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.

1. Jatindera
Greenfield
School, GuruSar
Sudhar

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