Well, working with the Lex program so far has been a blast. I remember, of course, that the reason I committed so much time to this activity in the first place was because it was fun. It’s easy to lose sight of that, as responsibility replaces engagement for so many coaches as time goes on. [...]
One of the things that bored me about speech was how uncreative it was. It’s very difficult to get speech kids to try new things, and go in different directions. Extemp speeches all sound basically the same; oratory too. You can walk into any round of IEs and know immediately what event is being performed. [...]
One of the things about going into a sustained crisis mode is you become exceedingly selfless and selfish at the same time. A hard deadline on time with someone pushes you to give everything you can, and many things you can’t. The price is you take a scalpel to the rest of your life. My [...]
So this post will go up on Thanksgiving. I wrote them all together, ahead of time, but decided to space them out instead of inflicting a Wall of Text on the world. Thanksgiving is a lot of people’s favorite holiday, give that the preparation is minimal compared to Christmas, and the effect longer; it’s a [...]
Usually I talk here about debate, or speech, or related concerns. I don’t promise to make this a blog about such things, but since debate is my major outlet, it seems to fit. Debate is also a useful shield sometimes; among debaters, one can talk about debate for a very long time, and never have [...]