The Tournament
of Champions, is an extension of the World
There were 4
events in all. The challenge was the first event to take place, this required
each one of us to answer 120 questions in 60 minutes. The questions were based
on subjects like-Music, Art, Literature, Social Sciences and Special Area. The
theme for this year’s event was “An Imperfect World”.
The next event
debate, was one of the team events, and played a crucial role in our scores as
a team, and individually. The event was comprised of 3 debates, with other
teams from around the world, in Yale’s Rosenkranz hall. One of the topics we
debated on was, “Teachers should follow the principles of wabi sabi. In the
debate event, we secured a total of four medals, a silver was received by each
of us, for our team debate, and a gold medal was won by Vanshika for debating.
The other events
were collaborative writing and scholar’s bowl, each quite competitive and
tough.
Since the event
was held at Yale University, we were taken around the campus by Yale students,
attended a lecture by a Yale professor, a keynote address by a professor from
Stanford on Genome Engineering and spent most of our time there. We also went
on a day trip to Boston, where we visited and took tours of Ivy League Yale’s
infamous “rival” school, Harvard, along with MIT! The trip was cold, but
inspirational, where each and every scholar was able to picture themselves in
the halls of one of these brilliant universities. On the last day, we went to
New York a few hours before our flight, and were able to walk around Times
Square, before it was time to head back to India… and warmer weather.
It was amazing
interacting with students and teachers from around the world. Our 5 days at
Yale, reminded us of just how big our world is, and just how much we can do to
positively change it.
