In this day and age freedom is a hot topic. Hubert H. Humphrey, the 38th vice president of the United States, once said:

“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.” -Hubert H. Humphrey

Our next project is about just that. Well, it’s about debate and a bunch of topics that are related to freedom. Welcome to our winter exhibition project, The Great Debaters.

We started this project by watching the movie “The Great Debaters.” It was a really good film, and I loved the story, but most importantly, it showed us what it will take for us to be good debaters (of course we’re not debating Harvard, but I’ll try to prepare like I’m going to). I realized that there is a lot more behind the debate than I thought. It’s going to take a lot of preparation, teamwork, and critical thinking to be successful.

I’m really excited to flex my preparation/research muscles for this project. I’ve been working really hard on them for a really long time, so I think this is a great place for me to play to my strengths. I’m a little worried about the teamwork piece because I haven’t done a group project since our last project in humanities last year. I’m trying to stay on the bright side, but I can see the possibility of people not pulling their weight too much for me to ignore it.

See you on the other side!

Neko