UIL Speech Judges
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Michael Pulver
Current high school:
None
Currently coaching?: Yes
Conference: 5A
Number of years coached: 4
Number of tournaments judged: 27
High school attended:
Athens High School
Graduated high school: 2017
Participated in high school: Yes
Participated in college: No
Judging qualifications:
I debated for Athens High School (c. 2013-2017) and the University of North Texas (c. 2017-2019). I have coached for Success Academy Charter Schools in New York, NY and American Heritage Schools in Plantation, FL. I have taught at the Texas Speech and Debate Camp in Tyler, TX (2x). Adjudicated 2,000 student performances since 2017, including finals and championship rounds nationwide. Selected as Cross-Examination adjudicator at NSDA Nationals and elimination judge at Harvard, Lexington, and New York City Invitational. Recognized by the Texas Senate for winning the UIL State Persuasive Extemporaneous Championship.
Judging Philosophy
CX
Judging approach: Other (please explain below)
Policy priority: Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues
Evidence philosophy: Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence
Paradigm: Questions inform the nuance and understanding of the students ability to reflect my own internationalizations of the performances being had. The more difficult a question is entertained, or even the ability to answer, weighs into my paradigmatic approach to Forensic Debate. I am not necessarily tabula rasa but I give credit where it's due in terms of the ability for a student to produce work, defend it, and successful articulate the clash they generate versus a competing method of pedagogical analysis. Thus, I am open to stock-issue approaches, performance-oriented debate, LARPing, Kritikal views of pedagogy and assumptions, topicality, counter-plans, and disadvantages.
LD
Approach: Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues
Philosophy:
Questions inform the nuance and understanding of the students ability to reflect my own internationalizations of the performances being had. The more difficult a question is entertained, or even the ability to answer, weighs into my paradigmatic approach to Forensic Debate. LD superpositions questions as a means of philosophical engaging with the debate and I reward the work that the debaters deploy in their attempt to maximize clash and teaching of the resolution.
Contact Information
email: pulverizer1997@icloud.com
cell:
office:
Availability Information
Meet types:
Invitational
District
Regional
CX State
State Meet
Congress Region
Congress State
Qualified for:
CX
LD
Extemp
Travel
Region of residence:
5
I will travel to: 1 2 3 5 6
