Zimmerman,+Jason

Judge Philosophy Form


 * Name: ** Jason Zimmerman


 * School: ** Jenks High School

The Woodlands High School (2)
 * # of years debated in HS: ** 4 **What School:** Jenks High School (2)/


 * # of years debated in College: **0

____College Coach _____College Debater
 * Currently a (check all that apply): ** ____Head HS Coach _____Asst. HS Coach
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 * # of rounds on this year’s HS Topic: **<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> 0

<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">_____Policy Maker _____Stock Issues **__X__ Tabula Rasa** <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">_____Games Player _____Hypothesis Tester _____Other (Explain)
 * <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">What paradigm best describes your approach to debate? **


 * <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">What do you think the Aff burdens should be? **

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Affirmative must provide a specific impetus for the world of their advocacy being uniquely beneficial compared to the status quo; affirmative can win a DA by taking out the negative’s links even if the affirmative loses uniqueness.


 * <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">What do you think the Neg burdens should be? **

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Negative must show specific ground loss to win T.


 * <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">How I feel about delivery (slow vs. fast)? **

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Fine with speed. The clearer a card is presented in the speech, the greater the chance that I will call for it after the round. Spirited debate over the interpretation of specific pieces of evidence also increases the chances that I will give examine cards. Conversely, the wholesale, “read this string of cards, they’re great” appeals do little to encourage post-round inspection.


 * <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">How I feel about generic Disads, Counter Plans, Kritiks? **

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Politics DAs must have a carefully constructed story with evidential support for me to give them weight; magnitude typically outweighs timeframe in impact comparisons.

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Counterplans are fine so long as it is clearly articulated how a permutation cannot subsume the counterplan’s intent.

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">I’m open to kritik arguments, but the following presumptions underlie my decision: <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">1) I’m big on performative consistency, as I tend to believe that performative contradictions undermine the ethos of critics, especially when such critics present their arguments as pedagogical interventions. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">2) The role of the ballot as an agent of change needs to be elucidated in order to provide a rationale for why they implication of kritiks are voting issues. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">3) The most persuasive kritik arguments are supported by detailed and specific link analysis relating the terms of the kritik directly to opponents’ argumentation.


 * <span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">How I feel about case debates? **

<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">No issues.