Girl Talk | Motivational Failure
Clip: Season 7 Episode 1 | 1m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Gil, a varsity member, is fueled to keep going when judged by her poise over her points.
The Newton South High School debate team has dealt with its share of disappointment but it doesn't stop them from moving on and up. Told to "be more Oprah," varsity member Gil is fueled by judgement of her poise rather than her points.
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Girl Talk | Motivational Failure
Clip: Season 7 Episode 1 | 1m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
The Newton South High School debate team has dealt with its share of disappointment but it doesn't stop them from moving on and up. Told to "be more Oprah," varsity member Gil is fueled by judgement of her poise rather than her points.
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The thing is, it's also, like, 10:40 and the majority, like a lot of people are coming from the East coast, so it feels like 1:00 for us, like 1:30 for us.
[Josh] Are you saying it's not fair?
- It is not fair, Josh.
- At this tournament, one judge, she was like, "I really liked your points, but your voice."
"Try to sound like Oprah.
You needed, like, more Oprah."
- Postings are out.
It's backwards though.
Four...
I cannot read this.
- Wait, where?
- 4050.
- Broke?
- Yeah.
4052.
- Where are you getting this?
- Wait, where are you getting this?
I'm sorry.
- Yeah, we didn't break.
[Josh] I'm sure you guys were really close.
Sorry you didn't make it.
- I think you keep going, because at least for me, it, like, made me really angry.
I just, like, did bad, cried.
Did worse, cried.
And then I was just like, now it's just pissing me off that I'm bad at this.
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