Education is becoming costly with every passing day while the quality is not improving.
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I rethought the debate over and I realized Pro didn't really stress the impacts and numbers. Con noted millions gained education while Pro only focused on how US had worsened quality, and Asain had slightly worse pressure. Not sure how bad that is compared to going from zero to hero. So I think Con wins here.
Arguments:
One thing to get aside, quality and quantity, one might be tempted to side in favor of Pro due to Con's "misunderstanding" of the resolution. The problem with that. Con clearly establishes and demonstrates that a large number of people are going from zero education to education, which is a rise in education. Zero to not zero is obviously an improvement, thus proving Con's goalpost, I find Pro's focus on first world education interesting whenever the resolution had no such qualifier. Essentially - going from fulfilling none of the categories from Pro's definition to even one, is an improvement. I, therefore, grant the point to Con
Argument: I'll cover one aspect of the debate first, to get it out of the way, particularly since it had no mention in the resolution: Covid 19. Pro mentioned a two-prong argument: Pro-Covid-19, and during Covid-19. This matter was discussed in R1 by both participants, but was dropped by both in ongoing rounds. I'll consider it a dropped argument by both without ffect to my vote since it was not a related matter in the resolution. Pro's argument continued on the path he first launch by resolution, that cost of education is increasing while quality is decreasing. Con attempted to turn the debate to a matter of comparing quantity of education, i.e., more people in the world have access to education than before, and attempted to declare that, as a result, the quality of education is improving. Pro successfully defended the resolution that the two terms, quality and quantity, are not synonymous, and cannot be construed as such. Meanwhile, Pro demonstrated that there are five features of quality of education, and that overall, those quality factors are, in fact, decreasing. Con offered a UNESCO article to support his claim, but while the UNEXCO article featured greater access to education, it did not demonstrate that the inherent quality of that education was improving, and in fact, demonstrated that girls relative to boys do not even have equivalent access, let alone equivalent quality. Con's rebuttal fails. Points to Pro.
Sourcing: Pro's sourcing supported the argument of costly increase, but quality decrease, such as the source: HuffPost, which Con claimed was never cited by pro, but is clearly evident in Pro's R2 argument. By contrast, Con's sourcing poorly supported his argument, such as Con's UNESCO citation, which dismissed the quality of education, and, instead, featured the quantity, which was not the point of the resolution. Points to Pro.
S&G: tie
Conduct: tie
Yes, I read your argument, and found it deficient, as was your sourcing. I spent the time reading through both. My RFD stands.
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>Reported Vote: fauxlaw // Mod action: Not Removed
>Points Awarded: 5:0 (5 points to PRO)
>Reason for Decision: See Vote Tab.
>Reason for Mod Action:
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I'm not completely sure if this is what you did, but please only use the arguments themself to inform your vote, don't change your vote based on other voters takes.
Vote.
bruh DID YOu read my argumenT
Ok then i shift you join pls
Academic instructors are garbage at teaching undergrads. If you're wondering about the deteriorating quality of your education, there's always instructors to blame. IMHO, they need more accountability.
I am Con on the debate, why did y'all shift just before I came here
Then I be con
I would debate, but I agree with a pro. My school is not improving. I am getting the lowest grades I have ever gotten. This is some stupid bullcrap that is happening to the schools right now. Covid 19 ruined this year for everyone, especially students.
right. I think Pro means, "In current trends, quality of education is not improving. Education is becoming costly." But the wording of the resolution can be sneaky semantics -- "while (during) quality is not improving, education is becoming costly with every passing day". Based on pro's torture debate, I heavily doubt he will resort to such semantics.
there is a way to win with this resolution, but I will not disclose it to see what happens.