Is it bad to quit a club?

chrysalism
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 01:33:04 +0000

Of course four years of something definitely looks best - but if you feel like you’re hitting a major dead end with Speech then you shouldn’t force yourself to continue with it. A few things:

How do you know you'll do better at MUN? As someone who's done both MUN and speech, depending on the speech event you currently do, the required skill sets are rather similar (obviously events like Extemp and OO/Info are more similar to MUN than events like Humorous Interpretation, but still). Maybe before you quit speech you should sign up for MUN and attend one conference (or at least a few meetings) to make sure it's definitely where your abilities lie?

Whether you'll ultimately be able to get a leadership position depends on the size of your school's club - if there are like 15 people in it you have a shot at a position come senior year as long as you win awards, but if it's a 100 person monstrosity like my club then you'll be passed over for the more experienced people. That might be a nonissue if leadership positions aren't your ultimate goal, but still, keep that in mind.

Of course, if you really don’t like Speech then there’s no point in continuing for 4 years regardless of the objective pros and cons. I know this guy who didn’t join our school debate team till the end of his sophomore year; as of graduation he’s the 3rd best Congress debater in the state and is a freakin’ legend. Do what you love, love what you do, all that jazz.