Flodin-Ali,+Yasmine

I debated for four years in high school.

I haven’t judged much on this topic so don’t assume that I know every little acronym. However having debated for four years I am familiar with a variety of arguments and am open to pretty much everything.

Please only spread as fast as you can speak clearly – speed is fine but I would rather hear you speak slowly and eloquently than quickly and incoherently.

I’m not a huge fan of T, though I will vote for it if the violation is well argued and you can prove in-round abuse.

Disads are fine but explain the link story in detail, without a well articulated story your impact calculus has little weight.

I’m a huge fan of kiritks, but please do the work and make your shell relevant to the round you’re in. ie specific links, interact with the 1ac, and explain __how__ your alternative functions within the round.

I’ll vote on theory only if you go for it fully in your last speech, or at least spend a significant amount of time on it, a 30 second blip probably won’t do much for you. I hate theory debates where each side just reads pre-written blocks and never addresses the others standards. So if you’re going to center the debate around theory arguments please show a little clash.

Basically the round is what you make it, tell me what to vote for and why. I don’t want to have to sit and think about which flow is the most important at the end of the round, I’d like it to be clear what you’re going for.

I view debate as an alternative educational space, with this in mind tell me as a judge why I should value certain arguments above others. I really do believe that through debating we determine the nature of this activity, so I am partial to arguments that relate back to setting standards within our debate community not just in the world where policies are passed (though I will of course evaluate the round under that mindset if convinced to do so).