Since I had always taken pride in my sharp tongue and brilliant response whether in class debates or casual arguments, I was extremely confident of myself when I was selected to represent our school in a national debate last year.
Of course, all the members in my team were good at debating and we had a very experienced teacher who trained us well. But I was undoubtedly the most outstanding speaker. In each of the rounds that I took part in, all the judges selected me as the best one. The more I won, the more confident I became. And my confidence reached the highest level when we were entering the final. I had every reason to believe that I would be voted the best speaker for the debate series.
But overconfidence brought me the unexpected downfall. During the week before the final, I began to feel so self-important that I started behaving very badly with my teammates. I would laugh at Eton’s poor debating style. I would complain of Vivian’s slow response. I saw myself as the best debater who was disappointed by their bad performances. In short, I became more and more dissatisfied with my team as the final round drew near and began missing the training. My teacher was increasingly worried. My teammates were very unhappy. However, they had no choice but to rely on me to win the final. Even if they would love to kick me out of the team, they could not because there was no replacement good enough.
The day of the final eventually came. The lecture hall was crowded with audience, who were eager to watch a wonderful debate because they had learned from the news that I was the one that was most likely to be the best speaker for the debate series. I was very excited that I was able to show off my debating skills in front of a larger audience, too.
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However, they would be totally disappointed, soon.
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As soon as the debate finished, I ran to the washroom, crying.
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