T2Blog62 Debate.

Hello. So today i woke up at 7 o'clock and got ready for the debate tournament. They said "formal attire" so i wore a black dress. I doubt you want to know that though......When i got there my partner hadn't showed up yet, at first i thought we might not show up (or maybe i was just hoping that). If he didn't show up i wouldn't have to debate....but he wouldn't just ditch at the last minute though. When the event was only 10 minutes from happening, then reality hit. I wasn't as nervous as i had been yesterday. It actually went well (the first debate). The second debate was okay, but i was letting the nervousness get a hold of me a bit and i let to many people ask questions. During the 3rd debate (which was an unprepared topic that we had less than 20 minutes to prepare for) i was pretty bad. I needed to fill 7 minutes of speech and i couldn't manage it. I think i only filled half the time and most of the time i wasn't even clear about what i was talking about. It was a big jumbled mess. In the 4th debate it was balanced. Since the last two debates were unprepared topics we didn't do POI's (standing up and asking questions in between someone's debate) instead we did cross examination. After a speaker has finished speaking you ask them questions about their speech and try to earn points. During my cross examination in this debate i was really good. When i look back at it now i feel guilty because the girl who i was cross examinating was nervous and i think i scared her a bit. My partner thought it was the best cross examination ever. During my speech i also couldn't fill in the whole 7 minutes (only 3 and a half). But at least this time i was clear and short. During my cross examination i wasn't much better, but the person asking my the questions only asked 2 so i don't think i did too bad. Now i'm really tired, but i think the day was really fun. An awesome experience.