Debating

Welcome to MESC's Debating Wiki page as part of the English (awesome) AOL!

This page will give teachers up to date information about what is happening with Debating. Student wiki- [|www.mescdebating.wikispaces.com] Our play-off debate is this wednesday night and we have the topic.... THAT ALL JUNK FOOD SHOULD BE BANNED. We are the affirmative which means we have our work cut out for us!
 * As of August 15. 2010**

The team and I have been emailing each other non stop this weekend! We nearly have our speeches ready including rebuttals. Wish us luck!

Congratulations to our Year 9 team consisting of Lauren Witney, Lauren Kelly and Natasha Sharpe - we have made it to the Play-offs in two weeks time (August 18)!
 * As of August 9, 2010.**

Here is the ladder for year 9's with the Debater's Association of Victoria - Mount Eliza region.



D Grade

 * ~ Team ||~ R1 ||~ R2 ||~ R3 ||~ R4 ||~ R5 ||~ Total ||
 * Mount Eliza Secondary College 1 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 20 ||
 * Woodleigh School 1 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 20 ||
 * Elisabeth Murdoch College 1 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 4 || 18 ||
 * Padua College - Rosebud 1 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 18 ||
 * Frankston High School 1 || 4 || 2 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 16 ||
 * Rosebud Secondary College 1 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 16 ||
 * Dromana Secondary College 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 14 ||
 * Toorak College 1 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 14 ||
 * The Peninsula School 1 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 14 ||
 * The Peninsula School 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 12 ||
 * Woodleigh School 2 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 12 ||
 * Dromana Secondary College 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 12 ||
 * Elisabeth Murdoch College 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 12 ||
 * The Peninsula School 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 10 ||
 * John Paul College 1 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 ||
 * Mornington Secondary College 1 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 8 ||

That's right! We are at the top of the ladder! Woo hoo! Even though we missed the first round, they counted it as a win because we won every other debate and got best speaker every time!

We are yet to learn our topic of Debate for August 18 but here is the list of possible schools we will compete against;

These teams will be required for the second playoff (in addition to the winners from the first playoff): || Alphington Grammar School 1 || || Ballarat High School 1 || || Beth Rivkah Ladies College 2 || || Eaglehawk Secondary College 1 || || Firbank Grammar School 2 || || Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School 2 || || Keilor Downs Secondary College 2 || || Keilor Downs Secondary College 4 || || Kilvington Girls Grammar 2 || || Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School 2 || || Mac.Robertson Girls' High School 3 || || Marcellin College 8 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mazenod College 1 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Melbourne Grammar-Wadhurst 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mercy Diocesan College 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mount Eliza Secondary College 1 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Sacred Heart College Newtown 1 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Sacred Heart College Newtown 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Sacred Heart Girls College 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Santa Maria College 1 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">St Monica's College 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">St Paul's Anglican Grammar School 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Wesley College St Kilda 2 || || <span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Westbourne Grammar School 1 ||

We won the following debates so far this year;

D Grade
Round 1: That we should ban cosmetic surgery (missed this debate) Round 2: That modern technology is a plague on human relationships (won against Mornington Secondary College 1) Round 3: That Australia should embrace nuclear power (won against Dromana Secondary College 1) Round 4: That judges should be elected (won against Woodleigh School 2) Round 5: That smokers should be denied access to Medicare (won against Dromana Secondary College 2)


 * Year || Speaker || Speaker || Speaker || Speaker ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Tahli Westlake || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Ervin Fazekas || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Max Foster Swain || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Noah Ebert ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">8 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Samantha Pattison || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Blossom Leonard-Fox || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Kara Stephens || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Gabi Coppard ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">9 || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Lauren Witney || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Lauren Kelly || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Natasha Sharpe || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">N/A ||

The year 7 and 8 teams will begin debating at the end of this month, beginning with a training session. Details below.

Carrum Downs
Training night: Tuesday August 31st, 2010 Round 1: Tuesday September 7th, 2010 Round 2: Tuesday October 12th, 2010 Round 3: Tuesday October 26th, 2010
 * Carrum Downs Secondary College**

Further details are yet to be announced.

I will update this wiki page as I hear from DAV (Debater's Association of Victoria).