Those are two of the most basic breakdowns.  3 00:00:09,718 --> 00:00:13,179 In this class we've learned on how a trial really works.  4 00:00:13,596 --> 00:00:16,433 We've learned about how to really be a judge,  5 00:00:16,725 --> 00:00:20,478 how to be; how to really give a testimony, how to write a testimony.  6 00:00:20,603 --> 00:00:24,274 In addition to the classes, we have, the speech and debate  7 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:28,069 competition team and the mock trial competition team.  8 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:31,990 And we in Pompano Beach  9 00:00:32,073 --> 00:00:36,161 Middle School have won close to 600 medals in speech and debate.  10 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:37,829 We compete against all  11 00:00:37,829 --> 00:00:40,749 the other middle schools in what's called the Broward County Initiative.  12 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:45,879 In the mock trial competition we have won for the last two years;  13 00:00:46,296 --> 00:00:50,592 second place throughout Broward County, and the mock trial team  14 00:00:50,842 --> 00:00:54,929 goes down to the Broward County Courthouse and competes in front of a judge.  15 00:00:54,971 --> 00:00:56,556 So we're very proud of what  16 00:00:56,556 --> 00:01:00,060 both our speech and debate team and mock trial teams have done over the years.  17 00:01:01,478 --> 00:01:01,770 With the  18 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:04,898 mock trial, we were actually competing in a few months from now.  19 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:07,108 And with that, we'll be doing a real trial.  20 00:01:07,108 --> 00:01:09,736 So we'll have all the evidence, all the testimonies,  21 00:01:10,028 --> 00:01:11,696 and we'll be the witnesses too.  22 00:01:11,696 --> 00:01:12,238 And we're competing  23 00:01:12,238 --> 00:01:15,909 against other different middle schools to see which one has the better,  24 00:01:16,534 --> 00:01:17,660 better case.  25 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:20,705 Whoever can present information the best.  26 00:01:20,705 --> 00:01:24,167 I chose this law class for the ICan Magnet program  27 00:01:24,542 --> 00:01:27,003 because it offers a lot of different routes for my future.  28 00:01:27,462 --> 00:01:31,800 And it really opens up lots of ideas and what I can do now and in the future.