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  • This house regrets the sanitisation of Hans Christian Andersen's work

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    Hans Christian Andersen is a famous Danish author, his works include fairytales such as The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Emperor's New Clothes. Adaptations of his work have formed the basis of many modern fairytales and children's stories. His original works are sometimes quite gory, dark or sad (for example, The Little Mermaid dies at the end of the original fairytale). Compared to modern adaptations, the original stories also paint characters in a complex or nuanced way; and ideas of right and wrong are less directly obvious. Modern adaptations of his work have often been sanitised and simplified to make moral messaging far more obvious and remove some of the darkness and complexity from the original storylines - instead favouring a happily-ever-after ending.

    Copenhagen Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-02-08

  • This House Opposes the glorification of e-sports.

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    E-sports refers to electronic sports that include competitive video gaming with tournament and league structures just like traditional sports. In e-sports, gamers square off either in teams (multiplayer) or individually. Recently in the past few years, we have seen a rise in investments and numbers in e-sports events. Examples of some e-sports events are the PUBG Global Championship, League of Legends, etc. refers to electronic sports that include competitive video gaming with tournament and league structures just like traditional sports. In e-sports, gamers square off either in teams (multiplayer) or individually. Recently in the past few years, we have seen a rise in investments and numbers in e-sports events. Examples of some e-sports events are the PUBG Global Championship, League of Legends, etc.

    Intertext Junior World Schools Debate Championship 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-02-02

  • This House Believes That schools should prioritise fostering students' internal motivation rather than emphasising compliance to external motivations

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    Educational models present various forms of student motivation. Examples of internal motivation could be: creating more opportunities for students to learn autonomously, fostering a sense of curiosity towards learning, and/or being adaptable to individual strengths, weaknesses, passions and dislikes. Examples of external motivation can look like: placing universal standards on students (such as grades or exams), rewarding those who adhere to them and punishing those who don't.

    English College Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-01-27

  • This house prefers Disney optimism to Ghibli optimism

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    For the purpose of this debate, there are two tropes in children's media. Disney optimism" presents a world with clear good and evil characters wherein good always triumphs. "Ghibli optimism" presents a world with no true evil.

    Shivaji Bhonsle English Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Open Quarterfinals · 2024-01-20

  • This house prefers Disney optimism to Ghibli optimism

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    For the purpose of this debate, there are two tropes in children's media. Disney optimism" presents a world with clear good and evil characters wherein good always triumphs. "Ghibli optimism" presents a world with no true evil.

    Shivaji Bhonsle English Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-01-20