A. Adult Debate Event Prompts

Round 1 - 8:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    Speakers 1 and 2 - There is no such thing as “private” anymore.

  2. Speaker 2


    Speakers 3 and 4 - Social media is the greatest threat to the mental health of Americans.

     

  3. Speaker 3


    Speakers 5 and 6 - Tenure causes more problems in education than it solves.

     

Round 2 - 9:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    Speakers 1 and 2: Remote classes are the future of education.

  2. Speaker 2


    Speakers 3 and 4: The Supreme Court is too powerful.

  3. Speaker 3


    Speakers 5 and 6: The United States should surrender the war on drugs.

Round 3 - 10:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    Speakers 1 and 2: Athletes speaking out on their beliefs have done more harm than good.

  2. Speaker 2


    Speakers 3 and 4: Facial recognition technology does more harm than good.

  3. Speaker 3


    Speakers 5 and 6: When it comes to innovation, individualism is preferable to collectivism.

Round 4 - 11:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    Speakers 1 and 2: Time-traveling forwards is preferable to time-traveling backward.

  2. Speaker 2


    Speakers 3 and 4: Capitalism is a preferable economic system to Socialism.

  3. Speaker 3


    Speakers 5 and 6: Baseball is no longer America’s pastime.

Elimination Round 1 - 1:00pm

  1. 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.

  2. 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.