by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 1, 2016 | Soapbox, Stoa
Have you ever quoted a philosopher in a debate round? Like Aristotle, Rawls, or John Locke? These people tried to make sense of the world by discussing the deep things. Some in the sub-culture of homeschool Christian debate seem perfectly okay with quoting...
by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 17, 2016 | Best Resources, Coaching, Coaching a Club, Thinking Strategically
What should you look for when reviewing a case? We want debaters to process for themselves and make intentional choices. If they know why they did it a certain way, then it’s probably defensible. But even if they did a good thing without knowing why, challenge them,...
by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 16, 2016 | Best Resources, Coaching, Coaching a Club
Note from a Coach: Here’s the state of the union: the year has gone extremely well so far—students are very positive about how things are going. However, I still feel totally unqualified to move them forward. [Student1] brought me her case the other day—so excited to...
by Isaiah McPeak | Nov 15, 2016 | Ethos Info
We interrupt our normal dose of content with a brief service announcement: there is a new downloads page at http://www.ethosdebate.com/downloads/ On this page you will find several example briefs, as well as some lessons and tools for debate coaches. Please let us...
by Joshua Anumolu | Nov 9, 2016 | Coaching, Strategy
One debate round last year, we weren’t doing so well. We were up against an AFF case that had responses to everything. We thought we were losing the round. That was until we found one argument that had potential – AFF was violating a Constitutional principle by...
