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Debating Society |
Who?What?When? |
The Debating Society is now open to any student who is interested and willing to make a commitment to the club. We are currently focusing on our new Junior members.
We will start the year by entering the Concern Debates competition. We will also run several in-house debates throughout the year. Other interesting events may arise...
We meet every Monday and Thursday at lunchtime in Room 26. Competitive debates generally take place at 8pm in the evening and in-house debates usually take place at 4pm.
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St.Colmcille's vs St.Aidan's
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Junior DebatingOur first Junior debating meeting was held at lunchtime on Thursday, 5th March and it was fantastic to see the level of interest from our 1st and 2nd years. Our Senior students spoke about how debating helped them with their confidence, public speaking and english class as well as simply why they enjoyed doing it. Our focus in the next month will be introducing our new Junior members to the world of debating.
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Concern Debates
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The Concern Debates is Concern Worldwide’s flagship schools activity. It gives students the opportunity to research and debate issues that affect those living in the developing world. By taking part, students learn the valuable skills of research and debating. The Concern Debates have been running for over 30 years. Throughout the competition's history, more than 45,000 students have engaged in the debates. Around 120 schools participate annually.
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Download the handbook
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Fixtures 2015/16
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Proposition (Venue) |
Opposition |
Motion |
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1st Mar
8pm |
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St.Colmcille's
Community School |
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St.Joseph's
College Lucan |
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"The notion that population growth will destroy the planet is nonsense."
Majority Loss |
We Proceed to the Play-off's!
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9th Feb
7pm |
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St.Louis
High School |
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St.Colmcille's
Community School |
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"AIDS and HIV will be eradicated in our lifetime"
Unanimous Win! |
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N/A
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St.Colmcille's
Community School |
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Gonzaga
College |
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"The SDG's are doomed from the start"
Walkover! |
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7th Jan
8pm |
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St.Mary's
CSSp Rathmines |
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St.Colmcille's
Community School |
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11th Nov
8pm |
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St Colmcille's Community School
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St.Aidan's
Community Boys School |
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“Young People Should be Trusted to Vote at 16”
Draw |
Past Fixtures
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14 Jan
8pm |
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St Colmcille's Community School
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St Paul's Secondary School (Greenhills)
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“Scotland should have voted for independence”
Unanimous Win! |
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27 Jan
8pm |
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Colaiste Eanna CBS (Rathfarnham)
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St Colmcille's Community School
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“Ireland’s commitment to tackling climate change is a load of hot air”
Majority Loss |
We Proceed to the Play-off's!
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25 Feb
8pm |
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St Colmcille's
Community School |
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Presentation De La Salle Carlow
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“The idea that population growth will destroy the planet is nonsense”
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Note: The venue for this debate is the Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Breakdown of Marks for Concern Debates
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All speakers are marked as follows:
10 - Knowledge and Understanding of the subject 10 - Ability to persuade, communicate and engage 10 - Refutation and Rebuttal (except Captain's opening) 5 - Relevance to the motion 5 - Use and variety of sources 5 - Logical and well constructed argument 3 - Display of team work during the debate (10 marks across all speakers) |
As well as the general marks, the Captain's Opening Speech is also marked on:
10 - Definition of the motion or response to definition 5 - Outline of team's arguments The Captain's Closing Speech is also marked on: 10 - Summary and defense of team's arguments 10 - Rebuttal of other team's arguments |
Interesting Speakers
Martin Luther King
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Steve JobsRead a detailed analysis of the speech by Andrew Dlugan here.
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Dan Pink
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Pink delivers a masterful speech which demonstrates many strong speech techniques, including:
Read a detailed analysis of the speech by Andrew Dlugan here. |
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