About a week ago my attention as drawn back to an encounter I had with a number of well spoken, intelligent young men on the topic of sunburn. The whole palaver definitely taught me a lot about myself and my own debating skills, and showed that they were clearly superior to me.
Something I'm constantly coming in contact with is poor debating and argumentative skills, and this is something grossly skimmed over in our education system.
And this isn't me just being flippant again, I actually think debating is the best way to learn. It's changed a number of my viewpoints and by developing ideas as a group, everyone benefits. I see no reason why it should be so ignored in modern day schools.
Of course, debating improves as the number of debaters increases. Creating large groups of debaters can lead to great pools of knowledge that benefit all involved. These mass debates would allow people to discover new ways of thinking for themselves.
Most importantly, to kick start this kind of movement, a name is needed. As these debates would be doing so on a massive scale, the only sensible label to be attributed to them would be 'mass debates'. Of course, meaning the the participants would be 'mass debaters'.
Now, who would oppose my suggestion that schools would be improved by this breed of mass debaters, keen on interacting with one another and leading each other forward in their own self-discovery? You'd be a fool to do so.
Anyway, the reason for this post is shoe-horning in the following conversation, so take a few minutes to read it. It's genuinely hilarious.
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| I suppose I should blur out names... Nah, I have neither the time nor patience to do that |
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