God exist, Bible is right


BoP will go to Pro. To prove the bible is right, and God exist.
Sources: will be anything used to prove evidence, from videos, text, websites, verses, etc....
Rule: the only rule I ask for, is logic reasoning, meaning do not base all arguments through words of the bible. If you do use nothing, b...
regular school is better than virtual school

Regular school is much better than virtual school and I have the facts to prove it....
For Higher Learning, online courses are a more beneficial option than universities


As Pro, I will show that taking online courses can be a more beneficial option than enrolling in a university. Con will show that universities are more beneficial than online courses.
1st round for acceptance, definitions, clarifications.
2nd r...
Curent high school education should not be mandatory


In this debate I am neither trying to prove that high school education is unnecessary nor that high school education should not be free. I am also referring to American high school education (only because I know very little about foreign education) My resolution is that the current high school education should not be mandatory. While technically, high school education is not mandatory, one is required to stay in school until 16, the age most people are in high school. My contentions are the...
Are year-round schools a good idea?


The debate will go in the following order: Round one: Intro Round two: main round/ Case Round three: CX Round four: conclusion....
Silent Lunches are the worst thing to happen.

Welcome challenger. I wish you good luck for your rounds....
Utilitarianism can properly uphold the value of justice


Round 1 for acceptance only....
The required subjects for public schools need to be reworked.


I'm a little new to the site and the debate arena in general, so this is just a trial run so to speak. I'm not following UIL or Forensic rules or anything, this is just a friendly match to see where I stand. If you want to push me (as in using real facts and statistics that I'd have to counter) you can, but banter works too… The required subjects for public schools need to be reworked. 1. Many of the subjects that are enforced after middle school are career specific and useless to the majo...
formal instruction on dining etiquette should be mandatory in all US public schools

In her book Domestic Manners of the Americans published in 1832 [1], the English writer Frances Trollope observed: "The total want of all the usual courtesies of the table, the voracious rapidity with which the viands were seized and devoured, the strange uncouth phrases and pronunciation; the loathsome spitting...the frightful manner of feeding with their knives...soon forced us to feel that...the dinner hour was to be anything other than an hour of enjoyment." Americans, she concluded, had a "...
Teachers should learn how to speak in Ebonics if teaching in a community where it is prevalent.

Resolution: Teachers who teach in a schooling institution in the United States where Ebonics is a very common dialect (such as in certain urban communities or in parts of the South) should be trained to speak in Ebonics. The first round is for acceptance....