Sunday, July 15, 2007

Topicality Sunday- Another fun day!

Last night, the students and staff went to dairy queen and enjoyed a few hours of bowling. As usual, the staff defeated the students in the bowling competition. The students seemed to enjoy the social event and looked ready for a night off after a week of hard work.

The students were able to sleep in until 11:30 today. Once they woke up, they ate lunch, and began another grueling day of lectures. The focus for today’s lectures is on topicality. The students are learning about picking definitions, writing violations, standards, voters, and abuse versus interpretations.

The students also got to hear a demonstration of a topicality round including the 1NC, 2AC, and 2NC speeches. The students will then use the flow of this debate in their first practicum to give a 1ar on the topicality violation they heard.

Later at night, the students will have yet another practice debate. The students seem a little revitalized after a fun night of bowling last night and look ready to learn again today.

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