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What is my name?
Aarush
What is a claim
Whether you are Aff/Neg and the statement that you are making. For example: I think social media should be banned because it steals information
How long are congress speeches
3 minutes
16 years old
What was one of the SPAR topics that we debated?
1) School Uniforms should be required
2) Social Media should be banned
3) Robots are harmful or helpful
What is the capital of Texas
Austin TX
What is evidence?
It's a piece of information like a statistic, quote, etc that can back up your claim
What is the first part of a congress speech?
Problem
What does Section 1 of the driving age bill do? (No looking at papers)
Give me one reason why social media should be banned?
What is 11 * 12 (No paper)
132
What is a refutation?
A reason why the other side's argument doesn't work
What is Cross-Examination
It's a questioning period after somebody gives their speech
Which country had their driving age at 18 and reported much fewer accidents than the US?
China
What is the last speech of a SPAR round called?
Final Focus
Polar bears live in the Arctic
Penguins live in the Antarctic
What is a warrant?
It's the connection from your evidence to your claim.
What does the actual Congress of the government do?
Make laws
How many kids don't have access to public transport? (No papers for the first round)
45% or 8.4 million kids
How long is the first speech of the SPAR round?
30 seconds
Which fruit is also a color?
Orange
What is an offensive argument and what is a defensive argument?
Offensive --> attacks makes a claim
Defense --> defends, says the claim isn't that bad
What are all the parts of a congress speech?
Problem
Effect
Impact
How many countries have a driver age of 18 years old (Guess)
120
Stand up and give a case for the following prompt. Should social media be banned?