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Special offer - middle school debate workshop ... is this a bad idea?

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selectmytutor
 
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Reply Tue 5 May, 2015 10:50 pm
@Linkat,
Debate workshop is good for students they can develop their debating skills.
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hawkeye10
 
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Reply Tue 5 May, 2015 10:57 pm
@Linkat,
Linkat wrote:

That's my worry ... she likes to debate everything now...why the heck would I want to give her a skill like that?

Because you are raising an adult human, and doing the best job you can at that trumps your comfort
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hawkeye10
 
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Reply Tue 5 May, 2015 10:58 pm
@Linkat,
Linkat wrote:

We have no danger of my daughter not being able to argue a point or questioning us or being shy...not even close. It might be deadly for us as parents if she were to learn debating and excel at it. She already is too good at it for her age.


If she keeps it up great for her, that skill is easy to parley into wealth and other kinds of success

Seriously, how would you feel if she was a doormat?
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hawkeye10
 
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Reply Tue 5 May, 2015 10:59 pm
@ehBeth,
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but a one-off workshop? that seems like a waste of time and energy


AND/OR a scam.
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hawkeye10
 
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Reply Tue 5 May, 2015 11:02 pm
@joefromchicago,
joefromchicago wrote:

If your daughter bests you in an argument, maybe it's because she's right and you're wrong.


or that mom sucks at arguing. Hey, maybe thats the problem here, mom is embarrassed. Not saying...dont know.
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