The Koshy, Love, O'Neal lab began the day with a fun ice breaker in which each person was told to pick an adjective that describes themselves and starts with the same letter as their first name. We learned that Broken Beena lost part of her index finger to her vicious brother when they were young, Rock Star Reena clearly enjoys music, and Wild William lived up to his persona throughout the day.
Next we jumped right into it with a flowing drill. For some of our lab members, this was their first time hearing an actual debate case. Luckily, everyone caught on quickly and all of them are sure to be excellent note takers in no time. Following the flowing drill, we learned the basic structure of an argument in the claim, warrant, and impact lecture by Shane. For example, we learned that Genius Jimmy is smart because he gets good grades which will help him get into college. After a quick introduction to our reading groups, it was time for a well deserved lunch break.
After lunch and a lecture on how to research, a debater's most valuable skill, the lab met up again for a topic analysis lecture by Beena. We did a good job of getting a good idea of what the topic means and throwing some initial argument ideas out there. Preethi and Brittany seemed particularly impassioned by the discussion of whether we should value the welfare of worker's in developing countries over our own economic gains. We concluded lab time for the day with a discussion lead by Jennifer that delved more deeply into our first reading assignment about the camp topic.
After dinner, we attended a camp wide topic analysis lecture lead by Dr. Robinson, Mr. Babb, Mr. Anderson, and Ms. De La Cruz. Finally, the evening ended with a demonstration debate between Shane and Liz Mullins.
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