1 00:00:01,173 --> 00:00:02,899 Viewers like you make this program possible. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:03,003 --> 00:00:05,350 Support your local PBS station. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,184 What's the warrant behind that? 6 00:00:12,288 --> 00:00:13,703 - Your evidence can tell me whatever it wants. 7 00:00:13,806 --> 00:00:15,394 I'm asking you to explain the logic behind it. 8 00:00:15,498 --> 00:00:18,390 HATTIE: So I went to debate camp for girls, and they said, 9 00:00:18,870 --> 00:00:20,240 "Try to talk a little lower." 10 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:21,290 - Hold up, hold up. 11 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:22,870 - "Don't interrupt boys." 12 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,900 - Wait, look, can you just let us finish? 13 00:00:25,473 --> 00:00:28,690 ANIKA: You have to be successful in your own way. 14 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:30,230 It comes from us. 15 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,240 We coach each other. 16 00:00:32,250 --> 00:00:36,110 GABY: We all see ourselves as maybe the ones who can change things. 17 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:37,690 [laughing, screaming] 18 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:40,040 TINA MCDUFFIE: Girl Talk,on Local, U.S.A. 19 00:00:40,868 --> 00:00:45,114 ♪ 20 00:00:48,772 --> 00:00:50,188 Judge ready? 21 00:00:50,291 --> 00:00:52,466 Great, let's begin. 22 00:00:52,569 --> 00:00:55,848 We affirm the resolved: single-gender classrooms 23 00:00:55,952 --> 00:00:57,712 would improve the quality of education 24 00:00:57,816 --> 00:00:59,197 in American public schools. 25 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:00,853 The choice in the round today is 26 00:01:00,957 --> 00:01:02,303 between the probable cause standard 27 00:01:02,407 --> 00:01:04,167 and the reasonable suspicion standard, 28 00:01:04,271 --> 00:01:05,651 which is in the status quo. 29 00:01:05,755 --> 00:01:08,033 The United States will never strike North Korea 30 00:01:08,137 --> 00:01:09,310 if they believe that their troops 31 00:01:09,414 --> 00:01:11,450 in South Korea will be harmed. 32 00:01:11,554 --> 00:01:13,038 They're not going to be vulnerable, 33 00:01:13,142 --> 00:01:14,695 'cause one, they can defend themselves, 34 00:01:14,798 --> 00:01:16,386 and two, the U.S.-Japanese alliance will protect them 35 00:01:16,490 --> 00:01:18,768 because the U.S. is gonna be there in six hours. 36 00:01:18,871 --> 00:01:21,495 With the embargo lifted, Cuba would instead choose 37 00:01:21,598 --> 00:01:23,048 to resume trade with American companies 38 00:01:23,152 --> 00:01:25,361 because our exports are more in line 39 00:01:25,464 --> 00:01:30,400 with Latin American trade interests, thus we affirm. 40 00:01:30,504 --> 00:01:33,679 ♪ 41 00:01:41,515 --> 00:01:46,554 ♪ 42 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:01,845 ♪ 43 00:02:01,949 --> 00:02:04,331 ALL: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 44 00:02:04,434 --> 00:02:06,160 ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 45 00:02:06,264 --> 00:02:08,058 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 46 00:02:08,162 --> 00:02:09,853 ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 47 00:02:09,957 --> 00:02:11,786 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 48 00:02:11,890 --> 00:02:14,134 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. 49 00:02:14,237 --> 00:02:15,514 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. 50 00:02:15,618 --> 00:02:17,067 One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two. 51 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:20,381 One, one, one, one. 52 00:02:20,485 --> 00:02:24,074 To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, 53 00:02:24,178 --> 00:02:25,386 in a pestilential prison 54 00:02:25,490 --> 00:02:27,664 with a life-long lock. [all clap] 55 00:02:27,768 --> 00:02:30,840 Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock 56 00:02:30,943 --> 00:02:34,740 from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block! 57 00:02:34,844 --> 00:02:39,883 [talking in background] 58 00:02:43,024 --> 00:02:45,751 Hey, guys! Guys! 59 00:02:45,855 --> 00:02:50,031 So the general plan is that we're gonna do block drills, 60 00:02:50,135 --> 00:02:52,448 and after that, you get to do varsity-novice mock rounds, 61 00:02:52,551 --> 00:02:54,691 where varsity will debate with you. 62 00:02:54,795 --> 00:02:57,453 Currently, they can give humanitarian aid 63 00:02:57,555 --> 00:02:59,558 while acting in their national interests. 64 00:02:59,662 --> 00:03:04,322 [students talking indistinctly] 65 00:03:04,425 --> 00:03:06,324 - So at the bottom of it, when we're all people, 66 00:03:06,427 --> 00:03:08,222 we're all responsible for saving any life, 67 00:03:08,326 --> 00:03:10,500 whether it's in our country or in other countries. 68 00:03:10,603 --> 00:03:12,122 And you're actually saving lives... 69 00:03:12,226 --> 00:03:14,504 BELLA: Debate is like a bubble. 70 00:03:14,608 --> 00:03:16,644 It's a whole different world. 71 00:03:16,748 --> 00:03:18,612 - So you can't actually quantify how much... 72 00:03:18,715 --> 00:03:21,925 It's about exuding the confidence and delivering, 73 00:03:22,029 --> 00:03:26,965 so that people believe that what you are saying is true. 74 00:03:27,068 --> 00:03:28,691 First social contract. 75 00:03:28,794 --> 00:03:30,348 Peop... 76 00:03:30,451 --> 00:03:32,142 [grunts] BELLA: Don't worry, don't worry. 77 00:03:32,246 --> 00:03:33,351 Just do it. - Okay. 78 00:03:33,454 --> 00:03:34,731 For my next point... 79 00:03:34,835 --> 00:03:36,630 BELLA: You have to have the stamina. 80 00:03:36,733 --> 00:03:39,874 The people that drop out are the people 81 00:03:39,978 --> 00:03:43,775 that can't handle the pressure, can't handle the stress. 82 00:03:43,878 --> 00:03:47,986 I would also say just not letting anyone, 83 00:03:48,089 --> 00:03:50,126 like, get in your way. 84 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:52,646 [people talking in background] 85 00:03:52,749 --> 00:03:55,131 And if you're ambitious and you work hard 86 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:57,064 and you just keep going, 87 00:03:57,167 --> 00:04:00,136 you take away something from a debate, 88 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,726 something so much more important. 89 00:04:03,829 --> 00:04:06,073 Something bigger. 90 00:04:06,176 --> 00:04:07,523 - That's the government's main role, 91 00:04:07,626 --> 00:04:09,145 and it's what they should be prioritizing 92 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,320 because it's their job. 93 00:04:17,843 --> 00:04:22,469 [birds twittering] 94 00:04:22,572 --> 00:04:24,540 BELLA: At the top of the contention, 95 00:04:24,643 --> 00:04:26,887 it says, "There will be 200 million refugees 96 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:28,578 "from climate change by 2050, 97 00:04:28,682 --> 00:04:31,512 which is over 50 times worse than the current Syrian crisis." 98 00:04:31,616 --> 00:04:34,515 - Yeah, we should... - Like, now we can save lives. 99 00:04:34,619 --> 00:04:36,172 BELLA: Okay, so make change now? 100 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,622 - Yeah, kind of. 101 00:04:37,725 --> 00:04:39,279 - Instead of waiting for what might happen. 102 00:04:39,382 --> 00:04:40,659 BELLA: Okay. 103 00:04:40,763 --> 00:04:43,144 GABY [voiceover]: I have always been taught 104 00:04:43,248 --> 00:04:46,182 to be obedient, I guess, 105 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:50,980 and to listen and be respectful. 106 00:04:51,082 --> 00:04:54,328 But I never really learned how to stand up for myself 107 00:04:54,432 --> 00:04:57,849 or share my thoughts or just say that I disagreed 108 00:04:57,952 --> 00:04:59,851 with an authority figure in general. 109 00:04:59,954 --> 00:05:02,474 BELLA: Well, right, didn't your last sentence... 110 00:05:02,578 --> 00:05:04,338 GABY [voiceover]: Even in, like, in class, telling people 111 00:05:04,442 --> 00:05:07,237 that, like, I disagreed with them on a subject. 112 00:05:07,341 --> 00:05:08,549 JAY: You're telling me I'm pro, 113 00:05:08,653 --> 00:05:11,034 I can save, say, four million lives. 114 00:05:11,138 --> 00:05:13,623 Why are you telling me you'll save lives but I'm not? 115 00:05:13,727 --> 00:05:15,384 BELLA: It makes sense that like, okay, like... 116 00:05:15,487 --> 00:05:16,832 GABY: It's better to save 117 00:05:16,937 --> 00:05:18,697 four million lives than two million lives. 118 00:05:18,801 --> 00:05:20,320 ANIKA: Like, I feel, I feel like that's the same point 119 00:05:20,423 --> 00:05:21,700 that we make the other way. 120 00:05:21,804 --> 00:05:23,219 GABY [voiceover]: At debate, all it is 121 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:24,496 is the back and forth of, like, 122 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:25,773 "Oh, I have this idea." 123 00:05:25,877 --> 00:05:27,499 "Well, what about this response?" 124 00:05:27,603 --> 00:05:29,329 "But what about the response to that response?" 125 00:05:29,432 --> 00:05:33,298 So, this back-and-forth basically meant 126 00:05:33,402 --> 00:05:36,715 that we were almost arguing all the time, 127 00:05:36,819 --> 00:05:40,098 but, like, kind of amicable arguing. 128 00:05:40,201 --> 00:05:43,481 [talking indistinctly] 129 00:05:43,584 --> 00:05:46,138 We should probably just, like, call the date on the card, 130 00:05:46,242 --> 00:05:47,381 'cause... - Yeah. 131 00:05:47,485 --> 00:05:49,418 Okay, so where are you guys at? 132 00:05:49,521 --> 00:05:51,523 Or, like, where do you need, I think, the most help? 133 00:05:51,627 --> 00:05:53,491 I think you have to... - My case. 134 00:05:53,594 --> 00:05:55,734 - I think the most basic for you is, finish, 135 00:05:55,838 --> 00:05:58,599 get your cases out of the way. - Yeah. 136 00:05:58,703 --> 00:06:00,498 ANIKA [voiceover]: I was first 137 00:06:00,601 --> 00:06:04,398 inspired to join debate because my parents told me to. 138 00:06:04,502 --> 00:06:06,366 I didn't actually think I was gonna like debate. 139 00:06:06,469 --> 00:06:09,645 In fact, I resisted joining really heavily. 140 00:06:09,748 --> 00:06:11,232 BELLA: I just wanna be able to help you guys... 141 00:06:11,336 --> 00:06:12,786 ANIKA [voiceover]: You know what I mean? 142 00:06:12,889 --> 00:06:14,270 When you think cool things to do in high school, 143 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:15,513 I don't think debate team. [laughs] 144 00:06:15,616 --> 00:06:16,790 And it's not, like, 145 00:06:16,893 --> 00:06:18,516 "Oh, wow, you're on the debate team? 146 00:06:18,619 --> 00:06:21,760 You're super-cool." 147 00:06:21,864 --> 00:06:27,732 [singing a cappella, harmonizing] 148 00:06:29,768 --> 00:06:34,463 ♪ I remember all of the things I have done ♪ 149 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:37,949 ♪ And I wanted to be 150 00:06:39,502 --> 00:06:41,435 [voiceover]: When I was younger, 151 00:06:41,539 --> 00:06:44,887 I was kind of your stereotypical girly girl. 152 00:06:44,990 --> 00:06:46,992 I loved makeup. 153 00:06:47,096 --> 00:06:48,477 I loved dressing up. 154 00:06:48,580 --> 00:06:51,134 Watching all those Disney princess movies. 155 00:06:51,238 --> 00:06:55,173 [singing continues] 156 00:06:55,276 --> 00:06:57,002 ♪ When the pain 157 00:06:57,106 --> 00:06:58,694 Yeah, that's the part. 158 00:06:58,797 --> 00:07:00,834 [voiceover]: I was obsessed with "American Idol." 159 00:07:00,937 --> 00:07:02,249 Like, I would watch it religiously. 160 00:07:02,352 --> 00:07:03,630 I would record every episode 161 00:07:03,733 --> 00:07:05,425 and watch it over and over and over again. 162 00:07:05,528 --> 00:07:07,081 We can do one more run-through with music. 163 00:07:07,185 --> 00:07:08,807 How about that? ANIKA: Yeah. 164 00:07:08,911 --> 00:07:11,431 ♪ When the pain cuts you deep 165 00:07:11,534 --> 00:07:13,053 [voiceover]: And then when I joined 166 00:07:13,156 --> 00:07:14,364 the Newton South Debate Team, 167 00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:16,781 I was so passionate about debate. 168 00:07:16,884 --> 00:07:19,577 I would spend hours messaging 169 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,165 varsity members and asking them questions about debate. 170 00:07:22,269 --> 00:07:23,857 I would share my cases with them, 171 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,721 have them read over my arguments. 172 00:07:25,824 --> 00:07:28,551 I would show up to practice every single day, 173 00:07:28,655 --> 00:07:30,898 even when we had no more tournaments left. 174 00:07:31,002 --> 00:07:33,867 ♪ Your remedy 175 00:07:33,970 --> 00:07:36,939 ♪ Oh 176 00:07:41,530 --> 00:07:45,292 [continues typing] 177 00:07:45,395 --> 00:07:46,707 GABY: We're all very different, 178 00:07:46,811 --> 00:07:49,952 but, like, we're all pretty intense. 179 00:07:50,055 --> 00:07:53,611 There's something about debate that, like, draws us all in 180 00:07:53,714 --> 00:07:56,234 and allows for us to be just, like, a very close, 181 00:07:56,337 --> 00:07:57,580 like, tight-knit group. 182 00:07:57,683 --> 00:08:00,480 We kind of live in our own little world 183 00:08:00,583 --> 00:08:02,965 with, like, our own little language. 184 00:08:03,068 --> 00:08:04,414 And when I start talking to my parents, 185 00:08:04,518 --> 00:08:05,864 like, they just look at me 186 00:08:05,968 --> 00:08:07,245 with, like, their eyes get really wide, 187 00:08:07,348 --> 00:08:08,798 and they're just, like, "What?" 188 00:08:08,902 --> 00:08:12,526 There are just some things that are just very debate 189 00:08:12,630 --> 00:08:14,321 and very separate. 190 00:08:14,424 --> 00:08:18,739 ♪ 191 00:08:18,843 --> 00:08:22,502 I played pretty competitive soccer. 192 00:08:22,605 --> 00:08:24,814 I played a lot of tennis. 193 00:08:24,918 --> 00:08:27,921 And I do think sports get you into the mindset of 194 00:08:28,024 --> 00:08:30,406 being competitive, and wanting to win, 195 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,235 and working with other people. 196 00:08:32,338 --> 00:08:35,687 ♪ 197 00:08:35,790 --> 00:08:38,518 In a soccer game, if you score two goals, you won, 198 00:08:38,621 --> 00:08:41,244 whereas in debate, it's very, very subjective. 199 00:08:41,347 --> 00:08:43,764 - My bad. 200 00:08:43,868 --> 00:08:46,146 [voiceover]: There's much larger gray area 201 00:08:46,249 --> 00:08:50,012 for winning and losing. 202 00:08:50,115 --> 00:08:53,567 [talking indistinctly] 203 00:08:53,671 --> 00:08:55,224 - As long as you get, like... 204 00:08:55,327 --> 00:08:57,122 - I know, yeah, it's partially in the summary. 205 00:08:57,226 --> 00:08:59,262 GIL [voiceover]: The captains were just so impressive. 206 00:08:59,366 --> 00:09:03,335 Insanely intelligent, like, such amazing debaters. 207 00:09:03,439 --> 00:09:05,096 GIRL: I'm confused how you run this. 208 00:09:05,199 --> 00:09:06,684 - I... 209 00:09:06,787 --> 00:09:08,686 Impact of racial backlashes increase discrimination. 210 00:09:08,789 --> 00:09:10,411 - Yeah. - Okay, then... 211 00:09:10,515 --> 00:09:12,552 - Discrimination is a cause of poverty, okay, I see. 212 00:09:12,655 --> 00:09:15,140 GIL [voiceover]: I walked in the first meeting, they're, like, 213 00:09:15,244 --> 00:09:18,868 "Think of your homework, triple it-- that's debate work." 214 00:09:18,972 --> 00:09:20,732 And they're, like, "We spend four hours a day researching." 215 00:09:20,836 --> 00:09:22,423 I was, like, "Oh, my God." 216 00:09:22,527 --> 00:09:24,184 I spent, like, the only thing I can do for four hours is, 217 00:09:24,287 --> 00:09:25,806 like, watch TV. 218 00:09:25,910 --> 00:09:28,602 If another non-discriminatory alternative is presented, 219 00:09:28,706 --> 00:09:30,052 you should always favor that one 220 00:09:30,155 --> 00:09:31,985 and you should not do the discriminatory. 221 00:09:32,088 --> 00:09:33,573 Make sure you only pause at the commas, okay? 222 00:09:33,676 --> 00:09:34,953 - Yeah. 223 00:09:35,057 --> 00:09:36,437 - So, just, like, sometimes you, like... 224 00:09:36,540 --> 00:09:37,922 GIRL: But also don't read. - Yeah. 225 00:09:38,025 --> 00:09:39,786 GIL [voiceover]: So, my captains were all male. 226 00:09:39,889 --> 00:09:42,271 And Bella was, she really was, like, the person I went to 227 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:45,585 just because I was way too scared of the four boy captains. 228 00:09:45,688 --> 00:09:47,621 - Make sure you don't break up the clause 229 00:09:47,725 --> 00:09:49,312 in front of the comma, and then it'll be perfect. 230 00:09:49,415 --> 00:09:53,454 [people laughing] 231 00:09:53,558 --> 00:09:55,767 - Very expensive. [laughs] 232 00:09:55,871 --> 00:09:59,046 - I had, like, this tiny glass of water, and I was... 233 00:09:59,150 --> 00:10:01,566 BELLA: Hannah, do you want pizza? 234 00:10:01,670 --> 00:10:02,981 - I'm good. - Are you sure? 235 00:10:03,085 --> 00:10:04,155 - Yeah. 236 00:10:04,258 --> 00:10:05,743 - Because you don't eat junk food? 237 00:10:05,846 --> 00:10:07,917 - I'm not hungry. - Are you sure? 238 00:10:08,021 --> 00:10:09,298 - Yeah. - You want water? 239 00:10:09,401 --> 00:10:10,989 - I have water. - Okay. 240 00:10:11,093 --> 00:10:14,027 - Yeah. 241 00:10:15,062 --> 00:10:17,927 [calculator buttons clicking] 242 00:10:18,031 --> 00:10:19,964 HANNAH [voiceover]: Not a lot of people on the team, 243 00:10:20,067 --> 00:10:22,276 like, the Newton South Debate Team, know this about me, 244 00:10:22,380 --> 00:10:23,761 that, like, you know, my parents were refugees 245 00:10:23,864 --> 00:10:25,210 after the Vietnam War. 246 00:10:25,314 --> 00:10:27,661 Like, my dad went to college at the age of 33. 247 00:10:30,008 --> 00:10:31,941 And growing up, like, seeing people 248 00:10:32,045 --> 00:10:35,048 blatantly discriminating against my parents just because 249 00:10:35,151 --> 00:10:37,326 they had an accent, that just really 250 00:10:37,429 --> 00:10:41,261 angered me, 'cause I knew how captivating they were 251 00:10:41,364 --> 00:10:43,884 in their native tongue. 252 00:10:46,438 --> 00:10:49,994 I really value the ability to express my thoughts 253 00:10:50,097 --> 00:10:51,616 and talk about the things that matter to me 254 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,136 because of my parents' experiences. 255 00:10:54,239 --> 00:10:56,759 [dog barks] 256 00:10:56,863 --> 00:10:59,417 Being able to speak and to communicate 257 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,282 is almost like a privilege to me. 258 00:11:02,385 --> 00:11:07,287 [speaking Vietnamese] 259 00:11:07,390 --> 00:11:10,048 [giggling] 260 00:11:10,152 --> 00:11:12,016 MOTHER: So you're leaving, then. 261 00:11:12,119 --> 00:11:15,019 HANNAH: Yeah. MOTHER: Enjoy. 