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Beyond a Debate Contest...

5/9/2017

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P.6 Debate Team had a thank-you party with Mr Tam in celebration for the end of the tournament season.
The 4th Primary School Debating Tournament (organized by ARCH) didn't bring us a champion this year, yet the teammates' learning was well beyond what they were taught for the contests. Let's read some of their reflections here:
6A Isaac Chan:

After this debating tournament, our year of debating has come to the end.  Yet, it has just been a tip of an iceberg to all of our dreams of encountering this wonderful piece of art.

Debating may be slightly tough and requires a lot of hard work.  Take this tournament, for instance, debaters had to prepare for four sets of scripts.  However, with our diligent debating coach Mr. Tam’s infinite assistance during our training, we managed to deal with our scripts and arguments. At the end of the day, no matter whether we gained victory or not, we found out that our hard work has evidently paid off.

Through this tournament (and in fact, this whole debating experience), I have changed a lot in comparison.  At first, I was definitely not the kind of person who had bold and strong arguments in mind,  But now, I have learnt the skills to attack the opponents and defend our own arguments at the same time which will be beneficial for my whole life.  Moreover, I was only able to do verse speaking, but now I have leapt a bigger step in public speaking, which is quite a pleasant thing.

We have done a lot in a year of debating lessons, and this has been as if a dawn from a long dream.  I will never leave this wonderful dream which I have experienced and which I have been sharing with by my coach and teammates.  I would like to show my gratitude to the school for providing me with such a wonderful time. 

Therefore, from the bottom of my heart, we must all continue this wonderful dream.  Thank you very much
!
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6A Oscar Chan:

This is exactly how I, Oscar Chan, wishes to end the fruitful years in my primary life in Ying Wa. Although we did not get the championship in this competition this time and there would be disappointment, I’m sure I’ll have many more opportunities to have a try in debating with others in the rest of my school life. Moreover, as Mrs. Lam always says, winning is not everything, but at least we tried our best, and that’s enough for me.

Winning this particular competition was actually my first intention before the match, as I didn’t want to look bad compared to the wonderful performance in the same competition last year from the previous teammates, and also not wanting to let Mr. Tam, our team coach down. But as the competition went on, I realized that as long I enjoyed the whole process of the match, it’s enough. And I did. That’s already a huge step for me and also a brand new opportunity.

As I’ve mentioned, I think it’s also really important to learn how to lose. How to accept failure. What’s life without a few of them? You can never be perfect anyway, so if you have already done your best, that’s it! You did what you can! Furthermore, you’ve got to have sportsmanship in every activity. There must be a reason why you lost in a competition, why someone was better than you. It’s even better if you lose. You can learn from your mistakes and improve afterwards, while winning can’t.

So that’s what I’ve learnt after the Debating Tournament. Thanks for reading! 


Coach Mr Tam’s final remarks

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the seven teammates for all of your effort devoted on debating and all of you have proved yourselves to be incredible debaters and confident speakers. You have all come a long way and your improvement is impressive. 

What touches me most is the teamwork among us. I will never forget the day when all of your decorated the classroom using the cuecards which you have used in the competition and prepared the sweetest surprise for me. I was pleasantly shocked and emotional when I saw the words on the board and that was one of the personal highlights of my teaching life. Thank you once again and good luck to you all! Utilize the skills and knowledge that you have learnt in the future and continue to thrive!   

6 Comments
Dr H C Lee
5/9/2017 05:33:59 pm

I love the spirit and manner of this team! You are already champions in many ways! Keep this up! ^^

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Mike Wong link
5/9/2017 08:28:25 pm

Wow. That’s all I could say! This journey of debating was unbelievably amazing. I would like to give a HUGE thank you to Mr. Tam for giving me an incredibly valuable opportunity to be a member in the debating team, and for choosing me to be one of the three representatives to compete in the Debating Tournament, giving me this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I enjoyed every second of it, no matter is it a normal practice, a mock debate or the competition. I’ve learnt soooo much during the training. At the beginning of the year, I hardly know what a rebuttal is and I don’t understand what a umbrella term is, and now, I feel like I learnt a lot and changed really much.

I am very very grateful to be able to work with such an amazing team of geniuses, I would like to thank them for being such am awesome teammate and for being helpful and very supportive and also for treating everyone as a team.

Throughout this journey, it really did train my courage to step up in front of an audience and speak. I used to be an extremely timid person, and doesn’t like talking in front of a crowd. I would never ever forget these amazing memories and the team spirit we share.

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Calix Deng
5/9/2017 08:28:47 pm

Mr. Tam, you have inspired me a lot and I am more confident now. I sure have learnt a lot of you! Now I am more capable of doing public speaking, making good arguments, and also making prompt responses. I would like to show my most sincere gratitude to our decent coach, Mr. Tam and all my supportive teammates!

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James Tam
5/9/2017 09:39:45 pm

Indeed our debating journey this year was fantastic.I would like to thank Mr.Tam for granting me the opportunity to be a member in the debating team, and all teammates for their supports and friendship.I have learnt a lot from the wonderful experience.I gained confidence, improved my presentation skills and a lot more.I will always have these lovely memories in my mind.

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Oscar Chan
5/9/2017 09:51:07 pm

We owe it all to Mr.Tam! Thanks Dr. Lee for the compliment!

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Calix's Mum
5/9/2017 11:17:33 pm

Thanks Mr Tam for coaching our boys! I'm sure they have learnt a lot from you which will benefit them throughout the life! Btw, I enjoy reading the photos with all your big smiles. :-P

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