The Original Me

chapter 8

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Lily's Pov
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Today is the D day, yes it's debate day. I am super excited, maybe a bit nervous. The school was buzzing, participants were revising their work. I had finished my debate along side Esther's with ola help of course, so it's left for her to memorize it and give it a good presentation.

Vivian and I were at the very back of the hall where we were presenting our debate to each other again for the hundred time while waiting for the program to start. A stage was set for the presentation and the Seats for the judges which consist of some of our teachers was lined up side by side on the stage.

After the preparation was done, and everyone had assembled in the hall, the debaters were seated at the front on the left side of the hall. We were a total of 23 students all together debating. Our principal got on stage and gave a opening speech and how the procedure was going to be like.

Soon enough the debate started, with 10 minutes allocated to each debaters. The debaters were called on stage one after the other starting from the junior classes.

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The debate so far was going smoothly, some topic were more intense than others, Esther did surprise better than i thought, though she stuttered alot which obviously was bacause she didn't work on the debate herself.

Chinoso did well in his own and Vivian did well also her's was also really fun. We all has to seat separately because were seating according to our class. l was coming out first from my class and we were also the last class to present.

I walked to the podium and was handed the microphone, I was a bit nervous everyone's eyes was on me I said a silent prayer in my mind took a deep breath and begin.

"Good day moderators, panel of judges, accurate timekeeper, core debaters and my fellow students my name is lily Talabi, I am here to talk on the topic "Should Every student have to participate in sports/PE"

"First I am going to say, while sports have many physical and social Benefits not everyone wants to be involved. Not everyone is able to participate in sports."

"Also while physical education is important and should be enforced, sports should not be required.
Why? Because physical education should be Enforced and used as an empowering moment for the students so they learn to appreciate their bodies and hone their motor skills."

"Sports could be used sparingly, but the main point should be to allow students to appreciate having and maintaining good health through physical activity. Therefore I say sport should be a choice and not a requirement in school."

"Secondly, it is important for students to get exercise bacause of the health benefits as everyone have to be fit. Yes, sport is good for that, but one needn't feel like they have to go out and play sport just to keep in shape."

"One can simply exercise and not compete in sport to stay healthy."

"Lastly, while sport have many health benefits it can however, also be an additional stress factor, Like students who already have too much on their plate from school work and at home get more stressed about the fact that they now have to participate in a sport team."

"Therefore, sport sports should be a choice and students that can are ready to handle and the responsibility that comes with it can participate in it."

"I hope with these few point of my I was to convince you and not confuse you that every students should not have to participate in sports. Thank you."