by Justin Marwad | Sep 30, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Research, 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
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 assignment, and rushed to complete it before the deadline. In...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Jan 19, 2021 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Research
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 | Debate Blog, From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Research, Thinking Strategically, TP
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...
by Jeremiah Mosbey | Dec 15, 2020 | Affirmatives, Debate Blog, From Intermediate to Advanced, Research, TP
Affirmatives, you need to wake up. How did you divide your research time during the last few seasons? If you’re like most people, you wrote the 1AC early, gradually built your Aff Backup throughout the entire year, but dedicated every other waking moment to expanding...
by Thad Burson | Nov 19, 2019 | Research, TP
In my previous article, I talked about the benefits of writing general briefs and suggested that taking the time to explore the resolution and brief general ideas can be remarkably beneficial. So, perhaps you’ve decided to write a general brief. Great! But what comes...
