The Red Cross Debates

I went for the Red Cross Debate Series yesterday. I was nervous, yes, and apprehensive about debating again after so long. Fortunately the first round warmed me up significantly. Suffice to say that our first opponent should have felt rather violated by the end of the debate.

All in all it was a good show for a team that rusty. We won two out of four rounds, and had close margins for the two we lost. Unity World College is good, and I didn't mind losing to them. They are at the very least nice people, and they did debate well, while we fluffed a lot.... Raffles... ah Raffles. What can one say about an institution steeped in proud history? As usual, a splendid performance put up by a first class team. Their speakers deserve to be on the National Team. Nevertheless, we gave them a good fight, and did not, unlike them, degenerate into petty insults.

I forgot how tiring debating is. When you're stuck in a room with four other speakers for four debates in a row, it can get very emotionally and mentally tiring. Everyone gets charged up, tensions run high, voices rise. At the end, you are tired and hungry. I was definitely ready to go home after Round 4. But still, it was good to get back into the circle.

I met the PW group today after church to do our OP. I'm really beginning to love my PW group. I think we have the most fun while doing pw. We can sit there and talk about so many things while still managing to get things done. Progress may be slow, yes, but I think the process of work is more important in some ways than the end result. I think it's true that you find out parts of a person's character only in times of crisis.

Oh well, off to do my powerpoint slides.