Constructive argument stuff
Find the evidence:
1. Uniforms should be banned in school because they suppress personal expression and creativity.
2. According to a survey conducted by the district, 80% of students state a feeling of joy and freedom choosing their outfits in the morning.
3. We are arguing that uniforms should be banned in school.
4. This forced conformity harms students' ability to develop decision making skills
What is option 2?
What is the formula we learned (name each part)
What is REP?
What does BOP stand for?
What is burden of proof?
What does POI stand for?
What are the three weighing mechanisms we have learned thus far?
What is wrong with this speech?
Schools should begin later because teenagers naturally have later sleep cycles. This makes it difficult for many of them to get enough sleep before an early start. Research from the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that later school start times are associated with increased sleep duration, better attendance, and improved academic performance. This evidence demonstrates that changing the school schedule can directly address the biological sleep needs of adolescents rather than expecting students to overcome them through willpower alone.
What is missing impact?
a good example: students are healthier, more engaged in class, better prepared to learn -> improved educational outcomes and long-term well-being
What is the strongest type of refutation?
Name all the words that absolutely NEED to be defined (which words when undefined will make the debate incredibly unclear and unproductive):
People should deforest trees to make room for farms.
What is people, deforest, "make room", farms
How many POI's must a speaker accept in the format OWS debates in?
What is 2?
Which weighing mechanism addresses the number of systems impacted?
What is scope?
List these problems in a debate argument from most to least severe:
1. Missing impact
2. Biased source
3. Unclear assertion
4. Bad reasoning
What is 1, 4, 3, 2
Name the five most common refutation flaw strategies
What is turns, non-unique, no support, it does not follow, mitigation
Why is this BOP bad and give a better one:
Motion: Water is better than soda
BOP: Proposition needs to prove that water is better than soda
What is as unclear as the motion, we will see if example is good.
How long in between each POI should the non-speaking team wait at MINIMUM?
What is 30 seconds?
What has more severity?
1. Millions of people lose a limb
2. Thousands of people die
What is option 2?
Bob and Jeremy are creating their teams' constructive arguments. Bob says they should spam dozens of assertions with some impacts because there is no way the other team could refute them all. Why is this a bad idea (select all that apply)?
1. It is incredibly hard for the judge to flow
2. There is plenty time to individually refute all of them
3. It is obvious that all the arguments are missing supports and can be grouped up
4. The judge will be annoyed
5. A POI will make you look really bad
3.
What is all of them?
Identify a key flaw in this claim:
We should prioritize investment in renewable energy over investment in other energy sectors (nuclear, fossil fuel, etc.) because future energy improvements from the funding will make renewables more efficient than they are now.
What is non-unique or if you find something that I also agree with that I am not thinking of while writing this?
What is both?
Oh no! You have been POI'd and do not have an immediate response, what should you do?
1. Throw your next teammate under the bus
2. Wait and think for another 10-15 seconds
3. Keep talking until maybe a response comes up
4. Panic
What is option 1?
Explain who the judge said won this debate and why:
Side A: Political tension could lead to sanctions and economic troubles. This impacts billions of people worldwide and causes economic hardship, which could lead to food shortages, increased energy prices, etc.
Side B: Political tension causes nuclear warfare, which leads to the deaths of billions, so we win on magnitude, scope, and severity.
What is side A is more probable?
Find what is wrong given the motion that schools should ban energy drinks:
Schools should ban energy drinks for students because they negatively affect learning and health. Many students consume energy drinks to stay awake or improve focus, but the high caffeine and sugar content can lead to crashes in energy, difficulty concentrating, and disrupted sleep. According to the National Coffee Haters Association, energy drinks cause a ton of students to miss crucial sleep and results in bad behavior. If schools allow widespread energy drink consumption, students may become more dependent on stimulants while experiencing worse sleep, poorer concentration, and increased health risks, ultimately harming both academic performance and well-being.
What is clearly biased source?
Refute this argument:
Single-use plastic products should be completely replaced because paper alternatives can fulfill the same everyday functions while reducing long-term environmental damage. Countries and businesses have already demonstrated that many common single-use plastics such as bags, cutlery, straws, and food containers can be substituted with paper. This shows that society already has viable alternatives for a large share of single-use plastics, meaning continued reliance on disposable plastic is a matter of convenience rather than necessity. Therefore, transitioning away from single-use plastics would significantly reduce persistent plastic pollution, protect forests and wildlife, and create a more sustainable economy for future generations.
What is it does not follow, turn, or at worst non-unique?
Give definitions your judges would approve of:
Motion: The government should impose mandatory voting.
What is judges decision but please tell me you defined government, impose, mandatory (ppl who are unable to vote?), and voting
Find the strongest POI to this statement:
Smartphones should not be banned because we need them for instant communication.
1. Would a flip phone not serve the same purpose without any of the harms we mentioned?
2. Do smart phones not cause a massive amount of addiction and mental health problems?
3. Can we not still use landlines, email, and physical letters?
4. Throughout your speech, you've repeatedly argued that smartphones are responsible for problems such as declining attention spans, increased anxiety, cyberbullying, misinformation, reduced face-to-face interaction, and lower academic performance. However, many of those same issues existed before smartphones through television, computers, newspapers, and even ordinary social interactions, and in many cases the smartphone simply acts as a platform rather than the root cause. At the same time, smartphones have enabled billions of people to instantly access educational resources, emergency services, navigation, banking, employment opportunities, and communication with family members across the world. So, considering that these harms often stem from human behavior, social media companies, or broader societal factors rather than the physical device itself, could you explain why your solution is to condemn smartphones as a whole instead of addressing the specific services, platforms, or regulations that actually create these harms?
What is option 1?
Just based on this statement, what would be the strongest weighing mechanism the speaker could use?
Impoverished communities across Washington State will face housing problems and food shortages and will also cause additional government spending with taxpayer money to solve those problems.
What is magnitude?