Oregon-Oxford Debating l History of Debate l Objectives l The Resolution l Research l Case-building l Parts of the Debate l Speaker Roles l The Constructive Speech Debate during the Olden Days l It was in 5th Century B.C. in Syracuse a city from Ancient Greece has gone through war and revolution. People struggled for peace and order. A particular concern for them was land ownership for lands
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Huxley- Wilberforce Debate 1. What did most people in the 19th century believe about the origins of living things? During the 19th century the prevailing beliefs around the origins of living things were situated around their religion. People believed they were a special creation in the image of God‚ whereas Darwinism suggested humans were subjected to the same evolutionary roles as other species. This theory of Darwinism went against all religious beliefs of creation‚ bringing doubt towards the
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There was this boy who was an honor roll student that went to school everyday in fear that he would be harassed‚ hit‚ and embarrassed. He had been bullied for at least two years with no school official doing anything about it. He finally made up his mind that he was fed up with the harassment and he decided he was going to retaliate against those who victimized him. He was so angry that he brought a gun to school. He ended up killing one teacher and two of his classmates who had been harassing him
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In October of 2017‚ fifty-nine people lost their lives in las vegas due to a mass shooting. It is still uncertain of shooters motives of why he started to shoot people at the concert. The shooting sparked another debate about guns rights. There is much of a controversial debate between liberals and conservatives about the rights of guns. Compared to Republicans‚ many Democrats want there to be stricter gun control limits. The National Rifle Association has a powerful role when it comes to politics
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School Consolidation Debate 1731 In recent years‚ municipal governments across America have found themselves searching for ways to trim costs by consolidating services with other municipal governments in the counties they’re in. They have consolidated law enforcement agencies‚ sanitation‚ health departments‚ municipal courts‚ etc. But in many of those counties‚ school systems have been left out of the discussion. In 2010‚ the Memphis City School (MSC) system made a failed attempt to merge with
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A few decades ago‚ the debate of childhood obesity was not a matter to be discussed. Our parents and grandparents never questioned the weight of their children‚ their friends’ children or any other child they came into contact with. Their children ate healthy foods from the table and played outside all day. The subject of childhood weight has changed quit a bit since those days. With the introduction of fast foods‚ Playstation and Xbox games‚ our kids live sedentary lives and therefore
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that easy. This success has created a tension filled democratic race that has both candidates campaigning for every last vote. That is why the debate that took place on April 14th in Brooklyn was very important for both candidates. The debate was filled with many statements that were used as a form of persuasion to cause attitude change. The democratic debate that took place in Brooklyn was watched by 5.6 million people. The candidates knew that it was a very important chance
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affirm the resolution: Resolved: In the United States‚ students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a community or technical college. To put this debate into context‚ we offer several observations. First‚ the resolution is clearly selected in context of Obama’s recent announcements and proposals‚ therefore‚ we should debate Obama’s community college plan: free community college for 2 credit years‚ full-time or part-time and regardless of age‚ as long as you maintain a 2.5 GPA. Second
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Sociology In what way do ferral children proivde evidence for the nature nurture debate? The nature nurture debate has been one of the most contraversial debates since it was introduced in the 1870’s by one of the first experimental psychologists Francis Galton. Since that time an increasing number of psychologists have become significantly interested in the nature nurture debate- like Galton they to have been trying to determine whether or not the way in which humans conduct themselves are inherited
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The Nature and Nurture debate Nature- approach suggests that people are born with qualities‚ abilities and characteristics that determine the kind of person they will become. Nurture- approach argues that it is the way a person is brought up and their circumstances which are more important influences on the kind of person they become. The debate The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest issues in psychology. The debate centers on the relative contributions of genetic inheritance
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