by Isaiah McPeak | May 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Daniel Gaskell was kind enough to reply to my argumentative post. And here we go again… 🙂 Yes, I guess I misunderstood the intent of Daniel’s post (though I did read it…hmm). Though the statement that “we should reject parametrics automatically as...
by Isaiah McPeak | May 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is a big topic every year. As an experienced parli debater, I’ve used parametrics quite a few times and seen the application from resolutions like “mute the red phone” where you really need parametrics because every negative counterplan could...
by Isaiah McPeak | May 5, 2011 | Coaching, From Novice to Intermediate, Technique
An Ethos Customer asked us: “Could you give tips on developing credibility while maintaining rapport with the judges? Especially for girls. Guys seem to have a slightly easier time of it. I usually give funny and rather pertinent stories as openers for my...
by Isaiah McPeak | May 3, 2011 | Parliamentary, Strategy
See the following three Ethos staff debating in the final round of parli nationals this year: Josiah McPeak, Peter Voell, and Ty Harding. This was the first year that parli debate was offered in high school homeschool leagues. Notice how these awesome debaters still...
by Isaiah McPeak | Apr 21, 2011 | Ethos Info, Featured
We have opened registration for all of our summer seminars. We have 15 confirmed locations counting Singapore where you can come attend a day-camp style debate camp by the top instructors in homeschool debate. EthosSeminarBrochure