Limited Prep Prompts

Commentary

• Ozempic - The newest wave of body shaming?
• Loud Budgeting - The need to improve saving money
• New Year, New You - The Culture of Resolutions

Prepared Prompt Speaking (Impromptu Speaking)

• "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice." - TS Eliot
• "Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one" - Brad Paisley

United States Extemp

• What grade would you give the Biden administration for 2023 and why?
• With many state minimum wage laws going into effect on January 1, what else can be done to increase the minimum wage around the country?
• What can the Biden administration do to better deal with the recent surge in migration to the United States?

International Extemp

• How can South Korea's military survive a declining birth rate?
• Which South Asian election in early 2024 has the potential to cause the most ripple effect internationally?
• How does a Venezuela-Guyana border conflict affect the shipping industry?

Pro Con Challenge

• Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.
• Resolved: The United States federal government should repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
• Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase fiscal redistribution in the United States by adopting a federal jobs guarantee, expanding Social Security, and/or providing a basic income.
• 2024 NSDA January Legislation