UIL Speech Judges

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Jonathon Herrera

Current high school:
None

Currently coaching?: No

Conference:

Number of years coached:

Number of tournaments judged: 10

High school attended:
McAllen High School

Graduated high school: 1999

Participated in high school: Yes

Participated in college: No

Judging qualifications:
I competed in CX Debate for all 4 years in high school and qualified for the UIL state tournament two years. I also qualified for the TFA State tournament 2 years and NFL (now NSDA) Nationals in CX debate. I have judged speech and debate events every year since 2000, the year after I graduated high school.

Judging Philosophy

CX

Rounds judged: 20
Judging approach: Policy Maker
Policy priority: Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills
Evidence philosophy: Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Paradigm: I prefer both teams determine how I should evaluate the round. I am open to critical arguments, but I am also comfortable judging the round from a policy perspective. I expect the Neg block to be split and I will not evaluate any new answer in the 2AR. It is expected to compare evidence and arguments instead of endlessly extending an argument. Tell me why I should prefer your argument over the other team's argument instead of forcing me to intervene for a team.

LD

Rounds judged: 30
Approach: Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills
Philosophy:
I expect both debaters to use voters to tell me why I should vote for them. I do not believe most affirmatives have time to go line-by-line in either rebuttal so stick to the big picture and in the last rebuttal, just spend time on 2-3 voters. I am have a policy background so I am open to a wide variety of arguments, but if no explanation is given on how I should evaluate an argument I will default to my policy background.

Contact Information

email: jonathon.herrera0422@gmail.com
cell: 956 2073216
office:

Availability Information

Meet types:
Regional CX State State Meet

Qualified for:
CX
LD
Congress

Travel

Region of residence:
1

I will travel to: 1