"Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress" - Taylor Swift
There was an unusual glow about the school on Monday morning. Corridors lined with streamers and the school's trophies and awards brought out to be displayed in public. Students bustled past excitedly closely followed by eager friends, each person wanting desperately to be the one to break the news to the others. The price for the debate championships had gone from a considerably sized prize money to a reward that money, connections and certainly your parents couldn't buy. The stakes had risen to impossible heights.
It wasn't an unusual occurrence for England's No 2 secondary school to be perched against its No 1. In fact, it was an annual occurrence with the losing school vowing to return the next year with a certified win. This
