{"id":17568,"date":"2024-03-21T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/?post_type=article&p=17568"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T00:23:56","slug":"isda-debating-report-round-5-vs-cranbrook","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-weekly-record\/article\/isda-debating-report-round-5-vs-cranbrook\/","title":{"rendered":"ISDA Debating Report Round 5 vs Cranbrook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

M. D. Kwak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last Friday, Shore was away against Cranbrook debating topics surrounding media, and won four out of six debates in the highschool rounds. There has yet to be a week where Shore has lost more than half its debates. KEEP IT UP!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Primary As and Bs negated \u2018That coding and computer programming should be taught in primary schools each week\u2019 and unfortunately went down in both debates. Shoutout to Joseph <\/strong>at third for his strong thematic rebuttal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Year 7 LND teams both won on the negative side of \u2018That all video games should have playable female characters\u2019. Congrats to Alex Baxter<\/strong> for his excellent food-based analogy about familiarity and downsides of rapid change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Year 8 LND team affirmed \u2018That we should introduce gender quotas for all government jobs\u2019 and picked up yet another W. The team presented a well thought out model and strong case in what was a decisive win for Shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 8 SDC with the photogenic Lawson Banks in the background<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SDC is going as strong as ever, with teams picking up three wins and three losses and continuing to improve their skills and talents in debating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All smiles from our Year 7 SDC team<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Year 7 ISDA team negated \u2018That we should ban children from making money off social media\u2019. Despite a large amount of under-mechanisation and mischaracterisation by both sides, ultimately it was Shore\u2019s clearer impacting that won them the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 8 ISDA unfortunately went down opposing the same topic. The main clash came down to the importance of children having the freedom of choice to make money versus the duty to protect kids. Ultimately, the adjudicator decided that safety concerns outweighed Shore\u2019s points in a tough loss. Shoutout to Fred <\/strong>for his effective rebuttal and well-structured speech!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a positive note, the Year 9 ISDA team secured a cheeky dub debating the same topic, putting them in good stead for octos qualifications \ud83e\udd73\ud83e\udd73. Once again, Shore followed a good structure and clearly outlined their ideas but will work on more in-depth discussion of stakeholders for future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Year 10s and Senior teams all negated the topic \u2018That the consumption of news on social media has done more harm than good.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any doubts created by Year 10\u2019s earlier losses in the season have been thoroughly cast aside by this team\u2019s recent domination. Enjoy your weekly dose of Will Nicholas<\/strong>\u2019 titillating commentary (I\u2019m not lazy; I\u2019m actually just leveraging metatextual intrusions to create a superb meta-fictive voice):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYear 10 continued their week-on-week improvement with a fourth consecutive victory and season-best performance which stunned a hitherto undefeated Cranbrook side. Determined to remind their opponents that they would have to fight for a place at the top of the table, Jayden Pan<\/strong> delivered his speech like a well-oiled machine. His faultless structure and meticulous mechanisation brought Shore\u2019s case roaring to life and forced our opponents – the affirmative – onto the defensive. Yukai<\/strong>\u2019s earnest demeanour made him the ideal spokesperson for the vulnerable stakeholders whom Shore ruthlessly leveraged in the insatiable campaign for victory.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An exuberant Year 10 team. Oh no\u2026Dan Kang<\/strong>\u2019s started a trend with his cringey finger guns.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual, we kept our foot pressed firmly on the opposition\u2019s throat. Kevin<\/strong>\u2019s speech was like a rogue machine gun which sprayed bullets wildly in every direction. It eventually hit all its targets, and in the end was also about as persuasive as a machine gun: very.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, a huge thanks to Will <\/strong>for his excellent write-up of the debate, showcasing his effortless prowess in English (\ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude29 pls write my Mod C\/Lit Worlds for me). The war motif and similes were pure \ud83e\udd24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will Nicholas cooking up some heat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negating the same motion as Year 10, the Senior Bs ran a strong case about the need for social media to provide news from a variety of different perspectives as well as successfully proving that most Australians had a degree of media literacy in screening the news they received. Shoutout to Gus Leslie <\/strong>for cleverly illustrating the real harms and benefits of the debate in a concrete way. Ms Wolsely was also very pleased with Angus<\/strong>\u2019 disparagement of Murdoch media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The indifferent Senior Bs after a breezy W (Rizzy Ramon<\/strong> has yet to break his mewing streak)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I write this report on a train to Central on yet another exhausting Sunday, I\u2019m an utter wreck of tears as I relive Friday night. Your Senior As have finally let a debate slip past their goalposts. Estimated recovery time? Perhaps a week if I\u2019m lucky. All members, from Daddy Liu<\/strong> at first, Deek<\/strong> at second, myself at third and Kax<\/strong> at fourth put up a valiant fight defending the prevalence of news on social media. Despite a heartbreaking loss, congrats to D-LIUUUU<\/strong> for consistently stepping up to the plate as a Year 11 student and doing an excellent job speaking out of position at first!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I look out at the dreary morning sky and rain-stained windowpanes of my train while Carly Rae Jepsen\u2019s seminal composition \u201cCall Me Maybe\u201d blasts from my airpods, my emotions are perhaps more intense than the post-breakup grief I\u2019m all too familiar with (just joking – I\u2019ve never met the precondition for breakups \ud83d\ude14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hours before disaster\u2026The blissfully happy Senior As and Bs in a joint training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the sun is coming out lad’s. At the horizon of every heartbreaking loss lies the infinitude of glorious possibilities. Pain and anger. Those are what shape victors. Amidst the depths of a stinging loss, you can bet that Shore will rise again from the ashes, reborn as a blazing phoenix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week, Shore faces St Catherines at Shore. It\u2019s our last home debate, and for most teams the decisive debate for out-round qualifications. From the words of our cheer captain Hamish Longstaff<\/strong>: \u201cPressure makes diamonds.\u201d I wish all debaters the best of luck. Go forth and get those dubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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