IHSA 2007-2008 State Champion - Extemporaneous Speaking

State Champion in EX: Mark Schmidt (Sr.) (Wheaton Warrenville South)

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[dtvaughn]

I just want to point out a couple things about this speaker. First, he has one the state championship in EX & IMP multiple times. He knows what he is doing. Second, these videos are from the awards ceremony which takes place hours after his final round of competition. In Illinois, competitors generally don't use a notecard/sheet of paper, but in order to perform for the camera he used a sheet of paper to remind himself of his sources.

[HeirArkon]

Was it really necessary for the intro to drag out to almost 2 min before getting to the actual question? How long are the speeches in this state?

[dtvaughn]

@HeirArkon Extemp speeches are six minutes long in the Illinois State competitions. They are given forty-five minutes to prep.

[dtvaughn]

Sorry for cutting Mark off, guys!

I know you wanted to hear his conclusion, lol!

[lorimaynard]

Odd, that he kept criticizing Bush's pronunciation of nuclear, while continuing to stumble over the word proliferation.

[FurubaFan2709]

@MicahAP514 At my school pretty much all of our pf students are extemp kids. And we're very well off in both. So I guess the correct answer is yes. As long as you're able to get used to the new rules and all, it most likely won't be too big of a stretch for you. Then again all people are different, so it may be different for you than it is for the few kids at my school who do both. We also don't have impromtu in my state. So it shouldn't be too hard, but then again, it just depends on you.

[Mizzouslug]

i have a speech in 4 days. thanks for posting, this was just the confidence booster i needed

[TeamSwagRc]

queer

[MicahAP514]

I'm thinking about transferring from pf to double entering in extemp and impromtu after my partner graduates I'v placed alot in pf and im second speaker do transitioning pf debaters work well in extemp and impromtu or do they kinda flail around?

[LoveTheVoiceWithin]

Nice Job with the speech :)

[AndroidsIntoxicating]

@dtvaughn In Missouri it 7-8 minutes

[thanhtran5]

Good job.

[3jcorn]

I have to do this tomorrow. It's gonna be terribad.

[pinchofsalt100]

A good extemp. speakers ability to memorize these small statistics (such as is stated in this speech,"...9% of India's population is muslim".) is just absolutely astounding to me. I'm scared now.

[0dyma]

This guy won state. I don't think that anyone should be criticizing him about how he did it, and belittling his accomplishment by saying, "oh wow my school is so amazing cause we only have 35 minutes to prep and we have to do a 7 minute speech." Get over yourselves. This speech was given just minutes after finding out that he won, and hours after he had originally given the speech, so I'm not about to judge him for needing to use a piece of paper to site sources.