What to Expect at
Your First OJCL
Convention
(And Why You Should Come
in The First Place)
Secretary Andrew Cahall,
Columbus Academy
I remember it like it was yesterday. The
ballroom doors opened in front of me, revealing
a sea of toga-clad teenagers babbling in Latin
and circling each other in coordinated
formations.
“It’s a cult,” I thought to myself. “I’m really
about to spend an entire weekend in a cult.”
After recovering my senses from what
amounted to a classical-culture shock during
General Assembly, I proceeded into my first
OJCL certamen round... and got waxed. No
really, my Columbus Academy compatriots and
I put up a whopping 10 points, while I’m pretty
sure that the Summit team across from us
totaled a number in the mid-100s.
I guess one could say that little 8th grade
me was not having the best of times at his
first OJCL convention.