Bellamy,+Tiana

toc =6/28/2011= Your second 2AC was much better than your first!! You did an especially good job answering the “foreign countries will solve asteroids” argument. You can still improve on making sure you go down the line by line from top to bottom, instead of answering arguments in the middle first. You can also improve by making sure you answer every single case argument – there were a couple ones you didn’t answer.

On the disad, make sure you make a “case outweighs” argument – make an analytical argument why your affirmative has worse impacts than the disad impacts.

Good job making arguments on every flow!

In your 2AR, you did a good job explaining the most important arguments on every flow, especially with the perm on the CP. You also did a good job with impact analysis. However, be aware that when they kick a disad, you don’t need to extend any arguments on it.

=6/29/2011= Blaize/Josh vs Ayan/Tiana Tiana Good use of their arguments to help mitigate their advantages. Make sure to extend each argument specifically—you do it for a few of your arguments, just make sure to do it for each. You seem a little lost/confused during parts of the 2nc, but remember to just keep going—you are doing fine! Begin the Budget DA with a small story as well about what the argument is—and how it interacts with the aff. Timeframe argument on budget da should be easy. Very good to start off the 2nr with impact comparison. You want to be sure to pick one of the DA impacts to specifically compare your arguments to—be as specific as possible in your comparisons. Really good explanations of the “line-by-line” debate, but explain how those factor into the judges decision—why do those small things matter in the big picture.

=6/30/2011=

Good use of historical examples in CX! It seems like you understand the cap k pretty well, so you should display more of that knowledge in the 2nc. Point out that the affirmative barely answered it, and maybe make a justification for why you should get to make a bunch of new arguments (since you only read one card in the 1nc). Then, explain what the K impact means in the context of the aff, why the alternative solves, etc. In a real debate, I would consider maybe not taking the K because you got so few arguments out on it in the 1nc. You sound really good when you start to explain stuff on your own, so maybe try cutting out a couple cards and talking on your own more instead. You have really good impact calc in the 2nr, try and sound more forceful and assertive on the cap k. Same for when you are arguing against their impact. I think it is really good to have analogies and examples in speeches (which you are doing at certain points) try to talk about history or some of the claims offered in your evidence.

= 7/7/2011 =

In Cross if your opponent is being super defensive about something and refusing to answer your question, don't spend all your time on it. In the 2NR start with a round overview where you explain and identify key neg arguments that win you the round and do some impact comparison. You kind of do this in the 2NR but you need to do more than impact comparison. Also the first thing you should do is kick out of the arguments you are not going for. If you go for the K kick out of the DAs. In order to kick out of a DA you need to answer all of the offense first. Also, if you are going for the Cap K then you probably shouldn't be going for anything else, so kick the rest! You did a great job explaining why the Perm is bad and the impact to the K. Be a bit more confident as well! You got this!