#high school debate

[deanwinchesterlover69]

YALL I HAVE MY FIRST DEBATE THING TMRW OMG OMG

#speech and debate #cx #cross examination #debate #high school debate

[ssfoc]

Great article about high school debate.

#debate #high school debate

[t1maeust3sti1fied]

never join a highschool debate discord server there’s walls of text about if communism is a good idea in the memes channel

#debate #high school debate #discord

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

still mad about this post lol so let me also say: “they taught us critical thinking in english class” is extra funny to me because there’s a genuine debate among Ed Heads about whether “critical thinking” as a discrete and decontextualized skillset can actually be taught :) so it’s pretty silly to go around confidently branding yourself as a critical thinker while simultaneously revealing that you’re extremely comfortable making assumptions about the relative simplicity of complex ideas which remain contested in their respective fields :) personally i would be pretty embarrassed to call myself a critical thinker if i also couldn’t stop myself from revealing i was totally lacking in the intellectual humility that would enable me to understand that we have yet to reach consensus on unbelievably complicated issues like how best to educate an entire population :) but i guess i was absent the day that tenth grade english covered running your mouth like an asshole on social media :)

#for someone so convinced english class made you smart you’re saying some pretty stupid shit! #i’m also genuinely curious about this person’s english class bc i went to a fancy high school and my english teachers were mostly fine #and i would not connect literally anything we ever did there to the concepts of media literacy or misinformation spotting #i would also be shocked if a majority of current high school english teachers are good at those things themselves. lol. #remember: teachers are being taught that learning styles are real and most of them never question it! #btw i’m inclined to go with the ‘critical thinking is discipline specific and can’t be taught as a Thing crowd’ #my unsubstantiated hunch is that like #being exposed to critical thinking processes in a variety of different fields #can build the kind of intellectual humility that is the most important prerequisite for critical thinking #like because i know how much goes into ‘knowing’ something historically #i know that i can’t really meaningfully critically think about high level debates in biology because the knowledge base isn’t there #and knowing that is IMO its own form of critical thinking #but that’s me spitballing based on vibes

[risingsunresistance]

examine the potato

#debating making this rebloggable but for now he stays blog-exclusive kdhkfh #just a silly little doodle i made in class #we've been talking about how to make a hypothesis. for 50 entire minutes. I AM A COLLEGE SENIOR- #MAN I KNOW I KNOW THE STEPS THIS IS A 400 LEVEL CLASS... I LEARNED THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL ;-; #awa #technoblade

[transrevolutions]

whatever happens with the tbosas movie, tom blyth seems to be able to play the part of "snobby high school boy with frankly disturbing political opinions" EXTREMELY well. snow thinks he's so intimidating and impressive when he's really that one annoying debate club fucker who always wants to play devil's advocate so he can say offensive shit without getting in trouble.

#there's one in every hs debate club #actually a lot of politicians are like this too #snow really following the pipeline here #stuckup rightwing high school senior -> terrible politician #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #thg #the hunger games #pigeon.txt

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My lesbian cousin and I were in my high school’s Model UN and for a practical debate we had to pair up with straight people and debate whether it was better to be straight or gay.

#dream #lesbian #cousin #school #model un #high school #debate #straight

[theoneighteen]

“Look! I made you a sign! This is what girlfriends do at football games.”

- Aneesa in her debate girlfriend era

#my high school girlfriend WAS my debate partner. get on my level aneesa and fabiola. #aneesa qureshi #never have i ever #nhieedit #never have i ever edit #never have i ever spoilers #nhie spoilers #nhie s3 #op #anyway i will never get over this ship #i'm sad the way they decided to go with it but they were so mature and great about it #also love that fabiola immediately found a new partner. get it girlie.

[cak31ssuperi04]

Barbie movie fanart dump 4/4(END)- Misc

#barbie #barbie and the secret door #barbie princess charm school #barbie and the twelve dancing princesses #barbie and her sisters in a perfect christmas #barbie and the three musketeers #barbie and the rockers #barbie mermaidia #barbie magic of the rainbow #barbie mariposa and the fairy princess #For the 6th one I had people give me characters to draw. Debated on having it in #the fairytopia post since they were 2/3 fairytopia characters but. na #I actually can't believe I haven't drawn Alexa yet WHAT am I even doing. Embarrassing. #lowkey I think romy would be smart when she's not high on oxygen and a very capable fighter #(that bow isn't for nothing baby) #but also still kind of a. a loser. an underwater airhead. #Nori is the brains of this operation #The merliah one is a background study #cakeart

[sleepycoffins-and-benhargreeves]

The umbrella academy is one of the few fandoms that has got me writing paragraphs upon paragraphs of character analyzations and shit

Like sometimes it ain't even for ships anymore, just to downright defend Allison and tell people that Klaus is just as much as a bad guy/asshole or even moreso than his own siblings lmao

I have too much adrenaline from debating that I'm shaking from glee, I really gotta cool it down with the Reddit sub

#status post #the umbrella academy #tua #Allison Hargreeves #Klaus Hargreeves #honestly #one of the few things i miss from high school was the debate club #god i miss it so much #could really pour out my feelings there in a good way #while enjoying shit

[alister312]

Gregory and Christophe get engaged!?!😳 100% real!!

how did u get screenshots of the inside of my brain

#this has such gregstophe as a high school couple vibes which would honestly be so wild #also ngl i drew a stupid doodle to go with this ask not realizing it had such an incredible image already so. debating if i post that image. #south park #gregstophe

