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Experience: Debated for 4 years in HS; 2x NCFL competitor and finalist in policy; 2022 NSDA competitor in policy and 2023 competitor in IX, Prose, and Impromptu (Octofinalist)

Email: naomi.derby19@gmail.com

Things you should know:

Speed: Feel free to go as fast as you see fit; however, please make sure that you are signposting and that you are at least somewhat coherent. Will say clear if absolutely necessary.

CX: Please be cordial during this time and I don't care whether you use open or closed tbh

T: No specific preferences, but at least make sure that you are doing all of the work i.e standards & voters instead of just throwing out an interpretation with no context

DA: I really enjoy the work done on econ disadvantages, especially when there is a strong link. Any disads are fine, again, as long as you clearly explain the story and don't just provide buzzwords like "O/W & Turns case," etc. I really don't love politics disadvantage as I feel that the links are very weak, but I will evaluate them regardless granted that you do sufficient line-by-line explanations.

CP: Please provide a net benefit. On Aff, explain how the perm can solve for the CP and why your plan has greater solvency. For Neg, do the same work on solvency, and please extend your CP into the block as 9/10 times, it's not as bad as you think it is.

K: You will have to explain each of your FW arguments in order for me to buy the story- if you do not provide a competitive alternative I will likely not vote on the K, but feel free to go for the Link and ! if you would like to drop the alt after the block (but be sure to do all of the work to answer alt defense before doing so). I have gone for afro-pessimism, cap, and set-col so I am most familiar with that literature, though I am open to evaluating any critical arguments read throughout the debate.

please give me good song recommendations- will give extra speaker points if they're actually good XOXO.

for forensics:

extemp: as long as your claims are substantiated appropriately with 5-8 sources I will be content. please have clear transitions and make sure to perhaps include a fun or attention grabbing introduction that is relevant to current events or pop culture. please avoid personal anecdotes that are not relevant to the prompt in a significant way.

impromptu:general note is to honestly just make me giggle and i'll feel pretty good about your performance.

literally every other event: you probably know what you're doing better than I do, so if you do it well and I can tell you've practiced you'll be fine. also if you're going to talk about something triggering a heads up would be nice.

have fun !!!