At the end of this month Texas starts competing. I'm ready and have been studying to my fullest. All I've got left is to memorize my speech. Any tips on ...
I personally hate memorizing things, but it is unfortunately a necessary evil for speech to be competitive. As what most musicians do, you just have to keep ...
So I think I'm prepared for running the Ohio state Decathlon championship this weekend. ... having coaches judge students in speeches and interviews. I am...
This year's representative to USAD and San Antonio from the state of Ohio is Willoughby South High School, which successfully defended its state championship...
Hi, I just joined. We've already competed in Kings County, CA, and I'm on the team that's going to State. I go to Lemoore High, and we've gone to state 16 out...
<< I go to Lemoore High, and we've gone to state 16 out of the 18 years Kings County's been doing this, although we never do any better than state. Our ...
They ran our Art scores through the computer using the Music answer key. They had posted half of the scores before realizing their mistake. Then, they scored ...
Yipes. I should mince words a bit more, but to say it bluntly, that's pretty damn incompetent. I know the nuances of the computer program (or some of them...
I'm sure it will all work out and our local AD people will get the cotton out of their ears and listen to us. We really just want to know how we genuinely...
<< I'm sure it will all work out and our local AD people will get the cotton out of their ears and listen to us. We really just want to know how we ...
I'm sure it'll work out and if it doesn't we're going to have some heavy duty complaining going on. As for now, we're just preparing for the State Competition...
Well, my team placed fifth in our division, 35th overall. I won a bronze in essay and a silver in music. One of our team members got four gold medals and a ...
is now posted on the USAD web site <a href=http://www.usad.org/ target=new>http://www.usad.org/</a> . Part of a three-year theme, this year's overarching topic...
Sorry, but for the moment I'm limited to the Los Angeles Times report at <a href=http://www.latimes.com/editions/ventura/vcnews/20000417/t000036279.html...
At my school, an announcement is made on the PA to invite people to apply to be on the team. The best candidates are interviewed. Then a testing day is held,...
We go through a three-step process. First, teachers recommend students based on potential/grades/work ethic. Second, around 75 kids are picked to take tests ...
Another question for you all: what is your favorite impromptu speech topic and your least favorite?<br><br>I also want to get suggestions on what type of ...
Favorite topic: "What is the one thing about Acadec that you would like to see removed and or changed?"<br><br>I told them that I wanted to get rid of the ...
I suppose here are a few zingers I remember... ... A few of the teams from more rural areas did not take too well with this topic being a choice. :) Those from...
If you guys have HBO (which I don't actually), there is coming up this month an HBO original film entitled "Cheaters", regarding the scandal in 1995 at the ...
Hrm...I wonder if I've actually posted here before...<br><br>At any rate, that incident and the aftermath still sits kinda strange for me...I was a member of...
in Re:<br>:::::::::<br>One more thing to ask: most judges are savvy enough to figure out who is from what school. I don't know what one can do to prevent (us)...