Big Education Ape: Oct 10, 2016

Monday, October 10, 2016

THERE WAS NO SECOND DEBATE. (Did you hear two separate public education policies?) | Reclaim Reform

THERE WAS NO SECOND DEBATE. (Did you hear two separate public education policies?) | Reclaim Reform:

THERE WAS NO SECOND DEBATE. (Did you hear two separate public education policies?)

by Ken Previti

Did you hear two separate public education policies?

Neither did I.

The event has been hyped as a spectacle. The world cannot believe what a spectacle we are making of ourselves.

TUSCALOOSA, AL – OCTOBER 01: Two fans are seen wearing masks of 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during the game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Kentucky Wildcats at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 1, 2016 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Please stop calling the TV money-making Theater of the Absurd a debate.
What IS an actual debate?

Every public school in America teaches debate at one level or another. Many high schools and colleges have superb debate teams. The candidates and their handlers know this.

Here are the Rules of Debate.

“Each person has two or three constructive speeches, and two to three rebuttal speeches. The affirmative gives the first constructive speech, and the rebuttals alternate: negative, affirmative, negative, affirmative. The affirmative has both the first and last speeches of the debate.
When worded as a proposition of policy, the topic requires the affirmative to support some specified action by some particular individual or group. The affirmative has the right to make any reasonable definition of each of the terms of the proposition. If the negative challenges the reasonableness of a definition by the affirmative, the judge must accept the definition of the team that shows better grounds for its interpretation of the term.”

See more complete Rules of Debate on this site.

THERE WAS NO SECOND DEBATE. (Did you hear two separate public education policies?) | Reclaim Reform:

Special Nite Cap: Catch Up on Today's Post 10/10/16

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