Debates

So Colegio Santa Emilia did really well at the debate competition this past Friday. We scored 138.5 points out of a possible 144. The next highest score was 116 points. I wish we had gotten a little bit more useful feedback from the judges so that we can perform better when the team goes to the national competition, in part because I'm running out of things to tell them. Some of the team members were definitely nervous because they started speaking really quickly when the were up on stage. One minor curveball was that the debaters used a microphone and we hadn't practiced with one before. However for the most part, they handled it without any problems.

I also had a reasonable amount of fun doing the 4 hour event thanks in large part to my students. Before we debated they had a silly team cheer that we did (give me an s give me an s give me an s what does that spell sssss; give me a h give me a h give me an h what does that spell (silence) (the h in spanish is silent)). We also teased each other throughout the event.

The next regional debate is in 2 weeks. But even though we have a lot of work to do to prepare for it, I feeling pretty confident heading into it.