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two things, I cannot believe. One, I'm part of a team. Two-I just won.
Background, and I'm pretty sleep deprived, so I'm sorry if it lacks sense. I joined the speech and debate team at LSU. It's been great, all the people are nice, and they're a lot of fun. But I'm actually part of a team now, and it's such a new thing, and really good. It's really energizing to actually care about how your team members do, and have them care about how you do....I really don't know the words, but this whole team thing is great, and I can't believe I'm actually a PART of a team, rather than someone who is nominally on a team, but isn't really a part of it.
Point two that I can't believe. We just went to a tournament, my second college tournament ever, and my first time trying individual college debate, we practice and usually compete in two person, but my partner couldn't come. And it was a faily big tournament, with six preliminary rounds and then quarter finals and semi finals and finals. I won. first place. I made it to quarter finals with four wins and two losses, and then...won all the other rounds. And in finals, I won against a guy who had won every other round before me. So, happiness. And thank yous, cause a LOT of my rounds a large part of my winning was random things I'd read here, and random things from conversations with friends from here, or with my family. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love yall!
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What did you debate about with the person to get first place, and what stance did you have to (or choose to) take?
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you change topics every round, and get thirty minutes from the time you get the topic to the time the debate begins. The last round, our topic was "this house would shuffle the cards" I got to be the one interpretting it, and since I'd heard he was really big on topicality arguments, I tried to keep a really close tie, and was debating that the elementary and middle schools should have year round school, with the summer holidays being distributed throughout the year. I don't know whether i think it would really work, but I was able to debate it. coincidentally, he'd been in a school system that had TRIED that and it hadn't worked. But I got lucky and won anyway
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congrats! I did a heap of debating @ high school, including some international stuff - i never understood the american topics where you could define it basically how you want.
australian topics tend to be much more defined, with little lee way for your own intepretation: we have stuff like "that the native title legislation is flawed" or "that performance enhancing drugs in sport should be legalised"...
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imogen, when I did youth legislature in high school it was the same. We had to come up with real questions for consideration, which we debated and then held for vote. But the times when people chose whimsical bills to bring to the floor were the most fun. So I think the way Anna describes the rules for their competition sounds great. And if you fancy serious subjects, you can always so interpret them when it's your turn to choose.
I wonder if there are any potential jatraqueros among your debating friends, Anna? They would seem to be naturals. Posts: 968 | Registered: Sep 2003
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