk About It
- 11–14
Parent briefing · 5 minutes, before they sit
Pair with a sibling or you. Not a chatbot interview as the whole sitting.
Hard edges
- No earpiece fantasies.
- Don't record others without consent.
If they say
- “The bot is easier to ask.”
- Easier is the trap. The exam is a person.
Objective
The student prepares two questions, asks them out loud, and refuses to let a model be the other speaker in a graded oral.
The other person
Language is for someone. Write two questions. Ask them. Listen to the answer. A model that answers forever is not that someone.
Big idea
Questions you can ask a person transfer. Pasted interviews do not.
Try this~18 min total
Two questions
18 min- Write two questions. No generator.
- Ask a person. Listen.
- One pattern check with a tool if needed.
- Ask them again, better, still yours.
Lesson guide
Ask after you try
After two human asks.
- One pattern. Not a script of new questions to read.
- Asked a person?
- Second ask still theirs?
8 turns left this sitting. User-started only. Never on page load.
For the computer
Optional. Pair a Hermes guide on your machine. The lesson above does not need this.
Light this sitting
Pair with Hermes
Currently reading WisdomForge lesson: Ask, Don't Paste.
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:1:8633e593] 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:1:8633e593]
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 young guide sitting beside the lesson "Ask, Don't Paste". 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 local voice
- optional image understanding
Ritual reminder
Hint, then example. Talk About It. Chat. Optional local voice-to-text. Optional image understanding.
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
Who answered us — a person or a tab?
Sits beside
- English. Questions before essays.
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 generated interview as 'I spoke.'