In this summer, I went to Singapore with Derek and Claire. We went there for a tournament called World Scholar’s Cup (WSC). In case you don’t know, WSC is a tournament where you need to debate, write an essay, do a multiple question sheet, and an multiple question thing, but with a team. There are 4 days in the tournament. The first day is opening ceremony and scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt lets you meet with other people around the world and lets you find things in SINGAPORE!!! The second day is everything up there except for the scholar’s bowl, which is the multiple question with your teammates. The third day is the multiple question thing with your teammates, talent show, and debate showcase. Only people that are very good at debating can go to the debate showcase. The last day is the award ceremony and continuing the debate showcase and talent show.
On the first day, in the opening ceremony, it was AWESOME!!! A guy named Burch went on stage and did lots of funny stuff, but also saying the opening stuff for the WSC tournament. He also sung Counting Stars. Which everyone in the theater was also singing too. After that, it was the scavenger hunt. In the scavenger hunt, you will meet 15 different people and go do the scavenging things. It was pretty fun. We did lots of activities and met lots of friends. My best friend in there is an American called Cris.
In the second day, we started by doing the collaborative. Which is the writing essay thing. It went pretty well. My subject was that “If Richard Parker was an alpaca, the story changed fundamentaly”. My topic was pretty fun. I came up with a few points. I got alpacas would die because it is a herbivore. Another one is that Pi wouldn’t want to live anymore because he has nothing to fight with. The tiger made Pi want to live. After the writing, it is the Scholar’s Challenge. When I started it, it was ok, but after about 40 minutes, I rushed and finished it. I have about 10 minutes left. I can’t stand sitting in a chair so long. After that, it was the debate. I think our team did pretty well, but our opponents are overpowering. They speak so much, and it is so hard to rebutt. In the end, we won 1, but we lost 2. :l
In the third day, it was the scholar’s bowl. I think we didn’t do so good. In the bowl. First, we did pretty good, but after the first section, we did horrible. We got like nothing correct. But in the bonus section, we did awesome. We got only 2 wrong. After the bowl, it is the scholar’s bowl. Only people that are good at debating can go. In the debate, the people there are really good. They talked so long and we lots of details. After the showcase, its the talent show. People there do have talents. People sung, dance, did magic tricks, played instruments, and did lots of cool dances.
In the last day, nothing really happened. There is only the award ceremony. People got awards, but we didn’t get one. I think we did pretty good, but we didn’t get one. Our goal next year is to get some medals and get a TROPHY!!!