My debate team joined a new league this year, in order to attend more tournaments even during the pandemic. Our first tournament this year would be the tournament on December 5th, in the new league, New York Debate League (NYDL, also being my first tournament as a 8th grader. The topics for this tournament were

1. There should be no required subjects in high school.
2. Museums and galleries should display art anonymously
3. The two-party system is bad for American democracy

There were four rounds for the debate, so we debated one of the topics: ‘There should be no required subjects in high school’ 2 times, once on pro and another on con.

My team lost the first round, but I tried to keep positive, after all, there were 3 more rounds. However, after losing the very next round, I began to lose hope. But I knew that I couldn’t just feel bad, instead I just needed to work hard for the next two remaining rounds. After that, we actually won the next two rounds, and ended the tournament 2-2