UIL Speech Judges
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Rachel Cantrell
Current high school:
Mabank
Currently coaching?: Yes
Conference: 4A
Number of years coached: 8
Number of tournaments judged: 1
High school attended:
Sulphur Springs High School
Graduated high school: 2003
Participated in high school: No
Participated in college: No
Judging qualifications:
I have 8 years experience coaching and judging LD, congress, extemporaneous speaking, and prose/poetry interpretation. I have a PhD in English with a focus on written discourse. I prefer quality and depth of argumentation to mere quantity of argumentation. I think a judge should base the decision on which debater more effectively resolved the central questions of the resolution rather than on insignificant dropped arguments. Please keep your delivery at a moderate pace and clear. LD - I lean towards a more traditional LD Value/Criterion debate. I'll listen to progressive argumentation, but I feel that you'll have to do more work for me to go for it. I appreciate clear analysis of why you should win in the final rebuttals.
Judging Philosophy
CX
Judging approach: Stock Issues
Policy priority: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Evidence philosophy: Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Paradigm: While I am comfortable judging any type of round, my preference is a more traditional round. Debate rounds that are more progressive (kritikal affs, performance, etc...) are totally fine, but you'll do best to slow down and go for depth over breadth here. Writing the ballot for me in the last few speeches can be helpful.
LD
Approach: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Philosophy:
I lean towards a more traditional LD Value/Criterion debate. I'll listen to progressive argumentation, but I feel that you'll have to do more work for me to go for it. I appreciate clear analysis of why you should win in the final rebuttals.
Contact Information
email: rncantrell@mabankisd.net
cell: 903 3306909
office:
Availability Information
Meet types:
Invitational
District
Regional
CX State
State Meet
Congress Region
Congress State
Qualified for:
LD
Extemp
Prose/Poetry
Congress
Travel
Region of residence:
2
I will travel to: 1 2 5
