Saturday was the Continental League Speech and Debate Tournament at Douglas County High School. I had been working on my Humor piece over winter beak, and I'd also been spending a lot of time with Ms. Graham trying to perfect it. We made a BUNCH of changes, from one of my voices to where I put my intro. At the other tournaments I had gone to I never ranked higher than 3rd in my rounds. Well, I placed 6th overall in Humor. My first round I was ranked 1st. My second round, 4th(I knew my round wasn't as good as it could have been, I stumbled in the beginning and it threw me off). And my third round, I ranked 2nd. It was incredible! My friend Shamita was doing Humor for the first time, so she was freaking out. Not to mention in her first round there was a girl performing her exact same piece. Well, Shamita tied for 1st place! She was stunned. She deserved it, she worked really hard. Ok, I'll admit, I was a tad jealous. I mean, I wanted to place in the top three--not to mention get the medal--, but at least Shamita got 1st. I got another ribbon for my lovely collection. But, hey, there are always other tournaments...
My journey to lettering is getting closer to an end...
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Ashley,
I got teary reading your comment on my blog just now, and I'm not the crying type. Thanks for your encouragement, and I'm so glad you feel comfortable talking to me. You are an outstanding person, and it's a pleasure to be your teacher. Thanks again.
--Kakos
P.S. Congratulations once again on your speech victory!
Yes Ashley, you can do it!!! You are going to letter, I know it!
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