My buddy chose to be against all adoption as a bit and when pressed on what to do with kids that couldn't be adopted he just said "the kids will figure it out"
Tldr: debate class is bad and should be abolished
My buddy chose to be against all adoption as a bit and when pressed on what to do with kids that couldn't be adopted he just said "the kids will figure it out"
Tldr: debate class is bad and should be abolished
TIme for me to post my own cringe - when I was in like seventh grade I was on academic probation for not doing homework but I argued with the principal until he got tired of listening to me and granted me an exception to join the debate team. Then when we got to the regional tournament I got our first opponents disqualified when I made a big deal out of a survey they presented that they had done themselves because it lacked any scientific rigor considering it was done by 7th graders which accidentally baited one of the moderators into defending it and it turned out she was the opposing team's teacher. We still came in like fourth because we sucked at actually debating, though, and I quit and never did it again.
The scoring system is so terrible, its pretty subjective and you can have a contestant's parents as a judge