On Monday I got this email from a debater I met at the NC Open. His questions apply to all team policy debaters, so I’ve recorded a response for everyone. “Great getting to talk with you. Appreciated your time this week. Got some more questions: Negative...
I just got this question from a debater I bumped into at the NCFCA NC national open last week. While it’s from Team Policy debate, my answer will equally apply to Lincoln-Douglass LD debaters as well. “Hey Isaiah! It was great to meet you at NC. I wanted...
As a negative team, one of the most important things you must remember is that you are a team. You are not two individual speakers making your own arguments, attempting to see what sticks. You are a team of two, working side by side in cooperation with each other to...
The Ethos team makes appearances at both Stoa and NCFCA National Championships. NCFCA debaters, here’s a case study worth your attention before nationals: Ethos staff members Drew Chambers and Isaac Kim, who this year have debated in NFL, Parli, Policy, and Mock...
I wrote a version of this for HSD (homeschooldebate.com) a while back, but the Ethos blog-master wanted me to write up a version for Ethos in case you missed the article before. This article is more closely affiliated with a stream of consciousness, than a...
I’m teaching some parli classes lately. While these structures help in other forms of debate too, it’s good to learn a few standard case structures to deploy in parli. You can do almost anything you want to organize your speech, as long as you do it...
