School of the Nations and Mae’s Secondary School won the first round when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) hosted its Impromptu Speech Competition 2011.
In a press release GBTI said Nations earned 525 points, beating Annandale Secondary which scored 358 points while Mae’s got 481 points, triumphing over Cummings Lodge Secondary which scored 108 points. Nations representatives “spoke relatively well on their topics” which included “Parents should be responsible for the illegal activities of their children”, “If I could be a famous persons, I would be…” and “Teenagers smoke because…,” the release said. Nations’ Damali Lambert was adjudged the Best Speaker in this round after she “expressed to the audience in basic, yet convincing words, why she would most like to be Reggae Legend Bob Marley.”
On the other hand, Annandale “fell short on their topics” in their speeches on “Computers are more beneficial to
