The title given to any number of hellish weeks spent at a university over summer practicing debate. At camp, students learn the fundamentals of debate as well as strategy, theory, and how to run strange post-modern arguments that only fellow debaters and experienced judges will understand. Students will also learn the art of staying awake for 4 days at a time, that espresso is its own food group, and how to acquire drugs in a foreign city. Days of camp are typically 7am-3am and some weeks there will be as many hours of sleep as there are arms on a Ugandan refugee. Students are likely to return home with a permanent carpet texture to their face (acquired by sleeping in the isles of law libraries), excessive kritiks and Kantian quotes, an appreciation for adderall and a deep relationship with their laptop.
"Where have you been all summer?"-Boy 1
"Oh sorry, I have been at Stanford for debate camp the past three weeks. I'm sure we can arrange a library or coffee meeting if you would like to look over my flows from practice rounds"-Boy 2
"Oh sorry, I have been at Stanford for debate camp the past three weeks. I'm sure we can arrange a library or coffee meeting if you would like to look over my flows from practice rounds"-Boy 2
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Get the Debate Camp mug.a certain, unattractive breed of highschool debater, typically policy, that carries himself with the pride of a king and with the morals of a wrinkled up paper towel.
usually novices, usually fond of uploading corrupted dropbox files and playing video games during the rest of the academic classes.
usually novices, usually fond of uploading corrupted dropbox files and playing video games during the rest of the academic classes.
"Just hit this guy in the first round of elims, he is the epitome of debate trash!"
"samar, you can't date debate trash, you're better than this"
"samar, you can't date debate trash, you're better than this"
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Such debaters engage in conversation with each other on a much higher level than the average human, both in and out of round. The student government and honor roll within a school typically consist mostly of debaters. 80% of congress debated in high school.
Membership in the cult lasts from 9th grade through 12th grade and sometimes through college, but the mannerisms and knowledge gained from it manifest themselves in all aspects of the current or former debater's life for the better.
Policy debate kicks aff.
Such debaters engage in conversation with each other on a much higher level than the average human, both in and out of round. The student government and honor roll within a school typically consist mostly of debaters. 80% of congress debated in high school.
Membership in the cult lasts from 9th grade through 12th grade and sometimes through college, but the mannerisms and knowledge gained from it manifest themselves in all aspects of the current or former debater's life for the better.
Policy debate kicks aff.
I spent all last weekend hitting people, cutting and spewing. We broke and all the judges picked me up, but this one lay judge dropped me. I also got top speaks. Now I'm going to do uniqueness updates for my disad, then cut some a2 perm cards on the counterplan and come up with a kritikal aff so I can win framework.
I finally mastered the pen flip!
A: Did you hear so-and-so got into all 7 ivy's?
B: Really? he must be a debater.
Policy debate is SHITS (Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicality, Solvency)
If you understood all the above, you're a policy debater.
I finally mastered the pen flip!
A: Did you hear so-and-so got into all 7 ivy's?
B: Really? he must be a debater.
Policy debate is SHITS (Significance, Harms, Inherency, Topicality, Solvency)
If you understood all the above, you're a policy debater.
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Me: Katryna isn't really that hot, but this 2NR is so fucking good, I'm super turned on right now.
Scott Moliver: It's just the GDS, dude...
Scott Moliver's mom: What's GDS?
Scott Moliver: Good Debater Syndrome.
Scott Moliver: It's just the GDS, dude...
Scott Moliver's mom: What's GDS?
Scott Moliver: Good Debater Syndrome.
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Teacher--"Ok class, who wants to mass-debate today?"
Jade--"I do, I do! and so does Jenny and Tabitha"
Teacher--"OK, we'll do guys versus girls, whoever comes first gets extra points!"
Jade--"I do, I do! and so does Jenny and Tabitha"
Teacher--"OK, we'll do guys versus girls, whoever comes first gets extra points!"
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Dude, this guy on debate.org is against me! I am going to harass him and his opinion with some nonsensical information!
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