Creativity: Debate Club

            Today was the last day of debate club for the year. During this opportunity, we evaluated debate club, taking into account the possibility that next year, as seniors, we will be given the chance to be the teachers of debate club, if we choose to do so. We mostly used today as a chance to reflect upon debate club so far.

            Debate club has been an interesting and educative experience. I am glad that I learned the skill of debating, though I feel that debating for debating’s sake can be quite empty, especially once you have joined a debate competition that is many rounds long that is draining on your energy. I feel that though debating is a useful skill, there are a number of things we can do differently for debate club next year. Firstly, we talked today about the idea of an English Club rather than a debate club, so that people’s interests will be more piqued. Though I don’t know yet if I will be helping out with the club next year, I think that doing other topics, other than debate is a good idea, as with only a debate club, you soon find a sort of monotonousness in simply practicing motion after motion, especially if you are no longer preparing for anything, such as an upcoming competition. This I feel may also help to keep people interests up later in the year, as this year, we started to have less and less participants as the academic year progressed.

            All in all, debate has been an experience that has managed to teach me useful skills and helped me to think about my views of the world.