Ridgeway,+Andrew

I want to see you do whatever it is you do best, but I do have a handful of things that I constantly seem to find myself saying to high school debaters:


 * I prefer to listen to a handful of well developed arguments than to dozens of poorly explained arguments.
 * I'd rather listen to a debater who is smart than listen to a debater who is fast.
 * "Extinction" is not a tag.
 * Just because you //can// say something doesn't mean you //should//.
 * If you can't explain your kritik to your parents, you haven't researched it enough and you probably shouldn't run it in front of me.
 * I don't understand your acronyms.
 * Some things just aren't funny. Know where to draw the line.
 * Don't interrupt your partner.
 * If you know you'll never go for a particular argument in the 2NR, don't include it in the 1NC.
 * Don't be rude or condescending towards your opponents.
 * Cross-examination is a speech. It should proceed according to a strategy.
 * Don't impact turn things that are obviously terrible.
 * Don't forget to ask me about the SCuFI.