At Old Scona Academic high school‚ I was an avid public speaker and debater and was heavily involved in competitions and conferences. My favorite competition was the annual Churchill Speech and Debate Competitions‚ which were comprised of both speech and debate competition components where students tackle a current topic and build their case while drawing strong support from research. As a competitor‚ I approached the President of the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill Society with
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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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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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The issue of the effectiveness of vaccines has been a long standing debate. Whether vaccines have indeed saved humanity countless times or has been the medium through which companies such as AstraZeneca can instill disease and thus fear unto humans for profit is a controversial topic. The one contributor of society that one would find astonishing to find opposing vaccines is doctors. One such doctor that found‚ in his experience‚ vaccines to be ineffective and arguably harmful is Dr. Harold Moskowitz
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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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many people gets a vaccine; which is getting an antigen of the disease into the body to develop an immunity of the virus. Even though people wants to prevent getting sick from those diseases‚ it may cause some side effects. In some cases‚ people can even get the disease and die from it. Many parents are against vaccine for their children because of religious belief‚ some just don’t believe that it’s necessary for the child to get it. Schools requires students to get the vaccine to attend school. When
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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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Carnegie-Mellon‚ Current affairs: Middle East debate A Greek philosopher once said‚ "In argument‚ truth is born." Even though sometimes feelings and emotions come into play that confuse the issue at hand‚ usually an argument results in a new insight on the subject. Even if a person holds strong views that are unshaken by anything his adversary may say‚ he may nevertheless gain from the debate. It forces him to organize and analyze his views‚ leaving him with a clearer understanding of the subject
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Argumentative Essay Is now the time to have a national conversation on the questions around abortion? There is an elephant in the Canadian living room. Everyone knows it is there‚ but nobody is willing to mention it‚ except for those on the far edges of the issue. The elephant is named “Abortion”‚ and except for those radical believers on each side‚ almost everyone wishes the elephant would simply walk out of the room. But it hasn’t‚ despite the wishes of many people. And it won’t‚ despite our
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Debates can and will be held between two or more students to strengthen the bond and knowledge that they comprehend. Daily studies and lectures are provided‚ through this class is in a hand-holding environment to guide and not force the student. Every once and awhile Maestros’ in training may come by and take place in a lecture‚ and focus groups may be held in accordance. The regular regime are as follows; Read‚ vocally relay‚ write‚ repeat‚ debate‚ and finish off with focus
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