Tournament Time: 4:15 AM Pacific
B. Middle School SPAR Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
1. Researchers should pursue methods to achieve human immortality.
2. Luck is more important than hard work
3. The traditional A-F grading scale is outdated and harmful.
Speaker 2
1. Researchers should pursue methods to achieve human immortality.
2. Luck is more important than hard work
3. The traditional A-F grading scale is outdated and harmful.
Speaker 3
1. Students should have the right to evaluate their instructors.
2. Physical lockers are unnecessary in modern, digital schools.
3. Social media does more harm than good for society
Speaker 4
1. Students should have the right to evaluate their instructors.
2. Physical lockers are unnecessary in modern, digital schools.
3. Social media does more harm than good for society
Speaker 5
1. Mind reading would be a curse
2. The driving age should be raised to 21.
3. People should always follow their passion
Speaker 6
1. Mind reading would be a curse
2. The driving age should be raised to 21.
3. People should always follow their passion
Speaker 7
1. Electives are more important than core courses.
2. Reality TV is better than scripted TV
3. Curriculums should include practical skills such as cooking and budgeting.
Speaker 8
1. Electives are more important than core courses.
2. Reality TV is better than scripted TV
3. Curriculums should include practical skills such as cooking and budgeting.
Speaker 9
1. Schools should prioritize teaching life skills like cooking over advanced math
2. It is good to be bilingual.
3. Theater is a more engaging medium than cinema.
Speaker 10
1. Schools should prioritize teaching life skills like cooking over advanced math
2. It is good to be bilingual.
3. Theater is a more engaging medium than cinema.
Round 2
Speaker 1
1. Students learn more from discussion than lecture
2. Having a photographic memory would be a curse rather than a blessing.
3. Podcasts are a better source of information than traditional news broadcasts.
Speaker 2
1. Students learn more from discussion than lecture
2. Having a photographic memory would be a curse rather than a blessing.
3. Podcasts are a better source of information than traditional news broadcasts.
Speaker 3
1. Consistency is better than intensity.
2. Self-driving cars will make the roads much safer.
3. Memes are a modern language.
Speaker 4
1. Consistency is better than intensity.
2. Self-driving cars will make the roads much safer.
3. Memes are a modern language.
Speaker 5
1. Trade schools are a better option than traditional four-year universities.
2. Girls face more peer pressure than boys.
3. Being famous on the internet is not a real career.
Speaker 6
1. Trade schools are a better option than traditional four-year universities.
2. Girls face more peer pressure than boys.
3. Being famous on the internet is not a real career.
Speaker 7
1. Students should get grades or feedback only.
2. Free psychological support should be available to staff and students.
3. Celebrities should be held to higher moral standards
Speaker 8
1. Students should get grades or feedback only.
2. Free psychological support should be available to staff and students.
3. Celebrities should be held to higher moral standards
Speaker 9
1. People should have to take a parenting class before having a child.
2. Daylight Saving Time should be abolished completely.
3. Stand-up comedy is the hardest form of public performance.
Speaker 10
1. People should have to take a parenting class before having a child.
2. Daylight Saving Time should be abolished completely.
3. Stand-up comedy is the hardest form of public performance.
Round 3
Speaker 1
1. Kids should use AI to do schoolwork.
2. Educational institutions should abolish mandatory dress codes.
3. Artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it destroys.
Speaker 2
1. Kids should use AI to do schoolwork.
2. Educational institutions should abolish mandatory dress codes.
3. Artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it destroys.
Speaker 3
1. Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy peace of mind.
2. You should always pick the window seat on a plane
3. The 1980s had the best pop culture of any decade.
Speaker 4
1. Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy peace of mind.
2. You should always pick the window seat on a plane
3. The 1980s had the best pop culture of any decade.
Speaker 5
1. Universal internet access should be provided at no cost to citizens.
2. Group projects are more stressful than helpful.
3. College degrees are no longer necessary for a successful career.
Speaker 6
1. Universal internet access should be provided at no cost to citizens.
2. Group projects are more stressful than helpful.
3. College degrees are no longer necessary for a successful career.
Speaker 7
1. Cooking is an essential life skill that everyone should master by high school.
2. Social media is more distracting than useful.
3. Amusement parks are too expensive for the value they provide.
Speaker 8
1. Cooking is an essential life skill that everyone should master by high school.
2. Social media is more distracting than useful.
3. Amusement parks are too expensive for the value they provide.
Speaker 9
1. Photography is a more difficult art form than painting.
2. Final exams are an unfair measure of student knowledge.
3. Teleportation would be better than flying
Speaker 10
1. Photography is a more difficult art form than painting.
2. Final exams are an unfair measure of student knowledge.
3. Teleportation would be better than flying