262 00:11:21,232 --> 00:11:22,647 HANNAH [voiceover]: We negate the resolution. 263 00:11:22,751 --> 00:11:24,028 The United States federal government 264 00:11:24,131 --> 00:11:25,719 should adopt a carbon tax. 265 00:11:25,823 --> 00:11:28,170 Contention one: pouring more gas on a fire. 266 00:11:28,273 --> 00:11:31,311 A carbon tax affects emissions in two ways. 267 00:11:31,414 --> 00:11:32,968 BOY: First of all, 268 00:11:33,071 --> 00:11:34,866 we are saying that in the United States, a carbon tax... 269 00:11:34,970 --> 00:11:37,386 HANNAH [voiceover]: We have practice every day after school. 270 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:39,560 We tell you, here's the logic for it, right? 271 00:11:39,664 --> 00:11:41,114 [voiceover]: I come home so late, 272 00:11:41,217 --> 00:11:42,771 my mom, she always just made really great food, 273 00:11:42,874 --> 00:11:44,255 and I'd just eat it in the car. 274 00:11:44,358 --> 00:11:46,119 - ...emit more methane into the air. 275 00:11:46,222 --> 00:11:49,087 Like, I probably have had more meals in the car 276 00:11:49,191 --> 00:11:51,262 than, like, at home in the past four or five years. 277 00:11:51,365 --> 00:11:53,643 BELLA: Let's find a way to simplify this, 278 00:11:53,747 --> 00:11:55,128 so it doesn't sound as complicated. 279 00:11:55,231 --> 00:11:56,854 [inaudible] And also, I think we should... 280 00:11:56,957 --> 00:11:59,304 Um, you talked about green kind of, like, twice. 281 00:11:59,408 --> 00:12:00,961 - Hm. 282 00:12:01,065 --> 00:12:02,445 - I think you should have just talked about it once. 283 00:12:02,549 --> 00:12:06,208 ♪ 284 00:12:06,311 --> 00:12:10,143 [Bella speaking Russian] 285 00:12:10,246 --> 00:12:12,697 [brother and Bella speaking Russian] 286 00:12:12,801 --> 00:12:14,734 BELLA [voiceover]: The difference 287 00:12:14,837 --> 00:12:17,840 I really did not expect when I became captain, 288 00:12:17,944 --> 00:12:20,774 suddenly, the responsibility on how the novices did 289 00:12:20,878 --> 00:12:23,121 and how they performed, that was all on us, 290 00:12:23,225 --> 00:12:25,779 and also, I felt it was also on me. 291 00:12:25,883 --> 00:12:29,887 [brother speaking Russian, Bella laughing] 292 00:12:29,990 --> 00:12:31,647 BELLA [voiceover]: Coaching definitely interfered 293 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:32,821 with practice for me. 294 00:12:32,924 --> 00:12:36,756 Success earns you more respect. 295 00:12:36,859 --> 00:12:38,654 [chuckling]: Like, people revered me more 296 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,760 in some way last year, 297 00:12:40,863 --> 00:12:43,452 just based off of, like, NCFL quarterfinals, 298 00:12:43,555 --> 00:12:45,316 C.O.C. bid, NSDA qualifying. 299 00:12:45,419 --> 00:12:49,251 [speaking Russian] 300 00:12:49,354 --> 00:12:50,665 [voiceover]: I never have a feeling 301 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:51,840 of complete satisfaction. 302 00:12:51,943 --> 00:12:53,496 [speaking Russian] 303 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,258 [voiceover]: I always think that I can be doing better. 304 00:12:56,361 --> 00:12:57,777 BOY [voiceover]: People are currently 305 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,469 not addressing the issue of race, 306 00:13:00,572 --> 00:13:02,954 and by paying reparations, we finally bring it back up. 307 00:13:03,058 --> 00:13:05,819 So, I think it's because people start-- I don't think... 308 00:13:05,923 --> 00:13:07,200 But we're running that as separate. 309 00:13:07,303 --> 00:13:09,961 We're not running it as a link. - Mm-hmm. 310 00:13:10,065 --> 00:13:11,514 BELLA [voiceover]: Like, I've never committed myself 311 00:13:11,618 --> 00:13:15,725 so many hours to one thing every day no matter what. 312 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:16,934 It's definitely the adrenaline. 313 00:13:17,037 --> 00:13:18,763 Like, you, it's, like... 314 00:13:18,867 --> 00:13:20,523 You suddenly have this, like, energy, 315 00:13:20,627 --> 00:13:22,974 even though, you know, you could be pulling an all-nighter 316 00:13:23,078 --> 00:13:24,631 and just no sleep. 317 00:13:24,734 --> 00:13:26,978 - But there are African Americans in those communities 318 00:13:27,082 --> 00:13:28,359 who don't even own their homes. 319 00:13:28,462 --> 00:13:29,981 And just to be able to generate wealth, 320 00:13:30,085 --> 00:13:31,672 they need to own their home first. 321 00:13:31,776 --> 00:13:34,710 BELLA [voiceover]: Adrenaline's, like, what gets you going, 322 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,229 and then it's, it's just team. 323 00:13:36,332 --> 00:13:38,921 It's, like, the overwhelming idea of team. 324 00:13:39,025 --> 00:13:44,858 [birds twittering] 325 00:13:51,244 --> 00:13:56,283 ♪ 326 00:14:03,808 --> 00:14:08,399 ♪ 327 00:14:12,403 --> 00:14:14,301 [groans] 328 00:14:14,405 --> 00:14:15,578 I hate this. 329 00:14:15,682 --> 00:14:20,376 [scraping ice] 330 00:14:23,448 --> 00:14:25,899 JOSH: All right! Someone... Hackle, Silvian, 331 00:14:26,003 --> 00:14:27,694 Gretchen Zhang! 332 00:14:27,797 --> 00:14:30,455 Ben Silvian? There he is, all right! 333 00:14:30,559 --> 00:14:32,216 ♪ 334 00:14:32,319 --> 00:14:36,945 Justin Shuster, Hanbo, Kayla, Mitch. 335 00:14:37,048 --> 00:14:38,774 Go. GABY: Am I in this car? 336 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:40,534 BELLA: Yeah, let's go. 337 00:14:40,638 --> 00:14:43,296 - All right, novices in the back, obviously. 338 00:14:46,678 --> 00:14:53,513 ♪ 339 00:14:53,616 --> 00:15:00,347 [talking in background] 340 00:15:05,007 --> 00:15:06,767 HANNAH: Then what do we do? Just, like... 341 00:15:06,871 --> 00:15:08,321 BOY: You sit around and you prep. 342 00:15:08,424 --> 00:15:09,736 HANNAH: Prep, okay. GIRL: Yeah, you can't go in. 343 00:15:09,839 --> 00:15:13,533 [people talking in background] 344 00:15:17,606 --> 00:15:20,229 GIL [voiceover]: No one really knows, like, what debate is. 345 00:15:20,333 --> 00:15:22,059 They think we're, like, in this 346 00:15:22,162 --> 00:15:24,509 dark wood auditorium, and there's, like, 347 00:15:24,613 --> 00:15:26,132 hundreds of people watching. 348 00:15:26,235 --> 00:15:28,444 ...to an unstable region increases civilian casualties. 349 00:15:28,548 --> 00:15:30,205 [voiceover]: In reality, you're at a tournament 350 00:15:30,308 --> 00:15:32,655 with, like, 200, 300 other teams, 351 00:15:32,759 --> 00:15:34,726 and everyone has to debate at once. 352 00:15:34,830 --> 00:15:37,039 - Wait, but there are 40,000, 40,000 troops overall. 353 00:15:37,143 --> 00:15:38,696 GIL [voiceover]: We're waking up at 6:00 354 00:15:38,799 --> 00:15:41,561 or, like, we're debating in classrooms, or in hallways, 355 00:15:41,664 --> 00:15:43,597 in broom closets. 356 00:15:43,701 --> 00:15:45,220 - That's how companies are turning over... 357 00:15:45,323 --> 00:15:47,429 GIL [voiceover]: It's a lot less, like, glamorous 358 00:15:47,532 --> 00:15:48,671 than people think. 359 00:15:48,775 --> 00:15:50,190 - They switch, okay. 360 00:15:50,294 --> 00:15:52,261 Oh, rounds are out, rounds are out! 361 00:15:52,365 --> 00:15:54,436 BOY: Guys, rounds are out! 362 00:15:57,370 --> 00:16:00,752 [talking in background] 363 00:16:00,856 --> 00:16:04,273 610! 610! 364 00:16:04,377 --> 00:16:07,104 - 627, 627. 365 00:16:07,207 --> 00:16:08,864 GIL [voiceover]: I always have, like, a pit in my stomach 366 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:10,245 the minute they announce rounds. 367 00:16:10,348 --> 00:16:11,522 - 1909! 368 00:16:11,625 --> 00:16:13,213 [voiceover]: It's like, okay, they're out, 369 00:16:13,317 --> 00:16:14,697 and you just, like, see this list 370 00:16:14,801 --> 00:16:16,768 of, like, this team's going against this team 371 00:16:16,872 --> 00:16:18,667 in this room, this judge. 372 00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:20,220 Because it's, like, you could be going against, 373 00:16:20,324 --> 00:16:22,188 like, the best team in the country, 374 00:16:22,291 --> 00:16:24,328 the worst team in the country, and those wins mean the same. 375 00:16:24,431 --> 00:16:26,882 BOY: 208. 376 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:32,232 [people talking in background] 377 00:16:47,385 --> 00:16:48,766 ANIKA [voiceover]: More often than not, 378 00:16:48,869 --> 00:16:50,768 you don't have enough time to do 379 00:16:50,871 --> 00:16:52,218 as much prep as you would like. 380 00:16:52,321 --> 00:16:56,187 Sometimes we start working 381 00:16:56,290 --> 00:16:59,535 on a completely different topic a week or two weeks before 382 00:16:59,639 --> 00:17:00,847 we go to a tournament. 383 00:17:00,950 --> 00:17:04,230 GABY [voiceover]: It's like cramming 384 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:05,714 the night before for a test. 385 00:17:05,817 --> 00:17:08,372 You learn a lot of really, really random facts. 386 00:17:08,474 --> 00:17:10,305 I'm pretty good at memorizing things. 387 00:17:10,407 --> 00:17:13,066 I used to know, like, all the old winners 388 00:17:13,170 --> 00:17:14,550 of "America's Next Top Model." 389 00:17:14,654 --> 00:17:17,001 I don't know why, but I just memorized them all. 390 00:17:17,105 --> 00:17:19,935 BOY: But the judge will probably need 391 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:21,385 a few minutes to decide. 392 00:17:21,488 --> 00:17:26,631 ♪ 393 00:17:26,734 --> 00:17:28,978 ANIKA [voiceover]: I was very confused my novice year, 394 00:17:29,082 --> 00:17:31,015 I'll be honest. 395 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:32,361 I really didn't understand 396 00:17:32,465 --> 00:17:34,087 how any of the pieces of arguments 397 00:17:34,191 --> 00:17:37,263 or tools for debate functioned with each other. 398 00:17:37,366 --> 00:17:38,712 ♪ 399 00:17:38,816 --> 00:17:42,233 I honestly think understanding what a rebuttal is, 400 00:17:42,337 --> 00:17:43,786 understanding blocks, 401 00:17:43,890 --> 00:17:46,168 understanding the speeches, summary, final focus, 402 00:17:46,272 --> 00:17:49,930 they only come with watching debate rounds. 403 00:17:50,034 --> 00:17:57,179 ♪ 404 00:17:57,283 --> 00:17:59,354 You guys wanna call it? BOY: Heads. 405 00:17:59,457 --> 00:18:02,805 [coin clangs on floor] 406 00:18:02,909 --> 00:18:04,152 - It's tails, yeah. 407 00:18:04,255 --> 00:18:06,015 - So we will speak second. 408 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,672 - It's tails. - It is? 409 00:18:07,776 --> 00:18:09,916 - We'll speak second. - Sounds good, we'll affirm. 410 00:18:10,019 --> 00:18:17,579 ♪ 411 00:18:17,682 --> 00:18:19,098 JAY: It is heads. 412 00:18:19,201 --> 00:18:21,100 Anika and I will... 413 00:18:21,203 --> 00:18:22,480 Negate. - Negate. 414 00:18:22,584 --> 00:18:29,487 ♪ 415 00:18:29,591 --> 00:18:31,006 HANNAH: Is everyone good? 416 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:32,249 So, let's begin. 417 00:18:32,352 --> 00:18:33,871 We negate resolved: 418 00:18:33,974 --> 00:18:35,976 the United States should abolish the capital gains tax. 419 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,840 Contention one is equality. 420 00:18:37,944 --> 00:18:40,774 The capital gains tax is one of the many progressive taxes 421 00:18:40,878 --> 00:18:42,086 that takes income... 422 00:18:42,190 --> 00:18:43,294 [voiceover]: There are so many rules. 423 00:18:43,398 --> 00:18:45,745 There are so many written and 424 00:18:45,848 --> 00:18:47,298 unspoken rules, you know? 425 00:18:47,402 --> 00:18:49,921 We affirm, and our sole contention is the economy. 426 00:18:50,025 --> 00:18:52,717 HANNAH [voiceover]: We have four-minute case readings 427 00:18:52,821 --> 00:18:54,271 from both teams. 428 00:18:54,374 --> 00:18:56,135 Did we see job growth? Did unemployment decrease? 429 00:18:56,238 --> 00:18:58,309 - I don't know, you tell me. - It didn't. 430 00:18:58,413 --> 00:19:00,277 [voiceover]: Then you have a three-minute cross-examination 431 00:19:00,380 --> 00:19:01,830 from the two people that read their cases. 432 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:03,728 If you want to talk about increasing investments, 433 00:19:03,832 --> 00:19:06,421 the only way you can actually do so substantially 434 00:19:06,524 --> 00:19:08,285 is by giving money to the right people again. 435 00:19:08,388 --> 00:19:10,287 HANNAH [voiceover]: And then their partners give 436 00:19:10,390 --> 00:19:11,840 four-minute rebuttals to each other's cases. 437 00:19:11,943 --> 00:19:14,774 - He also tells you that all of this burden falls 438 00:19:14,877 --> 00:19:16,258 onto the middle class. 439 00:19:16,362 --> 00:19:18,053 - Well, no, if the government is missing... 440 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,538 HANNAH [voiceover]: After that, those people that gave rebuttals 441 00:19:20,642 --> 00:19:23,196 have another three-minute cross-examination period. 442 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:25,025 - ...a lot of economic growth. 443 00:19:25,129 --> 00:19:27,373 They're forgetting that we just got a massive corporate tax cut. 444 00:19:27,476 --> 00:19:29,133 [voiceover]: Then you have the first people 445 00:19:29,237 --> 00:19:31,170 that read the cases give two-minute summaries. 446 00:19:31,273 --> 00:19:33,172 - $600 billion is gonna be paid yearly 447 00:19:33,275 --> 00:19:34,759 when we actually abolish the capital gains tax. 448 00:19:34,863 --> 00:19:37,245 Yeah, but people weren't realizing their assets 449 00:19:37,348 --> 00:19:39,005 at that rate. - Yes, they were. 450 00:19:39,108 --> 00:19:40,869 HANNAH [voiceover]: After the summaries, you have grand cross, 451 00:19:40,972 --> 00:19:43,147 which is where all four people debate each other. 452 00:19:43,251 --> 00:19:44,873 - A lot of factors led to... 453 00:19:44,976 --> 00:19:46,599 - Yeah, I understand that, but what we're telling you... 454 00:19:46,702 --> 00:19:48,463 I understand that, sort of-- okay. 455 00:19:48,566 --> 00:19:50,154 - But furthermore, if you want to look to 456 00:19:50,258 --> 00:19:51,604 an impact-level analysis, they try to... 457 00:19:51,707 --> 00:19:53,157 HANNAH [voiceover]: And then after that, 458 00:19:53,261 --> 00:19:54,503 you have the other partners 459 00:19:54,607 --> 00:19:57,230 deliver their two-minute final foci. 460 00:19:57,334 --> 00:19:58,542 - The rich have tax loopholes 461 00:19:58,645 --> 00:20:00,060 when you abolish the capital gains tax. 462 00:20:00,164 --> 00:20:02,580 ♪ 463 00:20:02,684 --> 00:20:04,927 - Good round. - Good round. 464 00:20:05,031 --> 00:20:06,791 - Thanks. 465 00:20:06,895 --> 00:20:08,690 Thanks for judging. 466 00:20:08,793 --> 00:20:10,070 - Thanks for judging. 467 00:20:10,174 --> 00:20:15,421 ♪ 468 00:20:21,599 --> 00:20:23,014 So, ultimately, I vote neg, 469 00:20:23,118 --> 00:20:24,844 but let me go through my decision. 470 00:20:24,947 --> 00:20:29,642 I think you guys probably win the point on poor communities, 471 00:20:29,745 --> 00:20:32,990 but I think you guys could have applied Goldman 472 00:20:33,093 --> 00:20:34,233 right back to them. 473 00:20:34,336 --> 00:20:35,924 I think your summary, 474 00:20:36,027 --> 00:20:38,029 you spread yourself a little bit too thin. 475 00:20:38,133 --> 00:20:39,548 You guys were throwing stats at me, 476 00:20:39,652 --> 00:20:41,999 and, like, I agree with your stats, like, sure, 477 00:20:42,102 --> 00:20:43,656 but I have no idea how they happen. 478 00:20:43,759 --> 00:20:46,728 BELLA [voiceover]: Debate is perception, 479 00:20:46,831 --> 00:20:48,350 especially public forum, 480 00:20:48,454 --> 00:20:51,319 where even though you have two confident debaters, 481 00:20:51,422 --> 00:20:52,734 you put them side by side, 482 00:20:52,837 --> 00:20:55,115 and that's really where a power dynamic 483 00:20:55,219 --> 00:20:58,015 is formed in the minds of a judge. 484 00:20:58,118 --> 00:21:02,157 Who talks louder, who gets to talk more, who looks confused, 485 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,159 who is perceptually dominant? 486 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,850 GIRL: Which is why we should have a higher 487 00:21:05,954 --> 00:21:07,266 evidentiary standard 488 00:21:07,369 --> 00:21:08,784 and stop doing all these random search... 489 00:21:08,888 --> 00:21:10,683 - Can I talk about... - Well, no, 'cause I'm... 490 00:21:10,786 --> 00:21:12,132 - You've been talking there for, like, two minutes, though. 491 00:21:12,236 --> 00:21:13,513 Can I talk about restorative justice? 492 00:21:13,617 --> 00:21:15,101 - Sure. 493 00:21:15,204 --> 00:21:16,654 BOY: The most important pieces of evidence in the round 494 00:21:16,758 --> 00:21:19,208 look to what generally happens when FDI 495 00:21:19,312 --> 00:21:20,555 is going to be increased. - Hold on, hold on. 496 00:21:20,658 --> 00:21:22,384 But is it talking about FDI increased 497 00:21:22,488 --> 00:21:24,006 to an authoritarian regime? 498 00:21:24,110 --> 00:21:26,802 Correct, however, given we've provided a framework 499 00:21:26,906 --> 00:21:28,390 and you haven't, that should... - Right. 500 00:21:28,494 --> 00:21:30,219 Gaby can still respond to your framework 501 00:21:30,323 --> 00:21:31,842 in rebuttal, and I'm sure she'll do that. 502 00:21:31,945 --> 00:21:34,085 But you never once prove that you're actually helping 503 00:21:34,189 --> 00:21:35,708 the poor or low-income areas. 504 00:21:35,811 --> 00:21:37,261 You're just talking about short-term 505 00:21:37,365 --> 00:21:38,780 versus long-term capital gains, right? 506 00:21:38,883 --> 00:21:40,126 - Give us one example. 507 00:21:40,229 --> 00:21:41,541 - He started the process in 2010. 508 00:21:41,645 --> 00:21:43,267 BOY: It takes five years of conversation 509 00:21:43,371 --> 00:21:45,338 to say that we are now gonna allow tourism? I don't think so. 510 00:21:45,442 --> 00:21:47,029 - Maybe the wages are going to decrease... 511 00:21:47,133 --> 00:21:48,824 - Wait, no, they are going away. - But we're actually going 512 00:21:48,928 --> 00:21:50,205 to see the jobs get replaced. - Hold up, hold up. 513 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:51,655 They are going away. 514 00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:53,312 - Open higher fines. - $700 million is... 515 00:21:53,415 --> 00:21:54,520 - Wait, look, can you just let us finish? 516 00:21:54,623 --> 00:21:55,935 We've been going in circles. 517 00:21:56,038 --> 00:21:57,281 Can I ask you a question? 518 00:21:57,385 --> 00:21:58,593 You're trying to force me into a corner 519 00:21:58,696 --> 00:21:59,973 and I'm not going to say... 520 00:22:00,077 --> 00:22:02,079 ♪ 521 00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:13,849 [bird twittering] 522 00:22:13,953 --> 00:22:16,749 BEN: Are you guys getting tripped up with any speeches? 