<p>Hi. I'm really into politics and government, and I'd love to get a taste of what the world of politics is like. Unfortunately, my school no longer has a debate club (the adviser moved the year before I came.) I'd love to start up a debate club, although I'm not sure anyone would join, and I'm clueless on how to actually do it. </p>
<p>As a side note, someone from another school in the county (the school our old debate adviser moved to) said I could join their team, even though I go to a different school. Is this true? Does it vary by school district?</p>
<p>Any details on starting a team, joining another school's team, or just debating in general is appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>if you can start a club, definitely go for it. I think the most important thing you can do right now is to make sure the popular, charismatic smart kids are interested and maybe give them officer positions as incentives. Then, they could market the club to the rest of the school and the club should grow well. I can vouch for this because in my school’s debate club, when a particularly charismatic group of officers was elected, membership in the club skyrocketed. Good luck</p>
<p>Assuming that other school is an NFL-affiliated school, and if they compete in actual tournaments than it probably is, then no, that’s not true that you may join their team. A team must only use members from their school, just as if it were a sport. </p>
<p>Saying that you’re the founder of a debate team would be an excellent thing to add to any resume, and if it’s what your interested in I’d say go for it. First, find an interested teacher sponser. Then plan an interest meeting, put up posters, see if you can get it in the announcements. If there’s a decent level of interest, find out how much you’d have to charge in dues to pay $200 to join the NFL.</p>
<p>For your team’s coach, who may be unexperienced, and for your team as a whole, nflonline.org has a LOT of great resources on debating including video tutorials of the different events and an online course for new coaches. Once you’ve practiced and feel you’re ready, start looking for tournaments nearby (joyoftournaments.com is a great resource). Also, you’ll have to gage parent interest as there are extra fees associated with not having enough volunteer judges (experience not required).</p>
<p>Mathela and David, thanks for your replies. I didn’t think I’d be able to join their team, so I’m not really disappointed about it. I’ll try my best to get this thing started, but I don’t think I’d be any good at it. Basically all I know about it is you debate things. So yeah, I’m not the most knowledgeable person about Debate. Thanks for replying though!</p>
<p>If you’ve never debated before, you’re placed into Novice-level debates. Once you have a year of experience, you are in Varsity. If you’re good you can skip Novice, but there’s no staying in it more than a year.</p>