As for Julia Gabriel, we lost the last round, not sure if that is good news or bad... but the next round comes in last week in march ... will update when the motion reaches us in the last minute again ... darn.
Well for the last round, held at Westwood Sec (very short bus ride), we lost to Orchid Park Sec.
Motion: This House believes that size zero models should be prevented from the fashion industry.
Speakers for Opposition:
1st: Yong Quan 2nd: Hairil 3rd: Anjelica Reply: Hairil Reserve: ConstanceTimekeeper: Shawn
Overall, adjudicators seemed to have liked this debate because both sides were very structured! They said it was one of the most organised debates they had seen that evening and the previous schools fell short in that. Good for us! Also, they liked the very strong points. One side focusing on how the government should step in when they can and the other saying they should not be given a chance to interfere. They did catch majority of our points when they were announcing the results.
Apparently, the best speaker from the round is Orchid Park's first speaker, ok that i am really not sure why he won. Those who were there, you'd know he was the least audible of their speakers. Maybe it's his structure?
For JSS debaters, here is the verdict. We LOST by 1.5 marks. 1 out of 3 judges voted for us to win, so it was a close fight.
Reviews by the judges:
1. Could have emphasised more on the root of the problem etc. Yong Quan's points.
2. Difficult to catch Hairil's speech. (I think the propo was a little confused too) Correct me if they didn't say that...
3. Anjelica was fine, but they were wondering why she faltered a bit, but still strong. (thanks to me, i'm so sorry anjelica! note to debate sitters: don't look stressed no matter what the cause, and my reason was because i was worried i couldn't have the cards done in time)
They reviewed there could have been differing styles though, (i thought the propo shouldn't score for style in speaking actually) and that the propo were very animated... Let's have someone else to talk about their animated-ness.
Also, I apologise to Hairil. I thought he wouldn't have anything to say for his reply speech, so i did some organised note taking and rebuttals. Didn't come to much use because it made his head swirl.
Ahaha, and we can see how relieved you guys were when your turn was over. Whew! To be honest, I didn't pay attention to the last speech the propo made. Did anyone? These mean people drew caricatures of the judges while they were deciding.. tsktsktsk. I think I'll bring them next time.
Credits time! Cornstance did rebuttals and stood with the debaters throughout. Awww... Okok enough. To be honest, everyone who came to support (or pathetic moral support. okok just kidding) rocked. If it wasn;t for you guys, our debaters wouldn't have gotten this far. THREE CHEERS YA'LL! Say thank you debaters.
Lastly, thanks to Amanda who has helped us through the debate training. Gotta love the points and scripts. She laid the basic foundation for us, so ... thanks! Yep, that's about it.
Cheers,
Corn-stance. :)
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