523 00:22:16,852 --> 00:22:18,267 And if so, like, what is the specific part you don't get 524 00:22:18,371 --> 00:22:19,683 about that speech? 525 00:22:19,786 --> 00:22:21,443 - Where do you want help with? - Anika? 526 00:22:21,547 --> 00:22:22,927 ANIKA: It's more, like, cross-ex. 527 00:22:23,031 --> 00:22:24,757 The other-- you'll just start, like, yelling. 528 00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:26,483 BEN: Yeah, yeah, actually, that's really important. 529 00:22:26,586 --> 00:22:27,829 Don't yell, like, ever. 530 00:22:27,932 --> 00:22:29,520 [all laugh] 531 00:22:29,624 --> 00:22:31,039 Because it's student-run, I think that's what makes 532 00:22:31,142 --> 00:22:32,765 the Newton South Debate Team really special. 533 00:22:32,868 --> 00:22:34,629 But, like, let's say, like, we accidentally do, 534 00:22:34,732 --> 00:22:36,631 like, it just comes out and you realize it sounds bad... 535 00:22:36,734 --> 00:22:38,253 HANNAH [voiceover]: It's just, like, high school students 536 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:39,565 helping high school students. 537 00:22:39,668 --> 00:22:42,464 The older kids coach the younger kids, 538 00:22:42,568 --> 00:22:45,329 and it's just a cycle that keeps going. 539 00:22:45,433 --> 00:22:46,951 If you start sounding, like, meek, 540 00:22:47,055 --> 00:22:49,782 that's probably more of a loss in perceptual dominance. 541 00:22:49,885 --> 00:22:52,198 - Hattie never loses perceptual dominance. 542 00:22:52,301 --> 00:22:53,475 [all laugh] 543 00:22:53,579 --> 00:22:55,477 - Hattie, you wanna talk about cross? 544 00:22:55,581 --> 00:22:56,996 - Sure. - Ellen, re-ask your question. 545 00:22:57,099 --> 00:22:58,480 - Are you guys novices? 546 00:22:58,584 --> 00:23:02,415 - Oh, that's so good. - I know generally, most, 547 00:23:02,519 --> 00:23:05,556 like, girls' voices are higher than guys', 548 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:09,698 and, like, thus decreases their perceptual dominance, 549 00:23:09,802 --> 00:23:12,011 so how do you still maintain that? 550 00:23:12,114 --> 00:23:13,737 So, I went to debate camp 551 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:14,876 three years ago, 552 00:23:14,979 --> 00:23:17,637 and so we had a seminar for girls 553 00:23:17,741 --> 00:23:20,053 where they told us how to be dominant. 554 00:23:20,157 --> 00:23:22,677 And they said, "Try to talk a little lower. 555 00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:25,542 Don't interrupt boys." 556 00:23:25,645 --> 00:23:28,268 They gave you all these tips and tricks, right? 557 00:23:28,372 --> 00:23:29,477 Which is BS. 558 00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:30,719 You know, the problem is not us. 559 00:23:30,823 --> 00:23:32,583 The problem is the judges. 560 00:23:32,687 --> 00:23:34,102 GIL [voiceover]: I think Hattie was the first person I saw 561 00:23:34,205 --> 00:23:36,173 that I was, like, "Wow, I wanna be like you." 562 00:23:36,276 --> 00:23:37,795 And it totally changed the model... 563 00:23:37,899 --> 00:23:39,659 GIL [voiceover]: She was, like, super-progressive. 564 00:23:39,763 --> 00:23:41,420 Like, she was one of the first girls 565 00:23:41,523 --> 00:23:42,800 who started wearing, like, jeans 566 00:23:42,904 --> 00:23:44,215 and being, like, [muted] the dress code. 567 00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:45,838 - You should never think... 568 00:23:45,941 --> 00:23:47,736 She's the person who trained, like, Bella and Kayla 569 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,498 and, like, Rebecca, and, like, all the people that, 570 00:23:50,601 --> 00:23:52,189 like, trained me, you know? 571 00:23:52,292 --> 00:23:53,708 HATTIE: Then from, like, 572 00:23:53,811 --> 00:23:55,606 the how-do-you-win-rounds perspective, 573 00:23:55,710 --> 00:23:59,023 there have been tons of really, really successful girls 574 00:23:59,127 --> 00:24:01,716 on the national circuit who did not do those things. 575 00:24:01,819 --> 00:24:03,614 BEN: No matter if you're a boy or a girl, whatever it is, 576 00:24:03,718 --> 00:24:04,822 sounding confident, 577 00:24:04,926 --> 00:24:06,755 speaking slowly, speaking loudly, 578 00:24:06,859 --> 00:24:09,517 and just, like, taking most of the crossfire down, 579 00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:11,104 if you, like, just practice that over and over in rounds, 580 00:24:11,208 --> 00:24:12,623 you'll eventually get it. 581 00:24:12,727 --> 00:24:14,038 And so, the third one, which is most specific 582 00:24:14,142 --> 00:24:15,661 and most in depth... 583 00:24:15,764 --> 00:24:17,179 - No, I was just asking what the lowest level is, right? 584 00:24:17,283 --> 00:24:19,043 Because you're kind of cherry-picking it, right? 585 00:24:19,147 --> 00:24:21,149 - No, so what I'm specifically explaining to you is... 586 00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:22,840 BEN [voiceover]: I think boys are definitely more likely 587 00:24:22,944 --> 00:24:24,670 to be confident from the outset. 588 00:24:24,773 --> 00:24:26,672 - ...most specific and most relevant to carbon tax. 589 00:24:26,775 --> 00:24:28,190 - Like, we can talk about that later. 590 00:24:28,294 --> 00:24:29,709 I was just wondering what the lowest level was. 591 00:24:29,813 --> 00:24:31,539 A lot of the time, it's arrogance. 592 00:24:31,642 --> 00:24:33,023 It's, like, I'm just, you know, better because I am. 593 00:24:33,126 --> 00:24:34,645 And I think girls are more self-conscious. 594 00:24:34,749 --> 00:24:36,475 - Okay, f, fine... GIRL: Being too friendly. 595 00:24:36,578 --> 00:24:37,924 BOY: And Ben's being too assertive. 596 00:24:38,028 --> 00:24:39,788 BEN [voiceover]: Because boys don't have to worry 597 00:24:39,892 --> 00:24:41,480 about a lot of this stuff. 598 00:24:41,583 --> 00:24:43,171 BOY: We're falling behind, and our manufacturing 599 00:24:43,274 --> 00:24:44,724 sectors are suffering... - Is it specifically because... 600 00:24:44,828 --> 00:24:46,312 BEN [voiceover]: I don't think girls 601 00:24:46,415 --> 00:24:47,969 can just sit back and allow themselves 602 00:24:48,072 --> 00:24:49,729 to continue to lose, so that's why we try and teach, 603 00:24:49,833 --> 00:24:51,317 like, you know, this, these are the specific ways 604 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:53,664 you can try to adapt so that you can win more rounds. 605 00:24:53,768 --> 00:24:55,010 - So, what we're showing you is 606 00:24:55,114 --> 00:24:56,495 when... Wait. - But that later level 607 00:24:56,598 --> 00:24:57,806 of racism still exists. - Wait... 608 00:24:57,910 --> 00:24:59,359 But the issue is with probable cause. 609 00:24:59,463 --> 00:25:00,740 It starts with the search, right? 610 00:25:00,844 --> 00:25:02,052 JAY [voiceover]: I am a boy, 611 00:25:02,155 --> 00:25:04,261 which, in this activity, means something. 612 00:25:04,364 --> 00:25:05,745 If I'm a police officer 613 00:25:05,849 --> 00:25:07,264 and I have this implicit bias you talk about... 614 00:25:07,367 --> 00:25:09,059 [voiceover]: But Newton is a place 615 00:25:09,162 --> 00:25:12,165 where I think gender equity is a big deal, 616 00:25:12,269 --> 00:25:14,754 and people pay attention to it and think about it consciously. 617 00:25:14,858 --> 00:25:16,894 - But what we're saying is that, like, 618 00:25:16,998 --> 00:25:18,689 probable cause makes it harder to act 619 00:25:18,793 --> 00:25:20,622 on those implicit biases. - But we can still search... 620 00:25:20,726 --> 00:25:22,831 It creates a place where it's easier, 621 00:25:22,935 --> 00:25:25,627 not necessarily easy and not necessarily always perfect, 622 00:25:25,731 --> 00:25:28,216 but it's easier to be a girl on a debate team 623 00:25:28,319 --> 00:25:30,529 than some other teams, where you start off 624 00:25:30,632 --> 00:25:33,117 and it's, it's just a room full of boys. 625 00:25:33,221 --> 00:25:36,293 [talking in background] 626 00:25:36,396 --> 00:25:41,781 It makes it hard to be sexist when the boys are outnumbered. 627 00:25:41,885 --> 00:25:43,542 GIRL: It's all about being confident. 628 00:25:43,645 --> 00:25:45,129 That was an awful cross. 629 00:25:45,233 --> 00:25:47,062 - Yeah, guys, what the actual hell are you doing? 630 00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:49,099 You guys are all asking questions 631 00:25:49,202 --> 00:25:52,067 and none of you are listening to each other. 632 00:25:52,171 --> 00:25:55,243 And if you listen, then you can catch a logical flaw 633 00:25:55,346 --> 00:25:57,383 in what they're saying and press them on it. 634 00:25:57,486 --> 00:25:59,868 And Gaby, you were being pretty passive 635 00:25:59,972 --> 00:26:01,560 in comparison to Ellen, right? 636 00:26:01,663 --> 00:26:02,733 Like, she was doing most of the talking. 637 00:26:02,837 --> 00:26:04,252 She would ask you a question. 638 00:26:04,355 --> 00:26:05,667 You would answer and she would interject again. 639 00:26:05,771 --> 00:26:07,117 If you're asked a question, 640 00:26:07,220 --> 00:26:08,601 you give an answer, they interrupt, you say, 641 00:26:08,705 --> 00:26:10,154 "Oh, can I finish my answer?" 642 00:26:10,258 --> 00:26:12,122 That's assertive. - Okay. 643 00:26:12,225 --> 00:26:13,710 Especially against guys, when they're trying to, 644 00:26:13,813 --> 00:26:15,263 like, tower over you, and really, really... 645 00:26:15,366 --> 00:26:16,678 ELLEN: Should you be more aggressive with guys? 646 00:26:16,782 --> 00:26:18,162 Or... - No! 647 00:26:18,266 --> 00:26:19,647 You wanna, you wanna-- so here's the thing. 648 00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:21,476 It's not about being more aggressive. 649 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,236 It's about being more assertive and curbing their aggression. 650 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:24,686 So, try working on that balance 651 00:26:24,790 --> 00:26:26,239 and try different techniques, right? 652 00:26:26,343 --> 00:26:28,587 Not every single technique works for everyone. 653 00:26:28,690 --> 00:26:31,451 Cool, okay, summary. 654 00:26:31,555 --> 00:26:33,902 JOSH: All right, Pambley! 655 00:26:34,006 --> 00:26:36,008 Hackle! 656 00:26:36,111 --> 00:26:37,734 - They're not here yet, Josh-- looking out... 657 00:26:37,837 --> 00:26:39,839 I'm literally keeping track of the cars, 658 00:26:39,943 --> 00:26:41,392 and when they come, I will tell you. 659 00:26:41,496 --> 00:26:43,153 - Silvian, no. - No, no. 660 00:26:43,256 --> 00:26:44,775 - Gretchen Zhang? 661 00:26:44,879 --> 00:26:46,777 HANNAH [voiceover]: There's no one around that is 662 00:26:46,881 --> 00:26:51,368 as dedicated as Josh is. 663 00:26:51,471 --> 00:26:53,439 We're actually a public school, 664 00:26:53,542 --> 00:26:58,582 so we don't have the money to hire a full-time coach. 665 00:26:58,686 --> 00:27:01,033 He, like, does so much work. 666 00:27:01,136 --> 00:27:04,036 He'll organize carpools, track down kids, 667 00:27:04,139 --> 00:27:06,590 and constantly be on the phone with people and parents 668 00:27:06,694 --> 00:27:08,040 and figuring out logistics. 669 00:27:08,143 --> 00:27:11,250 And he's not, like, really paid at all. 670 00:27:11,353 --> 00:27:13,183 - [groans] 671 00:27:13,286 --> 00:27:14,943 - ...to affect more people in the long run. 672 00:27:15,047 --> 00:27:16,669 - Mm-hmm. - It'll be awesome. 673 00:27:16,773 --> 00:27:18,119 - It will be awesome. 674 00:27:18,222 --> 00:27:19,638 - Exactly, you really have to believe it. 675 00:27:19,741 --> 00:27:20,984 - I know. 676 00:27:21,087 --> 00:27:22,399 I made someone say it, like, 100 times. 677 00:27:22,502 --> 00:27:23,572 They were, like, "I will win." 678 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,264 Don't make me do it with you. 679 00:27:25,367 --> 00:27:26,541 [laughing] - No, okay, okay. 680 00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:27,818 That's okay. I don't need to do that. 681 00:27:27,922 --> 00:27:29,751 - Are you sure? - Yeah, yeah. 682 00:27:29,855 --> 00:27:31,132 - Okay. [laughs] 683 00:27:31,235 --> 00:27:33,721 - I'll just say it now, I will win. 684 00:27:38,553 --> 00:27:40,382 BELLA: Okay. [yelps] 685 00:27:40,486 --> 00:27:43,109 My shoe! 686 00:27:43,213 --> 00:27:44,835 That's okay. 687 00:27:44,939 --> 00:27:48,528 [people talking in background] 688 00:27:48,632 --> 00:27:51,842 Okay, at the one-minute mark, we're gonna take out the pens 689 00:27:51,946 --> 00:27:54,569 and we're gonna do the rest of the case just regular. 690 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:59,194 Okay, ready, set, go! 691 00:27:59,298 --> 00:28:03,267 [talking in background] 692 00:28:07,237 --> 00:28:10,274 [reading case] 693 00:28:14,658 --> 00:28:15,763 BELLA [voiceover]: I think in some ways, 694 00:28:15,866 --> 00:28:18,524 Gaby reminds me of me. 695 00:28:18,627 --> 00:28:19,732 - ...al-Shabaab. 696 00:28:19,836 --> 00:28:21,044 BELLA: But for me as a novice, 697 00:28:21,147 --> 00:28:22,908 I was probably way more confident, 698 00:28:23,011 --> 00:28:24,875 and way more competitive. 699 00:28:24,979 --> 00:28:26,705 [talking in background] 700 00:28:26,808 --> 00:28:29,535 BELLA: And somewhere, I think, along the way, 701 00:28:29,638 --> 00:28:32,227 I had a lot of comments on ballots like, 702 00:28:32,331 --> 00:28:34,989 "too aggressive," "tone it down a little." 703 00:28:35,092 --> 00:28:39,096 I had multiple comments on, like, "skirt is too short." 704 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,443 - ...as Al-Jazeera explains in 2014... 705 00:28:41,547 --> 00:28:44,446 [inaudible] 706 00:28:44,550 --> 00:28:47,622 [voiceover]: I made a decision at one point to wear pants, 707 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:50,452 mostly my sophomore year. 708 00:28:50,556 --> 00:28:53,904 I thought I felt more... 709 00:28:54,008 --> 00:28:55,457 Less girl-like, I think. 710 00:28:55,561 --> 00:29:00,255 I was, like, trying to strike this perfect balance 711 00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:01,705 that I don't think exists 712 00:29:01,809 --> 00:29:04,673 between exuding confidence, but not too much. 713 00:29:04,777 --> 00:29:07,642 But as soon as you start to second-guess 714 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,023 how you present yourself, 715 00:29:09,126 --> 00:29:11,646 I think that's when you start to lose it. 716 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:15,201 [talking in background] 717 00:29:15,305 --> 00:29:17,479 We negate resolved: in response to the current crisis, 718 00:29:17,583 --> 00:29:19,619 a government should prioritize the humanitarian needs 719 00:29:19,723 --> 00:29:21,760 of refugees over its national interests. 720 00:29:21,863 --> 00:29:24,072 The primary obligation of a government is to help 721 00:29:24,176 --> 00:29:26,626 and protect its own citizens from any harm. 722 00:29:26,730 --> 00:29:28,007 We don't see the other... 723 00:29:28,111 --> 00:29:29,768 The stats speak for themselves, right? 724 00:29:29,871 --> 00:29:31,459 Like, the fact that in the Tournament of Champions, 725 00:29:31,562 --> 00:29:34,496 there's one girl in the top 32 or whatever, 726 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,016 and it's definitely not because girls are worse at debate. 727 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,398 First, on politics, but we turned that 728 00:29:39,501 --> 00:29:41,020 and they don't respond to it. 729 00:29:41,124 --> 00:29:43,747 [voiceover]: I think a lot of it is subconscious, right? 730 00:29:43,851 --> 00:29:45,197 I think that it has to do with the judge bias. 731 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:46,612 It has to do with, like, boys having lower voices 732 00:29:46,715 --> 00:29:48,096 or whatever it is. 733 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:49,788 - That's the biggest impact in today's round. 734 00:29:49,891 --> 00:29:51,479 The link into that is the first place you go. 735 00:29:51,582 --> 00:29:53,274 MALCOLM [voiceover]: And so I think that contributes 736 00:29:53,377 --> 00:29:56,035 to the higher-level teams being, like, predominantly male, 737 00:29:56,139 --> 00:29:58,451 in part because there are less girls 738 00:29:58,555 --> 00:30:00,039 that stick through it at that, to that point, 739 00:30:00,143 --> 00:30:01,696 because they get driven away... - Right. 740 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,215 - ...by the sexism that's so prevalent in the activity. 741 00:30:03,318 --> 00:30:04,733 Even if we look in the long term, 742 00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:06,356 we have to look at tomorrow first. 743 00:30:06,459 --> 00:30:09,290 BELLA [voiceover]: You know, people do judge the book 744 00:30:09,393 --> 00:30:11,085 by the cover. 745 00:30:11,188 --> 00:30:14,088 So, I mean, we learn the little skills to exude confidence. 746 00:30:14,191 --> 00:30:16,297 Timemagazine finds that only the U.S. 747 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,092 is going to be able to slow down China. 748 00:30:18,195 --> 00:30:21,129 BELLA [voiceover]: Stand up tall, no slouching. 749 00:30:21,233 --> 00:30:22,890 Glue your feet to the ground. 750 00:30:22,993 --> 00:30:24,926 Pretend there's sticky glue or tape. 751 00:30:25,030 --> 00:30:26,686 - And when there are people trapped under buildings, 752 00:30:26,790 --> 00:30:28,309 every second counts. 753 00:30:28,412 --> 00:30:29,724 They have to be the first responders 754 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,174 so they can save the most lives. 755 00:30:31,277 --> 00:30:32,831 BELLA [voiceover]: Lower your voice 756 00:30:32,934 --> 00:30:34,384 at the end of your sentences, don't trail off. 757 00:30:34,487 --> 00:30:36,144 - Can I ask you a question? - Ask me a question. 758 00:30:36,248 --> 00:30:38,526 - Why would a base be better in another location? 759 00:30:38,629 --> 00:30:41,253 BELLA [voiceover]: Volume probably has to be louder 760 00:30:41,356 --> 00:30:43,151 than someone who's really not confident. 761 00:30:43,255 --> 00:30:44,773 Eye contact. 762 00:30:44,877 --> 00:30:46,258 Eye contact with the judge is key. 763 00:30:46,361 --> 00:30:48,777 - Okay, but if they can't get there as fast, 764 00:30:48,881 --> 00:30:50,020 they can't respond as fast, 765 00:30:50,124 --> 00:30:51,263 Japan isn't paying for it, 766 00:30:51,366 --> 00:30:53,161 then why should we be moving there? 767 00:30:54,542 --> 00:30:57,338 I would say those. 768 00:30:57,441 --> 00:30:58,822 I mean, mastering those. 769 00:30:58,926 --> 00:31:02,930 [birds twittering] 770 00:31:09,591 --> 00:31:10,972 Gil, wasn't it incredible 771 00:31:11,076 --> 00:31:12,456 that I guessed what you were wearing? 