Hi y'all - I agree, I'd like to help out but the timing always seems to be a problem. MUDL
On Dec 14, 8:14 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
