Tournament scrapbook - World Schools Debating Championships

ISRAEL
12/3/08 10:04 AM
by trade, Matan holds the Israeli record for most hotdogs stuffed into a mouth
at one time. Yoni was swift to recognize the debating potential of anyone with
such a big mouth and lust for public degradation.
Next up was “the ditzy cheerleader”, Batzion Ben-David, who made the team
thanks to her coach's somewhat iffy linear logic - "no one could possibly be
that clueless, could they? Therefore, she must be a genius!". In all fairness
though, Batzion is yet to lose a fashion debate.
The role of "troubled kid who turns out to have a heart of gold" was given to
Moshe Rosenchein, who was always a rather disturbed character, sitting in
dark corners by himself during prep room and accusing his teammates of
being capitalist pigs whenever they brought up economic arguments. Heartof-gold
turn-up is still TBA.
Vered Shpiro was cast as "the bright and annoyingly nerdy girl, who turns out
to be really good at whatever sport the guys are playing". In the movies she
also ends up with the dashingly good-looking captain who leads his team to
victory, but unfortunately, that was the one role Yoni forgot to fill.
Nevertheless, Benji Kalman’s spot on the team was never doubted, as in
every sport movie worth its salt there's always one guy who's so completely
hopeless he can barely run, let alone engage in real action. It almost seemed
like Benji was born for this role, as to this day, after several years of
international debating, he is still trying to decipher what on earth could
"THBT" possibly mean.
Asher Weill, the heartless businessman who wants to destroy the playing-field
to make place for a new shopping mall, knows trouble and wacky times are
afoot. If underdog movies are at all reliable, then this is indeed a team to be
reckoned with, or, at the very least, laughed at.
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