The Speeches From The De La Salle Cross Training

I didn’t just make it up!  What I talked about here really happened! This picture was taken after three fun-filled rounds at the De Lasalle University. It’s hard to think of a better way to spend one’s weekend. I debated for two rounds and adjudicated for the middle round. Since this comeback of sorts, I’ve been recording my speeches to review and rethink future strategies. I record them not to brandish them around as great performances (I know they’re not quite at the level that I would want them to be), but mainly to 1) zero in regarding points for improvement and 2) hopefully encourage other people to develop their ability in public speaking.

For round 1, I was paired up with Robert T. (the main character in the Hundred Islands Podcast). We were opening government for the motion This House would build casinos to rejuvenate depressed areas. Robert went first and this was his speech. Can you match the voice with one of the faces in the picture above? hehe

I was his deputy, so my role is to build up his arguments and present a new set of premises to further defend our proposal. Here’s how my the speech went:

Robert and I got 2 for the round - the second highest score. This really riled Robert up. This sort of made me upset too, but I decided to play the mature role and tell my teammate to just let it go. :p Adrian thinks my extension argument was crap. Boo!

For the third round, the motion was This House believes that feminism has lost its way. I was the last speaker for the Affirmative/Government side so I had to summarize and build up the points of the Member of Government (Robin).

Photo: stolen from Adrian’s blog

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