Salehi,+Hossein

 Lincoln-Douglas Debate:

__**Affiliation: **__ Chaminade College Prep

__**Background:**__ I am a parent no previous debate judging experience. I have a Ph.D in economics and have taught economics at the graduate level for over 25 years.

__**Paradigm:**__ In my opinion, the **performance** component of Lincoln-Douglas debate is very important so I place a fair amount of weight on **delivery**. **I will not accept spreading and will mark debaters down if I feel they are speaking too quickly**. I prefer clarity, analysis and synthesis; it is important that you persuade me. The **overuse of jargon weakens** a debater’s argument in my mind. I also want to see **distinct clash** in debates. It is very important that debaters clearly delineate which argument they are addressing; otherwise it makes it more difficult for me to follow their line of reasoning.