Class participation

There is this concept of class participation - meaning you have to speak in class and give a valid point in the context of the discussion of the case at that point of time to take the discussion ahead or to a better level. Now, that was the ideal definition. Practically, a lot of our grades depend on it. One can fail if he doesn't do enough CP(Class participation). There were these couple of instances today in the two classes and another instance in another class yesterday which hit me and made me think. The common point in all these 3 instances was the initial words "diversify the risk". After saying these sacred words, they explained their point further. This was their CP. Another instance today was when a guy in the class almost brought about an unrelated concept and said the words "they should differentiate their products and innovate". Based on all these sacrosanct CPs, I propose a basic framework for CPs: If the question is specific and about what a company should do, then say "Innovate and differentiate the products/services". If the topic is more general, then the consecrated words "Diversification" should work. If it something you have absolutely no idea about, then the absolute magic words of the genius should be used, which is "It depends".