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  • This house will prefer a world without family based upbringing of children to communal upbringing of children.

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    Different relevant narratives surround and construct an individual from birth. These environmental concerns and details are often skipped, but are intrinsic markers of a person, their upbringing and their life. Two strains are significant to discuss, where social or communal uprbringing provides the best social cues and development for the child, or does parenting restrict itself to just the family threshold? Familial upbrining is a style of upbringing where your family is the primary caregiver vs in communal upbringing where the community leads the upbringing of the child.

    Summer Debate Symposium 2025 · Pre-Semi Finals · 2025-07-06

  • This house, as a heterosexual, highly educated woman, would choose to enter a 'weekend marriage'

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    "Weekend marriages" are marriages in which couples live apart at separate residences for a majority of their relationship. They maintain other aspects of a traditional marriage, including but not limited to sharing childcare responsibilities and financial obligations to each other. For the purposes of this debate, assume both individuals are willing participants in the 'marriage'.

    Auckland IV 2024 · Round 2 · 2025-07-05

  • This house believes that the police should not carry guns; This house would ban alcohol and betting companies from sponsoring sports; THW ban homeschooling; THW ban children from acting in movies and television shows; This house, as a young politician in parliament, would rather be an independent than join an established party; THBT the United States should make voting compulsory

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    GIMMICK: This round will involve six motions. Teams will gain one point for each motion they win.

    UNSW IV · Round 4 · 2025-07-05

  • This House prefers a world in which humans reproduced externally

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    Humans reproduce internally, through the act of sex. For the purposes of this debate, external reproduction involves organisms releasing gametes into the environment, which randomly combine. This process produces thousands of embryos, of which a small proportion mature into babies. In this world, babies are still adopted and cared for by parents. Organisms that reproduce externally cannot also reproduce internally.

    UNSW IV · Round 5 · 2025-07-05

  • This house would have schools actively encourage children to question authority

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    For the purposes of this debate, authority can have a range of different meanings, including the knowledge you learn, teachers at school, the police and government in everyday life, and parents within families. Questioning that authority can involve a wide variety of different things, whether it be through words (verbal), actions, or the attitude with which you treat that authority.

    York University Summer Debating Tournament · Round 1 · 2025-06-28

  • This house supports Dumbledore’s Army during Umbridge’s reign.

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    Dolores Umbridge is appointed as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and later becomes Hogwarts’ High Inquisitor. Under her dictatorial leadership, the Ministry of Magic imposes strict control over the school, forbidding practical defense lessons and punishing dissent. Despite increasing signs of Lord Voldemort’s return, the Ministry refuses to acknowledge this threat. In response, a group of students led by Harry Potter forms Dumbledore’s Army (D.A.), a secret organization that teaches practical defense skills, promotes student solidarity, and prepares for the dark forces ahead. Participation is explicitly against school rules and, if discovered, could lead to expulsion or other serious punishment.

    Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-24

  • This house believes that Hogwarts should allow students to opt out of House affiliation.

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    <div><div>Throughout the academic year, students earn or lose House Points based on their behaviour, academic performance, and conduct. Professors and staff award or deduct points at their discretion. Points can be given for acts such as answering questions correctly, showing bravery, or exemplary performance. Points can be deducted for rule-breaking, poor behaviour, or failure to follow instructions.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of the year, the House with the highest number of points is awarded the House Cup, a prestigious honour that fosters competition between Houses.</div></div><div><br></div>

    Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-24

  • This house supports parents intervening in subtle social conflicts among children in primary school

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    Subtle social conflicts refer to non-physical, emotionally ambiguous interactions that involve exclusion, manipulation, or social imbalance rather than overt aggression. Some examples of such conflict include exclusion-based play, mocking/teasing masked as jokes, ignoring one child inside a group, etc.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 8 · 2025-06-17

  • In highly-developed societies, this house supports the "No Child Left Behind" policy

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    "No Child Left Behind" policies hold schools accountable for student performance. Under these policies, penalties are imposed on schools that fail to meet academic benchmarks in standardized tests or which have significant numbers of student absences. Penalties often include a reduction in funding, forced restructuring, or other corrective actions.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-15