National German team for World Schools Debating Championship 2012

by paulinobrener on January 1, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

ever wondered what Germany was like? This year’s Team Germany will give you a proper taste of that! Among us, we come from three different federal states and own an equal number of different passports. We speak more than ten different languages and span almost four years of age difference.

Antonia Schmidt

Bhavesh Agarwal

Felix Jiang

Louisa Benk

Sophia Jaimes-Ramos

Coach:

Marie Schreier

Judges:

Klaus-Peter Heil

Christopher Sanchez

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Bhavesh Agarwal

by ramoswarth on January 9, 2012

Bhavesh is our master of research, Indian (but Coventry-born and brought up in Germany) and very much into music. He has also spent 11 years of his life doing martial arts – quite impressive seeing that he’s 18 – so you better don’t mess with him! :D

Heinrich-v-Gagern-GYM, Frankfurt am Main

 

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Antonia Schmidt

January 9, 2012

Even though she has recently spent a year in Spain, Antonia, 18, stayed true to debating and now represents eastern Germany in our team. She also enjoys acting (she takes part in her school’s annual play) and firmly believes in the calming effect of solving mathematical problems. St. Benno-GYM, Dresden

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Sophia Jaimes-Ramos

January 8, 2012

Our team baby only recently turned sixteen, but she makes up for that big time! Not only is she an active sportswoman (handball and gymnastics), but she also saves us during debates thanks to her impressive English skills. No surprise here, though, seeing that she’s a native speaker of both American English and Spanish.   [...]

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Louisa Benk

January 8, 2012

Anglophile Louisa is, at nineteen, our oldest team member and a connoisseur of literature and French films. She also enjoys meeting friends and knows an impressive amount of random facts. And if you wonder where she got her British accent from – that may be due to the year she spent in Ipswich, UK. Parler-GYM, [...]

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Felix Jiang

January 8, 2012

Our 34th generation Chinese team member, also known as Panda, adds to the Asian touch in our team. He is “the brain” in our impromptu preparation sessions and always finds a way to cheer us up. Although he is only sixteen, this is his second time at Worlds. Landesgymn. f. Hochbegabte, Schwäbisch Gmünd

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