Inter-house Debate Tournament, week 1 update
This year’s Inter-House Debate Tournament has begun. On Monday and Wednesday, the 7th – 9th March this week, Year 9-12 students across all houses debated the following motions:
- THBT e-sports should be included in the Olympics
- THW remove gifted and talented education
Information about the style and formatting of the debates can be found in this recording and these slides.
The current standings for houses are as follows:
Place | House | Score |
1st | Ride (Rutherford) | 265 |
2nd | Fry (Fleming) | 258 |
3rd | Wai-sze (Wilberforce) | 257 |
=4th | Dangarembga & Nanny
(Da Vinci and Nansen) |
232 |
5th | Ebadi (Einstein) | 224 |
Wishing all teams the best of luck in their upcoming debates!
For more information, please feel free to contact Debate & Public Speaking Club Leaders: Mr Darryl Hood (darryl.hood@online.island.edu.hk), Charlie Lam (charlie.lam@online.island.edu.hk) and Sam Hui (tszhin.hui@online.island.edu.hk).