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

[*salcha*]

i dont even think my cheap school HAs a debate team.

[*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.

[juliar]

we debated about the thingy.
the thingy.
ergh.


drinking age.
that's it.

[sadolakced acid]

you know what?

i'm not on my school's debate team.

our 'debate team' is just a class people take if "food nutrition and wellness" is full.

i wish we had a real debate team so i could test my skills.

[JlIaTMK]

You're sooo lucky. You guys actually can have a debate team. We have a.... club after school and a class, but, it can only be for softomores and up and i wanted to be in it this year >:|. I want to be in it though.