Debate Reflection

Preparing for the debate was a little harder than I thought. We decided to split the subjects up in groups of two so that not only two people would be speaking. I ended up with the subject about history. The actual reason title was "History Has Made Us What We Are." I had an interesting time trying to find direct facts about that argument, so I mostly did the whole thing on concepts. I worked together with Isaiah to figure out the perfect wording, and eventually got the rhythm right.

I think my part turned out well. For not using very many facts, I got an equal as far as the rating of the reason, so I'm okay with my work. Thanks to Isaiah, though! He developed the first and last paragraphs.

Silvino and Thien definitely stood out on my team. Their arguments were very solid and they spoke very well. Plus, they earned the points for their reasons (yes!).

I definitely didn't change my opinions, though. If anything, I learned how to articulate my own thoughts by the arguments of others. Plus, there was one argument, Silvino's, that I hadn't really thought about which became clearer to me at the end of this debate.

Overall, it was fun.