What do you do in debate??, .. just wondering Options

[xj_liana_tx]

I know that quiet a bit of people here are on their school debate team, and i am really curious about what events you guys do, well it's my first year, and i did almost everything.

[*Kathleen*]

cmon L-D!! 
our school participates in the National Forensic League, or NFL - www.nflonline.org.
So we discuss/debate the current topic, basically. Simple. :P

I tried extemp once and hated it..lol. And our school is mainly focused around purely debate(CX and LD), with only about 5 or 6 people doing IE's, although I believe they are already qualed for state.
oh and btw.. just a side note to everyone, PLEASE NEVER say "extempt" when talking about extemporaneous speaking, or I shall have to kill you. It's "EXTEMP."

And if you really want a debate squad- make one!  Get involved- ask your friends, your principal, ask around for coaches. It would look really good on a college resume, if you helped found it! I bet there are many other people who would want to be in debate as well.

Debate is really good for speaking skills, especially LD (where I live, anyway). It teaches you to think on your feet and have good sounding rhetoric. And it really developed the way I spoke and my clarity, since you have to communicate well to the judge. So don't let that stop you, because the point of debate is to teach you how to debate well- you don't have to automatically know how the minute you step into your first round!

*High five for LD* Whee. *Points to self* LD debater right here. Yeah, I started a few topics on them in the debate forum. Hmm...how long have you been debating? And as for the poll itself, not all of those are debating events...some of them are speech, where you don't debate.