my opponent quotes Thomas Jefferson who said that the dad not govern the living but Thomas Jefferson is dead so why is she listening to him 16-year-old Rose Deli cypron is an exceptional debater the New York City High School junior has been perfecting her impressive skills since the sixth grade what makes a good debater you have to be enthusiastic stubborn really confident and you always have to like have Security in your arguments because if you don't believe what you're saying what makes you think the judge will right now debates are at the Forefront of this election what is some advice you have for our country's leaders as someone who debates regularly I would say always have your sources in check they would say I I think I heard this from this person or like I heard this from this person and this is why your argument is wrong I don't think that's really reliable like during a real debate so always have your sources in check like you would say according to Lee chefs if that's if that's your name like according to Lee chefs she said this this and this and to always let your opponent talk when it's their turn like they were kind of like speaking over each other and that's not proper etiquette during a debate you have to let your opponent speak so you can therefore respond Rose deli's Talent has taken her as far as Broadway where she was on stage four nights a week arguing whether or not to abolish the Constitution I am one of this generation founding daughters telling you I want a document that takes action on climate change in the play what the Constitution means to me now streaming on Amazon Prime video the pullit surprise finalist features Heidi Shrek as she resurrects her 15-year-old self I'm not going to do anything weird to make myself 15 so uh here I am I'm 15 to trace the relationship between women there will not be a woman on the Supreme Court until 1981 and the country's founding documents Constitution is a living document I do think the play fits in what's happening with our society right now tell me why because during the show Heidi and die we we cover like a lot of issues that are prevalent right now like racism and immigration and I feel like that kind of puts it on a pedestal with like the with the presidential elections what makes a good argument there's a format for that it's called claim warrant impact your claim is kind of the main idea of your argument like let's say you're you're debating cats are better than dogs you would say cats are more playful playful you would have kind of like a source from that cat are more playful because and explain that and then you would have an impact like why is why does this matter what's the impact that your argument has so it's kind of like a three-point structure Rose Deli knows what she's talking about after all she sat down with Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotoor that debate is a wonderful way of building confidence in young people because it teaches you how to get up on your feet and talk about things that are important and glorious steum she dreams of being a lawyer one day or maybe an actress for now she's a teen with a passion for debating now I'm like actually teaching kids how to debate I actually judged a tournament online I was a judge for a tournament I'm Le sheeps for Inside Edition digital