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2024 — Shenzhen, CN
Public Forum
Event Description:
Resolved: Education systems in OECD member countries should prioritize vocational training over traditional academic curriculum.
Event Description
Prior to EVERY round and in the presence of the judge(s), a coin is tossed by one teamand called by the other team. The team that wins the flip may choose one of two options:EITHER the SIDE of the topic they wish to defend (pro or con) OR the SPEAKING POSITIONthey wish to have (begin the debate or end the debate). The remaining option (SIDE ORSPEAKING POSITION) is the choice of the team that loses the flip. Once speaking positionsand sides has been determined, the debate begins (the con team may lead, dependingon the coin flip results).
Evidence Checks
A team has one minute to produce a piece of evidence on request from the opposing team. Once the evidence has been supplied, the team requesting the evidence shall begin to use their preparation time to read the evidence. If a team provides a debate card with exact wording, the team requesting the evidence may NOT extend the one-minute evidencecheck time to open the link; they must do that with their own preparation time.
Failed Evidence Checks
If the team cannot produce the evidence within one minute, the team using the evidencemay either begin their preparation time to continue to find the evidence OR may chooseto disregard the evidence. If the evidence is disregarded, the judge shall view it as an analytic argument made by the student with no source.