Recap of Debates

My debate topic was that social media has a positive impact on the kids today. Our group was the affirmative side in this debate. As a group i felt that we all could do with more work, we all could have been better with more practice and more effort. The first speaker had some very good points. She told them to us very well and she said them in a way we all understood. She had alot of good points that they could rebut off of. Their first speaker was very well prepared aswell. He had his points organized and read them well. Their first rebutter did an excellent job at rebutting our points. They restated facts that their firs speaker said and they rebutted them very well leaving our side shocked. Our second first rebutter did a very good job rebutting what they said, but left a little early. Their last rebutter did well at rebutting and proving some of our facts wrong or just leaving us unanswerable. Our third speaker also our last rebutter did a very good job in introducing it to a new point of view and changing things differently. He didn't do a good job at keeping his time. Our final speaker and their final speaker both concluded it very well but fell at the end. Our speaker, i believe had a strong beginning and had a very good and strong thesis, he restated their points and rebutted what their third speaker said but fell at the end. I believe i could have been more organized with my points and put more time and effort into which points were important. I believe that the time was much more appreciated than before, we like the extra 30 seconds. I also believe that both teams still have things to work on, such as timing each other and using up the time you have, predicting what the other team will say and trying to build your rebuttal off what you think they will say. Overall i think both teams did very well, and could do even better next time. For the lightening round debates, we all did good jobs making the stuff up as we go along and not have the advantage to look stuff up for facts. We all did a good job with he time except for some people. I also believe that everybody should have gone at least twice to redeem themselves if they messed up their first time or got a topic they didn't like. I would also say we need more topics that everyone likes, and some that are fun and entertaining. I would also say that people should be able to choose who they go against.