Selection Debates for World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) in Dundee, Scotland 2011

On 29th July 2010, 14 debaters from the southwest of Germany met at the Königin-Olga-Stift in Stuttgart to participate in the selection rounds for next year's WSDC in Dundee, Scotland.
We congratulate those who've been through one round of debates and one round of interviews that included nasty common-knowledge questions and other psychological torment. These five debaters from four different schools in two different cities excelled in both:
Felix Jiang, Landesgymn. f. Hochbegabte, Schwäb. Gmünd;
Kai Ohmstedt, Gymnasium in der Taus, Backnang;
Dilek Sevinc, Max-Born-Gymnasium, Backnang;
Karoline Schlotthauer, Max-Born-Gymnasium, Backnang;
Viola Schramm, Parler-Gymnasium, Schwäb. Gmünd.
We also congratulate those who were among the best eight speakers of the debate rounds:
Maral Faghfouri, Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Gymnasium, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt;
Inka Mössinger, Lessing-Gymnasium, Winnenden;
Isabel Sum, Königin-Olga-Stift, Stuttgart.
All contestants who weren't selected for the WSDC team are invited to attend the Ljutomer Debating Weekend in Ljutomer, Slovenia from 3rd-8th NOV 2010.
Good luck to all!!
Chris Sanchez

 

    
  Debating techniques, especially debating in English, are still rather uncommon at German schools. We look back to a tradition of 15 years, and we now send an annual team to the World Schools Debating Championships.

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