Opinion on Debate#2

When it comes to debates, there is a lot more involved than just simply standing up and speaking in front of an audience. There are many easy and difficult factors when it comes to debating. For some debate doesn't come naturally and they need practice and for other it comes naturally cause they can think on the spot and defend themselves. Do debate properly, you need to learn more about the topic and build up facts. You need to make sure those facts are valid and not coming from an incorrect source because than you case will be entirely incorrect. Once you familiarize yourself with the topic, it makes it easier for you to think on the spot which is an important factor. You can't just memorize a bunch of stuff and pray that they will talk about that so you have a rebuttal. You need to be able to defend yourself from all sides, and that is where is gets difficult for almost everyone.

I feel that our second debate was definitely a improvement from the previous one. I felt my opening statement was stronger than the last time and I was closer to the time than before. I could definitely still add to it, but it was better.  It is all of about improving each time. For the rebuttals, they were definitely stronger and the points/facts were much clearer. The time also improved in this one. I feel that our team defended the points that were being made against us much better than the first debate. For my opening statement I feel that I expanded on my points and add more facts and detail to it. Their were some points where I could have spoke more about, but I forget to mention it.

The other team also had strong points and a strong rebuttal. I feel that they brought up some good points and we also had some good points to defend ourselves. The people doing the closing statement did a good job of summarizing the entire debate and explaining their side with good backs to back them up. I felt that during some rebuttals and other parts there were a little repetition and there were too many points being addressed. When there are too many points involved in such a small amount of time, the focus tends to wear off. I can also work on that. I would rather pick one or two points and greatly expand on that, rather than just rambling on about a bunch of random facts. I think that would be okay in a closing statement to talk about a bunch of facts because you need to summarize everything, but for the rebuttal parts, the individuals should just pick one or two important points .

In conclusion, both teams greatly improved their debate compared to the previous one. The opening statements were more detailed, the rebuttals were more stronger and clearer, and the closing statements summarized the debate in a more effective way. For both teams their is a lot of room for improvement, but I feel we all worked harder and put more effort into this one because we learned from our mistake from the first debate. This is how I felt our second debate went.