772 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,390 - I know, okay, I started laughing out loud. 773 00:31:15,494 --> 00:31:16,840 It was so good-- how... 774 00:31:16,944 --> 00:31:18,877 - I'm so... I know you so well. 775 00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:20,499 - How did you know? 776 00:31:20,602 --> 00:31:22,190 [voiceover]: Sometimes your natural voice is, like, 777 00:31:22,294 --> 00:31:26,125 not the best for public speaking. 778 00:31:26,229 --> 00:31:30,958 Freshman year at this local tournament, 779 00:31:31,061 --> 00:31:32,442 the judge told me, like, 780 00:31:32,545 --> 00:31:35,790 "Your voice is too feminine for debate." 781 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,034 [speaking Hebrew] 782 00:31:38,137 --> 00:31:39,621 [voiceover]: At that point, I was, like, 783 00:31:39,725 --> 00:31:41,106 "How can I control my voice? 784 00:31:41,209 --> 00:31:42,901 Like, I literally was born with it." 785 00:31:43,004 --> 00:31:45,041 People only say that when they have naturally... 786 00:31:45,144 --> 00:31:46,939 NOY: Naturally, yeah, I think so, too. 787 00:31:47,043 --> 00:31:50,909 GIL [voiceover]: Having my twin sister, Noy, there 788 00:31:51,012 --> 00:31:53,256 to listen to my speeches, but also just be there 789 00:31:53,359 --> 00:31:56,052 where I can rant about it and, like, cry 790 00:31:56,155 --> 00:31:58,226 and, like, have someone listen is really helpful. 791 00:31:58,330 --> 00:32:01,540 MOTHER [speaking Hebrew]: 792 00:32:01,643 --> 00:32:03,404 NOY [in Hebrew]: 793 00:32:03,507 --> 00:32:05,337 [all laughing] 794 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,063 NOY [voiceover]: The fact that she's more argumentative, 795 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:08,719 like, I don't really care about that. 796 00:32:08,823 --> 00:32:11,446 [laughing]: It's before a tournament she turns into 797 00:32:11,550 --> 00:32:14,967 a little bit of a psycho and just yells. 798 00:32:15,071 --> 00:32:16,727 And, like, she, when she gets stressed out, 799 00:32:16,831 --> 00:32:21,077 she just, like, kind of starts acting like a queen 800 00:32:21,180 --> 00:32:23,907 and just, like, orders me around, like, 801 00:32:24,011 --> 00:32:26,565 and my mom like we're her servants. 802 00:32:30,362 --> 00:32:32,951 [people talking in background] 803 00:32:33,054 --> 00:32:34,642 [talking in background] 804 00:32:34,745 --> 00:32:36,402 HANNAH [voiceover]: I don't think the amount of 805 00:32:36,506 --> 00:32:37,956 hours you put in, 806 00:32:38,059 --> 00:32:39,992 and, like, all the pain and emotional trauma 807 00:32:40,096 --> 00:32:42,546 is worth it if you don't feel socially integrated 808 00:32:42,650 --> 00:32:45,446 with the team. 809 00:32:45,549 --> 00:32:47,379 And I didn't always. 810 00:32:47,482 --> 00:32:49,968 A lot of the time, I felt like I was 811 00:32:50,071 --> 00:32:52,556 on the fringe of the debate clique. 812 00:32:52,660 --> 00:32:56,457 It's like an organism that, like, changes shape constantly 813 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,011 and spits out its weakest components. 814 00:32:59,115 --> 00:33:03,015 [talking in background] 815 00:33:03,119 --> 00:33:05,984 Sophomore year, Bella asked me to be her partner. 816 00:33:06,087 --> 00:33:07,882 She was a senior, 817 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,195 which was really cool. 818 00:33:14,544 --> 00:33:15,855 Yeah, I agree. 819 00:33:15,959 --> 00:33:18,410 I think, yeah, I, like, didn't explain... 820 00:33:18,513 --> 00:33:20,757 - No, I mean, it's, like, screw the round, right? 821 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:21,965 No one cares about the round. 822 00:33:22,069 --> 00:33:23,691 It happened. 823 00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:26,073 I guess I'm trying to develop strategy for later, right? 824 00:33:26,176 --> 00:33:27,419 'Cause I do think green tech is unique 825 00:33:27,522 --> 00:33:29,041 in terms of its investment, right? 826 00:33:29,145 --> 00:33:30,836 - Yeah, because... Well, I mean, 827 00:33:30,939 --> 00:33:32,734 I'm just gonna, like, resay whatever you just said. 828 00:33:32,838 --> 00:33:35,116 HANNAH [voiceover]: There are times where I definitely 829 00:33:35,220 --> 00:33:36,807 take advantage of the fact 830 00:33:36,911 --> 00:33:39,776 that, like, my voice isn't naturally that high-pitched, 831 00:33:39,879 --> 00:33:41,812 and so then I would play into that, 832 00:33:41,916 --> 00:33:44,608 and I feel guilty, because then I was 833 00:33:44,712 --> 00:33:47,439 perpetuating this whole system where we were discriminating 834 00:33:47,542 --> 00:33:49,613 against girls with higher-pitched voices, 835 00:33:49,717 --> 00:33:52,789 or even, like, guys or people with higher-pitched voices. 836 00:33:54,860 --> 00:34:00,383 Yeah, just, like, decades or centuries of societal standards. 837 00:34:01,694 --> 00:34:02,868 Everybody ready? 838 00:34:02,971 --> 00:34:04,076 Is it okay if I give a road map? 839 00:34:04,180 --> 00:34:05,491 Is the judge ready? 840 00:34:05,595 --> 00:34:06,665 Let's begin. 841 00:34:06,768 --> 00:34:08,011 We negate resolved: 842 00:34:08,114 --> 00:34:09,460 in the united public K-12 schools... 843 00:34:09,563 --> 00:34:11,083 - Teachers can act with impunity because... 844 00:34:11,187 --> 00:34:14,500 [students debating] 845 00:34:14,603 --> 00:34:17,295 ♪ 846 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,712 - The agreement that lets the U.S. have its base 847 00:34:19,815 --> 00:34:21,059 in Okinawa makes it really... 848 00:34:21,161 --> 00:34:27,341 [whispering indistinctly] 849 00:34:27,444 --> 00:34:28,928 Refugees are dying and we need to fix that. 850 00:34:29,032 --> 00:34:31,034 Now, do you have a question? 851 00:34:31,138 --> 00:34:36,418 ♪ 852 00:34:38,524 --> 00:34:41,630 [no dialogue] 853 00:34:41,734 --> 00:34:46,808 [playing fast-tempo piece] 854 00:34:55,369 --> 00:34:59,718 [tempo slowing] 855 00:35:09,314 --> 00:35:12,869 - Lemongrass... [murmuring] 856 00:35:12,972 --> 00:35:14,319 - Lemongrass? 857 00:35:14,422 --> 00:35:15,906 - It's in the oven. 858 00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:18,081 - I don't really want rice. 859 00:35:18,185 --> 00:35:20,842 [voiceover]: My parents are both from India. 860 00:35:20,946 --> 00:35:24,467 They're in a country that they're unfamiliar with, 861 00:35:24,570 --> 00:35:26,917 and I think that they feel as though, 862 00:35:27,021 --> 00:35:30,162 in order for us to be successful, 863 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:32,889 we need to be doing a lot. 864 00:35:32,992 --> 00:35:35,029 - When is [inaudible]? 865 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,651 Next Friday? - No, no, next week. 866 00:35:36,755 --> 00:35:39,723 So, not, not the coming week, but the week after. 867 00:35:39,827 --> 00:35:42,381 [voiceover]: I think that it's just the unfamiliarity, 868 00:35:42,485 --> 00:35:44,383 which makes them maybe feel like they need 869 00:35:44,487 --> 00:35:45,936 to overcompensate at times. 870 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,421 - I'm not debating, 871 00:35:47,524 --> 00:35:48,801 but I'm still going to all the practices. 872 00:35:48,905 --> 00:35:50,389 - Okay. 873 00:35:50,493 --> 00:35:52,426 ANIKA [voiceover]: Like my dad, 874 00:35:52,529 --> 00:35:54,600 he definitely holds me to a higher standard 875 00:35:54,704 --> 00:35:56,499 than he would've been held to when he was my age, right? 876 00:35:56,602 --> 00:35:58,225 Like, a significantly higher standard. 877 00:35:58,328 --> 00:36:01,987 - Anika, give me a chapati. 878 00:36:02,090 --> 00:36:04,921 - Have you seen the pictures, Mama? 879 00:36:06,578 --> 00:36:09,097 MOTHER: Anika? ANIKA: Yeah? 880 00:36:09,201 --> 00:36:11,134 MOTHER: Can you open the door? 881 00:36:11,238 --> 00:36:13,067 - What time is it? 882 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,758 MOTHER: 6:27... 883 00:36:14,862 --> 00:36:16,726 - Wait, wait, 6:25? 884 00:36:16,829 --> 00:36:18,141 MOTHER: 6:27. 885 00:36:18,245 --> 00:36:19,591 - Oh, God, I have to be there at 6:30. 886 00:36:19,694 --> 00:36:22,766 MOTHER: 6:30? - Yeah, okay, I should go. 887 00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:33,398 ♪ 888 00:36:33,501 --> 00:36:37,540 [talking in background] 889 00:36:47,757 --> 00:36:51,761 ♪ 890 00:36:51,864 --> 00:36:53,728 Okay, wait, do you know any of these teams? 891 00:36:53,832 --> 00:36:55,868 I don't know, I don't recognize any of them 892 00:36:55,972 --> 00:36:57,180 except for, like, Plano Senior, 893 00:36:57,284 --> 00:36:58,630 and, like, we probably will not... 894 00:36:58,733 --> 00:37:00,287 JOSH: Welcome to the Harvard Tournament. 895 00:37:00,390 --> 00:37:02,979 You're going to see some of the best debaters 896 00:37:03,082 --> 00:37:04,325 in the country here. 897 00:37:04,429 --> 00:37:06,362 You're gonna get to debate against 898 00:37:06,465 --> 00:37:08,605 some of the best debaters in the country. 899 00:37:08,709 --> 00:37:10,780 The thing that makes this team unique 900 00:37:10,883 --> 00:37:13,161 is the fact that you guys do it yourself. 901 00:37:13,265 --> 00:37:14,680 You coach each other. 902 00:37:14,784 --> 00:37:17,131 So, you know, congratulations to all of you 903 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,168 and have a very good tournament. 904 00:37:20,272 --> 00:37:22,378 - People are paying X amount of money 905 00:37:22,481 --> 00:37:24,138 and they only get ten percent of that back. 906 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,554 GIL [voiceover]: So, you have 20 debate teams 907 00:37:26,658 --> 00:37:30,213 in the Newton South Debate Team, 908 00:37:30,317 --> 00:37:31,732 and, like, five, six teams, 909 00:37:31,835 --> 00:37:33,630 so, like, ten, 12 kids will go to tournament. 910 00:37:33,734 --> 00:37:35,632 - Yeah, they look like... My polls look like that. 911 00:37:35,736 --> 00:37:39,291 GIL [voiceover]: So, you are a team, 912 00:37:39,395 --> 00:37:41,466 but you're also competing against each other. 913 00:37:43,675 --> 00:37:46,264 What I was thinking is, if we wanna pull reform through 914 00:37:46,367 --> 00:37:48,300 as a response, we respond to their case first, 915 00:37:48,404 --> 00:37:49,922 to, like, their responses first. 916 00:37:50,026 --> 00:37:51,303 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, that's what I was gonna say. 917 00:37:51,407 --> 00:37:52,649 - Yeah. 918 00:37:52,753 --> 00:37:54,168 - No, but if they respond to churches, 919 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:55,480 make sure to respond to the turns. 920 00:37:55,583 --> 00:37:56,964 - Yeah. - You know what I mean? 921 00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:59,000 GABY [voiceover]: Freshman year, we tried a lot of 922 00:37:59,104 --> 00:38:00,588 different partners, and I ended up going to Harvard with Ellen. 923 00:38:00,692 --> 00:38:04,420 - I'm tired, but I'm ready. 924 00:38:04,523 --> 00:38:06,836 [voiceover]: I honestly think finding a debate partner 925 00:38:06,939 --> 00:38:08,907 is kind of like dating a little bit. 926 00:38:09,010 --> 00:38:10,564 There are things you don't 927 00:38:10,667 --> 00:38:13,360 realize that you're looking for, but then once you have it, 928 00:38:13,463 --> 00:38:15,776 like, you realize you need it. 929 00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:18,088 - Can we sit down? 930 00:38:18,192 --> 00:38:19,400 - Yeah, let's sit. 931 00:38:19,504 --> 00:38:21,299 [voiceover]: You are there every day, 932 00:38:21,402 --> 00:38:22,783 day in, day out. 933 00:38:22,886 --> 00:38:24,232 You have to be really brutal with each other 934 00:38:24,336 --> 00:38:25,820 and really honest with each other. 935 00:38:25,924 --> 00:38:27,822 - I have a blue shirt, I have a white shirt. 936 00:38:27,926 --> 00:38:30,825 [voiceover]: You have to have the same goals, 937 00:38:30,929 --> 00:38:33,069 the same mindset. 938 00:38:33,172 --> 00:38:34,967 So, it becomes a lot of, like, 939 00:38:35,071 --> 00:38:38,833 figuring out what works well for the two of you, 940 00:38:38,937 --> 00:38:42,492 which is, which can be difficult. 941 00:38:44,218 --> 00:38:45,357 Is everybody in the round ready? 942 00:38:45,461 --> 00:38:48,464 Awesome, then let's begin. 943 00:38:48,567 --> 00:38:50,328 We affirm that resolved: 944 00:38:50,431 --> 00:38:52,399 in United States public K through 12 schools, 945 00:38:52,502 --> 00:38:55,125 the probable cause standard ought to apply 946 00:38:55,229 --> 00:38:56,368 to searches of students. 947 00:38:56,472 --> 00:38:58,025 We offer one observation. 948 00:38:58,128 --> 00:39:00,372 Security measures in schools make students 949 00:39:00,476 --> 00:39:02,616 dis, feel distrusted and unfairly treated. 950 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,687 - So, they say that the surveillance system 951 00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:06,689 is going to take, if they... 952 00:39:06,792 --> 00:39:08,242 ANIKA [voiceover]: Jay and I, we would always come together 953 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,245 to discuss arguments. 954 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:12,729 And so we thought, you know what, 955 00:39:12,833 --> 00:39:14,731 why don't we just try being a partnership? 956 00:39:14,835 --> 00:39:16,250 - I'm going to give you two reasons 957 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:17,562 why safety is going to stay the same 958 00:39:17,665 --> 00:39:19,357 under a probable cause standard. 959 00:39:19,460 --> 00:39:21,082 The first, since in the real world, 960 00:39:21,186 --> 00:39:22,498 you can search people under the probable cause standard 961 00:39:22,601 --> 00:39:23,913 without a warrant... 962 00:39:24,016 --> 00:39:25,293 ANIKA [voiceover]: So, we were put together 963 00:39:25,397 --> 00:39:26,640 for the Harvard tournament. 964 00:39:26,743 --> 00:39:28,331 We weren't sure how well that was gonna go. 965 00:39:28,435 --> 00:39:30,022 - I mean, if safety is the same in both worlds, 966 00:39:30,126 --> 00:39:31,679 then you both decide... 967 00:39:31,783 --> 00:39:33,405 - If you're getting rid of surveillance, it won't be. 968 00:39:33,509 --> 00:39:35,200 - Sure, we can argue that later. - But there's no... 969 00:39:35,303 --> 00:39:36,581 - But if safety's the same... - I mean, this is a cross, 970 00:39:36,684 --> 00:39:38,168 we can argue it now. - Wait... 971 00:39:38,272 --> 00:39:39,791 Like, I, I looked over... 972 00:39:39,894 --> 00:39:41,620 - ...100 students, that's not many. 973 00:39:41,724 --> 00:39:43,381 - Well, the point is, he still found, 974 00:39:43,484 --> 00:39:44,796 like, when you decrease search standards, 975 00:39:44,899 --> 00:39:46,660 you still find four times as much evidence. 976 00:39:46,763 --> 00:39:49,041 Thank you. Thank you so much for judging. 977 00:39:49,145 --> 00:39:51,147 JUDGE: Nice job. Thank you. 978 00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:57,705 [people talking in background] 979 00:39:57,809 --> 00:40:00,743 BELLA [voiceover]: The Harvard tournament has two pools, 980 00:40:00,846 --> 00:40:03,366 the varsity pool and the JV pool. 981 00:40:03,470 --> 00:40:06,507 Over 200 pairs in each division. 982 00:40:06,611 --> 00:40:11,409 And so, usually, first-years don't do well 983 00:40:11,512 --> 00:40:12,824 because it's freshman and sophomore, 984 00:40:12,927 --> 00:40:14,308 so you're competing against people 985 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:15,827 with two years of experience. 986 00:40:15,930 --> 00:40:17,553 First of all, scope, gridlock affects policies, 987 00:40:17,656 --> 00:40:18,968 which outweigh every single American... 988 00:40:19,071 --> 00:40:20,521 But what both of our cards specifically say 989 00:40:20,625 --> 00:40:22,109 is, it's about... 990 00:40:22,212 --> 00:40:24,318 BELLA [voiceover]: But Anika and Jay are just, like, 991 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:25,837 breezing through their rounds. 992 00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:27,321 - ...where there aren't low-income communities. 993 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:29,150 [spectators applaud] 994 00:40:29,254 --> 00:40:31,049 BELLA [voiceover]: Basically, they got all the way 995 00:40:31,152 --> 00:40:32,395 through finals. 996 00:40:32,499 --> 00:40:36,261 And then they lost by, like, a ballot. 997 00:40:36,364 --> 00:40:39,920 - I don't! 'Cause that means that I don't get to win... 998 00:40:40,023 --> 00:40:41,439 - Let's hug it out. 999 00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:43,199 BELLA [voiceover]: But we were still celebrating. 1000 00:40:43,302 --> 00:40:45,408 - Aw... - Aw... 1001 00:40:45,512 --> 00:40:46,892 - Novices! 1002 00:40:46,996 --> 00:40:48,584 Oh, my God! 1003 00:40:48,687 --> 00:40:50,309 BELLA [voiceover]: I mean, I knew they could do it, 1004 00:40:50,413 --> 00:40:53,658 but I didn't know they'd be that great their first year. 1005 00:40:55,625 --> 00:40:57,109 ANIKA [voiceover]: Before Harvard, 1006 00:40:57,213 --> 00:40:59,215 we were almost sure we were gonna be partners, 1007 00:40:59,318 --> 00:41:01,148 and after Harvard, we were 100% set 1008 00:41:01,251 --> 00:41:02,943 that we were gonna be partners. 1009 00:41:07,568 --> 00:41:12,400 ♪ 1010 00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:17,371 [talking in background] 1011 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:22,721 ♪ 1012 00:41:27,208 --> 00:41:29,590 Are we getting on, Josh? 1013 00:41:29,694 --> 00:41:31,247 Yes? Getting on? 1014 00:41:31,350 --> 00:41:32,524 JOSH: Yes, get on, guys. 1015 00:41:32,628 --> 00:41:33,905 - Get on, guys. 1016 00:41:34,008 --> 00:41:38,254 ♪ 1017 00:41:38,357 --> 00:41:40,083 [bicycle bell ringing] 1018 00:41:40,187 --> 00:41:42,189 JAY [voiceover]: Debate tournaments are miserable. 1019 00:41:42,292 --> 00:41:43,811 - Man, it's cold as [muted]. 1020 00:41:43,915 --> 00:41:46,089 People don't eat for three days. 1021 00:41:46,193 --> 00:41:48,575 They eat nothing but bags of chips, rarely, 1022 00:41:48,678 --> 00:41:50,231 or they don't sleep for three days. 1023 00:41:50,335 --> 00:41:52,717 - According to E.P.A., both of these can cause 1024 00:41:52,820 --> 00:41:54,339 respiratory problems in... 1025 00:41:54,442 --> 00:41:56,134 JAY [voiceover]: And all anyone wants to talk about 1026 00:41:56,237 --> 00:41:57,584 is this topic that in reality 1027 00:41:57,687 --> 00:41:59,068 you probably don't care about anymore, 1028 00:41:59,171 --> 00:42:00,448 but you know you're supposed to care about, 1029 00:42:00,552 --> 00:42:01,760 so you keep talking about it. 1030 00:42:01,864 --> 00:42:03,313 - I guess it's not even government. 1031 00:42:03,417 --> 00:42:04,798 It's, like, private companies, right? 