1. No talking while I am talking.
2. Respect yourself and others.
3. Value EVERYONE'S opinion.
4. Check the blog regularly (the night before your class is the best time).
5. Come to class on time.
6. Always bring your agenda book and any other materials necessary for your class.
7. Challenge yourself to do your best work.
8. Bring your debate home--in other words, debate the topics with your parents at dinner!
Post a comment here to tell me why you took the debate seminar and what you expect to get from it. Remember the following rules for posting:
1. Do not post anonymously. Use your first name and last initial. Click the comment button at the bottom of the post and then click name/url and fill in your name.
2. Do not use IM language.
3. Respect others and use appropriate language.
4. Answer the question in full sentences (and more than one sentence would be nice!).
5. I grade EVERYTHING.
21 comments:
The only reason i'm here is because my mom forced me to do this. If i had a choice, I wouldn't be doing this. I expect to get from this:
The best way to counter people's points
How to back up your points efficiently
How to be a good debater in general
I decided to join the gifted debate class because of a few reasons...
First, my mom is a lawyer and I just wanted to see what it would be like in her shoes. Second I took the class last year and I really liked it so I thought this one might be similar. Also, I just like the sense and energy in debate in general. Those are basically my main reasons for choosing this gifted debate class.
Hi! I decided to take this gifted course because I took the trial/debate class with Mrs. Rachubinski and I really enjoyed it and thought that it was interesting. Also my Pop-Pop is a lawyer and it would be interesting to see what he does. I'm very excited for this course!
-emma
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I decided to take this course because the description sounded really fun and interesting. Also you convinced me to take it when you came in to talk about it. I expect to get out of this class many things including how to back up my main points. Also how to make a good counter statement. Finally i expect to learn how to make a better point.
I took this class because I didn't want to take any of the unified arts except for tech ed, so I took three gifted classes. From this class, i expect to learn how to debate outside of a trial and what the most effective ways to debate are.
I took this debate class because I love to debate. Sometimes, I debate with my brother and then I get in trouble for "fighting" with him. Also, I thought it would be cool to learn how to properly debate and I thought this class would be fun. I expect from this class to learn how to debate well and how to properly debate. I agree with Emma D and Jenna F that I took the Trial and Debate class last year and it was so much fun that I wanted to do something similar again this year.
The main reasons why i am here is because i have always believed that debating in any subject at any time is important. I have good speaking skills, and have an extensive vocabulary. i believe this class will make all of those things i have listed more efficient. I hope to get debating knowledge and researching knowledge as well.
I chose gifted debate because I like arguing and I would like to improve my debating skills and tactics. I also chose it because I liked the gifted classes I took last year and I wanted to have that kind of challenge again! Another thing is that I didn't want to do any of the other electives, so I chose a gifted class.
I wanted to join gifted debate, because last year I want to take the trail and debate but I ended up not doing it. This is the reason why I am taking it now.
I expect to be able to create better presuasive essays, and can have becoming a lawyer when I grow up an option.
I have three reasons why I choose to do gifted debate. First off, my dad forced me. My second reason is that my dads a lawyer and I'd like to learn a little more about what he does. Lastly, I liked the gifted debate class in 6th grade.
I took this course because i am very interested in debating. Also i didn't take mrs. rachubinski's course last year, so i thought i should try something new this year. Finally i wan't to improve my public speaking skills. Those are the reasons why i took this debate course.
The reason I took this course was because I wanted to get better with my people skills. Another reason why is because I also wanted to get better at debating topics. This was one class that I was really looking forward to. Can't wait to have more and more fun in debate class.
I chose this class becasuse I always like to argue and I thought that i would learn a lot of ways to win arguments with facts. I took this seminar last year and really enjoyed it. I hope that I will become a better debater by the time I leave this class. I expect to learn how to use facts to win a debate and how to argue against what your opponent has said.
I decided to do this class, because I really like to argue, and I wanted to get better. Also, I really liked the other debate class, so i wanted to do a class like the other one again. I really did not like any of the other classes, so I chose this one.
Sebastian M-
I decided to take the 7th grade enrichment gifted debate seminar because my granddad is an attorney and I thought it would be interesting to see what is is like to do the same thing that he does. Also Because It was something that I was considering taking ast year but didn't.
The reason I took gifted debate is because I want to get the chance to give my input into important things in our school and hopefully change our school for the better.
I know that in debate you can't put in emotion but you still have to fight for your side. I also know how to use peoples statements against them to add to mine.
I am here because I liked the class last year and I like to debate topics overall. I hope I will have fun in this year's class like last year.
Hopefully I will learn how to be a better debater and win my arguments overall. I hope that by the end of this class I can win more arguments than I have in the past.
I'm taking Gifted Debate because my mom made me take it. I expect my public speaking skills to improve from this class.
First, I decided to take this course to improve my debating skills. Second, I enjoyed last year's debate course. Third, I just wanted to try something new.
I took the gifted debate seminar last year so that is probably one of the main reasons I chose it this year. I wanted to see what it would be like this time around. Another reason is probably because I don't really know what I want to be when I grow up, so I'm exploring my options. Also, taking debate classes can help me in any job I want to take or in any other of my classes. People can have strong opinions about certain things so taking this seminar will give me the capability to express my own opinions through debate.
I expect to earn the skills of debate and to be able to convincingly debate topics.
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