Instigator / Pro
15
1469
rating
7
debates
28.57%
won
Topic
#2658

Education is becoming costly with every passing day while the quality is not improving.

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
6
Better sources
6
4
Better legibility
3
3
Better conduct
3
3

After 3 votes and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

Intelligence_06
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
16
1731
rating
167
debates
73.05%
won
Description

No information

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

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.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

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

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

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