1032 00:42:04,901 --> 00:42:06,524 JAY [voiceover]: There have been times where, like, 1033 00:42:06,627 --> 00:42:07,835 we've been sitting in hotel rooms late at night 1034 00:42:07,939 --> 00:42:09,457 trying to come up with new arguments 1035 00:42:09,561 --> 00:42:10,907 or trying to refine the ones we've had, 1036 00:42:11,011 --> 00:42:12,460 and everyone is snapping at each other 1037 00:42:12,564 --> 00:42:13,634 and yelling at each other and being grumpy. 1038 00:42:13,738 --> 00:42:15,256 JOSH: Not on time. 1039 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,293 BELLA: This has literally been, like, the worst... 1040 00:42:17,396 --> 00:42:19,122 This has been the worst for us. 1041 00:42:19,226 --> 00:42:21,780 - Every team that we've never, like, had a drop to. 1042 00:42:21,884 --> 00:42:24,024 BELLA: I stayed up till, like, 4:00. 1043 00:42:24,127 --> 00:42:25,957 Not that it paid off, 1044 00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:27,614 but, like, I dropped to some random team, 1045 00:42:27,717 --> 00:42:28,960 I don't even know where it, 1046 00:42:29,063 --> 00:42:30,340 where it came from. - [inaudible] 1047 00:42:30,444 --> 00:42:32,377 BELLA [voiceover]: I mean, 1048 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,897 there were so many hard days. 1049 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,415 To have a really rewarding day, 1050 00:42:36,519 --> 00:42:38,659 you probably have, like, 100 hard days, 1051 00:42:38,763 --> 00:42:40,419 where you push through to do research, 1052 00:42:40,523 --> 00:42:44,147 even though you're tired and fight with your teammates, 1053 00:42:44,251 --> 00:42:48,945 and embarrass yourself sometimes, and get critiqued. 1054 00:42:49,049 --> 00:42:50,637 We have dropped four bid rounds now, 1055 00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:52,155 the, the rounds that you have to win 1056 00:42:52,259 --> 00:42:53,778 to get to the Tournament of Champions, so... 1057 00:42:53,881 --> 00:42:56,781 BELLA [voiceover]: The losses, they hurt. 1058 00:42:56,884 --> 00:42:58,886 The curse lives on. - What? 1059 00:42:58,990 --> 00:43:00,716 - The curse lives on. - Let's walk, let's walk. 1060 00:43:00,819 --> 00:43:02,476 BELLA [voiceover]: I mean, everyone likes to win. 1061 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:05,444 But there's a huge progression, 1062 00:43:05,548 --> 00:43:07,723 I think for almost every single person, 1063 00:43:07,826 --> 00:43:09,483 from freshman year to senior year, 1064 00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:13,176 from my personal success to thinking about partnerships, 1065 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:16,490 and, "Let me help the team." 1066 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:18,906 Like, I learned the importance 1067 00:43:19,010 --> 00:43:22,220 and the satisfaction of not putting yourself first, 1068 00:43:22,323 --> 00:43:23,808 I'd put it that way. 1069 00:43:25,464 --> 00:43:28,813 [talking softly] 1070 00:43:28,916 --> 00:43:31,056 GIL: And are all three judges ready? Okay. 1071 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,438 We affirm the United States should withdraw 1072 00:43:33,541 --> 00:43:35,095 its military presence from Okinawa. 1073 00:43:35,198 --> 00:43:37,753 Contention one is holding Japan back. 1074 00:43:37,856 --> 00:43:40,963 Remember, they give you no specific number from Okinawa. 1075 00:43:41,066 --> 00:43:42,792 They only give you this general study. 1076 00:43:42,896 --> 00:43:45,277 Let's look to what's actually happening in East Asia. 1077 00:43:45,381 --> 00:43:47,452 First, Hugh White of the National Interest 1078 00:43:47,555 --> 00:43:49,178 explains that our nuclear capabilities 1079 00:43:49,281 --> 00:43:51,387 are the only U.S. force which deters China. 1080 00:43:51,490 --> 00:43:53,078 This is because China... 1081 00:43:53,182 --> 00:43:54,597 GIL [voiceover]: Sophomore year, Ayush didn't have a partner, 1082 00:43:54,701 --> 00:43:57,358 and I was really, like, the last option, 1083 00:43:57,462 --> 00:44:00,465 but, like, there's no one else, so I was, like, "Me!" 1084 00:44:00,568 --> 00:44:01,984 AYUSH [whispering]: And finally, 1085 00:44:02,087 --> 00:44:03,433 they have literally no number from Okinawa. 1086 00:44:03,537 --> 00:44:04,918 It's been there since 1945. 1087 00:44:05,021 --> 00:44:06,367 Why couldn't they have a number of deterrents? 1088 00:44:06,471 --> 00:44:08,059 Because it's not working. 1089 00:44:08,162 --> 00:44:09,439 GIL [voiceover]: Like, in the beginning, 1090 00:44:09,543 --> 00:44:11,545 I really did rely on Ayush 1091 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:12,891 to, like, lead me through stuff. 1092 00:44:12,995 --> 00:44:14,859 AYUSH: People are unemployed. 1093 00:44:14,962 --> 00:44:16,584 That's the issue that needs to be solved in the status quo. 1094 00:44:16,688 --> 00:44:17,896 That can only be solved with... 1095 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,415 GIL [voiceover]: Competing with a junior, 1096 00:44:19,518 --> 00:44:21,797 it was really a big learning curve. 1097 00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:23,557 They have amphibious capabilities. 1098 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:26,733 They have a ton of soldiers... - Wait, amphibious capabilities? 1099 00:44:26,836 --> 00:44:27,906 Can you explain what that means? - Like... 1100 00:44:28,010 --> 00:44:29,563 - Amphibious capabilities? 1101 00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:31,220 BOY: Like, they're, they can use, like, boats and stuff. 1102 00:44:31,323 --> 00:44:34,637 - So, no other Marine can use a boat? 1103 00:44:34,741 --> 00:44:38,227 I qualified for Nationals! 1104 00:44:38,330 --> 00:44:41,264 I qualified! 1105 00:44:41,368 --> 00:44:43,922 [voiceover]: We ended up qualifying for NCFLs, 1106 00:44:44,026 --> 00:44:47,098 which is one of the national tournaments, 1107 00:44:47,201 --> 00:44:48,720 and that was, like, such a big deal for me. 1108 00:44:48,824 --> 00:44:50,688 It was, like, really exciting. 1109 00:44:50,791 --> 00:44:52,517 - ♪ Gil 1110 00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:55,209 Oh, my God, I am so, so, so proud of you. 1111 00:44:55,313 --> 00:44:56,797 Seriously, you should be, like, so proud. 1112 00:44:56,901 --> 00:45:00,559 - I'm so, yeah. - Yeah, I'm so proud. 1113 00:45:00,663 --> 00:45:03,321 You're going to California! - Yeah! 1114 00:45:06,911 --> 00:45:10,017 JOSH: And I would write out some sentences like that, 1115 00:45:10,121 --> 00:45:13,227 you know, introduce that, those concepts... 1116 00:45:13,331 --> 00:45:14,815 But even if you believe 1117 00:45:14,919 --> 00:45:16,334 that these trials are legitimate, 1118 00:45:16,437 --> 00:45:17,645 you'd still vote for us, 1119 00:45:17,749 --> 00:45:19,268 considering the district... 1120 00:45:19,371 --> 00:45:20,787 No, no, no. [mumbling] 1121 00:45:20,890 --> 00:45:22,374 You still don't look to the... 1122 00:45:22,478 --> 00:45:24,860 You'd still vote for us, because it is not worth it 1123 00:45:24,963 --> 00:45:27,414 to entrench the, to entrench worldwide poverty 1124 00:45:27,517 --> 00:45:31,211 to save a couple of rich people. 1125 00:45:31,314 --> 00:45:33,938 [birds chirping] 1126 00:45:38,839 --> 00:45:40,738 [computer keys tapping] 1127 00:45:40,841 --> 00:45:42,463 Mitch? 1128 00:45:42,567 --> 00:45:44,258 I'm going over to the girls' room to knock on their door 1129 00:45:44,362 --> 00:45:46,122 to make sure that they're, like, up. 1130 00:45:46,226 --> 00:45:49,816 Or getting up at some point soon. 1131 00:45:58,169 --> 00:45:59,515 [door opening] AYUSH: Yes. 1132 00:45:59,618 --> 00:46:01,344 [whispering]: You guys, wake up. 1133 00:46:01,448 --> 00:46:02,863 - What? 1134 00:46:02,967 --> 00:46:04,347 - Wake up, it's, like, 6:00 in the morning. 1135 00:46:04,451 --> 00:46:05,728 - I know! 1136 00:46:05,832 --> 00:46:07,178 - Okay. - We were planning to wake up 1137 00:46:07,281 --> 00:46:08,282 at 6:15. 1138 00:46:08,386 --> 00:46:13,046 I really suck at doing the eyeliner. 1139 00:46:13,149 --> 00:46:14,875 GIL [voiceover]: I think every girl debater has got comments 1140 00:46:14,979 --> 00:46:18,258 from judges of how they look, how they dress. 1141 00:46:18,361 --> 00:46:23,332 Comments like, "Oh, I think you should put on more makeup." 1142 00:46:23,435 --> 00:46:25,265 I've gotten comments on, like, "Cute dress." 1143 00:46:25,368 --> 00:46:27,163 "Oh, I don't think the shoes match." 1144 00:46:27,267 --> 00:46:28,544 Like, don't look at my shoes. 1145 00:46:28,647 --> 00:46:29,787 Like, look at what I'm saying. 1146 00:46:29,890 --> 00:46:34,377 [talking in background] 1147 00:46:34,481 --> 00:46:37,208 First of all, the majority of the time... 1148 00:46:37,311 --> 00:46:40,349 And take advantage of progress instead of... 1149 00:46:40,452 --> 00:46:47,494 ♪ 1150 00:46:53,189 --> 00:46:54,363 [groans] 1151 00:46:54,466 --> 00:46:56,089 AYUSH: Why are the postings not out, okay? 1152 00:46:56,192 --> 00:46:57,676 JOSH: This is important. 1153 00:46:57,780 --> 00:46:59,161 AYUSH: Somebody needs to be on top of it. 1154 00:46:59,264 --> 00:47:00,818 The thing is, it's also, like, like, 10:40, 1155 00:47:00,921 --> 00:47:02,612 and the majority of, like, a lot of people 1156 00:47:02,716 --> 00:47:04,200 are coming from the East Coast, 1157 00:47:04,304 --> 00:47:08,239 so it feels like 1:00 for us, like 1:30 for us. 1158 00:47:08,342 --> 00:47:10,586 JOSH: Are you saying it's not fair? 1159 00:47:10,689 --> 00:47:12,864 - It is not fair, Josh. 1160 00:47:12,968 --> 00:47:14,624 GIL [voiceover]: At this tournament, 1161 00:47:14,728 --> 00:47:16,247 one judge, she was, like, 1162 00:47:16,350 --> 00:47:19,733 "I really liked your points, but your voice... 1163 00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:22,218 "Try to sound like Oprah. 1164 00:47:22,322 --> 00:47:25,635 You need, like, more Oprah." 1165 00:47:25,739 --> 00:47:27,810 AYUSH: Postings are out. 1166 00:47:27,914 --> 00:47:31,434 It's backwards, though, um, four... 1167 00:47:31,538 --> 00:47:33,022 I cannot read this. 1168 00:47:33,126 --> 00:47:34,886 GIRL: Wait, where? - 4050. 1169 00:47:34,990 --> 00:47:37,475 GIRL: Broke? - Yeah-- 4052. 1170 00:47:37,578 --> 00:47:39,753 - Where are you getting this? - Where are you getting this? 1171 00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:42,342 AYUSH: Yeah, we didn't break. 1172 00:47:45,310 --> 00:47:46,656 JOSH: I'm sure you guys were really close. 1173 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,314 Sorry you didn't make it. 1174 00:47:56,390 --> 00:47:57,909 GIL [voiceover]: I think you keep going, 1175 00:47:58,013 --> 00:47:59,566 because at least for me, 1176 00:47:59,669 --> 00:48:02,258 like, it made me really angry. 1177 00:48:02,362 --> 00:48:04,916 I just, like, did bad, cried. 1178 00:48:05,020 --> 00:48:06,711 Did worse, cried. 1179 00:48:06,814 --> 00:48:09,369 And then I was just, like, now it's just pissing me off 1180 00:48:09,472 --> 00:48:10,715 that I'm bad at this. 1181 00:48:11,612 --> 00:48:14,443 JUDGE 1: So, it's a 2-1 for the negative. 1182 00:48:14,546 --> 00:48:16,341 JUDGE 2: I end up voting pro in this round. 1183 00:48:16,445 --> 00:48:20,173 Most of my voting comes from sort of the pro's final focus. 1184 00:48:20,276 --> 00:48:22,692 I just don't see much offense coming from either side 1185 00:48:22,796 --> 00:48:23,970 at the end of the round. 1186 00:48:24,073 --> 00:48:25,247 You guys were too fast, 1187 00:48:25,350 --> 00:48:27,145 you know, in sort of just... 1188 00:48:27,249 --> 00:48:28,940 You know, you guys could have made the point better 1189 00:48:29,044 --> 00:48:30,666 on the popular support, also. 1190 00:48:30,769 --> 00:48:31,943 CAROLINE [voiceover]: I mean, 1191 00:48:32,047 --> 00:48:33,496 you have to be aggressive, right? 1192 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,188 Like, you can't just let your opponent talk over you. 1193 00:48:35,291 --> 00:48:38,916 [chuckles]: But it's really hard as a woman, 1194 00:48:39,019 --> 00:48:44,162 um, to not come across as, like... 1195 00:48:45,060 --> 00:48:47,269 Bitchy, right? 1196 00:48:47,372 --> 00:48:49,236 Like, aggressive, powerful women 1197 00:48:49,340 --> 00:48:51,514 are not what people wanna see 1198 00:48:51,618 --> 00:48:53,482 necessarily-- or they say they want to see them, 1199 00:48:53,585 --> 00:48:55,035 but then when they're actually in front of them, 1200 00:48:55,139 --> 00:48:57,762 they sound shrill or stringent or whatever. 1201 00:48:57,865 --> 00:49:00,109 For you guys, I wanna hear some really, 1202 00:49:00,213 --> 00:49:01,835 some more distinction between your summary 1203 00:49:01,939 --> 00:49:03,181 and your final focus. 1204 00:49:03,285 --> 00:49:05,114 Tell me why I should vote for you. 1205 00:49:05,218 --> 00:49:06,840 MORRY [voiceover]: It's not just that there's implicit bias, 1206 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:08,186 it's that it manifests, right? 1207 00:49:08,290 --> 00:49:10,154 Like, a lot of women are first speakers, 1208 00:49:10,257 --> 00:49:11,603 rather than second speakers, because there's this conception 1209 00:49:11,707 --> 00:49:13,295 that the second speaker's more important. 1210 00:49:14,330 --> 00:49:15,987 And it's not just limited to gender. 1211 00:49:16,091 --> 00:49:18,679 This, Asian students are stereotyped 1212 00:49:18,783 --> 00:49:21,130 as, like, being robotic debaters. 1213 00:49:21,234 --> 00:49:25,031 Black debaters can be seen as, like, too aggressive. 1214 00:49:25,859 --> 00:49:27,654 And in every case you have, like, 1215 00:49:27,757 --> 00:49:29,483 the other side of the coin, which is, like, the, 1216 00:49:29,587 --> 00:49:31,106 "Oh, this is one of the good ones, this is, like, 1217 00:49:31,209 --> 00:49:33,211 "the model of what, like, a debater of color 1218 00:49:33,315 --> 00:49:34,972 "or, like, a woman debater should be, 1219 00:49:35,075 --> 00:49:36,352 "because of how closely they're acting 1220 00:49:36,456 --> 00:49:38,078 to this, like, White male standard." 1221 00:49:39,045 --> 00:49:41,012 These two judges are not going to vote for us. 1222 00:49:41,116 --> 00:49:42,462 - That's fine, we tried. 1223 00:49:42,565 --> 00:49:44,050 MORRY [voiceover]: And that's just, like, 1224 00:49:44,153 --> 00:49:45,775 that's, that's just where you start. 1225 00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:51,540 ANNOUNCER: All right, in a 2-1 decision, 4153 advances. 1226 00:49:51,643 --> 00:49:53,921 ANNOUNCER 2: From Poly Prep, Daniel Fernandez. 1227 00:49:54,025 --> 00:49:55,440 ANNOUNCER 3: Conner Hayes. 1228 00:49:55,544 --> 00:49:56,994 Kevin Spear. 1229 00:49:57,097 --> 00:49:59,410 - In seventh place, from Boston Latin, Anthony Tao. 1230 00:49:59,513 --> 00:50:01,067 ANNOUNCER 3: Matthew Massa, Jake Rearden. 1231 00:50:01,170 --> 00:50:02,275 JOSH: In fifth place, 1232 00:50:02,378 --> 00:50:04,139 from Westford, David Towers. 1233 00:50:04,242 --> 00:50:05,623 [voiceover]: I mean, what do we do? Do we tell judges 1234 00:50:05,726 --> 00:50:07,107 not to be biased? 1235 00:50:07,211 --> 00:50:08,833 Well, they already think they're not being biased. 1236 00:50:08,936 --> 00:50:10,697 In fact, they'd probably take offense 1237 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:11,905 if you tell them, you know, 1238 00:50:12,009 --> 00:50:13,424 "You're biased." 1239 00:50:13,527 --> 00:50:14,873 [on mic]: In second place, from Newton South, 1240 00:50:14,977 --> 00:50:16,530 Sam Fishman. 1241 00:50:16,634 --> 00:50:17,911 ANNOUNCER 2: Third top speaker, from Acton-Boxborough, 1242 00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:19,464 Joshua Lee. 1243 00:50:19,568 --> 00:50:22,329 ANNOUNCER 4: First speaker in JVPF is Harry Fin. 1244 00:50:22,433 --> 00:50:25,884 JOSH: And your top speaker, with an astounding 118 points, 1245 00:50:25,988 --> 00:50:27,369 Ed Deng. 1246 00:50:27,472 --> 00:50:29,164 [audience cheering and applauding] 1247 00:50:29,267 --> 00:50:30,613 [voiceover]: But let's say we figured out 1248 00:50:30,717 --> 00:50:32,305 some training for judges, 1249 00:50:32,408 --> 00:50:37,758 such that we could eliminate their gender bias. 1250 00:50:37,862 --> 00:50:40,830 Then the girls will have been trained to perform well 1251 00:50:40,934 --> 00:50:45,249 in a world that does not exist. 1252 00:50:46,664 --> 00:50:48,424 All right, so can we have the seniors 1253 00:50:48,528 --> 00:50:50,185 just come on up over here to my right, 1254 00:50:50,288 --> 00:50:51,807 your left? Come on up. 1255 00:50:51,910 --> 00:50:55,328 [cheers and applause] 1256 00:50:55,431 --> 00:50:57,157 [talking in background] 1257 00:50:57,261 --> 00:50:58,676 JOSH: Seniors, when you go on 1258 00:50:58,779 --> 00:51:01,023 to college or wherever you're going next, 1259 00:51:01,127 --> 00:51:03,991 you're going to find, even more than you 1260 00:51:04,095 --> 00:51:06,891 see now, that you know how to research, 1261 00:51:06,994 --> 00:51:09,169 you know how to develop an argument, 1262 00:51:09,273 --> 00:51:11,344 you know what an argument is, 1263 00:51:11,447 --> 00:51:15,382 and you know how to convince people, and that is 1264 00:51:15,486 --> 00:51:17,902 the dividing line between folks 1265 00:51:18,005 --> 00:51:20,077 who can really have an influence. 1266 00:51:20,180 --> 00:51:24,495 Use that skill well. 1267 00:51:26,221 --> 00:51:28,809 All right, so, um, that's it, you can all go home. 1268 00:51:28,913 --> 00:51:30,397 Oh, wait, there are these things. 1269 00:51:30,501 --> 00:51:31,916 All right. 1270 00:51:32,019 --> 00:51:36,369 We are going to hand out awards starting with novice. 1271 00:51:36,472 --> 00:51:39,130 In fifth place from Nashua, Dreha Sinha. 1272 00:51:39,234 --> 00:51:42,375 From Nashua, Rohan Kumar. 1273 00:51:42,478 --> 00:51:44,584 BELLA [voiceover]: It feels like all of my responsibilities 1274 00:51:44,687 --> 00:51:46,931 are kind of now over in, like, a flash. 1275 00:51:47,034 --> 00:51:49,968 JOSH: In first place, your co-champions 1276 00:51:50,072 --> 00:51:52,005 in public forum, from Newton South, 1277 00:51:52,109 --> 00:51:54,041 Ellen Deng and Victoria Wong, 1278 00:51:54,145 --> 00:51:56,389 and Jay Garg and Anika Sridhar. 1279 00:51:56,492 --> 00:52:01,704 [cheering and applauding] 1280 00:52:03,637 --> 00:52:06,192 BELLA [voiceover]: It feels natural to hand off the team, 1281 00:52:06,295 --> 00:52:09,264 and I couldn't be happier. 1282 00:52:09,367 --> 00:52:11,749 But I think I'm gonna miss the team a lot, 1283 00:52:11,852 --> 00:52:14,752 just being involved. 1284 00:52:14,855 --> 00:52:16,098 JOSH: Team awards. 1285 00:52:16,202 --> 00:52:17,927 In sixth place, Milton High School. 