That round went pretty well. The mistake of our opponents was that they blamed potential wars on Trump. They argued that Trump was trigger-happy and would not hesitate to start a war. What they didn\u2018t know, however, was that Sumehra and I had prepared a disad proving that Trump could easily loose the 2020 election. With this one disad we could practically prove that all of their arguments were invalid. So after the round, the judge declared us the winner and we were so happy about it! Winning the first round ever is definitely not something I thought about actually happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we were done with our second round, the third round had already started 23 minutes ago. We entered the room when we were 2 minutes away from an automatic loss. In the second round we were affirmative. We presented our case about Taiwan, but after a few minutes we knew we would loose. One of the team members was not new to debate like everyone else. She had done it for several years and just did this event to show her partner, that was new, how to do it. Not only was she a varsity member, but also she spread, meaning she talked very fast. Spreading is so fast, that most people cannot understand a word. That\u2018s also how my partner and I felt. We really couldn\u2018t understand what she was saying and horribly lost this round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then we had a lunch break. I went back to my spot in the hallway and talked to some other debate kids, while giving some directions inbetween. Then we had our third round, which went almost the exact same way as the first. Our opponents were two boys, obviously freshmen, that also did their first tournament. We beat them without a problem, since they didn\u2018t even know what hegemony was and they also didn\u2018t really answer our questions during cross ex. It was clear that we won, but they were very polite and the atmosphere in the room was a lot better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After the third round I was so relieved that we were done for the day, which I knew we were because at our own tournament we can\u2018t advance to the next round anyway. So I went back to the table in the hallway where I should be giving directions. My partner, again, didn\u2018t show up. I was glad that I still wasn\u2018t alone. Sam from my debate class was there also and we actually had a lot of fun. He\u2018s crazy! XD<\/p>\n\n\n\n A little bit later, Jacob actually showed up at the tournament, which he shouldn\u2018t, but as I was told, his grandparents wanted to see the tournament where their granddaughter Gretchen was participating. So Jacob said hi to me real quick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At my table in the hallway, at that moment, were quite a lot of other debate kids gathered, talking about ….whatever. One of them was Micah, a junior and my debate captain. He is not only what in America we call a snowflake, he\u2018s also a socialist. So after Jacob left, Micah lectured me for about an hour how it\u2018s inexcusable to date a republican and how disguested he is when seeing Jacob and me together. Some of his homies actually agreed with him and added that republicans would be racist, intolerant homophobes that hate minorities. That made me so mad! As far as I can tell, are all the republican people I met here a lot nicer than lefties. For instance, all of my favorite teachers are republicans and I just love them for standing up for their country and not taking shit from anybody. Also, so far, republicans have turned out to acutally be MORE tolerant. Jacob had never said anything bad about people that have different political views, while it seems to be Micah\u2018s hobby to bash everyone that doesn\u2018t agree with him. I didn\u2018t say anything though, since I really didn\u2018t wanna get into an argument. I just played it down a little and thought Micah would forget about that and move on. But that day wasn\u2018t the only moment that he brought that topic up. Actually today in school, my cx partner (now ex-cx-partner) said \u201eYour boyfriend is a homophobe, isn\u2018t he\u201c. Again, that is not only completely wrong, but also so rude to say……. Seriously, I\u2018m telling you…… Republicans are nicer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, after that we started cleaning up already. There were still rounds going on, but the rooms that weren\u2018t used could already be cleaned and locked. So we cleaned up and by the time we were done, it was already 11pm. After we left the school, we still went to Whataburger together for team dinner. Adriana (my host mom\u2018s \u00a8sister\u00a8) picked me and her son Nathan up from school and drove us to Whataburger. On the way there, we talked about the tournament and I said that I was thinking about switching out of CX and do another type of debate instead. I told them that the biggest reason for that was Micah and to my surprise, Nathan said he completely understood my decision and the reason why he doesn\u2018t do CX is because of Micah. He added that if I did LD (Lincoln Douglas Debate), Micah would not be my captain anymore and certainly would not be my boss anymore either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So the next Monday, I told the coach that I wanted to change to LD and not do CX anymore. I\u2018m so glad I made that decision, I have the best captain now: Deborah <3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual Wylie tournament started, like all debate tournaments, early in the morning. I had to get up at 5 already and be there at 6. I was still extremely tired, because the evening before, I had gone to my boyfriend\u2018s house to meet his grandparents that were visiting from Georgia. Looking back, I probably … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/usarahshighschoolyear.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/00B58A87-5656-4E4A-8C2F-EF74A5C3A839-e1570771532612-1024x577.jpeg\")