by Thaddeus Tague | Mar 10, 2018 | Best Resources, Coaching, Coaching a Club, Debate, Soapbox
Ethos camps are back! We are in the middle of scheduling and working out logistics for as many camps as we can. The camps page itself won’t be up for a bit, however, we did want to notify you of the first camp on the books! Patrick Henry College is hosting a week-long...
by Thaddeus Tague | Jan 20, 2018 | Affirmatives, Coaching a Club, Debate, Negative, Research, Thinking Strategically
Every style of policy debate operates from different and sometimes competing preconceptions and assumptions. At Ethos Debate, we run off several well-worn and sometimes overused phrases. One of those, we proudly tout, is that we teach debaters how to think, not what...
by Anna Johansen | Oct 20, 2017 | Basics, Coaching, Coaching a Club, Debate
Jamaica, 1989 “Can you tell me what this is?” She pointed to the odd looking lump in the buffet line. The man behind the counter glanced over, and muttered something in indistinct, accented English. “Mayighf pret.” She frowned. “I’m sorry, what was that?” “Naydef...
by Emily Rose | Aug 27, 2017 | Best Resources, Coaching, Coaching a Club, Debate, Ethos Info, From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, From Novice to Intermediate, LD, Speech Events, Thinking Strategically
A second-year team went from never advancing to qualifying to NITOC. A second-year LD student qualified to NCFCA Nationals and received second at a National Open. A third-year debater consistently placed first at their tournament. A novice LD debater became second in...
by Noah Farley | Jun 13, 2017 | Coaching a Club
Value vs. Policy- a foundational conflict, like the one between liberty and security, or that between deontology and consequentialism (now you can probably tell which side I fall on). While individual debaters have to rely on their experiences and feelings in order...
by Isaiah McPeak | Mar 28, 2017 | Coaching, Coaching a Club, Communication/Rhetoric, Debate, Soapbox, Theory
Editor’s Note: As Isaiah steps down as CEO, Head Coach, and Leader of Ethos, it seems rather prudent to publish this post, which embodies everything Isaiah taught and will continue to teach. This idea of teaching with a lens of “But why?” continues...
