I know I'm a debater.

I'm a lot of things. I'm a reader, a writer, a student, a sister, a pianist, a thinker, an opportunist. 

And I'm a debater.

Do you know how I know this?

1. I go to the library and come back with books on the United Nations.

2. Instead of watching a movie, I research Agenda 21.

3. I get really excited when I buy a suit or other debate clothes.

4. I actually read the newspaper articles involving international politics.

5. I buy a lot of sticky notes, pens, and long legal pads.

6. One of the things I am most proud of is my debate case.

7. I try to use my speech skills to persuade my other friends to join speech & debate. 

8. My "workout" during the school year is going to debate tournaments where I carry a heavy box up and down stairs all the while wearing heels. Oh, and I don't eat anything. 

9. Examples about people cutting off their legs or analogies about airplanes crashing are perfectly acceptable in a debate round. (okay, not the leg one)

10. I have friends who are as close as family. 

11. I ENJOY going 3 whole days doing nothing but public speaking, starving, killing my feet wearing heels, getting nervous, staying up late, getting up early... and, of course, spending time with some of the coolest people on the planet. :)

Yes, I'm a debater. And I'm proud of it.