UIL Speech Judges
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Cecilia Maddox
Current high school:
Magnolia West
Currently coaching?: No
Conference: 5A
Number of years coached: 30+
Number of tournaments judged: 0
High school attended:
Memorial High School Houston
Graduated high school: 1981
Participated in high school: Yes
Participated in college: No
Judging qualifications:
I have coached Congress from the beginning and judged it as well.
I started helping to run tournaments at 17. I’ve been judging since then CX, LD, Prose/ Poetry, Extemporaneous as well as other speech events. 38 years and counting. I helped my mother, an accomplished speech coach at Memorial Middle School, establish her debate team. I started coaching in high school in 1990.
Judging Philosophy
CX
Judging approach: Tabula Rasa
Policy priority: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Evidence philosophy: Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Paradigm: Case should be well stated with a clear plan. Negative should be prepared to counter. I work hard to start with a clean, clear slate and take into consideration all the debaters say. I do take the policy and stock issues into account. Good argumentation is key. I am a flow judge. If I can’t understand you because of speed, I may miss an argument. I want clear argumentation and refutation from the debaters.
LD
Approach: Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Philosophy:
I start with a clean slate setting aside my feelings and beliefs. I want clear, good arguments. I vote on whose arguments outweighed the opponent’s. Whose value and criterion’s are better supported. After I flow the debate, I also ask myself if this were a real world scenario, who made the best case based on the arguments that I have just heard.
Contact Information
email: maddoxrc5@gmail.com
cell: 210 3838079
office:
Availability Information
Meet types:
Invitational
District
Regional
CX State
State Meet
Congress Region
Congress State
Qualified for:
CX
LD
Extemp
Prose/Poetry
Congress
Travel
Region of residence:
5
I will travel to: 1 3 4 5 8
