Debate Reflection
The eighth grade is doing debates about once a week now in class. We started doing debates/discussions because we are done with projects for the year because the rest of our weeks are going to be filled with interruptions like mock trial and drug education.
Our first debate was about capital punishment. I was opposed because I am disturbed that someone can be sentenced to death. The first debate
went well first we argued one on one with a random partner, then we got together as groups and talked some more.
Sometimes we didn’t have even teams so someone would have to argue for a side that they did not believe in. It did not create too many problems but there were a few times that Anthony forgot which side he was arguing for after he switched sides.
Another problem that came up was some people were not engaged in the topic at all and did not bother to learn about it. Sometimes it made it hard to debate with people that were not prepared.
So far I think that the debates are going well and I am looking forward to our next one.
