Dannevirke High School speechmakers attended a recent Lions meeting. Photo / Supplied
Four Dannevirke High School Year 12 students delivered excellent speeches to a good turnout of around 40 Lions last week as part of the annual Young Speechmaker Contest.
They were all hoping to emulate 2017 Dannevirke High School head girl Lauren Carr who won the local contest before winning the
district final then taking out the national competition, earning her a six-week trip to Canada and the US in early 2018.
The challenge was to present a prepared six-minute speech on any topic and then respond to an impromptu speech challenge of two minutes.
It was a fascinating, entertaining and educational evening as each delivered their prepared speeches. The topics were the primary teacher crisis, euthanasia, global environmental destruction and abortion.
The students have been trained to present well with limited use of notes, the arguments being well backed with facts and opinions and rebuttal of the counter argument.
