by Nathanael Morgan | Feb 6, 2023 | Concept Analysis, Research Tips, Technique, Uncategorized
Source: Pixabay According to data from Renaissance Learning, the average college freshman in the United States reads at a 7th grade level. Statistics like these don’t just appear overnight; this is one part of a larger trend of illiteracy among students in America—not...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Feb 9, 2022 | From Novice to Intermediate, Research Tips, Strategy, Team Policy
https://pixabay.com/photos/basketball-shoes-sneaker-air-jordan-3505340/ Debaters don’t (usually) assert dominance with expensive sneakers or long, bushy beards. Instead, the token we typically rely on is the amount of evidence in our boxes, briefcases, or what have...
by Justin Marwad | Sep 30, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Research Tips, Technique
A few months ago, a student of Ethos Legends, our competitive online debate club, asked me a fascinating question. @Justin you’re definitely the best person to ask this lol, because I’ve known you to research the absolute most while also having an even more packed...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Sep 14, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Research Tips
https://pixabay.com/photos/railway-rails-track-train-2439189/ Have you ever crammed for a test before? While some of us are worse about it than others, essentially everyone has had an experience where they’ve waited until the absolute last minute to complete a school...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Jan 19, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Research Tips
I’ve always believed that my childhood love for reading was a foundational building block for my debate career. As I became increasingly engrossed in debate, I began to realize that my ability to read quickly was invaluable. Recently I became curious to see if I was...
by Ben Brown | Jan 7, 2021 | From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Research Tips, Team Policy, Thinking Strategically
Each year, my debate club requires every student to go through the NCFCA’s “Comprehensive Guide to Policy Debate” curriculum in the fall, regardless of experience level. Having read it multiple times before, I was skimming the week’s assigned chapter twenty or...
