Hi, I'm Olivia

I currently do Domestic Extemp at Anderson High School in Austin, TX

for Extemp:

answer the question! 

The main focus of extemp is answering the question. Fluency and content are both important so try your best

email: badenatx@icloud.com

L C Anderson Class of '23

I've competed and state qualified in Congress, Extemp, and PF, TOC qualified in both extemp and congress and know those events well, I've done some PF and understand it but not quite as well.

Congress

Congress is called Congressional Debate for a reason, so make sure you use clash and debate other competitors. This means that you need to call out competitors on the other side of debate when you have a point that conflicts with theirs. After a single cycle of debate you should start to clash other competitors, if you don't this will literally just become an awkward extemp round. If you don't know how to clash, ask me at the start of the round I would much rather explain it than sit through a full round of congress without debate taking place.

Also, I'm going to make this really, really clear right now: if your argument is "it adds to the national debt" or "this agency is corrupt" your argument better be relevant to the actual debate. You can't just argue that adding to the debt is bad or that corruption is bad, you need to have an actual impact. Too many people use these arguments without clear impacts, they're pretty dumb without impacts and if they don't make much sense I will reflect that in your ranking.

On a lighter note, same thing as with extemp, I love funny AGDs!

Extemp

Quantifiable impacts are a really good idea

Please make sure you have transitions of some kind in your speech, transitions don't just make your speech better, they also help me keep track of where you are in your speech

I love funny AGDs and if you make me laugh I'll make sure to reflect that in your ranks.

PF

Tech>truth

I don't eval cross

I'll vote down any racist, homophobic, or sexist argument (literally just don't argue them, use your brain!)

I'm ok with speed but send me your case before you go fast or I may not keep up with your argument

Speed is not the same thing as spreading, if you spread you're gambling on my ability to keep up, if I can't then it's on you (I can generally keep up with more speed if I get the doc that you're reading)