What We Do
We believe that the debate events that provide the most value – both in terms of “life skills” such as public speaking outside of debate – and in terms of accessibility are Public Forum (PF) and Congressional Debate (“Congress”). As such, we’ll be teaching only these two styles of debate over our first session.
You can learn more about PF and Congress below.
Public Forum
All our courses are online.
Congressional Debate
In Congressional Debate, students simulate the United States Congress by giving 3-minute speeches on opposing sides and questioning each other in a room of 12-20 participants. Like a socratic seminar or a fishbowl, students build off and refute each others ideas while debating mock legislation. In a manner similar to US Congress, students abide by parliamentary procedure and elect a presiding officer, who enforces procedure among debaters. More speech oriented than more debate events but also more debated oriented than speech events, Congress perfectly gears up students to make persuasive arguments with sound logical reasoning as well as strong rhetorical, emotional appeal.
All our courses are online.