COMMUNITY
DEBATE
Drilling Down: Applying World Schools Training In and Out of the Classroom by Anh Cao
(left to right) Members of the USA Debate team, who compete internationally in World Schools Debate, include Stephanie Chen, Elyse Dewbre, Anh Cao, Jack Johnson, Cassandra Berlin, Roopa Irakam, Liana Schmitter-Emerson, Victor Tong, and Cameron Kettles.
I
n mid-November,
countries including
2019 EurOpen Prepared Motions
six members of the
the Czech Republic,
USA Debate National
Germany, Slovenia, and
• This House would lift sanctions and seek to repair relations with Russia.
Team and three members
Singapore. For results
of the Development
from both tournaments,
Team arrived in Hamburg,
see opposite page.
Germany, for the first
With a great
international World
start to the squad’s
Schools Debate excursion
competitive season,
of the season, the EurOpen
the team prepared for
Debate Tournament.
Singapore’s International
In mid-December, six other USA Debate
• This House would put an expiration date on land ownership. • Semifinals: This House would lift sanctions and seek to repair relations with Russia. • Grand Finals: This House believes that the use of violence is a legitimate form of protest.
Training Weekend in late January.
team members flew to Zagreb for Croatia’s Winter Holidays Open Tournament. Students competed against 82 teams from 18 other
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Anh Cao is a senior at Bentonville High School in Arkansas. She currently serves as a publications intern for the NSDA.
U.S. Consul General Darion Akins (pictured far right) with USA Debate members Liana Schmitter-Emerson, Anh Cao, and Cassandra Berlin.