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UIL Speech Judges

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Thomas Thompson

Current high school:
Hallsville

Currently coaching?: No

Conference:

Number of years coached:

Number of tournaments judged: 5

High school attended:
Hallsville High School

Graduated high school: 2022

Participated in high school: Yes

Participated in college: No

Judging qualifications:
I’m a complete tab judge. I purely look at who argued best in any given round based on responses to opponents, and carrying the material of their case throughout a round.

Judging Philosophy

CX

Rounds judged: 10
Judging approach: Tabula Rasa
Policy priority: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Evidence philosophy: Quantity of evidence and quality of evidence are of equal importance
Paradigm: I vote for the best team in terms of offense and defense. i look at the round purely from what i am told by a team. any outside knowledge other than basic information is only applied when evidence is provided by a given team.

LD

Rounds judged: 3
Approach: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Philosophy:
Same as CX. I judge purely on the content of the round provided to me by both teams. However one exception is that I believe a framework or value-criterion is necessary being LD. However this can be articulated and debated in any manner in accordance to the rules of LD.

Contact Information

email: thomasstrong2004@gmail.com
cell: 903 2612804
office: 903 2612804

Availability Information

Meet types:
Invitational District Regional CX State State Meet Congress Region Congress State

Qualified for:
CX
LD
Extemp
Congress

Travel

Region of residence:
2

I will travel to: 2 6