Seriously, in our science textbook, there's this one lesson where they talk about the controversy of cloning animals (organisms might be a better word here?). They had a list of Points and Counterpoints, and almost instinctively I started analyzing them, thinking about which category of points this falls under (because Mr. Hauck (who's our debate coach) told us about 5 categories of arguments: Social, Political, Economical, Religious (or cultural), and Moral/Military), why a point might be invalid, possible refutations... you get the idea. I kind of caught myself doing that while I was reading that part, and I almost laughed (out loud... in the midst of a group of quiet working people... awk-ward...). But I guess it's good, because Mr. Mo's always telling us that science is more about debate than the facts, because science is always changing.
Kind of on a tangent here... I plan to work really hard on debate this year because I did so epically bad in the UBC Regional Tournament, and I really want to get better for next year. :) I also found this awesome book in the school library about speeches and debate--It's called "Talk the Talk". I know. I just fell in love with the name. <3 It's a pretty good book, though--it covers pretty much all of the most important parts of debate and speeches and includes an analyzation of some example debates. :D
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