things are more entertaining than watching a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds debate on whether or whether not race-based college admissions are acceptable. The knowledge this group of participants had about this topic truly caught me off guard. One participant even brought up the situation that took place in the Supreme Court of an issue at the University of Texas. While one of the most impressive debates was going on‚ I also see my co-counselor --- who is an upcoming senior in high school
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In political debates all around the world there has been one major topic that is always brought up to debate about and that is globalization. Globalization has been announced one of the best things to happen to the world and also has been announced that it is destroying our world. With globalization there are tons of positive effects and loads of negative effects that occur. People often wonder if there are potentially more negative effects then there are positive‚ that’s why it’s such a high importance
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in society. Back in mainly the 1900’s‚ racism was very dominant in communities‚ specifically in the Southern States of the US. For example‚ the film The Great Debaters focusses on a black debate team in Marshall‚ Texas in 1930. The team starts off debating other black debate teams but working up to a large debate against Harvard‚ and seeing many injustices along the way‚ such as lynching and sharecropping. Though the main theme of the film is the abuse of power‚ there are many underlying themes supporting
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Debate Language “The Argument Culture” is a persuasive essay written by Professor Deborah Tannen. As a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University‚ Tannen experience in language leads her to write many books in this field. Tannen uses “The Argument Culture” essay to persuade her audience that this society’s way of looking at debate encourages an “adversarial frame of mind” (Tannen‚ 305). Three of Tannen’s main points include; polarized views in the news‚ the use of “war metaphors’ by media
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Group One: " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills‚ When all at once I saw a crowd‚ A host‚ of golden daffodils; Beside the lake‚ beneath the trees‚ Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way‚ They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: 10 Ten thousand saw I at a glance‚ Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside
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In the movie‚ The Great Debaters‚ one debate coach tries to place his debate team on the same performance level of white students in the American south. This movie takes place in the 1930’s when Jim Crow Laws were still common. Throughout the movie‚ we recognize personality types‚ understand the motivation and the critical thinking skills that each character possesses. Hamilton Burgess‚ Henry Lowe‚ Samantha Booke‚ and James Farmer Jr. are the four debaters we learn about in this movie. Although
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Debating Federation wishes that it be freely available. All or part of this guide may be copied for any purpose. It may be translated. The only request is that parts of this guide are not reproduced out of context. There should be no copyright in debate theory. Its contributors are too numerous to mention; they span thousands of years and numerous cultures. An online version of this guide is available from www.dav.com.au. Official copies of the handbook may be purchased from the same website. Please
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aggressive two-sided debates over issues is examined. Tannen proposes that communication and effective listening in our society needs to be more productive .In the past‚ a conversation among people did not need to have a purpose other than to inform each other‚ but now conversations are presented as a standoff between two opposing parties. However when a conflict between parties occurs‚ it is shocking to see how badly people distort the tradition of debate. During debates people find it necessary
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RULES OF PROCEDURE The formal session will be declared by the Chair. ROLL CALL 1. Present- When delegate answers in a present‚ he can say Yes‚ No or abstain during voting for a resolution. 2. Present and voting- When the delegate answers the roll call in a present and voting‚ he has to vote decisively on a resolution and has the option of only saying a Yes or a No to the resolution during the voting. He cannot Abstain. QUORUM This is the minimum number of members required for the committee proceedings
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The Great Debaters The movie Great Debaters was about a debate team from Wiley College in Texas. They were a very good debate team‚ only losing one match before facing and defeating the national champs‚ Harvard University. When they faced Harvard they didn’t have their coach or their best debater‚ but a young boy named James stepped up and defeated the champs. The message of the film to me is‚ if you put your mind to it you can accomplish
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