{"id":4657,"date":"2022-09-23T01:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T01:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4657"},"modified":"2022-09-23T01:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T01:01:33","slug":"fort-streets-year-8-debate-team-takes-the-victory-for-being-the-last-pdc-debating-team-standing-for-the-competition-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/fort-streets-year-8-debate-team-takes-the-victory-for-being-the-last-pdc-debating-team-standing-for-the-competition-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Street\u2019s Year 8 Debate Team takes the victory for being the last PDC Debating Team standing for the competition in 2022!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday the 16 of September 2022, our Year 8 Debate team debated against Newtown in the final regional round for the Premier\u2019s Debating Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Even though we had an advantage with choosing the topic and the side to argue, our opponent was too good at arguing against the notion that \u201cparents should be banned as spectators in school sport\u201d. Our first speaker was Chinmay Dixit, followed by Bhavnish Jain as second speaker then Henry Huang as third speaker and Aaditya Venkatraman as team advisor. Aiden Lee also did an excellent job at chairing the debate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4661\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_2022_2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_2022_2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_2022_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_2022_2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW119137588 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119137588 BCX0\">Nonetheless, our Year 8 Debate Team still takes the victory for being the last standing Fort Street Debate Team in the 2022 Premier\u2019s Debating Competition. We started the year with a Year 11\/12 debate Team, a Year 9\/10 debate Team, a Year 8 Debate <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119137588 BCX0\">Team<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119137588 BCX0\"> and a Year 7 Debate Team.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW119137588 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:-567,&quot;335559737&quot;:-755}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4657 gallery-columns-3 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\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_2022_1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_2022_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<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_22_5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_22_5-300x300.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\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_22_4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/09\/Year_8_Final_Debate_22_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<\/div>\n\n<p>You should be proud of yourself boys and you all should feel like you look in these photos: Debating Rockstars!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Truong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday the 16 of September 2022, our Year 8 Debate team debated against Newtown in the final regional round for the Premier\u2019s Debating Competition. 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