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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should know that unless your kid comes into GDS with a lot of debate experience, they probably won’t make the team. I believe GDS actually recruits debaters. [/quote] This is not correct. Any student is welcome to join the GDS debate team, the coach Jon Sharp is as nice, low key, and down-to-earth a person as they come. GDS does not recruit for debaters either, as it does not specifically recruit its athletes (unlike some of the other private schools in the same athletic conference). Policy debate is a unique activity, and it does take some time to develop the skill of it, but I have seen many ultimately successful debaters begin their freshman year with no prior debate experience. Students have to be patient and stick with the activity through sometimes years of losing records at tournaments, because policy debate is an activity that rewards experience, practice, and long term commitment. [/quote]
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