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After hours upon hours of practicing, foren- one of the forms of it, " St. Clair said.
sics and debate students boarded the yellow Debate also came into play when it came to
school busses and headed towards their com- competitive speaking. Just like forensics, when
petition sites to get ready to compete. the tournament began, nerves came out and
The students in forensics had several dif- the excitement came through.
ferent sections they could compete in. Junior "During [the tournament] I felt confident and
James St. Clair excited, but before I felt
competed in Infor- nervous," sophomore
mative Speaking. "Before I debate I feel pumped and Morgan Padrnos said .
His informative, The debates also
a self written ex- ready to go. After a debate, I feel ful- allowed other students
planation of how filled and acomplished" to be creative and let
something works or brianna lile, 12 students write their
what something is, own arguments.
meant a great deal "I enjoyed writing
to him. arguments and then figuring out how to defeat
"I loved performing my informative," St. Clair them from the other side. My partner and I ar-
said. "It was over ADHD, and I liked performing gued a lot [about how to argue]," junior Daniel
it because it meant a lot to me because I have Shats said.

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