A God Thing at Concordia University

La semana pasada fuimos al primer Torneo de la Liga STOA de Discurso y Debate. Conducia yo al sur (de CA) con los ninos con sentimientos de culpa porque no habia pasado el tiempo necesario con mi hijo menor, practicando sus discursos y preparando las cartulinas para que presentara bien en la competicion. Last week we went to our first STOA League Speech & Debate Tournament. I drove south (Irvine, CA) with the kids with feelings of guilt because I hadn't given my youngest son the necessary time to practice his speeches and prepare his boards for the competition.














En nuestro cuarto del hotel donde dormimos el practicaba y practicaba y me di cuenta de lo mucho que me habia necesitado y lo mucho que faltaban sus discursos antes de competir con ellos. In our hotel room he practices and practiced and I notices how much he had needed me and how much his speeches still lacked before they were ready for him to compete.














(aqui se nota que tambien jugaba mucho, "para estar de mejor forma" me dijo - es verdad, hay recordar que tenemos todos que jugar mucho en la vida para tener exito - jiji (here you can see that he also played a lot to "be at his best" he told me - it's true, we have to remember that we have to play a lot in life to have success - heehee.)

Listos? Aqui con Danny y su Interpretacion Duo de Wonka y el Acensor de Vidrio.

Ready? Here he is with Danny and their Duo Interpretation of Wonka and the Glass Elevator.

Imaginese, entonces, la sorpresa que me lleve al saber que habia avanzado Marcos al siguiente nivel en la competicion! Y siguio avanzando en tres de las cuatro categorias de discursos de los que habia preparado. En dos avanzo hasta el final!!!! Asi, entre mas de 500 competidores gano el septimo y el octavo premio en su primer torneo. Just imagine, then, my surprise when I found out that Mark had advanced to the next level! He continued to advance in three of his four speech categories for which he had prepared. In two he advanced to the final round!!!! So, with a tournament of more than 500 competitors he won seventh and eigth place at his first tournament.