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    Debate: Originally Prepared by Atty. Dino de Leon Coach of Zobel Parliament

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    This document provides an overview of debating. It begins by noting that public speaking is one of people's biggest fears. It then lists several famous historical figures who were told they would not succeed but went on to achieve great things. The document explains that debating involves the organized presentation of arguments to intellectually discuss issues and get closer to the truth, rather than just winning. It outlines the roles in a debate of the prime minister, leader of opposition, and others. Finally, it provides details on how points of information and the roles of members and whips work in a debate.

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    This document provides an overview of debating. It begins by noting that public speaking is one of people's biggest fears. It then lists several famous historical figures who were told they would not succeed but went on to achieve great things. The document explains that debating involves the organized presentation of arguments to intellectually discuss issues and get closer to the truth, rather than just winning. It outlines the roles in a debate of the prime minister, leader of opposition, and others. Finally, it provides details on how points of information and the roles of members and whips work in a debate.

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    This document provides an overview of debating. It begins by noting that public speaking is one of people's biggest fears. It then lists several famous historical figures who were told they would not succeed but went on to achieve great things. The document explains that debating involves the organized presentation of arguments to intellectually discuss issues and get closer to the truth, rather than just winning. It outlines the roles in a debate of the prime minister, leader of opposition, and others. Finally, it provides details on how points of information and the roles of members and whips work in a debate.

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    Debate: Originally Prepared by Atty. Dino de Leon Coach of Zobel Parliament

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    This document provides an overview of debating. It begins by noting that public speaking is one of people's biggest fears. It then lists several famous historical figures who were told they would not succeed but went on to achieve great things. The document explains that debating involves the organized presentation of arguments to intellectually discuss issues and get closer to the truth, rather than just winning. It outlines the roles in a debate of the prime minister, leader of opposition, and others. Finally, it provides details on how points of information and the roles of members and whips work in a debate.

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    DEBATE

    Originally prepared by
    Atty. Dino de Leon
    Coach of Zobel Parliament
    According to The Book of Lists,
    the fear of public speaking ranks
    number one in the minds of the
    majority of people. Far above the fear
    of death and disease, comes the fear
    of standing in front of a crowd.
    (Readers’ Digest)
    Bill Gates Abraham Lincoln Isaac Newton

    College dropout Received less than 5 Made his teachers in


    years of formal grade school hopeless
    education in improving his grades
    Ludwig van Beethoven Michael Jordan Thomas Edison

    Labelled by one of his Was cut off from the Tried more than 9,000
    music teachers as high school basketball experiments before
    “hopeless” team because of his creating the light bulb
    “lack of skill”
    Albert Einstein

    Had very poor grades in school


    that his teacher asked him to
    quit saying, “Einstein, you will
    never amount to anything!”
    What DEBATING is all about…

     Organized presentation of an analysis and a


    proposal
     Winning friends through arguments
     Individual and team performance
     Intellectual discussion of issues
     Discussion to become closer to the truth
    DEBATING is NOT…
    Prime Minister Leader of the
    Opposition

    Deputy Prime Deputy Leader


    Minister of the Opp.

    Government Opposition
    Whip Whip
    Prime Minister Leader of the
    Opposition
    OG OO
    Deputy Prime Deputy Leader of
    Minister the Opp.

    Member of the Member of the


    Gov’t Opposition
    CG CO
    Government Opposition Whip
    Whip
    Points-of-Information (POIs)
    • Must be no more than 15 seconds long so keep it short
    • It is the discretion of the person speaking whether to recognize the
    point or not.
    • Each speaker must accept at least two points of information per
    speech.
    III. Members
    1. Defend second speaker
    2. Rebut
    3. Argue
    4. Summary
    IV. Whip
    1. State Issue
    2. Tackle and Provide Rebuttals
    3. Summary

    *Whips cannot add new


    arguments.
    Manner
    Matter
    Method

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