{"id":4159,"date":"2022-06-29T04:25:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T04:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4159"},"modified":"2022-06-29T04:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T04:29:40","slug":"year-9-10-fortians-gives-a-fast-and-fashionable-performance","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/year-9-10-fortians-gives-a-fast-and-fashionable-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 9\/10 Fortians gives a fast and fashionable performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4160 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round-2_0-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round-2_0-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round-2_0-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round-2_0-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Tuesday the 28th of June 2022 the Fort Street Year 9\/10 Debating Team debated against Newtown High School of Performing Arts in the second round of the Premier\u2019s Debating Challenge for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our topic was \u2018that we should place a tax on fast fashion\u2019 and we were the negative side. Our first speaker was Johnathan Bonnice, our second speaker was Gina Hong, our third speaker was Eleanor Alonso Love and our team advisor was Min Park. The debate was chaired by the always eloquent Galileo Lima.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All five members put their minds together and gave some outstanding arguments about how increasing tax to fast fashion will not resolve the climate change issue that waste from fast fashion is causing. Their debates and rebuttals overall presented some excellent insight into the problems that fast fashion is causing on our environment. They also delivered their speeches with grace and poise.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4159 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/Year_9_PDC_Round_2_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was truly enlightening to watch these intelligent young people demonstrate such a profound and informed understanding of poor human habits that are harming our environment and propose realistic solutions that can still allow our society to pursue economic ambition and right to having artistic expression through clothing, whilst still protecting our most sacred entity: planet Earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Truong<br \/>\nDebating and Public Speaking Coordinator <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday the 28th of June 2022 the Fort Street Year 9\/10 Debating Team debated against Newtown High School of Performing Arts in the second round of the Premier\u2019s Debating Challenge for 2022. &nbsp; Our topic was \u2018that we should place a tax on fast fashion\u2019 and we were the negative side. 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