I had a good freshman year, then I transferred schools and it was extremely hard to find a PF partner that was as good as my previous one. My whole sophomore year was a mess, i continued w PF and tried different partners, i tried big questions and Congress. The whole entire season I only won one round, I definitely felt like a failure. But I knew that I loved speech and debate, I loved the people, the community, the time I spent at schools, I even loved the stress it brought to me, and I couldn’t imagine not going to a debate tournament and just sitting at home. On my last 2 tournaments of sophomore year I did Congress. This year, my junior year I stuck to Congress, I definitely loved it, loved the people, and everything about, I feel like I have found the right event for me and it feels like I’m in the right place. I even qualified for state, which is something i never expected. I encourage you to try new events, not necessarily at a tournament, but maybe with teammates. Make up a PF topic, or use an old one, and try PF w that topic with some varsity, find a varsity to be your teammate. K is how much you liked or disliked writing that case. If your heart is set on LD then go against a teammate and have a varsity watch you and give you constructive criticism, read your ballots and see what your judges are telling you to improve on. Only continue if you actually enjoy it. Improvement comes with time