1286 00:52:18,031 --> 00:52:21,068 BELLA [voiceover]: I haven't, like, fully let it go. 1287 00:52:21,172 --> 00:52:22,622 [cheering and applauding] 1288 00:52:22,725 --> 00:52:23,864 JOSH: Third place, 1289 00:52:23,968 --> 00:52:25,659 Newton South High School. 1290 00:52:25,763 --> 00:52:27,282 [cheering and applauding] 1291 00:52:27,385 --> 00:52:31,355 Second place, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. 1292 00:52:31,458 --> 00:52:32,839 ♪ 1293 00:52:32,942 --> 00:52:34,220 BELLA [voiceover]: And what we tell the second-years is, 1294 00:52:34,323 --> 00:52:35,635 "You're role models. 1295 00:52:35,738 --> 00:52:39,673 Novices look up to you." 1296 00:52:39,777 --> 00:52:42,089 These novices like Anika, Jay, Gaby, 1297 00:52:42,193 --> 00:52:44,299 they're gonna walk in the next year, 1298 00:52:44,402 --> 00:52:47,888 and they're gonna feel like gods. 1299 00:52:49,994 --> 00:52:53,653 ♪ 1300 00:52:57,450 --> 00:53:00,418 [tires screeching] 1301 00:53:10,152 --> 00:53:11,257 ALL: She slits a sheet, 1302 00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:12,603 the sheet she slits, 1303 00:53:12,706 --> 00:53:15,606 and on that slitted sheet she sits. 1304 00:53:15,709 --> 00:53:18,160 She slits the sheet, the sheet she slits, 1305 00:53:18,264 --> 00:53:20,818 and on that slitted sheet she sits. 1306 00:53:20,921 --> 00:53:24,131 Shoo pa-pa, shoo pa, shoo pa. 1307 00:53:24,235 --> 00:53:26,686 Fee fi, fee fi fo fum. [slapping thighs] 1308 00:53:26,789 --> 00:53:28,929 Fee fi fo fum! 1309 00:53:29,033 --> 00:53:31,622 Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, 1310 00:53:31,725 --> 00:53:33,279 we'll be together, whatever the weather, 1311 00:53:33,382 --> 00:53:35,108 whether we like it or not. 1312 00:53:35,212 --> 00:53:37,352 So whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, 1313 00:53:37,455 --> 00:53:39,008 we'll be together, whatever the weather, 1314 00:53:39,112 --> 00:53:40,665 whether we like it or not. 1315 00:53:40,769 --> 00:53:42,529 [cheering] 1316 00:53:48,294 --> 00:53:49,433 TEACHER: ...the following except, 1317 00:53:49,536 --> 00:53:50,882 you're gonna read through 1318 00:53:50,986 --> 00:53:53,126 every one of these answers and try to find 1319 00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:54,783 the one that... 1320 00:53:54,886 --> 00:53:56,440 ANIKA [voiceover]: Newton's very different 1321 00:53:56,543 --> 00:53:59,270 from a lot of other places in the country. 1322 00:53:59,374 --> 00:54:01,859 Starting from... [speaking Mandarin] 1323 00:54:01,962 --> 00:54:03,378 [speaking Mandarin slowly] 1324 00:54:03,481 --> 00:54:05,966 ANIKA [voiceover]: The environment 1325 00:54:06,070 --> 00:54:08,521 is really heavily focused on 1326 00:54:08,624 --> 00:54:10,523 success and high achieving. 1327 00:54:10,626 --> 00:54:12,283 BOY: Oh, we found the optic nerve, right? 1328 00:54:12,387 --> 00:54:15,976 [teacher speaking French] 1329 00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:19,566 [speaking French] 1330 00:54:19,670 --> 00:54:21,637 [voiceover]: Everyone here is constantly talking about 1331 00:54:21,741 --> 00:54:24,088 college, constantly talking about school, 1332 00:54:24,191 --> 00:54:25,952 constantly talking about their grades, 1333 00:54:26,055 --> 00:54:28,057 constantly talking about their extracurriculars. 1334 00:54:29,162 --> 00:54:30,819 JAY: There's 20 million people that have been 1335 00:54:30,922 --> 00:54:33,408 given healthcare because of the Affordable Care Act. 1336 00:54:33,511 --> 00:54:35,306 There's a ton of statistics about, like, 1337 00:54:35,410 --> 00:54:36,894 how it's actually helpful. 1338 00:54:36,997 --> 00:54:38,930 It's so clean, you know? 1339 00:54:39,034 --> 00:54:41,036 ANIKA [voiceover]: I don't want to ever, like, 1340 00:54:41,139 --> 00:54:45,765 disappoint people in my life, like my friends, my family. 1341 00:54:45,868 --> 00:54:48,319 - I also missed the beginning of this conversation, 1342 00:54:48,423 --> 00:54:50,287 but, like, I don't think, it's, like, they couldn't, 1343 00:54:50,390 --> 00:54:52,703 they tried to cut it for, like, literally a year. 1344 00:54:52,806 --> 00:54:56,603 ANIKA [voiceover]: I know the feeling of, like, 1345 00:54:56,707 --> 00:54:58,122 every tournament matters so much. 1346 00:54:58,225 --> 00:54:59,503 Every record matters so much. 1347 00:54:59,606 --> 00:55:02,057 This specific tournament is so important. 1348 00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:03,852 I don't know enough about it. 1349 00:55:03,955 --> 00:55:05,854 But I don't think you do, either, I'm assuming. 1350 00:55:05,957 --> 00:55:08,132 I think we need to, I think we need to just look into, like... 1351 00:55:08,235 --> 00:55:11,998 [Gaby and Anika talking at once] 1352 00:55:12,101 --> 00:55:13,724 - Then why'd we vote for them in the first place 1353 00:55:13,827 --> 00:55:15,346 if they're not going to do what we want them to do? 1354 00:55:15,450 --> 00:55:16,727 - ...in the first place, 1355 00:55:16,830 --> 00:55:18,384 instead of universal background checks... 1356 00:55:18,487 --> 00:55:19,799 - What mental health legislation is this? 1357 00:55:19,902 --> 00:55:21,248 What, give me an example 1358 00:55:21,352 --> 00:55:22,905 of the bill. - Like, you want specifically? 1359 00:55:23,009 --> 00:55:24,528 Like, putting up more clinics or just in general? 1360 00:55:24,631 --> 00:55:26,219 Like, I don't need to give you specifics. 1361 00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:28,048 [both talking over each other] - Why can't, why can't, 1362 00:55:28,152 --> 00:55:29,464 why can't you have, why can't you have two solutions 1363 00:55:29,567 --> 00:55:30,706 to the same problem? 1364 00:55:30,810 --> 00:55:32,121 GIL: I thought both, all crossfires 1365 00:55:32,225 --> 00:55:33,433 were really unproductive. 1366 00:55:33,537 --> 00:55:34,676 You guys were kind of just, like, 1367 00:55:34,779 --> 00:55:36,505 talking over each other, right? 1368 00:55:36,609 --> 00:55:39,025 Anais, your summary was very good for mental health. 1369 00:55:39,128 --> 00:55:41,199 [voiceover]: I knew I wanted to be captain 1370 00:55:41,303 --> 00:55:43,236 pretty much, like, October freshman year. 1371 00:55:43,340 --> 00:55:45,445 - So the people that I'm thinking 1372 00:55:45,549 --> 00:55:47,792 are to get cut are these. - Mm-hmm. 1373 00:55:47,896 --> 00:55:50,277 GIL [voiceover]: I liked when I walked in the room, 1374 00:55:50,381 --> 00:55:52,314 everyone's, like, "Oh, Gil's here," like... 1375 00:55:52,418 --> 00:55:53,936 Yeah, it, like, felt good. 1376 00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:56,042 It felt different, like, I never felt like that before. 1377 00:55:56,145 --> 00:55:59,217 We want cases done on Monday! 1378 00:55:59,321 --> 00:56:01,910 Monday practice, your cases should be done. 1379 00:56:02,013 --> 00:56:05,396 [voiceover]: I definitely scared a few of them, 1380 00:56:05,500 --> 00:56:07,053 which I think is good. 1381 00:56:07,156 --> 00:56:09,987 'Cause, like, I think they would have just have slacked off 1382 00:56:10,090 --> 00:56:12,507 if there wasn't a little fear. 1383 00:56:12,610 --> 00:56:14,440 During the Revere Tournament, when Jay was teaching you, 1384 00:56:14,543 --> 00:56:15,751 like, the [inaudible] structure 1385 00:56:15,855 --> 00:56:17,408 that we were, that we taught you, 1386 00:56:17,512 --> 00:56:18,789 and you're, like, "No, I think my way's better"... 1387 00:56:18,892 --> 00:56:20,894 BOY: Are you saying, "Take more notes"? 1388 00:56:20,998 --> 00:56:22,482 HANNAH: It's not really about notes, 1389 00:56:22,586 --> 00:56:24,001 but it's about, like, the attitude. 1390 00:56:24,104 --> 00:56:25,761 Every year, there's always clique that forms, 1391 00:56:25,865 --> 00:56:27,384 but I think it's really valuable to make sure 1392 00:56:27,487 --> 00:56:28,695 that everyone feels a part of the team. 1393 00:56:28,799 --> 00:56:30,663 You're a sophomore, right? - Yeah. 1394 00:56:30,766 --> 00:56:32,319 - So, like, we've been looking through your prep, 1395 00:56:32,423 --> 00:56:33,769 and you, you put in a lot of the research, 1396 00:56:33,873 --> 00:56:35,909 but one thing that we'd want you to do 1397 00:56:36,013 --> 00:56:37,704 is to participate more in practice. 1398 00:56:37,808 --> 00:56:41,190 Ask your questions, like, contribute, give your ideas. 1399 00:56:41,294 --> 00:56:43,020 [voiceover]: There are novices 1400 00:56:43,123 --> 00:56:46,817 that are really rambunctious and outspoken and more popular, 1401 00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,439 and then there are the quiet ones 1402 00:56:48,543 --> 00:56:50,096 that still need to break out of their shell. 1403 00:56:50,199 --> 00:56:52,374 I'll make sure that the kids that are really quiet, 1404 00:56:52,478 --> 00:56:54,445 but I can tell are working really hard, 1405 00:56:54,549 --> 00:56:56,516 get the attention they deserve. 1406 00:56:56,620 --> 00:56:59,312 - Try to, like, you know, be more confident in round, 1407 00:56:59,416 --> 00:57:02,591 like, 'cause you know more than your opponent, I'm pretty sure. 1408 00:57:02,695 --> 00:57:04,282 So, like, keep doing that. 1409 00:57:04,386 --> 00:57:05,698 Just be more confident in round, because you have the content 1410 00:57:05,801 --> 00:57:07,976 to back it up. - Okay. 1411 00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:11,566 What business, big businesses do is, they try... 1412 00:57:11,669 --> 00:57:13,637 Can I, like, literally just let me finish my explanation. 1413 00:57:13,740 --> 00:57:15,432 JOHNNY: I haven't said anything! 1414 00:57:15,535 --> 00:57:17,295 - 'Cause I can see you're gonna interrupt me before I finish. 1415 00:57:17,399 --> 00:57:20,057 [voiceover]: I've always been super-hard on myself. 1416 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:21,990 I have a fear of failure. 1417 00:57:22,093 --> 00:57:27,961 Kind of, like, not being enough, in a way, and not... 1418 00:57:29,376 --> 00:57:30,999 ...doing something that matters. 1419 00:57:31,102 --> 00:57:34,071 Because startups need a lot more people than a business 1420 00:57:34,174 --> 00:57:35,866 that's adding a small branch. 1421 00:57:35,969 --> 00:57:38,282 [voiceover]: I've had a lot of struggle to, like, 1422 00:57:38,385 --> 00:57:41,458 have success in the national circuit. 1423 00:57:41,561 --> 00:57:43,252 Like, I went 2-4 at Big Lex my sophomore year, 1424 00:57:43,356 --> 00:57:45,220 and I was crushed. - ...to hire these employees... 1425 00:57:45,323 --> 00:57:47,636 [voiceover]: I was so distraught. 1426 00:57:47,740 --> 00:57:50,156 Like, I felt like I should have been doing better. 1427 00:57:50,259 --> 00:57:52,745 Like, I was watching all my friends do really well. 1428 00:57:52,848 --> 00:57:54,885 - But Johnny, you're understanding how... 1429 00:57:54,988 --> 00:57:56,714 You're misunderstanding how a business works. 1430 00:57:56,818 --> 00:57:59,959 Startups grow at a much faster rate than already... 1431 00:58:00,062 --> 00:58:02,479 Johnny, can I just finish? Can I get one sentence out? 1432 00:58:02,582 --> 00:58:04,308 - I agree! - Johnny, can I get one sentence out? 1433 00:58:04,411 --> 00:58:06,310 [voiceover]: Like, you're surrounded by all these people 1434 00:58:06,413 --> 00:58:10,072 who are so smart and so passionate, 1435 00:58:10,176 --> 00:58:14,318 and it can be hard not to compare yourself to them 1436 00:58:14,421 --> 00:58:16,423 and be, like, 1437 00:58:16,527 --> 00:58:18,080 "Wow, I've done nothing." [chuckles] 1438 00:58:18,184 --> 00:58:19,979 STATION ANNOUNCER: This is the last call for Amtrak 1439 00:58:20,082 --> 00:58:22,119 Northeast Regional train 1440 00:58:22,222 --> 00:58:23,603 with intermediate stops. 1441 00:58:23,707 --> 00:58:26,088 Passengers should proceed to track one. 1442 00:58:26,192 --> 00:58:27,400 ELLEN: Is everyone ready? 1443 00:58:27,504 --> 00:58:28,608 You guys ready? 1444 00:58:28,712 --> 00:58:30,092 Okay, starting 1445 00:58:30,196 --> 00:58:31,749 now. 1446 00:58:31,853 --> 00:58:33,475 We affirm the United States should lift its embargo 1447 00:58:33,579 --> 00:58:34,787 against Cuba. 1448 00:58:34,890 --> 00:58:36,823 Contention one is Russian influence. 1449 00:58:36,927 --> 00:58:39,274 There are two reasons why lifting the Cuban embargo 1450 00:58:39,377 --> 00:58:40,827 will stop Russian aggression. 1451 00:58:40,931 --> 00:58:42,657 Jeffrey Thompson of UMass finds 1452 00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:44,659 that a ten percent increase in infrastructure spending 1453 00:58:44,762 --> 00:58:48,076 lowered manufacturing costs by 2.3%. 1454 00:58:48,179 --> 00:58:49,767 Ultimately, what you're seeing is, we're actually 1455 00:58:49,871 --> 00:58:51,389 going to be helping the poor. 1456 00:58:51,493 --> 00:58:54,116 [whispering] 1457 00:58:54,220 --> 00:58:56,256 GABY [voiceover]: Princeton was, like, really rough 1458 00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:57,810 for Ellen and I originally. 1459 00:58:57,913 --> 00:59:00,295 Day one, we lost both of our rounds. 1460 00:59:00,398 --> 00:59:01,641 ELLEN: And, like, last round, 1461 00:59:01,745 --> 00:59:03,091 was just, like... GABY: Yeah, we... 1462 00:59:03,194 --> 00:59:05,645 [sighs]: It was, like, not, it was not good. 1463 00:59:05,749 --> 00:59:07,267 WOMAN: What happened last round? Like... 1464 00:59:07,371 --> 00:59:09,511 - Um, it just got messy. - Okay, so, the other team... 1465 00:59:09,615 --> 00:59:10,754 Yeah, the other team, like, made it 1466 00:59:10,857 --> 00:59:12,169 really confusing for the judge. 1467 00:59:12,272 --> 00:59:13,342 And they did this thing, like, 1468 00:59:13,446 --> 00:59:15,103 called, like, muddling, 1469 00:59:15,206 --> 00:59:16,725 where they just, like, make it really, really confusing. 1470 00:59:16,829 --> 00:59:18,796 They're, they were, like, really, really confident 1471 00:59:18,900 --> 00:59:20,349 and, like, really perceptually dominant, 1472 00:59:20,453 --> 00:59:21,834 especially 'cause, like, they're guys, 1473 00:59:21,937 --> 00:59:23,974 so they have, like, lower voices anyways. 1474 00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:26,804 GABY [voiceover]: I don't ever like to think that the reason 1475 00:59:26,908 --> 00:59:31,568 we lost a round is because we are girls. 1476 00:59:31,671 --> 00:59:32,776 Well, I think we should redo speeches. 1477 00:59:32,879 --> 00:59:34,122 - Yeah, I think so, too. 1478 00:59:34,225 --> 00:59:35,502 - But we should go back to the place... 1479 00:59:35,606 --> 00:59:36,918 GABY [voiceover]: I do think 1480 00:59:37,021 --> 00:59:38,747 it definitely influences the judges. 1481 00:59:38,851 --> 00:59:43,752 I don't think it's a deciding factor, usually, but... 1482 00:59:43,856 --> 00:59:46,272 I do think it's there. 1483 00:59:46,375 --> 00:59:48,895 [talking indistinctly] WOLF BLITZER: But it could be 1484 00:59:48,999 --> 00:59:51,346 very, very close in some of those key battleground states. 1485 00:59:51,449 --> 00:59:53,003 GIRL: No, I, I know. 1486 00:59:53,106 --> 00:59:54,832 BLITZER: Donald Trump has what, about a 20,000-vote lead, 1487 00:59:54,936 --> 00:59:56,454 but it's very, very early... 1488 00:59:56,558 --> 00:59:58,042 GIRL: No, and then he said, 1489 00:59:58,146 --> 00:59:59,872 and, and he's, like, "Oh, she only supports Hillary 1490 00:59:59,975 --> 01:00:01,874 'cause she's a woman," and then I just laid out 1491 01:00:01,977 --> 01:00:04,152 point-by-point the reasons why I supported her, 1492 01:00:04,255 --> 01:00:06,016 and he's, like, "She's dishonest." 1493 01:00:06,119 --> 01:00:08,708 MIKE: She's not dishonest, she's condescending. 1494 01:00:08,812 --> 01:00:10,779 She thinks her ideas are better 1495 01:00:10,883 --> 01:00:12,781 than people, and she doesn't need to be responsible... 1496 01:00:12,885 --> 01:00:14,472 - That's because they are better than the people, 1497 01:00:14,576 --> 01:00:15,922 because she's spent years 1498 01:00:16,026 --> 01:00:17,441 working in policy. - No, she's very smart. 1499 01:00:17,544 --> 01:00:18,684 GIRL: Guys, Trump is in the lead. 1500 01:00:18,787 --> 01:00:20,444 ANIKA: He's up by two points. 1501 01:00:20,547 --> 01:00:22,066 GIRL: Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no! 1502 01:00:22,170 --> 01:00:24,310 MIKE: So, Trump is winning South Carolina? 1503 01:00:24,413 --> 01:00:27,762 BOY: Obviously. - Yeah, and North Carolina. 1504 01:00:27,865 --> 01:00:29,936 And Florida and Michigan and Ohio. 1505 01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:31,628 JOHN KING: They're doing what they said they would do. 1506 01:00:31,731 --> 01:00:33,664 They are competitive across the Rust Belt. 1507 01:00:33,768 --> 01:00:36,874 Okay, ready, Dika, Gil, Anika? 1508 01:00:36,978 --> 01:00:38,220 ["Closer" by Chainsmokers playing] 1509 01:00:38,324 --> 01:00:39,774 DIKA: I knew it! I knew it! 1510 01:00:39,877 --> 01:00:41,499 - This was literally the song of the summer for us. 1511 01:00:41,603 --> 01:00:44,399 GIRLS: ♪ You looked as good as the day I met you ♪ 1512 01:00:44,502 --> 01:00:46,815 ♪ I forget just why I left you 1513 01:00:46,919 --> 01:00:48,575 ♪ I was insane 1514 01:00:48,679 --> 01:00:52,062 ♪ And I can't stop 1515 01:00:52,165 --> 01:00:54,029 KING: 16 points in theory, but... 1516 01:00:54,133 --> 01:00:55,997 GIRL: Oh, oh, no, it got worse, 1517 01:00:56,100 --> 01:00:57,205 it got worse. 1518 01:00:57,308 --> 01:00:58,931 [Gil and Anika gasp] It got even worse. 1519 01:00:59,034 --> 01:01:00,795 GIRL: Oh, my goodness, how is this happening? 1520 01:01:00,898 --> 01:01:03,107 This is actually horrifying. 1521 01:01:03,211 --> 01:01:04,764 Yeah, same. 1522 01:01:04,868 --> 01:01:06,593 GIL [voiceover]: Everyone who's done debate can, like, 1523 01:01:06,697 --> 01:01:08,285 be right there with Hillary. 1524 01:01:08,388 --> 01:01:12,772 When we were all watching, like, we all saw it happen. 1525 01:01:12,876 --> 01:01:14,878 GIRL: Oh, no, New Hampshire. 1526 01:01:14,981 --> 01:01:16,396 Goodbye, New Hampshire. 1527 01:01:16,500 --> 01:01:17,708 - No! 1528 01:01:17,812 --> 01:01:19,779 [girls talking in background] 1529 01:01:19,883 --> 01:01:21,194 ANIKA [voiceover]: For some reason, it felt as though, 1530 01:01:21,298 --> 01:01:23,956 if Hillary Clinton were to be elected, 1531 01:01:24,059 --> 01:01:26,199 it would have some type of impact, 1532 01:01:26,303 --> 01:01:29,720 and to know that there was this one lurking variable, 1533 01:01:29,824 --> 01:01:32,827 lurking factor, that she really could not control... 1534 01:01:32,930 --> 01:01:34,898 BLITZER: And Trump has a 56,000-vote lead 1535 01:01:35,001 --> 01:01:36,969 over Hillary Clinton, 49.5%. 1536 01:01:37,072 --> 01:01:39,765 He is ahead in North Carolina right now... 1537 01:01:43,976 --> 01:01:46,150 [talking indistinctly] 1538 01:01:46,254 --> 01:01:49,326 ♪ 1539 01:01:49,429 --> 01:01:51,569 [laughing] 1540 01:01:51,673 --> 01:01:53,192 It's going to be a struggle, Malcolm. 