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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go Deathridge![/quote]

Are you referring to Scott Deatherage, the famous and beloved Northwestern debate coach.

http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/12/deatherage.

His speech(es) about debate are legend.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF48F244D4CF722CB

These were typically given to high school students attending a summer institute at Northwestern.

If your student is attending high school at GDS and wants to try policy debate, you might consider sending them to a summer debate institute the summer before 9th grade so that they can learn the basics of policy debate, and start to work on that year's topic under the guidance of college debaters.  My DC had not debated before they began high school at GDS, so we sent them to a summer debate institute at the suggestion of a family we knew, and it helped greatly.  I believe the Georgetown runs one locally, but there are policy institutes at Dartmouth, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Stanford, and Texas, among others.   You can research them, or reach out to Jon for suggestions.   But again, many GDS students start with absolutely no experience.[/quote]

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