By the way, I think a debate team for these adolescents is very positive and am glad that you are devoting time to helping out.
On Dec 13, 2:01 pm, Isparklaria <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
