I would love for all of you to attend a special presentation of the Memphis Urban Debate League, this coming Monday from 6pm – 8:30, at the main branch of the library. I am a volunteer judge for this highly effective program, which is new to Memphis.
Please excuse me for extending this invitation on such short notice. I sincerely hope that you will be able to make it. There is a good reason that I did not invite you sooner. The debates that I judged before last night were impressive to me, but I did not think that most people would feel the same way. In case you don’t know, I work as a substitute teacher. Few of the Students show any genuine interest in academics. But nearly all of the high school students in the debates are trying hard and very polite. Last night however, I judged a debate that included one of the better teams. The young woman and man on this team were highly skilled debaters; better than anyone that I know. If you like debates you will have a good time. Even if you don’t, you will probably be impressed by obvious amount of hard academic work that the debaters have put in to their preparation. Please come and show your support for a program that is new to Memphis. The debate league is already helping individual students, and, overtime it can be a positive influence on the local youth culture. This link will take you to a web page with more information: http://www.memphisdebate.org/ I hope to see you there, Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