1541 01:01:56,609 --> 01:02:02,995 ♪ 1542 01:02:03,098 --> 01:02:04,651 HANNAH [voiceover]: I'm, like, not gonna lie. 1543 01:02:04,755 --> 01:02:08,276 Harvard is a magical place. 1544 01:02:08,379 --> 01:02:12,970 Growing up, it was always my dream school. 1545 01:02:13,074 --> 01:02:14,765 It's been weird, 'cause it's, like, 1546 01:02:14,869 --> 01:02:16,871 it's right there, but, like, you can, like, go in, 1547 01:02:16,974 --> 01:02:18,251 and you can go into Harvard Yard, 1548 01:02:18,355 --> 01:02:20,219 but, like, you're not really a part of it. 1549 01:02:22,117 --> 01:02:23,601 Like, what if I had a class here? 1550 01:02:23,705 --> 01:02:26,881 And, like, what if I was a student here? 1551 01:02:26,984 --> 01:02:28,917 DAN: Start on their first contention about agribusiness. 1552 01:02:29,021 --> 01:02:30,470 Really big problem here 1553 01:02:30,574 --> 01:02:32,438 is that agribusiness is a really non-unique point. 1554 01:02:32,541 --> 01:02:34,164 According to the World Food Program in 2016... 1555 01:02:34,267 --> 01:02:35,924 HANNAH [voiceover]: Junior year and senior year, 1556 01:02:36,028 --> 01:02:38,651 Dan and I partnered, and that was super-fun. 1557 01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:40,826 Like, yeah, we got really close. 1558 01:02:40,929 --> 01:02:42,586 - That means they make a lot more money. 1559 01:02:42,689 --> 01:02:45,244 - Wait, are they down two now? - Yeah. 1560 01:02:45,347 --> 01:02:47,177 Or, yeah, 'cause only Caleb and... 1561 01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:50,180 GIL [voiceover]: This year, I was partnered with Kayla. 1562 01:02:50,283 --> 01:02:53,079 We definitely picked up the pace. 1563 01:02:53,183 --> 01:02:57,221 We started doing well towards the end of our year. 1564 01:02:57,325 --> 01:02:59,637 Like, going through that ride and being, like, "Holy [muted]," 1565 01:02:59,741 --> 01:03:01,363 like, "We're finally where we wanna be." 1566 01:03:01,467 --> 01:03:05,920 [praying in Hebrew] 1567 01:03:07,128 --> 01:03:08,508 Please, God, I don't know Hebrew, 1568 01:03:08,612 --> 01:03:10,476 but I will learn it just so I can pray to You. 1569 01:03:10,579 --> 01:03:16,793 ♪ 1570 01:03:16,896 --> 01:03:18,001 ANIKA [voiceover]: Jay and I always, 1571 01:03:18,104 --> 01:03:19,485 before every debate round, 1572 01:03:19,588 --> 01:03:21,176 we, like, do a fist bump and we're just, like, 1573 01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:23,972 "We've got this, like, we're totally gonna win." 1574 01:03:24,076 --> 01:03:26,423 And we haven't won every time that we've done it, 1575 01:03:26,526 --> 01:03:30,323 but we have lost every time that we haven't done it, so... 1576 01:03:30,427 --> 01:03:32,153 [laughs] 1577 01:03:32,256 --> 01:03:36,847 ♪ 1578 01:03:37,779 --> 01:03:38,884 JUDGE: Uh, congratulations, everyone, 1579 01:03:38,987 --> 01:03:40,092 for getting to the octos. 1580 01:03:40,195 --> 01:03:41,472 It's a 2-1 for the Pro. 1581 01:03:41,576 --> 01:03:43,543 [spectators applauding] 1582 01:03:43,647 --> 01:03:46,236 GIL [voiceover]: Harvard was really fun, we got to top 16, 1583 01:03:46,339 --> 01:03:50,688 and it had around, like, 500 teams, give or take. 1584 01:03:50,792 --> 01:03:52,069 - [laughs] 1585 01:03:52,173 --> 01:03:53,484 [voiceover]: Like, we ended up losing 1586 01:03:53,588 --> 01:03:54,658 to the people who, like, finaled, 1587 01:03:54,761 --> 01:03:57,143 so, like, we were completely fine. 1588 01:03:58,869 --> 01:04:01,838 The sense of pride you get from winning 1589 01:04:01,941 --> 01:04:03,978 or doing well at a debate tournament 1590 01:04:04,081 --> 01:04:06,532 was so much higher than, like, anything else. 1591 01:04:06,635 --> 01:04:08,327 - Oh, my God. - [grunts] 1592 01:04:08,430 --> 01:04:10,363 GIL [voiceover]: 'Cause, like, you're kind of on cloud nine, 1593 01:04:10,467 --> 01:04:12,572 and then you, like, you walk to school the next day, on Monday. 1594 01:04:12,676 --> 01:04:15,023 [laughs]: And you're, like, "Ask me about my tournament." 1595 01:04:15,127 --> 01:04:18,268 Like, "Please ask me how it went." 1596 01:04:18,371 --> 01:04:19,510 [laughs] 1597 01:04:19,614 --> 01:04:23,031 [shouting and laughing] 1598 01:04:24,930 --> 01:04:27,587 He, Anthony Tao was so confused about, 1599 01:04:27,691 --> 01:04:30,038 like, that we weren't talking about rent control homes. 1600 01:04:30,142 --> 01:04:31,557 Yeah, because, it just... 1601 01:04:31,660 --> 01:04:33,214 Yeah, I wasn't clear enough in summary, either, 1602 01:04:33,317 --> 01:04:34,905 but I think we just need to be really explicit 1603 01:04:35,009 --> 01:04:36,320 when we weren't talking about rent control. 1604 01:04:36,424 --> 01:04:37,908 AMIT: Hi, sorry. 1605 01:04:38,012 --> 01:04:39,496 - Hello. - Are you the judge? 1606 01:04:39,599 --> 01:04:40,842 - Yes. - Hi. 1607 01:04:40,946 --> 01:04:42,188 - We're Newton South. - Oh, okay. 1608 01:04:42,844 --> 01:04:45,122 GABY: We negate resolved: the United States should promote 1609 01:04:45,226 --> 01:04:46,606 the development of market-rate housing 1610 01:04:46,710 --> 01:04:48,125 in urban neighborhoods. 1611 01:04:48,229 --> 01:04:49,920 For context, market-rate housing is an apartment 1612 01:04:50,024 --> 01:04:51,611 that has no rent restrictions. 1613 01:04:51,715 --> 01:04:53,199 [voiceover]: States junior year, 1614 01:04:53,303 --> 01:04:56,547 I went with Amit instead of Ellen. 1615 01:04:56,651 --> 01:04:58,066 - ...tells you that you see 84 houses built 1616 01:04:58,170 --> 01:04:59,619 for every single one. 1617 01:05:01,898 --> 01:05:04,038 GABY [voiceover]: Jay and Anika won their side of the bracket, 1618 01:05:04,141 --> 01:05:06,557 and Amit and I won our side of the bracket. 1619 01:05:06,661 --> 01:05:09,560 And at debate tournaments, if you're on the same, 1620 01:05:09,664 --> 01:05:10,872 if you're from the same school, 1621 01:05:10,976 --> 01:05:12,184 you don't debate against each other. 1622 01:05:12,287 --> 01:05:13,840 So, we were both kind of co-champions, 1623 01:05:13,944 --> 01:05:16,360 which was really nice. [laughs] 1624 01:05:16,464 --> 01:05:17,879 It was a lot of fun. 1625 01:05:17,983 --> 01:05:19,916 It was very exciting for Newton South, so... 1626 01:05:20,019 --> 01:05:26,232 ♪ 1627 01:05:27,095 --> 01:05:28,476 - And it's that way. - Oh, yeah. 1628 01:05:28,579 --> 01:05:30,340 ANIKA [voiceover]: Debate tournaments are very, 1629 01:05:30,443 --> 01:05:32,825 very expensive-- you know, the Tournament of Champions 1630 01:05:32,929 --> 01:05:35,414 was over $1,000. 1631 01:05:36,484 --> 01:05:38,037 I think the Harvard tournament has, like, 1632 01:05:38,141 --> 01:05:40,350 $100 registration fee or something, 1633 01:05:40,453 --> 01:05:42,869 which is just to register for the tournament. 1634 01:05:42,973 --> 01:05:45,493 Like, not even including meals, 1635 01:05:45,596 --> 01:05:48,772 transportation, or where you're gonna stay. 1636 01:05:49,704 --> 01:05:50,912 GIRL: It's worse than just having ICE agents 1637 01:05:51,016 --> 01:05:52,189 spread out throughout the country. 1638 01:05:52,293 --> 01:05:53,915 A sanctuary city will redefine itself 1639 01:05:54,019 --> 01:05:56,021 to literally just be... - No, but, Gaby, Gaby... 1640 01:05:56,124 --> 01:05:58,782 [voiceover]: We are very fortunate that we can 1641 01:05:58,885 --> 01:06:00,370 afford to go to these tournaments. 1642 01:06:00,473 --> 01:06:01,750 - Right? ANIKA: But that doesn't mean 1643 01:06:01,854 --> 01:06:03,269 that the converse is true. 1644 01:06:03,373 --> 01:06:04,961 - It has to mean that the converse is true. 1645 01:06:05,064 --> 01:06:06,963 GABY [voiceover]: It's so elitist, it's terrible. 1646 01:06:07,066 --> 01:06:08,688 ANIKA: I don't think any judge is going to buy that 1647 01:06:08,792 --> 01:06:10,311 a sanctuary city is the same thing as an anti-sanctuary city. 1648 01:06:10,414 --> 01:06:11,726 GABY [voiceover]: It has kind of made me realize, 1649 01:06:11,829 --> 01:06:14,591 like, a lot more of my privilege. 1650 01:06:14,694 --> 01:06:16,248 - You know, it seems like by allowing sanctuary cities, 1651 01:06:16,351 --> 01:06:18,250 you would allow people to do the opposite. 1652 01:06:18,353 --> 01:06:19,976 [voiceover]: Even just, like, the environment that I live in. 1653 01:06:20,079 --> 01:06:22,116 Like, I go to a great school, I have parents 1654 01:06:22,219 --> 01:06:23,876 that really instill these values on me. 1655 01:06:23,980 --> 01:06:25,257 I read a lot. 1656 01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:27,742 I talk to friends who care about politics. 1657 01:06:27,845 --> 01:06:30,676 ♪ 1658 01:06:30,779 --> 01:06:32,678 ANIKA [voiceover]: Um, and through debate, 1659 01:06:32,781 --> 01:06:34,507 you can understand different points of view. 1660 01:06:34,611 --> 01:06:36,889 And I think as, serving as an intern 1661 01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:40,272 at Senator Warren's office, I'd be able to, like, you know, 1662 01:06:40,375 --> 01:06:43,896 bring those skills to the table while talking to constituents. 1663 01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:45,656 And if they have policy questions, 1664 01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,901 we work with a lot of public policy in debate, so... 1665 01:06:49,005 --> 01:06:50,627 [voiceover]: I would've never said 1666 01:06:50,730 --> 01:06:52,422 that I wanted to do politics 1667 01:06:52,525 --> 01:06:56,012 or anything of the sort before I joined debate. 1668 01:06:56,115 --> 01:06:58,221 Before I joined debate, I was just, like, 1669 01:06:58,324 --> 01:07:00,085 "I'll do something with, like, math," 1670 01:07:00,188 --> 01:07:01,638 which is very interesting, for sure. 1671 01:07:01,741 --> 01:07:03,467 [audience applauding] 1672 01:07:03,571 --> 01:07:05,055 DONALD TRUMP [on television]: Members of Congress, 1673 01:07:05,159 --> 01:07:08,783 the state of our union is strong. 1674 01:07:08,886 --> 01:07:12,614 [cheering and applauding] 1675 01:07:12,718 --> 01:07:15,031 ANIKA [voiceover]: We are really not seeing a lot of listening 1676 01:07:15,134 --> 01:07:17,274 in current politics. 1677 01:07:17,378 --> 01:07:19,311 And in debate, a lot of the time, 1678 01:07:19,414 --> 01:07:22,176 you cannot interject-- you are forced to just listen. 1679 01:07:22,279 --> 01:07:24,281 So at the very least, 1680 01:07:24,385 --> 01:07:27,629 you have to hear what they have to say. 1681 01:07:27,733 --> 01:07:30,391 GABY [voiceover]: For example, the November topic was about 1682 01:07:30,494 --> 01:07:31,909 whether or not 1683 01:07:32,013 --> 01:07:35,361 the United States should instate universal background checks 1684 01:07:35,465 --> 01:07:37,674 for gun transfers and ownership. 1685 01:07:38,813 --> 01:07:40,608 And I very strongly believe 1686 01:07:40,711 --> 01:07:43,024 that there should be universal background checks. 1687 01:07:43,128 --> 01:07:44,853 And even though I came out of that topic 1688 01:07:44,957 --> 01:07:46,786 still thinking the exact same thing, 1689 01:07:46,890 --> 01:07:51,998 like, it, it really opens your mind to seeing both sides, 1690 01:07:52,102 --> 01:07:53,517 even when you disagree with them. 1691 01:07:53,621 --> 01:07:58,212 ♪ 1692 01:08:05,495 --> 01:08:06,910 HANNAH: I've been debating 1693 01:08:07,013 --> 01:08:09,361 back-to-back for, like, seven weeks now. 1694 01:08:09,464 --> 01:08:11,190 - I believe you, I'm right there with you. 1695 01:08:11,294 --> 01:08:12,881 - So, I know, it's still mentally 1696 01:08:12,985 --> 01:08:14,745 and emotionally taxing. - All right, so, Newton South, 1697 01:08:14,849 --> 01:08:17,782 and then Big Lex, and then Columbia, and then Brandeis, 1698 01:08:17,886 --> 01:08:20,371 and then NSDAs, then NCFLs, and then Harvard. 1699 01:08:20,475 --> 01:08:21,752 - Harvard. 1700 01:08:21,856 --> 01:08:23,202 - Yeah, it's the, I call it the seven-week... 1701 01:08:23,306 --> 01:08:24,720 - Shrewsbury, Needham. - Yeah. 1702 01:08:24,824 --> 01:08:26,688 You got, you have NSDAs. 1703 01:08:26,791 --> 01:08:28,173 - T.O.C. 1704 01:08:28,276 --> 01:08:29,621 - Oh, and T, are you guys going to T.O.Cs.? 1705 01:08:29,726 --> 01:08:30,865 - Mm-hmm. - All right. 1706 01:08:30,968 --> 01:08:32,210 So that's a big deal. 1707 01:08:32,315 --> 01:08:33,626 - Like, I'm gonna crash eventually. 1708 01:08:33,729 --> 01:08:36,664 [chuckles]: Yeah, so... - Yes, you will. 1709 01:08:36,767 --> 01:08:38,217 - Just don't know when-- hopefully not 1710 01:08:38,321 --> 01:08:39,770 in the middle of a tournament, but... 1711 01:08:40,875 --> 01:08:42,255 See you tomorrow at 7:10. 1712 01:08:42,359 --> 01:08:44,396 - 7:10, is that when it is, 7:10? 1713 01:08:44,499 --> 01:08:46,743 All right. 1714 01:08:50,505 --> 01:08:52,714 GABY [voiceover]: The T.O.C. is the Tournament of Champions. 1715 01:08:52,818 --> 01:08:55,095 It's, like, the biggest, 1716 01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:57,408 most challenging tournament of the year. 1717 01:08:57,512 --> 01:08:59,618 And if you win, it's, like, okay, you're, like, 1718 01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:02,344 you're pretty much the best debaters in the country. 1719 01:09:02,448 --> 01:09:04,657 [talking in background] 1720 01:09:11,906 --> 01:09:15,151 "A one-dollar increase," wait, "found that..." 1721 01:09:15,254 --> 01:09:16,393 "A one-dollar corporate, 1722 01:09:16,496 --> 01:09:18,395 corporate campaign contribution..." 1723 01:09:18,499 --> 01:09:20,880 [voiceover]: I was so miserable before the T.O.C. junior year. 1724 01:09:20,984 --> 01:09:24,090 You know, I was exhausted, I didn't wanna go. 1725 01:09:24,193 --> 01:09:27,128 - Like, perpetuating influence, but it's not a terminal impact. 1726 01:09:27,232 --> 01:09:29,130 And I was, like, "All right, we're here. 1727 01:09:29,234 --> 01:09:30,613 Let's just get through it." [chuckles] 1728 01:09:30,718 --> 01:09:32,823 Like, "I've been here and done this. 1729 01:09:32,926 --> 01:09:34,238 One more time." [chuckles] 1730 01:09:34,342 --> 01:09:36,032 HANNAH: What room are we in? 1731 01:09:36,137 --> 01:09:37,414 We're in Blazer 233. 1732 01:09:37,518 --> 01:09:39,278 - Oh, now we're flight one. - Darn it! 1733 01:09:39,381 --> 01:09:42,108 - Why do they keep changing things? 1734 01:09:42,211 --> 01:09:44,490 We're flight one at 10:50. 1735 01:09:45,559 --> 01:09:47,528 HANNAH [voiceover]: I was really proud. 1736 01:09:47,630 --> 01:09:49,425 Like, the best of the best is there. 1737 01:09:49,530 --> 01:09:51,496 Everyone knows their stuff. 1738 01:09:51,601 --> 01:09:54,466 And we ended up doing really well. 1739 01:09:54,568 --> 01:09:56,606 - I'm gonna practice my speeches. 1740 01:09:56,709 --> 01:09:58,746 - Yeah, I'm gonna redo that rebuttal big-time. 1741 01:09:58,849 --> 01:10:02,128 - [chuckles]: You saved us during your final focus. 1742 01:10:02,232 --> 01:10:04,476 [voiceover]: But Anika and Jay, 1743 01:10:04,579 --> 01:10:06,374 it definitely wasn't luck. 1744 01:10:06,478 --> 01:10:11,414 Like, they were up against a lot of really tough opponents, 1745 01:10:11,517 --> 01:10:15,659 and so they definitely earned their spot in the final round. 1746 01:10:17,420 --> 01:10:19,629 GIRL: Okay. 1747 01:10:21,700 --> 01:10:24,668 Are all of my judges ready? 1748 01:10:24,772 --> 01:10:26,118 Opponents? 1749 01:10:26,222 --> 01:10:27,326 Okay. 1750 01:10:27,430 --> 01:10:30,502 Anika and I negate resolved: 1751 01:10:30,605 --> 01:10:33,298 the United States should end its arms sales to Saudi Arabia. 1752 01:10:33,401 --> 01:10:34,954 Contention one is stopping starvation. 1753 01:10:35,058 --> 01:10:36,784 And they tell you that ending arms sales sends a signal 1754 01:10:36,887 --> 01:10:38,371 that the U.S. cares about human rights abuses. 1755 01:10:38,475 --> 01:10:39,580 Three responses: first, this concedes 1756 01:10:39,683 --> 01:10:41,513 our third link to our case. 1757 01:10:41,616 --> 01:10:42,928 Their evidence talking about 20 million people getting killed 1758 01:10:43,031 --> 01:10:44,585 by arms sales is talking about military coups 1759 01:10:44,688 --> 01:10:46,034 and other things like that. 1760 01:10:46,138 --> 01:10:47,657 It doesn't actually talk about arms. 1761 01:10:47,760 --> 01:10:49,003 This is a really misconstrued piece of evidence. 1762 01:10:49,106 --> 01:10:50,452 But third, this is... 1763 01:10:50,556 --> 01:10:51,868 [voiceover]: I think debaters oftentimes 1764 01:10:51,971 --> 01:10:53,490 fail to adapt to judges. 1765 01:10:53,594 --> 01:10:54,871 - Going to my point of second contention about Yemen. 1766 01:10:54,974 --> 01:10:56,355 Essentially, they tell you... 1767 01:10:56,459 --> 01:10:57,805 [voiceover]: The judge is just gonna vote 1768 01:10:57,907 --> 01:10:59,462 for who looks like a winner, so to speak. 1769 01:10:59,565 --> 01:11:01,705 Stereotypes have shown looking like a winner 1770 01:11:01,809 --> 01:11:03,535 oftentimes isn't very feminine. 1771 01:11:03,638 --> 01:11:05,121 - What's the warrant behind that? 1772 01:11:05,226 --> 01:11:06,365 - What's the warrant behind that? - Yeah. 1773 01:11:06,469 --> 01:11:08,022 - Well, the [inaudible] says... 1774 01:11:08,125 --> 01:11:09,886 - Like, are they of different sizes, and, like, fit 1775 01:11:09,989 --> 01:11:11,370 in different, like, you know... - The [inaudible] says 1776 01:11:11,474 --> 01:11:13,027 that the U.S.... [audience laughing] 1777 01:11:13,130 --> 01:11:14,822 - Like, your evidence can tell me whatever it wants. 1778 01:11:14,925 --> 01:11:16,582 I'm asking you to explain the logic behind it to me. 1779 01:11:16,686 --> 01:11:18,584 - The logic, the logic that, I believe the evidence... 1780 01:11:18,688 --> 01:11:20,585 ANIKA [voiceover]: But I never really subscribed to the notion 1781 01:11:20,690 --> 01:11:23,416 that I was supposed to be like somebody else, 1782 01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:24,901 you know, debate like somebody else. 1783 01:11:25,004 --> 01:11:28,353 You have to be successful in your own way. 1784 01:11:28,456 --> 01:11:30,147 Sure, but the people are hungry... 1785 01:11:30,251 --> 01:11:32,288 You even tell me people are hungry right now, right? 1786 01:11:32,391 --> 01:11:34,048 - Yeah, and they're still gonna be hungry 1787 01:11:34,151 --> 01:11:35,739 because there's still, gonna be a blockade in either world. 1788 01:11:35,843 --> 01:11:37,431 ANIKA [voiceover]: A lot of people would say, 1789 01:11:37,534 --> 01:11:38,811 like, "I don't like your style of debate," 1790 01:11:38,915 --> 01:11:40,296 and I would be, like, 1791 01:11:40,398 --> 01:11:41,710 "Okay, I don't like your style of debate." 1792 01:11:41,814 --> 01:11:43,540 Like, I don't care-- I'm not gonna change 1793 01:11:43,644 --> 01:11:45,162 my style of debate because you don't like it, you know? 1794 01:11:45,266 --> 01:11:46,853 It doesn't matter if the Houthis are angry! 