When I decided to leave coaching high school speech and debate to go to law school, one of my students gave me a good luck charm. David had been one of my debaters since his freshman year. He loved debate. Cross-examination debate where you’re teamed with a partner and you argue the same topic for…
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The Measure of a Man
Sometimes you know a man best by knowing his kids. When I first started teaching at Cooper High School, we needed money for our speech team budget, so we hosted a dinner theatre as a fundraiser. Nothing goes better with Greater Tuna than Harold’s Barbecue. Harold came and served the brisket and ‘damn hot sauce’…