Tag: WDI

  • A Brief Break at Home

    Coming home after 3 weeks away is very nice. I’m sitting here catching up on bad TV and going through some of my mail and stuff like that. The end of a debate workshop is always pretty surreal and somewhat sad, but it’s also a nice marker for me that the next debate season is…

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  • WDI part 2

    The World’s workshop started yesterday and it appears that we have around 25-30 students involved. The first day wasn’t just housekeeping matters and such – we managed to get right into the material and had a very nice practice debate on the motion "This House would ban consumption of tobacco products." The round I saw…

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  • Belgrade, Serbia – Dialogue 08

    We’ve just completed the week or so long workshop in World’s debate here in Belgrade, and I must say that I was very impressed with the whole event. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but if I did have any expectations, they would have been crushed by the amazing quality of the debates, the students,…

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  • Notes from the WDI

    There are a few things I expect to do every summer that I come to the University of Vermont to teach at the World Debate Institute. One is that I’ll eat Ben & Jerry’s. Another is drinks at Red Square.  A trip to the KKD is in order as well as Ali Baba’s, the Red…

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  • World Debate Institute in Burlington, VT

    I’m afraid I’m just not able to keep up a daily posting regimen like I thought I would up here in Burlington. Hopefully that ends today. I am in charge of teaching the teacher’s workshop, which has four very enthusiastic and excited participants, and we are making nice strides into the world of teaching and…

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