In the past, my school held a selection for the debate competition, which was organized by my English teacher to prepare us for the actual competition. My old English teacher had nominated me for the competition, so when I found out I was participating, I was not adequately prepared. Fortunately, when the teacher revealed the topics, I realized that I had already given some thought to them. The topics were either about homework or waste management, and we would be debating on one of these topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on my intuition, I believed that the homework topic had been used too many times, so I thought they would pick the waste management topic instead. However, I became preoccupied with homework and completely forgot about the competition until the day it was being conducted. When I arrived at the venue, I sat and waited for almost half the period before they formed the pairs. I was paired with a student from the tenth grade who also had no partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The higher grade students debated first, discussing the benefits of technology for education, but the period ended before they could finish. The next day, a separate selection was held for only the 9th grade students, and as I had predicted, the topic was about the effectiveness of recycling in reducing overall garbage output. The participants were divided into two teams, one for and one against. I was on the team opposing the statement “recycling reduces garbage production.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, the teachers commended me for my well-presented arguments, but they noted that I spoke too quickly. Only one person from my class was selected for the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had figured out as much as that they would not give us the one based on homework because that topic has been used too many times. Unfortunately there was so much homework to do that I completely forgot all about the competition until on the day it was being conducted. Once I reached the room where it was being conducted I just sat down and Waited. Almost half the period was over before they finally separated all the pairs. I was paired with someone from tenth who also had no pair. The higher class students went first and they debated on the benefits of technology for education. By the time the first two people had finished, the entire period was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next day, a separate selection for just the 9th grade students was conducted, just as I had predicted we were debating on the effectiveness of recycling on reducing overall garbage out put. The participants were split into two teams, one for and one against. I was part of the team for the statement \u201crecycling does not reduce garbage production\u201d. In the end the teachers told my points were well put but I talked too fast and, as far as I know, in the end only one person from my class was selected. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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