NSDA Nationals 2023 - World Schools Debate Final Round

West Los Angeles Violet (Proposition) wins the National Tournament on a 12-1 decision over Hoosier Crossroads Gold (Opposition).
Motion: “This House supports a people’s democratic right to secede.”
West Los Angeles Violet: Alex Lee (Harvard-Westlake School), Cameron Hong (La Cañada High School), Mihika Chechi (Burbank High School), Audrey Bae (Fullerton Union High School), and James Miller (Westlake High School).
Hoosier Crossroads Gold: Caroline Donahue and Claire Curran (Brebeuf Jesuit High School), Liam Hoffman (Avon High School), Julia Hurley (Cathedral High School), and Pahal Sehgal (Carmel High School).
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Proposition acknowledgments
06:15 1st Proposition (Cameron Hong)
14:45 Opposition acknowledgments
15:51 1st Opposition (Liam Hoffman)
24:24 2nd Proposition (Alex Lee)
33:15 2nd Opposition (Caroline Donahue)
41:47 3rd Proposition (Mihika Chechi)
51:05 3rd Opposition (Claire Curran)
59:38 Opposition Reply (Caroline Donahue)
1:04:20 Proposition Reply (Alex Lee)

[@allieyang9447]

I look up to the Los Angeles Violet team so much! I do speech and I'm scared of debate but this video has inspired me to step out of my comfort zone :)

[@bentucky4324]

Big regret! I blew off public speaking in college, but now in the corporate world, I see how crucial it is. This video is amazing! These young adults are so impressive - they express themselves with such intellectual professionalism. Makes me wish I'd taken it more seriously back then.

[@freakyunderdog]

Great debate guys, loved the framing & the arguments from both sides!
Well deserved btw.

[@deadlysho-ban]

I got to watch this round in person and y'all killed it!!!!!!!!! Deserved win!!!!

[@alexlee8353]

Thank you so much!

[@Mwest28]

@@alexlee8353great win.i even watched yall blog

[@rickvaiBBB]

I loved it, but who won?

[@randomgamer_SSRB]

@@rickvaiBBBWest LA Violet. I actually know one of the debaters on the team lol

[@dawg3334]

31:05 ZAMNNN ate that up

[@chidubemnwosu]

Watched this in-person, y’all all ate 😭😭

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

Im sorry but, *y’all all ate* ??? 😭😭✋

[@rose-1669]

Yall all

[@jjp9262]

1:07:18 -1:07:38 that was so good, you found a way to almost flat out insult their argument in round and come out not sounding like a total jerk.

[@r1man26]

I have a question
Do they prepare there debate material before hand or are they given topic on spot

[@batmanh8899]

@@r1man26 This is prepared. There are impromptu debates, but they are not given access to the internet.

[@LaurenKim-pi9db]

Bruh that’s so coool….. OMG Like my dream goal is to be on the Korea WSDC team;;; You guys are just so cool

[@jakezeng1457]

"secession is not an act of rebellion" is the new "the global poor all around the world"

[@alexlee8353]

Our biggest fan 🥲

[@mingshili2775]

What a chill round, the opposite to policy final

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

Can you put what the debate is about in the title?

[@yrrfozer]

it's in the description

[@AkulBhambhani1991]

sensational

[@keithcoinc]

Secede from what?

[@NoahERZ]

Me when Alex Lee makes a joke about the motion: 😍

[@floatingmoney27]

❤❤❤

[@hazelroberts13]

was this an impromptu or prepared round?

[@v1ncemouth192]

prepared

[@r1man26]

Do they like prepare there debates before hand or are they given a topic on spot?

[@aaravsridharan3594]

on the spot, about an hour or so prior

[@r1man26]

@@aaravsridharan3594 woow that's sooo cool
Where I'm from, we are given topic weeks prior and we basically have to learn it by heart

[@user-bl9mh4pk6d]

​@@r1man26 yes. They give the topics weeks before the competitions in local and higher competitions. This is a national one. In the national debate competitions there is always a topic where you only have like 1 hour to prepare

[@r1man26]

@@user-bl9mh4pk6d so do they memorize it or do they just collect materials

[@arianrolex6456]

Since when did final round have a whole 6min thank you speech thing LOL

[@sheeple2414]

Yeah I feel like that’s unfair to the affirmative because the other people on the neg team get all the extra time to prep that it takes for the thank yous to go

[@jannatjunaid7]

31:11 on fire

[@rezapahlevi5056]

Who wins?

[@derpnerpwerp]

Idk how I got here.. but arguing against the democratic right to secede is a tough place to be in

[@Haqueip]

I AGREE ON THE PREPOSITION!!!

[@yuzihua]

14:08 no way they used chatgpt 😭still ate tho

[@manishjain4549]

9:25

[@user-pi3gw5ip1w]

6:15

[@DarkEagle01]

6:00 when the thing starts

[@brianwong460]

I saw u irl yesterday at idw at acjc I think

[@user-sm4il1rn8g]

Bruh same

[@alvaro7332]

25:45

[@MoralGovernment]

Who won?

[@sumanthmahalingam7756]

LA Violet (the proposition) on a 12-1

[@BoxingTrainingJourney]

The side that had the advantage, always

[@KritamAgarwal]

Reading

[@kamihi8084]

yapping contest

[@emilyunknown3651]

Debaters are just professional yappers

[@kronkurr9737]

@@emilyunknown3651im a debater, thats the main point of debating. Its literally structurally yapping

[@DarrinBouch]

This guy thinks he’s funny 😭 that’s the point of debating it’s yapping for fun

[@whitelatte6618]

@@kronkurr9737yapper

[@AlexanderofMiletus]

Congratulations, you found the whole point of debate

[@3bolt129]

neg speaker one did kinda mid

[@eensteen]

how the f did i get here

[@saachikhandelwal2891]

I know

[@skidhvh]

watching high is insane

[@churrocrudo]

Same

[@tableofteaspoons]

from the sloppy motion of the guaranteeing the right to housing to a 12-1 win, congrats!

[@richardbeato9392]

This is just a reading contest 😂

[@topaz_sword]

well they wrote it so its a writing contest too

[@iriskim645]

what's her @?

[@MiddleBroski]

idk bro but if you find it send me

[@wallie963]

um wtf

[@ouiouimonami8704]

6:15

[@charlen3]

6:16