Debate

Debate has existed in the world for hundreds of years, developing at the beginning of humanity but evolving more publicly in the early eighteenth century. Humans love to argue their point of view with others in order to determine the “correct” perspective on various matters. Throughout the world, many approach a debate with opinions formulated from different outlooks on life. Perspectives of a situation establish themselves based on where and how a person was raised. When elaborating on…

Visions and Voices: Dirty Talk The on campus performance by Visions and Voices titled “Dirty Talk” was an eye-opening experience. Discussed were real-life stories, obtained through interview and dramatized on stage. The rawness of the dialogue was uncomfortable but necessary in order to break down barriers for victims of sexual assault to be able to speak freely about their experiences and for outsiders to be able to obtain a better understanding of the trauma that these situations evoke.…

fascinated with sharing ideas and opinions. I spent years on the debate team, and found joy in typing key points across countless index cards. Any possible argument and counter-argument was concisely outlined and neatly filed in an old brown recipe box festooned with sparkly stickers. I was equally happy being ‘pro’ or ‘con’, much to the chagrin of my family when I couldn’t contain rebuttals to the classroom. As I logged debate after debate, I found I could empathize with almost any point of…

what exactly I was doing in a class where I couldn’t even answer a simple opposition to why or why not ignorance was in fact bliss. Of Course things later changed once Mr. Wood gave us our first lesson on why it is wrong to show up unprepared to a debate tournament and weeks later, I began debating at varsity Lincoln Douglas…

explain why certain scenarios happened. First of, the culture we try to create and promote at the Richard Peddie Debate tournament is one of active thinking and development of general debate skills. It is not a culture of first place vs second place, we want to create a tournament that adds more then just a competition agenda. A large amount of students entering the tournament are trying debate out for the first time and we encourage them to make their début at our tournament. We believe…

effective way. He develops his argument in a professional manner by using many reasons, as well as vivid examples and details, to persuade students and their parents that “there has to be a better way” than learning in colleges (431). Also, in the debate “More Clicks Fewer Bricks: The Lecture Hall Is Obsolete,” Agarwal and Nelson defended online self-learning by saying that self-learning online allows students to control their learning progress. They employed credible evidence and well connected…

experience a debate. Additionally, this unit aims to introduce the idea of law in America. By the end of the unit, students will be able to define law, have some conceptual understanding of why law is necessary in America, and consider whether or not it is ever okay to break the law. All in all, this is a civics-driven unit to get students thinking about law and the role it plays in the lives of American citizens. Standards Addressed…

7. Constructive Teaching in Action: A High School Classroom Debate The teacher during this virtual classroom observation, Sarabinh Levy-Brightman, used two different learning strategies in her classroom. First, she used whole-class and small group discussions. To do this, she would provide the whole-class with a question and then she would allow time for students to work on this question in smaller groups. Provide both whole-class and small groups in the classroom provide their own benefits…

almost impossible for African-Americans to persuade a dissenting white audience with racism so prevalent. Without the use of doctors or researchers, Samantha Booke and James Farmer Jr. proved that utilizing emotion in different ways during their debates is the best way to effectively treat this disease. They both were able to persuade dissenting white audiences using different strategies of emotion because it enabled them to walk in the shoes of African Americans, and it created empathy towards…

The rise of populism combined with the power of the media both main stream and social have ensured that the parties have lost control of the national debate as well as the other congressional candidates and issues. In past years it has seemed like candidates are selected by the parties through a “rigged system”, meaning that the Democratic and Republican parties already have in mind those candidates who they want to endorse. This year the parties have lost control of the election process. This…