Argument status: lost
For the past few weeks I have been locked in a deadly debate which, unfortunately, I have lost. Now, the very fact that I am calling this a “deadly debate” is part of the reason why I failed, as I will attempt to explain. The argument is over the Y11 Leaver’s Social event (aka the American Prom), which is something that for years I have had no intention of attending because I’m really not interested. Interestingly that point still stands, which shows the convoluted nature of this debate. Indeed, by the end I was really starting to lose track of what either side has said.
As the said event has drawn closer (it occurs in a few months but the deposit is due in this week), more and more people have been trying to persuade me to go. This is surprising – it is only in the past year or so that I have actually gained some friends outside a very small group. This is entirely unintentional because I’m not someone who worries too much about that kind of thing, as I just let it happen, but I don’t think this would have panned out in quite the same way had it been a year ago. It worked down to myself and another (who I will not name just in case she is concerned over privacy or anything) having a long and complicated debate that started before half-term and continued until the beginning of this week.
Essentially, several key arguments held the most ground, although we both had several others (mine were more numerous). On my side, there was always the fact that I’m really not interested, and then later on the fact that I don’t want to endorse something that I suggests a nice “we can just laugh about it” end to a education system that I think is in a total mess. I further explained this one by saying that the sixth form equivalent may be a different matter.
On the opposing side were the points that I should experience it so that I can argue about it more effectively, and that I should go for the other’s who want me to go, because they have supported me in the past. This relates to my thoughts above over this amount of friendship that I never really knew I had. Strange.
Well, I’ll go, and try and ask people beforehand not to bother me too much, and we’ll see what happens.