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Good Evening, Vietnam - by Annushka - agarwhale

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Reflections on WSDC 2023

1. “Caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didn’t let go.” — V.E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light Each May, a few dozen teenagers try out for the Canadian national debate team. It’s a gruelling process, and most kids have already jumped through several hoops to qualify. Some will get happy phone calls the week after, but most will get a politely-worded, mildly soul-crushing rejection email. They’ll be upset for a while after, and I suspect many of them will simultaneously be a little ashamed of how intensely they feel — because while we look down upon failure, we also expect a…

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