#memorablemomentsineducation #5:

#memorablemomentsineducation #5:
In honor of Back to Speech and Debate night this evening, I want to remember the moment that set me on a path. I was in 9th grade at a junior high, and kids from the high school debate team came to perform in front of our English class. We saw a little interp and an abbreviated CX Debate (I think). I don’t know what possessed me, but at that moment I decided I wanted to do that, I decided I could actually do that! Within weeks I found myself attempting a Duo with Cari Koster where we re-enacted a famous scene from Huck Finn. I vividly remember us sitting on the floor of a classroom attempting pseudo-Southern accents (I’m sure I missed the idea they were impersonating European royalty) and trying to recall our lines. I was terrible, but I did it. And it was the doing that led me onto the high school team where I got much better.