What to do if your extention is stolen Thanks to Steven Rajavinothan, who I got most of the ideas from

1. Don’t let this happen 2. Come up with a new extention 3 1. Don’t let this happen 2. Come up with a new extention 3. Make openings extention important and claim it for yourself

1. Don’t let your extention be stolen

Analysing the problem What is the problem? How does this problem manifest? Why does this problem exist? How can we get rid of the problem? How do we solve this problem? THS the objectification of men. The better you understand the motion and the debate the easier it is to realize what opening has missed. As you are closing you have enough time to talk about the debate as a whole and worry about the details later. Talk about a couple of potential arguments, even if you think Opening will make them so you have enough that you could say. Then talk about what’s the strongest material.

2. Come up with a new extention

Stakeholders Who are the main actors in this debate? How are different groups affected? Why should we care about a certain group? THW introduce school days from 8am to 6pm in all primary schools. Talking about a new group of people is a good way to contribute something new to the debate. However, don’t forget to give a reason why the debate should be about this group. In the example you could talk about pupils, teachers, parents, …

Flip the Argument Opposition says X is bad, explain why X is good Give more reasons! Opposition “This will lead to more competitiveness amongst school kids”  Explain why this is good!

Clash with the opposition Look for their strongest point Explain why this point won’t happen but instead something good will happen Make your response to their strongest material your stongest material THS vigilant groups in countries with very high crime rates. OO“Vigilant groups are unaccountable” CG “Vigilant groups are more accountable than the police”  Give reasons, talk about incentives Even though their might not me an official way to hold vigilant groups accountable, however, personal incentives may differ to those of the police. They might care more about the community they live in than a police officer would, who just works there. The police might be very corrupt in countries with high crime rates, so somebody should have an eye on the police.

3. Make openings extention important and claim it for yourself

Explain how the change Opening talks about can be achieved Often Opening teams forget important links. Fill in those links Say that they are really important “Opening has proven that ___________ would be really bad. Therefore we should not do __________ if ____________ happens. Our extension will be an explanation how ___________happens” outcome motion outcome Be clear that opening has explained why something is bad, that is OBVIOUSLY bad. So the more important thing is to explain how it happens. Be clear that this is what you are doing. Say that this was not clear after the top half of the debate so your team managed to answer a remaining question. outcome

THBT all states should collectively aggregate and evenly distribute all revenue from mineral wealth globally on a per capita basis Opening Opposition: “If nobody invests in minerals bad things will happen for example developing countries will lose profit from production and a lot of things couldn’t be produced” What have they missed? Closing Opposition: about happen. We will proof why nobody will invest into mineral wealth anymore “Obviously we shouldn’t implement this motion if nobody invests into minerals anymore and the bad impacts opening has told you.”

Weigh up arguments Explain why Openings arguments are important. Say things like “we will tell you what this means in real life” so you seem as if you had an extension Give examples Use rhethorics

Be persuasive / Explain Impacts Being persuasive = give examples why something will happen and explain incentives Impacting = give examples of what will happen Opening “this will cause an economic crisis” Closing “This will cause an economic crisis because banks won’t give out loans anymore because they think this is too risky. An economic crisis means people will lose jobs. Governments will implement austerity policies, that means less money for health care, education,…”