For the first time in my life, I entered the school's debate competition. Clueless and without knowing what was I supposed to do, I just talk and talk and yeah, I have to admit it, it was so bad.
THE HOUSE WOULD BAN SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
That's the motion of my first round of debate. And can you believe that my team was the opposition and we were supposed to oppose the motion! How can I oppose something that I support it myself? I've never debate before and our opponent, the Skyhawk team, is really good. I mean, they have debate before and they even went to the final round last year. So, we are stuck and we were smashed into pieces and finally, we lost. Not surprising.
Then, there was the second round.
THE HOUSE BELIEVE THAT SHOPPING IS A SPORT
And for the second round, we acted as the government. We are lucky, though, because our opponent was just like us. I mean, I think they have never debate before and no offense, but, they were worse than us in our first time. And as I expected, we won.
Minutes later, we debated for the third time.
THE HOUSE WOULD PAY FOR POLIGAMY
My team is the government, and we don't really understand this motion. And our opponent was really good, and they were so rich in confidence and they were so fluent when they were talking. We just made do with what we have and I expected that we will lose. But, WOW, we won! So surprising.
We then rest for the night and went to the fourth round on the next day.
THE HOUSE BELIEVE THAT BARBIE DOLL IS AN INSULT TOWARDS WOMAN
I thought we had toughen up our skill, and I was really confident in debating. We were the opposition team and we had lots of idea and I think, we would do better in this round. I admitted that the government team was quite good but still, I could sense many of their mistakes. They stressed the bad effects of Barbie Doll for just muslim women. That was the biggest mistake and even the judge thought so.
The fourth round ended and next, was the quarter final. We didn't know who won for the fourth round, and we didn't think that we want to continue with this thing.
THE HOUSE BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD NEED A SUPERHERO
Wow! We won the fourth round. And, as we had three wins and one lost, and we were at the fourth in the ranking, we were qualified to the quarter final. Guess what? We were the government, and our opposition team, was the Skyhawk. For the second time, we felt so worried and yeah, I thought that we would lose. But we had toughened ourselves and we fought them with enthusiasm. The quarter final was really interesting, but I did bad for my reply speech.
We waited for the result and as I expected, the opposition team won the round. So, that was the end of our team but I was really having fun in debating. I hope next year I will get the chance to enter the school debate competition again. Hmm... I think my story has gotten too long. Haha. I think that's all I want to share. Okay, so, goodbye.
THE HOUSE WOULD BAN SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
That's the motion of my first round of debate. And can you believe that my team was the opposition and we were supposed to oppose the motion! How can I oppose something that I support it myself? I've never debate before and our opponent, the Skyhawk team, is really good. I mean, they have debate before and they even went to the final round last year. So, we are stuck and we were smashed into pieces and finally, we lost. Not surprising.
Then, there was the second round.
THE HOUSE BELIEVE THAT SHOPPING IS A SPORT
And for the second round, we acted as the government. We are lucky, though, because our opponent was just like us. I mean, I think they have never debate before and no offense, but, they were worse than us in our first time. And as I expected, we won.
Minutes later, we debated for the third time.
THE HOUSE WOULD PAY FOR POLIGAMY
My team is the government, and we don't really understand this motion. And our opponent was really good, and they were so rich in confidence and they were so fluent when they were talking. We just made do with what we have and I expected that we will lose. But, WOW, we won! So surprising.
We then rest for the night and went to the fourth round on the next day.
THE HOUSE BELIEVE THAT BARBIE DOLL IS AN INSULT TOWARDS WOMAN
I thought we had toughen up our skill, and I was really confident in debating. We were the opposition team and we had lots of idea and I think, we would do better in this round. I admitted that the government team was quite good but still, I could sense many of their mistakes. They stressed the bad effects of Barbie Doll for just muslim women. That was the biggest mistake and even the judge thought so.
The fourth round ended and next, was the quarter final. We didn't know who won for the fourth round, and we didn't think that we want to continue with this thing.
THE HOUSE BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD NEED A SUPERHERO
Wow! We won the fourth round. And, as we had three wins and one lost, and we were at the fourth in the ranking, we were qualified to the quarter final. Guess what? We were the government, and our opposition team, was the Skyhawk. For the second time, we felt so worried and yeah, I thought that we would lose. But we had toughened ourselves and we fought them with enthusiasm. The quarter final was really interesting, but I did bad for my reply speech.
We waited for the result and as I expected, the opposition team won the round. So, that was the end of our team but I was really having fun in debating. I hope next year I will get the chance to enter the school debate competition again. Hmm... I think my story has gotten too long. Haha. I think that's all I want to share. Okay, so, goodbye.
I must admit that all the topics for the debate competition are quite tough and WEIRD! about poligamy, barbie dolls,superhero, smoking..hahaha
ReplyDeletebut, it's good as it can promote critical thinking among all of you..it enables to improve your English as well..
=)