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  • This house prefers informal methods of employee evaluation over KPIs

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    In workplaces, performance can be assessed in two main ways. Informal evaluation takes a holistic approach, looking at whether an employee’s general work ethic and performance meet expectations, but without relying on specific metrics. By contrast, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) use structured, results-driven measures, such as meeting sales targets or completing a set number of projects.

    Oxford Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-11

  • This house prefers developmental authoritarianism over political pluralism in the post-conflict state

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    A developmental authoritarian system is one in which the government maintains centralized, often non-democratic control while focusing on rapid economic development and national modernization. In contrast, a politically pluralistic system allows for multiple political parties, open competition, and broad public participation in decision-making.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-11

  • THP a legal system based on common law over one based on civil law.

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    Common law systems are legal systems based primarily on judicial precedent and past court rulings, whereas civil law systems are based predominantly on the application of much more comprehensive written codes and statutes that systematically outline laws.

    Laurier (Waterloo) Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-11

  • This house prefers a world where a strong cultural emphasis is placed on 'Hyo'(孝)

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    Hyo孝(also known as filial piety) is a Confucian moral principle that emphasizes deep respect and care for the parents and the elderly. It highlights the importance of recognizing their wisdom and life experience, supporting them with dignity and gratitude, and repaying parental sacrifice.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-11

  • This house, as a feminist movement in a conservative society, would adopt 'mirroring'

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    'Mirroring' is a common strategy adopted by some groups of South Korean feminists, which replicates the misogynistic languages and actions made by men against women, in an attempt to reflect the toxic reality that women have suffered. Some examples include mocking and creating derogatory names for men's physical attributes.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · EFL Semi-finals · 2025-10-11

  • This house supports reallocating national education funding from teacher recruitment to systemic reforms that reduce students’ dependence on teachers (e.g. changing curriculum design, examination types, and school structure or implementing more technology usage)

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    Australia is experiencing a teacher undersupply crisis. Contributing factors include an ageing workforce, high rates of burnout and attrition, fewer university graduates entering teaching, and increasing student enrolments. As a result, many schools face difficulties maintaining class sizes, offering specialist subjects, and ensuring continuity of teaching staff.

    Oxford Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-11

  • This house would allow citizens to sue politicians for policies that cause unnecessary and reasonably foreseeable harm

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    "A government policy that causes "unnecessary and reasonably foreseeable" harm can be defined as follows: "Unnecessary harm" means harms that are not essential to achieving the policy’s core objective, and which could have been avoided through reasonable alternative designs or implementations. For example, if building a highway requires demolishing a home, that demolition is a necessary harm. However, if the chosen route displaces more homes than reasonably required, the excess displacement constitutes unnecessary harm. "Reasonably foreseeable" harm means harms that, at the time the policy is enacted, could be predicted with a material likelihood of occurring based on the information then available. This excludes remote, speculative, or trivial risks."

    Oxford Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-11

  • This house prefers social realism over expressionism in art (paintings, films, documentaries, photos, etc.)

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    For the purpose of this debate, social realism is an artistic movement which seeks to depict everyday life and social conditions in a realistic manner, often times focussing on struggling groups. Expressionism focusses on the portrayal of subjective emotions and inner experiences rather than objective reality. Artists used distortion, exaggeration, and vivid colors to evoke moods and express feelings, often reflecting themes of angst and turmoil.

    Dutch Debating League 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-11

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the NBA to abolish maximum salaries for individual players (while still retaining the salary cap)

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    Currently, NBA franchises are limited in the total amount they can spend on all their players' combined salaries. This is known as the 'salary cap'. If they exceed this maximum number, they face severe consequences including but not limited to a tax imposed by the NBA and restrictions on the players they can sign. In addition, NBA franchises are also limited in the total amount they can spend on individual players' salaries. The exact amount depends on the number of years the player has been in the league and the amount of accolades they have earned. Currently, the maximum a team can spend on any one player is equal to 35% of the salary cap.

    Oxford Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-11

  • This house supports the use of COMPAS

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    COMPAS(Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions) is a computer program that helps judges make decisions, like whether someone should go to jail, get bail, or be closely watched. It uses a set of questions to look at things like a person’s age, past crimes, and social background. Then, it gives a score showing how likely it is that the person might commit another crime. This score is used as an important tool to help judges make their decisions.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-11

  • THO seperate gender categories within competitions for sports with no obvious gendered physiological difference

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    Within the status quo, sports like ultramarathon swimming, sharpshooting, and curling have no obvious gendered difference, yet frequently have seperate categories within major competitions (like the olympics) based on gender.

    Laurier (Waterloo) Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Junior Semifinals · 2025-10-11