Several reasons to be claimed here, firstly, we don't get trained together before the FLTRP cup(we live and study on different campuses), which obviously explains why it took us several debate rounds to cooperate well with each other, however cooperation and mutual trust are key qualifications to a excellent debate team. Secondly, the problem of timing may keep us from breaking in, for example, I committed several blunders when taking and accepting POI(Point Of Information), which costs us several credits in some debate rounds. Thirdly, our knowledge didn't get us into the TOP 32 teams, debate is not easy, which takes logic thinking and problem analysis, the more comprehensively you consider a problem or a social issue, the more credits you will get from Mr. Speak(chairmen of the panel of judges).

Although, many problems keep us from breaking in, we still learn a lot both in the debate rounds and the debate-oriented electives lectured by those excellent professors and debaters coming from all over the world, like Hong Kong, Indonesia, etc.

A motion analysed by an Indonesian debater called Andre Kua haunted me off and on, which is"THW(abbr. This House Would) invade N.Korea" . The whole elective lecture was about military intervention in Rogue States. The reasons why we call them "Rogue States" are for their bad human records, which indicates their governments' behaviors violating basic human rights, the local people are suffering from their notorious governments with no food and no job to live on.So many interesting and thought-provoking ideas and minds pop out and are shared by all of the debaters. We talk with those excellent debaters and learn a new way to think about the issue. What makes the FLTRP cup so special and most prestigious is the invited debaters, who gave us fellow debaters so many new and different ways of thinking.

Debate is a lifestyle, and we find a new way of thinking through disagreements, that's what makes debate so charming and attractive, I love debate, even though I didn't do a very good job in the 2014 FLTRP Cup, my debate horizon and ability to logically think are totally enhanced and strengthened by the experiences in Beijing.

There is a lot more for me to explore, I will definitely read more and think more.

Keep calm and debate forever!