St. Kitts International Academy Debating & Public Speaking Club - 18th June

This was another great session.  

Our skill focus this week looked at Team work - with a view to our Socratic Debating Grading Certification and Competition.  

Our newsround saw reference to the T20 cricket world cup and approaching West Indies / England game, the Euros, the UK General Election, and Trooping the Colour - with Charles III's two birthdays.    

For our warm up we then turned to our interview style philosophical question with an emphasis on 'why'/justification?:

'Should we still write letters?'

This saw a super discussion - with responses centring on tradition, cost, the writing industry and jobs, climate/deforestation points, and writing as a key life skill. 

Our main debate looked at the motion:

'This House would make cooking classes compulsory in school'.

In voting, the group began by supporting the idea of cooking classes as an option within the curriculum as a compulsory option. However, as the session moved on this split to 50/50 with concerns as to the cost of this and the idea that the curriculum was already stretched and Mathematics, Science and English should have a priority.

We also asked whether all schools should have a pet - and whether Elon Musk's $56bn pay deal was appropriate. In each discussion we saw mature and sophisticated responses. Well done!