Final Debates: Make or Break Your Grade

Never mind the lingo, just bear with me.....

I am not saying I am a great debater. I am saying my partner is not.

Guess what?

My team did our final debate today. Wow. My partner. Wow.

Our original affirmative team didn't show up, so we debate against a different thrown-together affirmative team. One of them being a usual negative. They never read through their plan, so it should be an easy win, right?! NO!!! We probably lost because my partner doesn't really know what is going on. She read evidence that supported our opponent's case. She says "what should I do" all the time. She was VERY rude during cross ex. Then, when I said "You can't be rude!", she said, the other girl was rude. It was the other girl's cross ex! SHE IS ALLOWED TO CUT YOU OFF! Then she accused me of not being there. Rrright. Since I was in the room. She says phrases like "and stuff". She just mutters things if she doesn't know how to say them, words like "explicit" and "instructions". She doesn't flow. AHHHHHHHH....

Oh, and everyone knows what "concede" means, right? Right. WRONG! Not my partner. She said, "We concede on inherecy, but we also win it." Yeah, that doesn't make sense. At all. [concede means give up, which Kerry did to Bush, yeah!].

Yeah, I feel like we failed. And it wasn't because of me this time. Sure, I said "um" and "they" a few times. I am not perfect, either. I have my flaws. That is not my point. The point is, she doesn't know how to debate.

This is the truth too, I am not trying to make me look good. I promise.

Jordan

PLEASE EXCUSE MY VENTING.