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Breaking the Mold: Reevaluating the Need for a Third Substantive Argument
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Breaking the Mold: Reevaluating the Need for a Third Substantive Argument

Whether it’s during the stressful hour before an impromptu round or while writing cases weeks in advance for a prepared round, most World Schools debaters are quite accustomed to racking their brains for a third argument. Various ideas float around but are ultimately rejected because the warranting is too similar to the first two arguments. This then begs the question: Are third substantive arguments truly necessary in World Schools Debate?

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To be or not to be the chameleon: The benefits of being versatile in speeches rather than specializing
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To be or not to be the chameleon: The benefits of being versatile in speeches rather than specializing

“A pile of gibberish.

If I had to sum up how my first speech ever went, that would be exactly what I would say. I sounded out incoherent words with my tongue. As I closed out my speech, I peered at my stopwatch.

I had 1 minute and 38 seconds to spare. It was like belly flopping into a swimming pool without knowing how to swim. But, the great thing about starting from nowhere is that you have the potential to get anywhere.

So, I braced myself and jumped into that pool. Again. And again. And again.”

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