A Debate competition was held in Jatindera Greenfield School, Gurusar Sudhar during the session 2015-16, organized by me on the behalf of school for Sahodya West Debate competition.
2. What is Debate?
A debate is a contest, or, perhaps, like a game,
where two or more speakers present their
arguments intent on persuading one another.
Men have been debating with one another since
the beginning of time when the serpent first
debated with Eve the benefits of eating certain
fruits in the Garden.
We shall limit ourselves here with discussing
formal contest debating between educational
institutions.
3. Why debate?Why debate?
"He [the student debater] learns to use a library, and to find the
exact information he needs in the shortest possible time.
Learns to be thorough and accurate.
Learns to analyze; to distinguish between the vital and the unimportant.
Learns the need of proving his statements; of supporting every statement
with valid evidence and sound reasoning—and he learns to demand the
same sort of proof for the statements of others.
Learns to present ideas in a clear and effective manner, and in a way which
wins others to his way of thinking.
Learns to think under pressure, to "use his head" in a time of need, to make
decisions quickly and accurately.
In a word, the essential point in any debating situation is that of
convincing the listener that your side of the proposition is
desirable."
4. Tips for debate
Read the background information about the
subject.
Collect as much material as you can find.
Read and study the material discovered.
5. Some quotations regarding Debate
Is there any point in public debate in a society
where hardly anyone has been taught howto
think, while millions have been taught what to
think.
– Peter Hitchens
If we can really understand the problem, the
answer will come out of it, because the answer
is not separate from the problem.
-J Krishnamurti
6. In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory,
or an unjust interest.
-William Penn
Great ideas originate in the muscles.
-Thomas Alva Edison
Knowledge and human p0wer are
synonymous.
-Francis Bacon