From Hidden to Finals: How to Excel at Speech and Debate - Paperback

by Nathan Thomas (Author)

To paraphrase Michael Jordan, failure is a great teacher. And boy, have I failed at speech and debate.

My league hides the last few placers in each event. I've been in the hidden 43 times in my career.

Fourteen times, I placed dead last out of everyone. I competed and failed to place in the top 40% 199 times. Twenty-one times, I was one place away.

I've failed over and over and over again in forensics. Since then, I have advanced to finals in all categories of speech and debate many times. Let me share what I learned!

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