The VJC Debate Invitational was first held in 2003 and has since grown to become an established part of the secondary school debating calendar. Conceived as a pre-season tune-up for schools looking to win the national title in April, it features 10 of the top secondary school debating teams engaging in several rounds of intense competition. Over the years, the competition has given many well-known faces in the debating community their first foray into the world of competitive debating. (more…)
Nan Chiau High School seeks experienced coach
Nan Chiau High School’s debate team is currently sourcing for a coach with at least 2 years of coaching experience including coaching for SSDC.
Training will be conducted once a week for 3 hours except during competition period where the number of sessions may increase to three times per week.
Interested candidates who are 21 years of age and above, please send an email to phua_li_ling@moe.edu.sg by 2 December 2009.
Julia Gabriel seeks debate intern for SSDC2010
Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning (JGCL) is looking for a student (preferably post A-levels) who would be keen to do a “debate internship” for 5 months from 4 Jan 2010 till 30 May 2010.
The debate intern would:
If you are interested, please contact Lynette Chua
Nan Hua High School seeks coach
Nan Hua High School is looking for a debate coach with 2 – 3 years of coaching experience including coaching for SSDC.
Training will be conducted once a week for two hours regularly, however, the frequency of training may increase up to three times a week during competition period.
Interested candidates who are 21 years of age and above, please send an email to sec.sch.debate@gmail.com by 17 November 2009.
How to contact DA(S) to place a “coaching request” announcement
If you are interested to find out more about the process of hiring a coach, we have articles that discuss the requirements and expectations of a coach.
If you would like us to post a Coaching Job Request on our website for your school, please provide us the exact text of your announcement for the website. Samples of other schools’ announcements can be found in the announcements below. You can contact us here.
DA(S) Debate Camp from Friday 18 Dec to Sun 20 Dec 2009
[20 Dec 2009 Update: Thanks to everybody who attended and to our wonderful trainers (esp. Scott, Vishal, Wah Jiam, and the national team) for volunteering their time. Photos and Videos from the event have been uploaded below. Camp participants, if you have any question, please post them below or email us directly.]
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DA(S) Debate Camp Dec 2009
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Should teens in love be prosecuted if they have underage sex? [Nov Debate of the month]
[No winner was announced for this debate, but there are brief adjudication comments at the end of the comments]
We’ve had some interesting opinions on our first Debate of the month, so hopefully the second one will be even better. We’ve picked another controversial news item for this debate, and to spice things up, we will be offering a prize for the best comment (a DA(S) pen and t-shirt)- so we’re hoping this spices things up a bit more. Vote for your favourite comment below!
Singapore’s Attorney-General Walter Woon raised this dilemma recently when he spoke at the Singapore Children’s Society. The law is very clear when an adult has sex with a minor – even if the minor consents, the adult should have known better and not done the deed. What happens when two minors have consenting sex? Should they be prosecuted at all? If so, who should be prosecuted, and what punishment should be meted out to them? On this, A-G Walter Woon said, “The problem is, do we send the boy to jail? What good would that do?’ A-G also gave a few other case studies to ponder.
What should the legal system do in this case, my fellow debaters? To prosecute, or not to prosecute, that is the question.
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International sporting events are a waste of money
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- Yes (40%, 6 Votes)
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