We are extremely proud of our Senior Debate Team who made it in to the top 12 teams in the Debating Society of Germany (DSG) Senior League Tournament. Special mentions must also go to Amal, who was ranked 14th best speaker of the DSG Senior League Tournament 2020-21, and to Eddie, who ranked 6th best speaker of the tournament. These are excellent achievements and are the highest individual speaker rankings ever achieved by ISF debaters in this tournament.
On March 5th-7th, the Senior Debaters competed in the third round of the DSG Senior League Tournament. Over the course of the weekend, they tackled five very diverse topics and came away with some excellent results.
The first debate was an impromptu (unprepared) on the motion: This house believes that the feminist movement should oppose the institution of marriage. This was a topic that our team had strong opinions on. ISF was opposing this motion, against Karls Gymnasium Stuttgart, and the team came up with very convincing arguments to counter the proposing side. The result here was a convincing win for ISF, with our debaters being complimented on both their speaking style and strength of their argument.
The second debate was one we had prepared and practiced earlier on the motion: This house would encourage research into human cloning. Again, we were side opposition, this time against Kolleg St. Blasien. This debate was particularly robust, with both sides bringing up particularly pertinent points in their arguments. This time the result went in our favour as ISF was awarded the win. This was especially rewarding as this had been a difficult motion to prepare for.
Our second day started with another impromptu, this time on the motion: This house believes that local communities should be able to cap the number of tourists coming into their area. With geography and economic expertise on our side, ISF came up with a good case in favour of this motion – backed with lots of examples from exam revision. The debate against Dillmann Gymnasium Stuttgart was a close one, with ISF loosing narrowly in a split decision (similar to loosing on penalties).
The second debate for the day was again a prepared one on the motion: This house would make companies liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chains. We were in support of the motion, debating against FAG Vaihingen. It was again a very close debate on an important issue but unfortunately, we ended up with a narrow loss.
ISF’s performance throughout the competition was excellent and we placed in the top twelve teams, a great achievement. We made it through to the knock-out round on Sunday morning and were then tasked with proposing the motion: This house would punish attempted and committed crimes equally.
This was an impromptu motion, so we only had one hour to prepare, and arguing in favour of the motion was definitely a difficult task. Whilst we came up with some very logical reasons in support of the motion, we were unfortunately defeated by THG Heilbronn.
ISF did a great job in getting so far in the competition. The G9, 10, and 11 team members did a great job in assisting with research and preparation for the prepared debates. A special mention to Yasmin, who stepped up in her first tournament-level debate and did a great job as first speaker.
Our G9-11 members are now looking forward to the Prague Debate Spring Tournament during Spring Break, where they will have the chance to hone their skills against a whole host of unsuspecting opponents. We wish them all the best of luck!
This weekend also marked the last tournament for our Alpha Team members, Max, Amal and Eddie. They have done an excellent job at representing ISF in debates both nationally and internationally throughout their time at ISF, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Senior Team. Their growth in confidence, skill and teamwork has been wonderful to watch and has culminated in a great result for them this year. A big thank-you must go to Amal for captaining the team, she has done a superb job. We will be very sad to see them go!
We are extremely proud of our Senior Debate Team who made it in to the top 12 teams in the Debating Society of Germany (DSG) Senior League Tournament. Special mentions must also go to Amal, who was ranked 14th best speaker of the DSG Senior League Tournament 2020-21, and to Eddie, who ranked 6th best speaker of the tournament. These are excellent achievements and are the highest individual speaker rankings ever achieved by ISF debaters in this tournament.
On March 5th-7th, the Senior Debaters competed in the third round of the DSG Senior League Tournament. Over the course of the weekend, they tackled five very diverse topics and came away with some excellent results.
The first debate was an impromptu (unprepared) on the motion: This house believes that the feminist movement should oppose the institution of marriage. This was a topic that our team had strong opinions on. ISF was opposing this motion, against Karls Gymnasium Stuttgart, and the team came up with very convincing arguments to counter the proposing side. The result here was a convincing win for ISF, with our debaters being complimented on both their speaking style and strength of their argument.
The second debate was one we had prepared and practiced earlier on the motion: This house would encourage research into human cloning. Again, we were side opposition, this time against Kolleg St. Blasien. This debate was particularly robust, with both sides bringing up particularly pertinent points in their arguments. This time the result went in our favour as ISF was awarded the win. This was especially rewarding as this had been a difficult motion to prepare for.
Our second day started with another impromptu, this time on the motion: This house believes that local communities should be able to cap the number of tourists coming into their area. With geography and economic expertise on our side, ISF came up with a good case in favour of this motion – backed with lots of examples from exam revision. The debate against Dillmann Gymnasium Stuttgart was a close one, with ISF loosing narrowly in a split decision (similar to loosing on penalties).
The second debate for the day was again a prepared one on the motion: This house would make companies liable for human rights abuses that occur anywhere in their supply chains. We were in support of the motion, debating against FAG Vaihingen. It was again a very close debate on an important issue but unfortunately, we ended up with a narrow loss.
ISF’s performance throughout the competition was excellent and we placed in the top twelve teams, a great achievement. We made it through to the knock-out round on Sunday morning and were then tasked with proposing the motion: This house would punish attempted and committed crimes equally.
This was an impromptu motion, so we only had one hour to prepare, and arguing in favour of the motion was definitely a difficult task. Whilst we came up with some very logical reasons in support of the motion, we were unfortunately defeated by THG Heilbronn.
ISF did a great job in getting so far in the competition. The G9, 10, and 11 team members did a great job in assisting with research and preparation for the prepared debates. A special mention to Yasmin, who stepped up in her first tournament-level debate and did a great job as first speaker.
Our G9-11 members are now looking forward to the Prague Debate Spring Tournament during Spring Break, where they will have the chance to hone their skills against a whole host of unsuspecting opponents. We wish them all the best of luck!
This weekend also marked the last tournament for our Alpha Team members, Max, Amal and Eddie. They have done an excellent job at representing ISF in debates both nationally and internationally throughout their time at ISF, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Senior Team. Their growth in confidence, skill and teamwork has been wonderful to watch and has culminated in a great result for them this year. A big thank-you must go to Amal for captaining the team, she has done a superb job. We will be very sad to see them go!
