Forensics Can Change Lives
Ella Shaw · The English Journal · 1995
Finally, the light bulb switched onTim needed to focus his energy and intellect on something other than causing trouble. He needed to join debate and forensics. I needed to spend a year working with Tim rather than against him. On the first day of school, I invited Tim to join debate. He hesitated (for dramatic effect, I'm sure) but then agreed to give it a try. Once he attended his first tournament, he was hooked. From that point on, he took his compulsion for creating noises and spitwads and transformed it into an obsession