Agbefe,+Mawuli+Grant

If we're talking about paradigm I view debate as a game. It's an educational game but a game still. I think most rules are debatable. I think speech times are consistent and not a breakable rule, ad-hominem attacks are not acceptable. Even if your're not friends with your debate partner treat them respect and please no bickering with them. I'd prefer if people do an e-mail stream instead of flashing or other methods of sharing evidence. I'll shake your hand if it's like your last round of high school debate and I so happen to judge it. It's weird to me when a kid tries to shake my hand after a round though. I did it when I was debating and didn't realize how odd it was. Oops.

This years topic specific stuff. 1. DON't Run the STATES counterplan in front of me if it isn't real world feasible the 50 states and relevant territories would actually do the policy in question. 2. I realize as students some of you decide to do other stuff besides debate in your leisure however try to be on top of current events related to the education space like teacher strike in West Virginia or the one that may or may not happen in Oklahoma. 3. DEBATE IS A GAME AND YOU SHOULD Play to WIn. Remember that even though it's competitive and fun you can't debate forever so make friends with your teammates and folks you compete against. 4. THERE ARE FORMER DEbaters doing practically EVERYTHING. Some become attorneys or DJs or comedians or Professors or designers. Policymakers etc. What I'm saying is in Framework debates there are things that can be contributed to society beyond a mere consumption mentality

SPeaker points I evaluate how well you answered your opponents arguments, ETHOs, persuasiveness, Humor, STRATEGIC DECISIONS. There are times when one team is clearly more dominant or one student is a superior speaker. That's GREAT!! I'm not going to reward you with speaker points for walloping a weaker team. You're not going to be penalized either but it's clear when you have a challenge and when you just get an easy draw in round.

IF I HAVE NEVER MET YOU BEFORE DON'T EMAIL ME ASKING FOR EVIDENCE FROM ROUNDS I JUDGED


 * ARGUMENTs I'd rather not hear. **
 * SPARK **
 * WIPEOUT **


 * Arguments I find offensive and refuse to flow **
 * RACISM GOOD **
 * PATRIARCHY GOOD **

**KRITIKS**

**I'll** **listen** to your criticsim. Few things. I think there needs to be a coherent link story with the affirmative, words or scholarship the affirtmative said in cross-x. Your K will not be a viable strategy in front of me without a link story. It's a very tough hill to win a K in front of me without an Alternative. Debaters have done it before but it's been less than 5 times.

> How does a world compare post alternative to pre-alternative? > > > **NEgative Framework** > **Address proper forums for critical arguments people make** > > > **PERFORMANCE/POEMS/ Interpretive** > > **Counterplans** > **Can be topical in my mind** **Needs to be some breathing room between Counterplan and plan. PICS are fine however I don't think it's legit to jack someone elses aff and making a minute difference there isn't lit for.**
 * Explain and analyze what the alternative does.
 * Who does it
 * **Should interpt various words in the resolution**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Have clear brightline about why your view of debate is best for education**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Have voting issues that explain why your vision of debate is desirable.**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**I prioritize role of the ballot issues.**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**I'll entertain it I guess, I'm probaly not the most recceptive though. Explain how you want me to fairly evaluate these concerns. Also consider what type of ground you're leaving your opponent without making them go for reprehensible args like: Patriarchy Good or racism good.**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Need to have a solvecny advocate**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**A text**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Literature**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Net benefit or D/A to prefer CP to aff**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Legitimate Competition**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">A reason the permutation can't work besides theory arguments.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Theory**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">DON'T JUST READ THEORY BLOCKS AGAINST Each other. Respond in a line by line fashion to opponents theory args. Dropped arguments are conceded arguments obviously. In a close debate don't assume because you have a blippy quick theory argument it's neccessarily going to win you a debate in front of me if you didn't invest much time in it.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Rebuttals

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">1. Engage with opponents evidence and arguments.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">2. Make contextual differences.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">3. Humor is fine but don't try to be funny if you're not.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">4. Clarity is preferred over speed. Not telling you to go slow but if I can't coherently understand what you're saying we have a problem. Like if you're unclear or slurr a bunch of words while you're spreading.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">5. HAVE FUN! Getting trophies and winning tournaments is cool but I'm more concerned what kind of person you're in the process of becoming. Winning isn't everything.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Topicality** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Don't trivalize T. Burden is on the affirmative to prove they are topical. I'll listen to reasonablity or competing Interpretations framework. I don't believe in one more than other and can be persuaded either way. Standards by which to evaluate and voting issues are nice things to have in addition to an Interpretation. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Arguments I like on T that I find have been lost to the wayside.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Reasons to prefer source of dictionary, information about changing language norms and meaning, the usage of the word in soceity currently.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Grammar analysis pertaining to the resolution. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Framers Intent/ Resolution planning arguments

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Voting issues you think someone who thinks debate is an educational game would like to hear. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Disadvantages** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Link Story that is specific to AFFIRMATIVE.** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Impacts that would make a worse world than aff.** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Author qualifications matter to me, Sources of your evidence matter to me. How well you're able to explain your claims matter to me. Evidentiary comparison to your opponents authors are saying.**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**General stylistics things** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**Some kind of labelling for arguments like numbers or letters before the tags is preferrable. If you have questions feel free to e-mail me. silvermdc1@gmail.com**