Alfred Snider surrounded by debaters from a girls' schoolI was in Chile this last week for a series of events sponsored by Universidad Andres Bello's Sociedad de Debate. My hosts were Felipe Karadima, Alvaro Ferrer and Catalina Bascur.
There were huge groups turning out, at least 150 at each session, and with some sessions more than 280, which means overflow rooms and a shortage of headsets for the simultaneous translation that was offered.
Monday 20 October - Workshop with teachers and schools alumni in Santiago, conference about Advanced Debate Skills for competition: general skills on strategy, argumentation, points of information and delivery.
Tuesday 21 October - National Debate Tournament Final in Santiago: I was the judge of honor and made a few remarks. After this we took a plane to Concepción.
Wednesday 22 October - Workshop for teachers in Concepción: "Critical Thinking in the class: debate as a teaching method across the curriculum".
Part of the big crowd in Concepcion
Thursday 23 October - Workshop in Concepción: conference about Advanced Debate Skills for competition: general skills on strategy, argumentation, points of information and delivery. This is the one that was a total overflow.
Friday 24 October - Workshop with teachers and schools alumni in Viña del Mar: conference about Advanced Debate Skills for competition: general skills on strategy, argumentation, points of information and delivery.
Alvarro Ferrer and Catalina Bascur
It was a great experience, I got to reconnect with many old debate friends in Chile (Max Murath, Rodrigo Rojas, Lila Diaz and others), and experience what is a beautiful, friendly and extremely active debating nation.
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