[gunsatthaphan]

my school president - coming dec 2nd 

#my school president #gmmtv #thai bl #bl drama #upcoming bl #geminifourth #hmmmm #not sure about this one lol #when the mock trailer came out i was like nope #but then i kinda lowkey fell in love with gemini and fourth in safe house lmao #and this trailer does look cute #so now im like ???? #should i subject myself to the 65th high school bl #debatable #we shall see #at least theyre moving forward with their 43 remaining shows for this year lmao #oh well

[wttcsms]

!!! did not forget abt any of my events; from the first sleepover event, someone requested invisible string theory with sakusa & we are getting 5 times you almost meet sakusa + the 1 time you two meet (at exactly the right time)

#nonlinear narrative spanning from ur high school days to uni to postgrad life #you will scream at just how closely the two of you BARELY miss each other #but !!! SPOILER ???!!!! -> #the whole point is that there is no right person wrong time #(debatable but for purposes of this fic and invisible string let’s say that) #so yea you could’ve arguably met sakusa way sooner in life #but it wouldn’t have been the right time bc you both needed to experience ur lives #& sort of reflect inwards before you two would have been any good for each other #and that’s such an exciting concept (to me) to explore and tackle #sakusa always seems like a no nonsense person & keeping that concept in mind #hopefully you’ll read certain lines in the posted fic and go ‘oh! that’s why she wrote that!!!’

[marblerose-rue]

click for better quality!!

rosetail + bonus kits / request

name one thing better than a good story . ill wait . there isnt

#my art #do not copy trace or steal #rosetail #cinderpelt #brightheart #brackenfur #thornclaw #THIS ISNT MY FIRST TIME DRAWING THE FROSTFUR KITS TOGETHER but i think it got deleted with my old art blog #i kept all of the files of course but . i think ive improved a lot in terms of anatomy and design #BUT ANYWAY do you think the elders told kits/apprentices embarrassing stories about themselves to make them feel better about like. how #theyd do in their apprenticeship/as a young warrior #or just embarrassing stories to get them to laugh #LEADING TO THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE my grandma told me she met her life long best friend when they got into a fistfight in high school #idk who won but but ohh my god it was always my grandmas favorite story to tell and she loved her best friend so much #i dont think my grandma would mind me telling tumblr i think shed find it funny . i also was her favorite grandchild so i also get an extra #pass on that . and it was never up for debate either everyone on my dads side knew and when she passed and my grandpa brought her jewelry #up for us to come get he called for me first and said she wouldve wanted me to get first pick #WHICH SOUNDS LIKE I GOT MORE THAN I DID but i didnt i cant wear normal earrings and thats what she had a lot of #this is just me talking about my grandma at this point in the tags BUT its relevant (to me) and she was also a hoot

[audino]

people say destigmatize dropping out of college/uni

but i don’t wanna hear that unless you also agree that not furthering your education should be destigmatized. having your GED or whatever high school diploma equivalent should be destigmatized. dropping out of high school should be destigmatized

your worth and intellect should never be based on your ability to show up to a failing public school system. your worth and intellect should never be based on the career or jobs you pursue. your worth and intellect should not be based on your monetary value to society

#signed a high school dropout with a GED and no degree #that specializes in banking and finance #this is ok to rb btw! #your worth isn’t up for debate and you don’t need a piece of paper to prove your intelligence #i wish we operated in a system where you prove your intelligence in a field by SHOWING IT #not have you rejected because you don’t have a fucking piece of paper #bun txt

[hey-its-sybarite]

In the country I’m from and have never left, speech and debate is not taught in schools, neither is policy. What Americans seem to be taught in Civics is barely touched on here. Instead, debate is an after school competitive “cultural” activity or club. You do it against other schools if your school can afford to travel to meets. You have a coach if your school can afford to pay one. A teacher might volunteer to coach or help you, but they have not been trained to teach or coach it. The money matters, as we’re one of the most unequal countries on Earth.

Apart from a few exceptions, debate is only accessible in English, which is the home language maybe of 1 of 4 people here. If you speak something else at home it’s TERRIFYING going up against kids from a school with native English speakers. It’s even more scary when your opponents have had regular practice and coaching because they can afford it.

Despite that, thousands of kids here do choose debate. They do it poor and scared and in their second or third language. They are so brave. Our system is underfunded and unfair and a bunch of coaches don’t get paid, it often costs them money to be able to volunteer. Too many kids don’t get the chance to debate but so many of those who do come back to volunteer in turn.

Anyway, this Saturday on Lovett Or Leave It, Jon Lovett ended his live NYC show by thanking his high school speech and debate teacher, who was in the audience. The man has worked for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Aaron Sorkin, but this was the longest thank you I’ve heard him give in in the 7 years I’ve been listening to him.

If like me, you got to speak because people took the time to nurture you, if you came back and helped more kids learn, also like I did… well, it was a lot to hear his thanks. I don’t know anything that builds confidence like debating does. I can’t even begin to describe what it feels like to see kids get that confidence when you know how much it’s altered your life for the better.

If you are thinking about teaching or coaching those skills, please, do it. Make sure new generations get the mic. If you’re a young person thinking about debating, do it, take the mic.

#jon lovett #lovett or leave it #crooked media #psa #speech and debate #debate #debating #public speaking #policy #policy debate #critical thinking #argument #analysis #education #high school #youth development #volunteer #volunteering #teachers #teaching #coaches #coaching #like all systems debate also needs administrators #organizers #organizing #confidence #life skills #south africa