Lay Parent Judge

Discriminatory, hateful, harmful and/or profane language will likely lead to a loss. Be mature good people. Speak slowly and clearly.

-Make Arguments as to why I should prefer your side

-Make Arguments that make sense, I won't vote for it if I don't understand

Please No Speed, I only listen to what I can understand

Please Roadmap - Contention 1, Contention 2....Etc. Thank you

No Prog, No Ks, No Theory, No Arguments that are not related to the topic

I am a parent judge. Please make sure to speak understandably.
I am looking for depth of understanding of the topic and clarity of presentation, as well as maintaining flow of the round (throughout cross, rebuttal, etc.).

Please be respectful to one another.

I am a parent judge. I have a background with solid science research training, and have some judgement experience but not a expert. Therefore, the following things I would like to consider are

1. I will focus on evidence and logic that support your arguments. My judgement mainly is based on these two aspects. Besides, your presentation conciseness and clarity will help me to judge the arguments.
2. Spreading will not be tolerated.
3. Truth is over tech and what that means is that the truth always wins. Honesty is the bottom line.
4. Please do not run any complex jargons, I am not familiar most of them. They will make me harder to understand what you are saying.
5. Please respect your your opponents and do not use any harmful/offensive language.

My son considers me a “lay judge”. I like logical arguments, but that doesn't mean it has to be a common argument (in fact, I like a variety of arguments because it spices up the debate).

For your debate, please do not “spread”; speak at a normal pace so I can understand. I listen to cross, but I do not vote what happens in cross unless you can’t defend case. Since I am listening to crossfire, it will play a role on how many speaks I will give you. I will give feedback and explain why I voted for a certain team after the round is finished. If I am judging an online debate tournament, I expect debaters to send me a speech doc for constructive AND rebuttal before you begin speaking to yang_wang1@hotmail.com because it helps me follow arguments easier. (use saved attachments or paste into the email content, NO google docs share please)

Time your opponents’ speeches and feel free to interrupt when time is up. Please stick to the allotted time frames. I prefer off time road maps and please stick to them. Please be respectful to your opponents at all times or I will deduct speaks. I take notes. Good luck.

Please speak slowly so I can clearly understand you. Please focus on / reemphasize your main points and rebut other side’s main arguments instead of flooding me with information about everything. Depth than breadth. Sometimes less is more :)