Debating

That day, I was extremely confused and couldn’t figure out 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…

sudden rush of coquettish but is there Wifi here? Cause I sure am feeling a connection {Romeo and Juliet laugh}. Juliet Oh boy! You are quite the jokester! Romeo I would very much like it if you'd let me connect my lips to yours! It would be the best first kiss in the whole entire mankind. Of course, that's an exaggeration considering that there are billions of people in the world. Juliet {nervously backs away}: What the heck?! You’re touching my appendage. But well then, if our bacteria…

Debate I have been involved in debate since 6th grade, before out middle school provided a debate class. Three of my friends and I were coached by elder sibling of a couple friends in the event of congress, which we were able to compete in via our UDL, which hosted middle school tournaments and gave us the resources to participate in the program. Midway through 7th grade, I began competing in the event of policy debate with a close friend, through which, for middle scholars, we reached a…

even now. As we walked down the hallway to the cafeteria I said to Lance in a hushed tone, “ We didn't get to do our strategy like we meant too!” “Yeah but we still did a good speech on how Terrorism will come if we let Refugees in” Lance said. “But we didn't get to do our emotional speech on how the Refugees will die if dont let them in.” “I dont know whats going to happen” Lance said. We went down to the cafeteria and waited anxiously for the award ceremony to start. We were both nervous and…

"Obama's Foreign Policy." Debating the Obama Presidency. Ed. Steven E. Schier. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 123-41. Print. 5O’Brien, Ruth. "Progress and Good Governance In Domestic Policy." Debating the Obama Presidency. Ed. Steven Schier. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 167-1104. Print. 6Pitney, John J., Jr. "Obama and Washington." Debating the Obama Presidency. Ed. Steven E. Schier. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 51-75. Print. 7Pletka, Daniella. "America In…

In “Should immigrants assimilate?”, Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou address the pressure to automatically assimilate that continues to hound second generation immigrants. They weigh the costs of this automatic assimilation and the effects of evident discrimination of a second generation immigrant that follows if assimilation is refused. Mary C. Waters’ article, “Debating Immigration”, acknowledges the inconsistencies of public debate and credible studies dealing with second generation immigrants…

Other references will be made to the work of Juliet Schor; a Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, whose essay “Debating the Sharing Economy” compares and contrasts the components of this sector to the traditional mechanisms of society. These sources are critical when making connections between the claims of proponents and critics, and the realities of genuine practice. Moreover, when studying this issue, political and cultural relationships need to be considered. “The sharing…

Debating Utilitarianism Bentham was an English philosopher and political radical. He was primarily known today for his moral philosophy, especially his principle of utilitarianism, which evaluates actions based upon their consequences.The thought in utilitarianism is that the ethical worth of an activity is resolved exclusively by its incentive in giving joy or joy as summed among every single cognizant being. It is a type of consequentialism, implying that the ethical worth of any activity…

Payne Essay “Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-68” (Steven Lawson and Charles Payne) is a book that is about how Charles Payne and Steven Lawson look at the people who made the movement a success and how they did it. We are specifically looking at Payne’s point of view, “The View from the Trenches”. Charles Payne was born in March 1948. He studies civil rights activism, urban education reform and lots of other things. He has several organizations that try and address social justice.…

Even though we were not as prepared as other students attending, we debated better than we ever had before. In our first debate we walked into the cold hotel room and sat at our appropriate table very close to our opponents. The room was silent and our judges made no remarks. Our opponents started to speak and I had a feeling of fear that shudder throughout my body. They were speaking wonderfully and I could tell that they had a lot of experience debating. Suzie did not seem phased…