Friday, December 19, 2008

Happy Holidays

The per. 9 debate was slightly calmer than 4/5 but both sides presented balanced arguments. The ban side had a well-developed argument but could have focused more on the race issue rather than violence since they later admitted that violence wasn't important. I did think that the ban group handled the questions extremely well though. Each person was prepared and ready with a solid answer.
The keep group made an interesting case for the book being racist against white people but then lost the argument during the question round when it was pointed out that if it is racist at all it shouldn't be taught. Although the judges were split and it was a close decision the Ban group received the majority of the votes.
Nice work by everyone.
Enjoy your break!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

WAIT!..am i missing the picture...we actually have NO homework???

kmeister said...

You are correct anonymous!
Enjoy it doesn't happen often.