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Personal Narrative: The High School Debate

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One of the places that I have personally observed and felt judgments based on my gender and presence was in high school debate. A fun fact about me is that I competed in Speech and Debate for four years and earned four varsity letters from my beloved GlenOak High School. My category was known as Public Forum Debate and my partner was my long time best friend Malcolm Guy IV. Two teams consisting of two people would give alternating speeches for their side, either affirming or negating the selected topic of the month. The side that I had to represent was determined by a coin flip at the beginning of each round. Every month each debate team prepared to defend and attack both the Con and Pro side. Topics ranged from the NSA, universal healthcare,
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