Girl Wonder
“Mr. Peterson, the debate coach, rapped his chalk against the blackboard. “Memorize. For the next nine months you will eat, sleep, and breathe these words.”
Sitting at the desk to my left, Neal made a slitting motion across his throat. I shook my head as if he were an amusing child. Did he know how adorable he was?
Mr. Peterson caught my eye. “What do you think of our resolution, Miss Locke?”
“Um—I feel that it’s an excellent idea? That we’re going to run out of oil?”
Mr. Peterson gazed at me th...rough his Coke-bottle glasses, which gave his eyes a fishy gleam. His expression was all too familiar to me—it was the look of disappointment. “I’m sorry to inform you that how you feel, Miss Locke, doesn’t matter one whit when it comes to policy debate. If you want to win at this game, you have to take your personal beliefs out of the equation. It’s one thing to be able to write a good argument. The question is: how capable are you of articulating an argument even if you don’t believe in what you’re saying?”MoreLess
Sitting at the desk to my left, Neal made a slitting motion across his throat. I shook my head as if he were an amusing child. Did he know how adorable he was?
Mr. Peterson caught my eye. “What do you think of our resolution, Miss Locke?”
“Um—I feel that it’s an excellent idea? That we’re going to run out of oil?”
Mr. Peterson gazed at me th...rough his Coke-bottle glasses, which gave his eyes a fishy gleam. His expression was all too familiar to me—it was the look of disappointment. “I’m sorry to inform you that how you feel, Miss Locke, doesn’t matter one whit when it comes to policy debate. If you want to win at this game, you have to take your personal beliefs out of the equation. It’s one thing to be able to write a good argument. The question is: how capable are you of articulating an argument even if you don’t believe in what you’re saying?”MoreLess
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