A. Adult Debate Event Prompts
Round 1 - 8:00am
Speaker 1
Speakers 1 and 2 - There is no such thing as “private” anymore.
Speaker 2
Speakers 3 and 4 - Social media is the greatest threat to the mental health of Americans.
Speaker 3
Speakers 5 and 6 - Tenure causes more problems in education than it solves.
Round 2 - 9:00am
Speaker 1
Speakers 1 and 2: Remote classes are the future of education.
Speaker 2
Speakers 3 and 4: The Supreme Court is too powerful.
Speaker 3
Speakers 5 and 6: The United States should surrender the war on drugs.
Round 3 - 10:00am
Speaker 1
Speakers 1 and 2: Athletes speaking out on their beliefs have done more harm than good.
Speaker 2
Speakers 3 and 4: Facial recognition technology does more harm than good.
Speaker 3
Speakers 5 and 6: When it comes to innovation, individualism is preferable to collectivism.
Round 4 - 11:00am
Speaker 1
Speakers 1 and 2: Time-traveling forwards is preferable to time-traveling backward.
Speaker 2
Speakers 3 and 4: Capitalism is a preferable economic system to Socialism.
Speaker 3
Speakers 5 and 6: Baseball is no longer America’s pastime.
Elimination Round 1 - 1:00pm
Speaker 1
Speakers 1 and 2 (Each debater strikes one topic):
National Security ought to be prioritized over the right to privacy.
When possible, working remotely is preferable to returning to offices.Money can’t buy happiness.
Speaker 2
Speakers 3 and 4 (Each debater strikes one topic):
The internet should be regulated as a public utility.
Crypto currency is a preferable alternative to fiat currency.
Life would be better if people didn’t need to sleep.