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    This is not your traditional debate class, you will be by the last class trolling. There will be a some research-based homework which, while not required, will assist you immensely in preparing for debates. The class is going to last 7 weeks.or until I run out of material to teach.

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    This is not your traditional debate class, you will be by the last class trolling. There will be a some research-based homework which, while not required, will assist you immensely in preparing for debates. The class is going to last 7 weeks.or until I run out of material to teach.

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    HOW TO QUESTION EVERYTHING AND ARGUE WITH EVERYBODY

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    Monday, July 12, 2010

    WHAT IS THIS? I DONT EVEN...

    In If

    short, this is not your traditional debate class

    youre not already familiar with xkcd, you will be by the last class trolling

    No

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    INTRODUCE YOURSELVES
    http://tinyurl.com/IntroduceYourselves
    Name Email Area

    in which you reside about which youd like to argue

    Something

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    SYLLABUS REVIEW
    More

    details regarding the syllabus can be found at http://tinyurl.com/MoreDetailsHere


    There

    will be a some research-based homework which, while not required, will assist you immensely in preparing for debates suggest keeping some notes and preparing for both sides

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    How to lose SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET! Debate and discussion Should English be the official language in the United States?

    Recommended Reading: Heinrichs, Jay. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. New York: Three Rivers, 2007. Print. Hirschman, Albert O. The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap of Harvard UP, 1991. Print.

    If you have the activation energy, these books can be useful.

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    MEDIA CLIPS WILL BE SHOWN


    I

    intend to incorporate popular culture within the curriculum


    You

    generally will not required to watch anything deemed NSFW will warn you if we do go there

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    CLASS BREAKDOWN
    http://tinyurl.com/MoreDetailsHere
    This

    class is going to last 7 weeks...or until I run out of material to teach


    Sundays

    will consist of lecturing and reviewing the debate from the previous week will consist of debating each other is not mandatory but obviously helpful

    Tuesdays

    Attendance

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    HELPFUL HINTS
    The

    most common point will be that it depends on the denition of life this may be true, and is a good place to start your argument, it is not, in itself an argument addition to saying that there is a difference between living and non-living objects, one must actually explain what the difference is

    While

    In

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    I KNOW THIS BECAUSE IM A PSYCHIC


    Many responses will include examples of other non-living objects This is a good start, but not elaborating sufciently will render your points moot Finding the precise difference between living and nonliving objects requires examples regarding the gray area in the middle The good responses will provide a specic yardstick by which to measure what falls under the category of living

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    SUGGESTIONS
    It

    is important to predict the arguments your opposition may make, but you shouldn't make those arguments for them a rebuttal but do not use it unless your opponent uses the argument you foresaw may not think up of the argument even if it seems obvious to you dont hand it to them

    Prepare

    They

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    HOW TO WIN

    Recognizing the basic debate behind a question is important in taking a position and formulating arguments

    Take Use Use

    a clear position outside information to back up arguments analogies to similar situations

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    ICE BREAKER DEBATE


    Is the rock alive?

    http://tinyurl.com/IsThisRockAlive
    Monday, July 12, 2010

    While rocks arent alive, The Rock is alive.


    Monday, July 12, 2010

    MONTY PYTHONS ARGUMENT CLINIC


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

    Monday, July 12, 2010

    On Tuesday, youll be receiving a link to the debate below. Youre more than welcome to research. Is homework harmful or helpful?

    Monday, July 12, 2010

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