There’s a kid on your team. He’s a sophomore who did really well in his novice year. He came close to breaking at a finals bid tournament last week; just missed on speaks. He’s active and engaged in practice, and helps his teammates out. He loves debate, signs up for every tournament, and helps his [...]
I went to Greenhill for the first time last weekend, as the proud coach of the eventual tournament champion no less. Winning the first time around isn’t a bad way to begin with a tournament, I have to say. L’Etoile debated 19 times over the course of the round robin and the tournament, and we [...]
We’d like debate to be fair. We’d like our tournaments to be maintained and run impartially, distantly, and to follow the covenants made with the attendees ahead of time, both those spelled out and those generally understood. We’d like students to advance or not based on the merits of their arguments and the quality [...]
A one time story. This past weekend was the New York City Invitational at the Bronx High School of Science. I wish I knew where Cruz gets his energy; after all, I’m exhausted enough at tournaments I run, and I call them things like “Yale.” I’d never been to Big Bronx before, and was hoping [...]