Equalization of funding is desirable for Texas public school

are you going to the summit tournament tomarrow?

wait, summit is in mansfield, im going to your tournament tomarrow

Hey is anybody going to the Brownwood tourmament?

haha ya o boy i just gave my opponent all my arguements lol

tell me what you look like and i'll tell you who i am before i leave. thisway you wont know who i am so i wont have to worry about you creating counter arguements for my case before or if we debate.

haha, hm...are you still allowed to place at your own tournament?

not my tournament, im from mansfield highschool summit is hosting this

Keep in mind that while it's important to have good arguments, it's equally important to make good arguments. Assuming the words are the same, just reading what someone else wrote will never substitute for an impassioned, heartfelt plea.

And remember the first rule of law (the one they teach every new law student on the very first day):

"When the facts are on your side, pound the facts; when the law is on your side pound the law; and when neither the facts nor the law is on your side, pound the lectern."

(That's a joke. Don't do that. Really. It's only for stupid grown-ups to do.)

Good luck to all who are debating today. Let us know how it went. Tell us who won and who lost, what worked and what didn't.

hey thanks a lot for the help guys. i ended up going 4-2 and got second at my the summit tournament for novice LD

My first loss was cause my judge was an idiot lol. my opponent was good aswell so that didnt help but i beat him the next round going neg.

My neg case didnt lose till finals and i lost there for two reasons A. being my opponent had all my information before the round even started from her friend who i had previously beat and B. my judges were so taken by one of her arguements that hadnt been made before (good counter arguement to my case, fit well since she HAD MY CASE BEFORE HAND) that they pretty much ignored my showing to them that her case still sucked.

O well second palce at my second tournament as a freshman i dont think is to bad

A superb finish for anyone, particularly a frosh, presto. Congratulations.

thanks my coach was happier then i was lol it was really cool. wish summit was a better tournament however all i recieved was a little medal deal and for varsity they didnt even get a trophy

i didnt even make it to quaterfinals because of this judge. my opponent didnt even know how to write or argue an LD case. he just went up there and said my value is this, my cr is this, then sat down. the judge stops the round and says to my opponent "you know you lose, right? b/c you cant win b/c you didnt even argue your opponent's case" he said, "i know". then she spent the next half an hour giving us some helpful advice, says she has to turn in the ballot so we had to leave. i then find out that if you're 2 and one you automatically make it in. so i'm all happy. then i found out i didnt make it in, but the guy who didnt know what he was doing made it in. then i finally get the ballot and, get this, she voted for him because she liked him better when talking to us afterwards. so i didnt even make it to quaters. i lost my second round with neg because i used the exact words "life isn't fair, get over it". so i went 1-2 for the day when i should have went 2-1 for the day and go on to quaters. but on the bright sid i got a total of 74 speaker points in three rounds(the most you could get was 75).

hey presto, are you short with short blonde hair and glasses?

that really sucks dude, and no im tall with brown hair and i did have contacts but after that super long tournament i tried to take out my contacts and they moved to the back of my eye ball in my head lol so next tournament i might have glasses by the next tournament

im from mansfield

Preston Nix #16

i dont remember someone tall with brown hair. i was the tall one with a blue tie and long, curly brown hair.

what school are you from?

K well only guy im thinking of broke into octo and was from duncanville i believe idk. Im NLD btw, if you're varsity i wont have seen you

i, too, was novice for this was only my second tournament. but i thought that there were no octo, only went to quart and so on. but we never matched against eachother. and congrats on getting second. maybe we'll run into eachother some other time.

and i'm from arlington heights btw.

well, this is fun to watch unfold. hey, ya'll do know there are private messages on here, right? no matter, me and PDiddie like to watch and comment, huh Diddie?

lol ya, sorry about that.

btw something to look out for is that link to the texas contstitution someone in here posted. i used that and it did quite well

yup, i liked that one too. I am so jealous that ya'll get to debate this topic!!!! I can't until district, which is like in March!!! At least I will have some really good info by then.

It's all you, hype. I'm too old and busted to be in here just chattin' wich y'all.

But I do wish all y'all wouldn't be concerned about thinking you're giving up arguments to the competition. This thread has been great for research and you all should keep adding to it.

But you're going to win or lose on the faceoff. So practice and perfect your technique. Because you are the Texas school students who will be affected by the funding question, argue a neg or an aff with conviction. That's how you score points. Enthusiasm, intensity -- whatever works for you. If you're bored or tired or uninterested, it'll be obvious, and you'll lose. Go back and look at blazeg's post about the kid who just went through the motions. Why would anyone get up early on a Saturday and show up like that? Just stay in bed next time, I say.

Feel it. And the judge will feel you. Having some good words to say is only half the battle.

(And if any of you would happen to know how one becomes a judge in the Houston area, please let me know.)