1795 01:11:46,957 --> 01:11:48,580 [voiceover]: We shouldn't have to change 1796 01:11:48,683 --> 01:11:51,202 or try to become someone else just to win. 1797 01:11:51,307 --> 01:11:52,722 I would say making Iran angry 1798 01:11:52,825 --> 01:11:54,413 is more important than making the Houthis angry. 1799 01:11:54,517 --> 01:11:56,001 Because you end the security umbrella, 1800 01:11:56,103 --> 01:11:57,657 you lead to more chemical and biological weapons. 1801 01:11:57,761 --> 01:11:59,349 That's really important, because it leads 1802 01:11:59,452 --> 01:12:00,764 to higher civilian casualties in the long term, 1803 01:12:00,868 --> 01:12:02,800 making any type of conflict worse. 1804 01:12:02,904 --> 01:12:07,875 [audience applauding] 1805 01:12:10,636 --> 01:12:13,362 - Wonderful, thank you! [chuckling] 1806 01:12:13,467 --> 01:12:14,951 I think the whole room was buzzing. 1807 01:12:15,054 --> 01:12:16,193 It was so cool. 1808 01:12:16,297 --> 01:12:17,850 [laughs] 1809 01:12:17,954 --> 01:12:19,231 HANNAH [voiceover]: Everyone on the Newton South team 1810 01:12:19,335 --> 01:12:21,647 was cheering. 1811 01:12:21,751 --> 01:12:24,340 And then when they won... 1812 01:12:24,443 --> 01:12:27,204 - You guys far exceeded my expectations. 1813 01:12:27,308 --> 01:12:28,999 All right? [cheering and applauding] 1814 01:12:29,103 --> 01:12:32,348 GABY [voiceover]: Anika was the first girl to win in nine years. 1815 01:12:32,451 --> 01:12:36,869 And to see her go that far, that's crazy to me. 1816 01:12:36,973 --> 01:12:39,112 JOSH: I feel incredibly privileged. 1817 01:12:39,216 --> 01:12:40,907 - Aw. - Seriously! Guys... 1818 01:12:41,011 --> 01:12:42,460 GABY [voiceover]: In the debate community, 1819 01:12:42,565 --> 01:12:44,049 when you do well, you almost become, like, 1820 01:12:44,152 --> 01:12:46,396 a little bit, like, "famous' among debaters, 1821 01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:47,777 which is really weird. 1822 01:12:47,880 --> 01:12:49,503 [laughs] 1823 01:12:49,606 --> 01:12:51,919 GIL [voiceover]: Her winning that was, like, oh, my God, 1824 01:12:52,022 --> 01:12:54,922 like, we have, like, a legend now, like, on the team. 1825 01:12:55,025 --> 01:12:58,166 And, like, the girls that were then freshmen, 1826 01:12:58,270 --> 01:13:02,723 they, like, idolized Anika. 1827 01:13:04,207 --> 01:13:07,416 [snow blower whirring] 1828 01:13:09,764 --> 01:13:13,734 [game audio playing in background] 1829 01:13:13,837 --> 01:13:15,460 GIL: Wait, what the heck? 1830 01:13:16,530 --> 01:13:17,600 NOY: What? 1831 01:13:17,702 --> 01:13:19,360 WOMAN: Yeah? - I just got in. 1832 01:13:19,464 --> 01:13:21,707 [woman cheering] 1833 01:13:21,811 --> 01:13:24,400 GIL [voiceover]: We both applied early decision and... 1834 01:13:24,503 --> 01:13:27,713 NOY: ...we both got accepted to Brown University. 1835 01:13:27,817 --> 01:13:30,751 - Yeah. 1836 01:13:33,270 --> 01:13:35,549 GIRL: It's Dan! 1837 01:13:35,652 --> 01:13:38,241 GIRL: Mr. Harvard! [students cheer and applaud] 1838 01:13:38,344 --> 01:13:39,760 I know, like, I feel like a proud mommy 1839 01:13:39,862 --> 01:13:41,416 or something like that, I'm just so proud. 1840 01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:42,797 You guys know Hannah got in? 1841 01:13:42,901 --> 01:13:44,178 - We know! GABY: We know! We know! 1842 01:13:44,281 --> 01:13:45,766 DAN: I wasn't sure! [laughs] 1843 01:13:45,869 --> 01:13:47,699 Congratulations! 1844 01:13:47,802 --> 01:13:50,046 I'm so proud of you. - Thank you, thank you. 1845 01:13:50,148 --> 01:13:51,841 - Are you excited? - Yeah. 1846 01:13:51,943 --> 01:13:53,705 Like, we can go home and visit our families 1847 01:13:53,808 --> 01:13:55,465 at the same time. - Oh, my goodness. 1848 01:13:55,568 --> 01:13:57,329 Yeah, we live four houses away from each other 1849 01:13:57,433 --> 01:13:58,951 and now we're... 1850 01:13:59,055 --> 01:14:00,952 HANNAH: But I was in the lobby waiting to meet him. 1851 01:14:01,057 --> 01:14:02,610 - For your Harvard interviews? - Yeah. 1852 01:14:02,714 --> 01:14:05,682 It was, like, so intense and so intimidating. 1853 01:14:05,786 --> 01:14:07,201 And I got there, like, 30 minutes early. 1854 01:14:07,304 --> 01:14:08,582 - Yeah. - And then I ordered... 1855 01:14:08,684 --> 01:14:09,824 [voiceover]: I didn't really think 1856 01:14:09,928 --> 01:14:11,481 it was a possibility, you know? 1857 01:14:11,585 --> 01:14:13,552 Like, I'm still in shock that, like, I got in. 1858 01:14:13,656 --> 01:14:15,312 - ...one bite of it, and it was so bland... 1859 01:14:15,416 --> 01:14:16,521 [voiceover]: I could just, like, feel 1860 01:14:16,624 --> 01:14:18,454 so many doors opening for me. 1861 01:14:18,557 --> 01:14:19,662 [snow crunching] 1862 01:14:19,764 --> 01:14:20,939 HANNAH: My mom was, like, 1863 01:14:21,041 --> 01:14:22,665 "I'm so proud of Dan." [chuckles] 1864 01:14:22,768 --> 01:14:24,148 [voiceover]: It's hard to, like, influence 1865 01:14:24,252 --> 01:14:26,910 the outcome of the things that we were debating, 1866 01:14:27,014 --> 01:14:30,085 but if you took, like, the microcosm of high school debate 1867 01:14:30,189 --> 01:14:32,088 and then put it on this, like, 1868 01:14:32,191 --> 01:14:33,883 national, international stage... 1869 01:14:36,126 --> 01:14:40,889 I want to be able to influence the outcome of things. 1870 01:14:40,993 --> 01:14:45,239 Whether it's through my work, through my actual voice, 1871 01:14:45,342 --> 01:14:48,518 I wanna be heard. 1872 01:14:50,106 --> 01:14:53,489 GIL [voiceover]: I got way more confident. 1873 01:14:53,592 --> 01:14:56,492 That confidence where people are, like, "Damn!" 1874 01:14:56,594 --> 01:14:58,321 Like, I spoke up for myself and it worked. 1875 01:14:58,424 --> 01:15:00,806 - Zip it up? - Yeah, zip it. 1876 01:15:00,910 --> 01:15:02,359 Oh... 1877 01:15:02,463 --> 01:15:05,155 [voiceover]: You get kind of tired of being self-conscious, 1878 01:15:05,259 --> 01:15:08,400 caring about what people think. - [exclaims] 1879 01:15:08,504 --> 01:15:11,299 [mother speaking Hebrew] 1880 01:15:11,403 --> 01:15:13,129 NOY: Oh, here and there, I got it. 1881 01:15:13,232 --> 01:15:14,717 GIL [voiceover]: I don't know, I think debate really just, like, 1882 01:15:14,820 --> 01:15:17,236 makes you grow up. 1883 01:15:17,340 --> 01:15:20,239 [talking in background] 1884 01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:25,416 WOMAN: I heard you were best-dressed, Gil. 1885 01:15:25,521 --> 01:15:27,005 - Yeah! - You can't tell? 1886 01:15:27,108 --> 01:15:28,246 - We share a closet. 1887 01:15:28,351 --> 01:15:29,870 [chuckling] 1888 01:15:29,973 --> 01:15:31,837 - That's her claim to fame, Noy. 1889 01:15:31,941 --> 01:15:33,666 - Yeah. 1890 01:15:36,808 --> 01:15:40,397 [engine idling] 1891 01:15:40,501 --> 01:15:45,023 ♪ 1892 01:15:45,126 --> 01:15:46,334 JAY: Novices! 1893 01:15:46,438 --> 01:15:48,853 Novices, you have a minute and a half 1894 01:15:48,958 --> 01:15:50,925 to give a speech based off of 1895 01:15:51,029 --> 01:15:54,170 the concessions that your varsity just made-- in five, 1896 01:15:54,273 --> 01:15:57,862 four, three, two, one-- 1897 01:15:57,967 --> 01:15:58,898 go! 1898 01:15:59,002 --> 01:16:04,041 [students talking at once] 1899 01:16:07,839 --> 01:16:09,425 I'd rather they had a judge, but we don't. 1900 01:16:09,530 --> 01:16:11,290 We just don't have one. - Then take one of the varsity 1901 01:16:11,394 --> 01:16:12,775 rounds and change it to, like, two varsity-novice rounds. 1902 01:16:12,878 --> 01:16:14,570 That way, everyone has a judge. 1903 01:16:14,673 --> 01:16:16,088 - Is that okay? - Whatever, sure. 1904 01:16:17,055 --> 01:16:18,401 ANIKA [voiceover]: Jay and I really 1905 01:16:18,504 --> 01:16:20,472 didn't compete that much this year. 1906 01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:21,784 Senior year, we kind of 1907 01:16:21,887 --> 01:16:23,475 decided to focus more on the team. 1908 01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:25,546 Oh, yeah, guys! 1909 01:16:25,650 --> 01:16:27,583 If novices are debating varsity, 1910 01:16:27,686 --> 01:16:29,930 then varsity are supposed to give comments 1911 01:16:30,032 --> 01:16:31,725 to the novices at the end. 1912 01:16:31,827 --> 01:16:34,244 Okay, keep the rooms neat, please! 1913 01:16:35,487 --> 01:16:37,213 ANIKA [voiceover]: Obviously, as a girl in debate, 1914 01:16:37,316 --> 01:16:42,080 you feel some kind of obligation to continue performing. 1915 01:16:42,183 --> 01:16:46,049 But once we had, like, 60 or 70 people walk in and be, like, 1916 01:16:46,153 --> 01:16:48,258 "I wanna join the debate team," we were, like, "Okay." 1917 01:16:48,362 --> 01:16:50,191 They-- I went into the room. 1918 01:16:50,295 --> 01:16:52,918 There was a group of, like, seven or eight people, 1919 01:16:53,022 --> 01:16:55,196 and they were playing hangman! 1920 01:16:55,300 --> 01:16:56,541 - Are you kidding? - No! 1921 01:16:56,646 --> 01:16:58,061 I had to, I literally yelled at them. 1922 01:16:58,165 --> 01:17:00,132 - Well, guess what? The bar moves 1923 01:17:00,236 --> 01:17:02,894 when you go from novice to varsity. 1924 01:17:02,996 --> 01:17:04,516 GABY: Yeah. - You know, 1925 01:17:04,620 --> 01:17:08,485 and that's not gonna cut it anymore. 1926 01:17:08,589 --> 01:17:13,145 ♪ 1927 01:17:13,249 --> 01:17:15,492 [talking in background] 1928 01:17:15,596 --> 01:17:19,462 ♪ 1929 01:17:19,565 --> 01:17:21,567 Hi, novices, how are you all? 1930 01:17:21,671 --> 01:17:23,673 Are you guys all feeling prepared? 1931 01:17:23,777 --> 01:17:25,398 - Stress level's 5,000% higher. 1932 01:17:25,502 --> 01:17:28,160 GABY: So, in first cross, Meena, I thought you did a good job. 1933 01:17:28,264 --> 01:17:29,575 I thought the only thing was, like, 1934 01:17:29,679 --> 01:17:31,267 it actually proves your point 1935 01:17:31,370 --> 01:17:32,751 if you went with the analysis that I just told you... 1936 01:17:32,855 --> 01:17:34,097 [voiceover]: The team was definitely 1937 01:17:34,201 --> 01:17:36,065 my number-one priority senior year. 1938 01:17:36,168 --> 01:17:37,549 - I thought you spent a little bit too much time on defense. 1939 01:17:37,653 --> 01:17:38,895 I was really glad you extended 1940 01:17:38,999 --> 01:17:40,585 the U.N. stuff, even though it... 1941 01:17:40,690 --> 01:17:42,796 Watching the novices do well that I trained 1942 01:17:42,898 --> 01:17:45,971 was just, like, so amazing. 1943 01:17:46,075 --> 01:17:48,249 The most rewarding thing that I've ever done 1944 01:17:48,353 --> 01:17:49,423 on the debate team. 1945 01:17:49,526 --> 01:17:50,700 - How was rounds? 1946 01:17:50,804 --> 01:17:53,634 Yeah, let's go! 1947 01:17:53,737 --> 01:17:56,499 - [laughs]: The judge... The judge was criticizing 1948 01:17:56,602 --> 01:17:58,603 the other team for, like, chewing gum. 1949 01:17:58,708 --> 01:18:00,883 I mean, the judge is right, like... 1950 01:18:00,986 --> 01:18:03,023 Don't chew gum in rounds. 1951 01:18:05,300 --> 01:18:07,959 JAY: Anika, what color are you going to wear tomorrow? 1952 01:18:08,062 --> 01:18:10,443 - Maybe I'll wear my bright yellow shirt, 1953 01:18:10,547 --> 01:18:12,066 because it stands out 1954 01:18:12,170 --> 01:18:14,068 and Jay hates it, which makes me wanna wear it more. 1955 01:18:14,172 --> 01:18:15,829 - There's absolutely nothing I can wear 1956 01:18:15,932 --> 01:18:19,902 that even looks remotely close to good with yellow. 1957 01:18:20,005 --> 01:18:22,559 [voiceover]: We joke quite often, actually, on our team 1958 01:18:22,663 --> 01:18:25,148 that debate partnerships are like marriage. 1959 01:18:25,252 --> 01:18:26,666 By that metric, 1960 01:18:26,771 --> 01:18:28,151 Anika and I have been married for four years. 1961 01:18:28,255 --> 01:18:31,534 [talking at once] 1962 01:18:31,637 --> 01:18:34,537 ANIKA: We are having a discussion now 1963 01:18:34,639 --> 01:18:37,228 on some of the inequalities and issues 1964 01:18:37,333 --> 01:18:40,716 in the activity of debate in general. 1965 01:18:40,818 --> 01:18:43,270 And first, we're gonna talk about sexism. 1966 01:18:43,373 --> 01:18:45,962 GABY [voiceover]: I think girls keep showing up 1967 01:18:46,066 --> 01:18:49,448 because they like the activity-- simple. 1968 01:18:49,552 --> 01:18:51,554 But also secondarily, 1969 01:18:51,657 --> 01:18:54,246 we all kind of see ourselves 1970 01:18:54,350 --> 01:18:57,422 as maybe the ones who can change things. 1971 01:18:57,525 --> 01:18:59,630 Some of these are kind of, like, 1972 01:18:59,735 --> 01:19:02,013 institutional problems to a certain extent, 1973 01:19:02,116 --> 01:19:04,291 and things that are really difficult to address, but, like, 1974 01:19:04,394 --> 01:19:06,638 I don't know, is there any ideas you guys have? 1975 01:19:06,742 --> 01:19:09,157 Things that would've made you guys feel better at the time? 1976 01:19:09,261 --> 01:19:11,193 GIRL: Because this is so institutional, 1977 01:19:11,298 --> 01:19:13,507 like, it requires solutions that are, like, 1978 01:19:13,610 --> 01:19:15,302 proactively, like, anti-sexist, 1979 01:19:15,405 --> 01:19:17,166 which means that, like, actively look for times 1980 01:19:17,269 --> 01:19:18,546 that you can, like, mention female debaters 1981 01:19:18,650 --> 01:19:20,031 that are doing really well. 1982 01:19:20,134 --> 01:19:21,791 GABY [voiceover]: When I look at the national 1983 01:19:21,895 --> 01:19:23,966 debate circuit, sure, I don't see a lot of girls, 1984 01:19:24,068 --> 01:19:26,485 but I also see our ability 1985 01:19:26,589 --> 01:19:28,315 to get where those boys are. 1986 01:19:28,418 --> 01:19:30,179 Like, we have you guys, as well, like, 1987 01:19:30,282 --> 01:19:31,905 upperclassman female role models. 1988 01:19:32,008 --> 01:19:33,907 It's not just all guy captains or whatever. 1989 01:19:34,010 --> 01:19:37,082 It's, it's a team where everyone is included, 1990 01:19:37,186 --> 01:19:39,014 and I think that's something... 1991 01:19:39,119 --> 01:19:40,603 ANIKA [voiceover]: This year, a lot of national tournaments seem 1992 01:19:40,706 --> 01:19:43,502 to be very male-dominated yet again. 1993 01:19:43,606 --> 01:19:46,022 NCFL finals was four males. 1994 01:19:46,126 --> 01:19:48,680 NSDA finals was four males. 1995 01:19:48,784 --> 01:19:53,340 T.O.C. finals was four males. 1996 01:19:53,443 --> 01:19:55,514 Which means that there's still a lot of work to do. 1997 01:19:55,618 --> 01:19:57,447 It comes from us, right? 1998 01:19:57,550 --> 01:19:59,621 We coach each other. 1999 01:19:59,725 --> 01:20:02,349 We perpetuate a good team dynamic. 2000 01:20:02,452 --> 01:20:05,076 We promote women into positions of power, 2001 01:20:05,179 --> 01:20:07,043 and then try to have everybody speak up. 2002 01:20:07,147 --> 01:20:09,425 So, it's really up to you guys 2003 01:20:09,528 --> 01:20:11,116 to continue doing that. 2004 01:20:11,219 --> 01:20:15,500 ♪ 2005 01:20:15,603 --> 01:20:21,126 [talking indistinctly, laughing] 2006 01:20:21,230 --> 01:20:22,921 ANIKA [voiceover]: I'm glad that this year I've been able 2007 01:20:23,025 --> 01:20:26,925 to have a little bit more fun and relax a little more. 2008 01:20:27,029 --> 01:20:29,825 I made time to just prioritize 2009 01:20:29,928 --> 01:20:32,275 being a little bit happier and healthier. 2010 01:20:32,379 --> 01:20:35,106 - Says the debater! 2011 01:20:35,209 --> 01:20:36,486 ANIKA [voiceover]: I'm never going 2012 01:20:36,590 --> 01:20:39,835 to be in high school again. 2013 01:20:39,938 --> 01:20:42,838 You know, hang out with my best friends, 2014 01:20:42,941 --> 01:20:44,978 go to the mall, go to the movies, 2015 01:20:45,081 --> 01:20:46,807 just go to each other's houses, like... 2016 01:20:46,911 --> 01:20:48,498 GABY: Three-time champions, whoo! 2017 01:20:48,602 --> 01:20:53,469 This time that I have now I'm never going to get back. 2018 01:20:55,195 --> 01:20:58,300 [cheers] 2019 01:20:58,405 --> 01:21:03,478 ♪ 2020 01:21:07,827 --> 01:21:11,107 GABY [voiceover]: My dad says, thinks that, like, recently, 2021 01:21:11,210 --> 01:21:13,040 I've started talking back a little bit. 2022 01:21:13,144 --> 01:21:17,217 I get a little sassier now with my parents and my sisters. 2023 01:21:19,529 --> 01:21:21,324 Debate has really taught me to question everything. 2024 01:21:21,428 --> 01:21:24,120 Like, when in doubt, ask, why is this true? 2025 01:21:24,224 --> 01:21:27,779 Like, why, why, why, why, why? 2026 01:21:27,883 --> 01:21:30,092 [turns engine off] 2027 01:21:32,404 --> 01:21:34,993 And I think my voice is growing stronger, 2028 01:21:35,097 --> 01:21:38,272 and I think I'm finding it a little more every day. 2029 01:21:39,895 --> 01:21:44,382 ♪ 2030 01:21:56,773 --> 01:21:57,843 MAN: And now please join me 2031 01:21:57,947 --> 01:22:00,536 in welcoming the class of 2019! 2032 01:22:00,639 --> 01:22:03,228 [audience cheers and applauds] 2033 01:22:03,332 --> 01:22:07,818 ["Pomp and Circumstance" playing] 2034 01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:10,718 [woman reading names] 2035 01:22:10,822 --> 01:22:14,205 [audience cheers and applauds] 2036 01:22:19,624 --> 01:22:24,146 [audience cheering and applauding, woman continues] 2037 01:22:27,080 --> 01:22:28,702 Jay Habib Garg. 2038 01:22:28,805 --> 01:22:34,018 [audience cheers and applauds] 2039 01:22:38,228 --> 01:22:40,714 Gabriella Nicole Lewis. 2040 01:22:40,817 --> 01:22:42,647 [audience cheers and applauds] 2041 01:22:42,750 --> 01:22:44,925 Sandra Lewis. 2042 01:22:45,029 --> 01:22:46,168 [audience cheers and applauds] 2043 01:22:46,271 --> 01:22:49,136 MAN: Anika Vadisari Sridhar. 2044 01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:52,139 [audience cheers and applauds] 2045 01:22:53,589 --> 01:22:55,763 John James Stembridge. 2046 01:22:55,867 --> 01:22:57,696 [audience cheers and applauds] 2047 01:22:59,215 --> 01:23:01,252 MAN: With the responsibility vested in me 2048 01:23:01,355 --> 01:23:03,150 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2049 01:23:03,254 --> 01:23:06,014 I pronounce you graduates of Newton South High School! 2050 01:23:06,119 --> 01:23:09,121 [audience cheers and applauds] 2051 01:23:11,365 --> 01:23:15,197 ♪ 2052 01:23:15,991 --> 01:23:17,406 ANIKA: Hi, Senator Warren. 2053 01:23:17,509 --> 01:23:18,752 - So nice to see you-- tell me your name. 2054 01:23:18,855 --> 01:23:20,271 - My name's Anika, 2055 01:23:20,374 --> 01:23:21,719 I was actually one of your interns this summer. 2056 01:23:21,824 --> 01:23:23,308 - Oh, my gosh, of course! 2057 01:23:23,412 --> 01:23:24,689 It's good to see you! - It's good to see you, too. 2058 01:23:24,791 --> 01:23:25,931 WOMAN: All right, ready? 2059 01:23:26,035 --> 01:23:29,763 One, two, three... Awesome. 2060 01:23:32,731 --> 01:23:36,494 ♪ 2061 01:24:11,011 --> 01:24:17,224 ♪ 2062 01:25:08,413 --> 01:25:12,175 ♪