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  • This house would end all state-run gifted education programs

    Infoslide

    Gifted education programs are specialized curriculums tailored to meet the needs of young students identified as gifted or talented. These programs feature a more rigorous and accelerated curriculum, allowing students to progress at a faster pace and engage with advanced material.

    IIUM Open 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-12-21

  • This house would offer your babies up for adoption

    Infoslide

    You are the center of an up-and-coming J-pop idol group that has seen one of the fastest career rises in modern history. You have garnered a fanbase of millions through a career of deceit, pretending that you genuinely love your fans. Despite your appearance, you have lived most of your life feeling lonely, having grown up as an orphan and having never been loved or felt loved. Amid your rise to fame, you gave birth to a set of twins, the first people you have felt genuine love for. Your agency recommends that you anonymously offer the babies up for adoption, fear

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-12-14

  • This house supports the widespread adoption of mirrored parenting.

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, "mirrored parenting" is a parenting strategy where parents consistently present, promote, and enforce an agreed, joint position on parenting ideology (eg, their ethical values, how they discipline their children, etc.).

    Cambridge Mini 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-14

  • This house, as Alice Davis would help Samantha cover up Derek’s murder

    Infoslide

    Alice Davis is a single mother living with her 16 year-old daughter Samantha in Southampton. Alice has been a police detective for almost thirty years, and loves her job. This morning, Samantha came home, crying and covered in blood. She admits to Alice that she became angry at her boyfriend (Derek) after discovering he was cheating, and stabbed him repeatedly, resulting in his death. Samantha says the body is in Derek’s garage and she wants Alice’s help disposing of it, and cleaning the scene, before his parents return from Prague tomorrow.

    Southampton Pro-Am 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-30

  • This house prefers Montessori-education over regular education

    Infoslide

    Montessori-education is a form of primary (age 4-12) and secondary (13-18) education which centres around the intrinsic motivation of the child. Children are taught to work independently. In principle, they choose their own work, the level of their work and how much time they will spend on it. The teacher has the role of supervisor and can stimulate and steer the children. The children mainly work in smaller groups or independently. Montessori classes always consist of three year groups mixed together. Regular education entails that the entire class gets taught the same subject, at the same level at the same time and does the same exercises. Regular classes have only one year group

    Amsterdam Open 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-11-30

  • This house believes that the prevalence of Sharenting has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    “Sharenting" is a portmanteau of two elements: "Share" and "Parenting." It refers to the behavior of parents who frequently share extensive information about their children on social media platforms, including but not limited to: their growth process, photos, stories, interests, parenting methods, and academic achievements, among others.

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-11-23

  • This house supports the practice of shaming parents who raise iPad children

    Infoslide

    An iPad kid describes a child who is raised with an overreliance on technological devices (i.e. parents offering screentime to their children as an incentive to perform chores, infant tantrums being resolved with cocomelon videos)

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-23

  • This house supports the increasing use of microschools as an alternative to traditional schooling systems.

    Infoslide

    Microschools are small educational institutions, typically with 10-15 students, that focus on personalized, flexible learning environments. They often emphasize project-based and student-led learning and are sometimes seen as a hybrid between homeschooling and traditional schools

    Singkaban Open 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-23

  • This house regrets the rise in gentle parenting

    Infoslide

    Gentle parenting content has been trending on social media recently. Gentle parenting is based on the idea that children are capable and whole beings, and that they should be partners in making choices. Parents that practice gentle parenting rarely say no to their children and often try to redirect their children or encourage them to confront the natural consequences of their actions rather than imposing specific punishments.

    Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-11-22

  • This house prefers to live in a world where the memories of the parents are inherited by the children.

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, the transmission of memories occurs at the moment of an individual’s parents' death. Only the memories directly experienced by the fathers and mothers are passed on, not the memories of grandparents or other ancestors.

    Torneio Nacional de Debates 2024 · Quartas de final · 2024-11-21

  • This house would choose not to teach anything about the history of the Earth rather than teaching it completely.

    Infoslide

    After the destruction of Earth, a single adult survivor is isolated in a functional but remote colony with 30 children — the last remnants of humanity. The children have no memories of Earth or human history.

    Torneio Nacional de Debates 2024 · Rodada 6 · 2024-11-21

  • This house prefers to live in a world where the memories of parents are inherited by their children.

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, the transmission of memories happens at the moment of the individual's parents' death. Only the memories directly experienced by the fathers and mothers are passed on, and not the memories of grandparents or other ancestors.

    Torneio Nacional de Debates 2024 · Semifinal Novice · 2024-11-21