I'm rather taken with "Tuna" Snider's reports on debates outside the US. Not much to add to them, aside from pointing them out.
The first ever debate tournament in Jordan just ended with quite a lot of excitement... Debaters came from Aqaba, Zarqa'a, Amman-Khalda, Taibeh, Karak, and Sahab. In the morning the debaters considered whether Jordan's reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) should be lifted. The afternoon topic centered on the relationship between tribal law and public law in Jordan. Each team debated each topic twice for a total of four debates. More...
A second piece is on a more casual debate job in Namibia: In addition to teaching English, I have been handed the duties of the debate coach and the grade 6 Agriculture class. I was pretty horrified at the debate responsibility, as I have never even taken a debate class or participated in a debate. More...
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