Forensics/Debate
1996

DÉJÀ VU

Wow!!! I have been here before. There goes that déjà vu again. Have you ever had déjà vu before? I am sure you have because everyone has it at one time or another. Now let me ask you this, what is déjà vu and where does it come from? In the next few paragraphs, I will try to answer both of these questions for you.

If you have ever done something and then thought, “Wow, I have been here before,” you have had déjà vu. But, why does it happen? Why do we think that we have done the such item that we just did? That question I can only guess on. Maybe it came to you in one of those dreams that you can do not remember. Maybe you saw it in a dream you do remember but did not pay attention to it. Perhaps, it just comes to you in your subconscious mind. Who knows where déjà vu comes from. The only thing I can say is it happens, and it will always happen.

Do you ever think that you have heard your mom or dad call you? You go and see what you wanted and they say “I did not call you, you must be hearing things.” Déjà vu!! Have you ever wondered why it happened? I know I have. Some people think that you want someone to call you so you make yourself think that they call you even though they do not call you. Other people think that all of the voices and words that were said in the past stay in the air and a person who is relaxed enough or just is not thinking much can hear these voices as though they were just said by whom ever said the words that were said in the past. “Déjà vu all over again,” that’s what I say.

Here is a poem that I wrote for you,

What it is about is Déjà vu:

I wonder where,

I wonder how.

Why does it happen,

Can it happen to a cow?

Déjà Vu, happens everywhere,

It happens to people who don’t even care.

Déjà Vu all over again,

I had Déjà Vu when I was ten.

Here it comes,

And there it goes.

What is déjà vu,

Does anyone know?

So how did you like it? Was it O.K.? I have talked, and I have talke about déjà vu. Tell me something, have I convinced you? Have I convinced you that déjà vu does exist? You may not believe me but why should I care? Déjà vu is whatever you believe it to be. I have told you what it is to me and others that I have heard from. I hope you like this paper. It was fun for me to write.

Let me ask you again this question of mine. What is Déjà Vu? Where does it come from? It is up to you to decide. It is up to you to answer the question of what is déjà vu. There is no wrong answer; they are always right. It is all in the person who comes up with the answer. The answer is yours and yours alone. DO NOT let any other person sway you to thinking you are wrong.