BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
extracurricular activity

Refutations The top countries in education such as South Korea, Norway, Japan, China and most of the eastern Asia countries have a culture of education and not a culture of extracurricular actives like the USA does [4]. Chinese students spent significantly more time than American students engaged in academic endeavors, such as attending school and after-school classes and studying. Japanese students did not spend significantly more time studying or attending after-school classes than American students, but they did spend more time attending school. American students, in turn, spent more time working and socializing with friends [5]. Most experts, is the level of support for education within the surrounding culture. Although cultural change is inevitably complex, it can be brought about in order to promote better educational outcomes [1]. We have a culture of sports and extracurricular activities. Most UIL extracurricular activities in Texas have and allow periods in the day just for those extracurricular activities like Band, Athletics, Number Sense, Debate, Theatre, and Academic Decathlon [3]. Principals can improve the academic climate of their schools by setting educational objectives and eliminating extracurricular programs hindering their realization. Recommendations include scheduling extracurricular activities outside the school day, minimizing non-instructional uses of class time, and restructuring administration to allow principals more time for instructional concerns [2]. Sources [1] http://thelearningcurve.pearson.com... [2]http://www.eric.ed.gov... [3] UILtexas.org [4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [5] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com...
extracurricular activity

1. Refutations- This speech will be a brief one as there isn't much to actually refute. My opponent presents a good deal of evidence showing that minorities are underrepresented in secondary education, and that a good deal of people leave the school system unready for college, but none of that evidence points to the solution being that schools should do away with extracurricular activities. I show clear evidence which was not responded to that involvement in extracurricular activities help students get ready for, and succeed in college. I also show that extracurricular activities help students to achieve more and do better in school than just going to class does. My evidence from UILtexas.org[6] clearly show that involvement in academic competition is an encouraging factor for students to pursue academic excellence. Competition is Science, number sense and calculator applications give students a motivation to want to study, they're rewarded for their efforts. 2. Conclusion- As my opponent said in their last speech, we do need to work on reforming the education system, but none of their evidence or logic points to saying that doing away with extracurricular activities will accomplish this. Those activities take nothing away from a student's main schooling benefits and in fact provide them with invaluable benefits. alongside their usual school work.
extracurricular activity

I would like to accept my opponent the definitions that CON has presented the jury and me. Pro meanings the following for USA School which include both public and private school (kindergarten thru 12th grade) and including college and it is also including all extracurricular activities that schools provided. I hope this provide the voters and Pro more clarified. The USA ranked 1st at the 2012 Olympics games in count of medals. The USA had 104 totals medals out of 962. This is 10% of all medals. The USA had 46 gold medals out of 302. This is 15% of all gold medals. Source: (. http://en.wikipedia.org...). The USA ranked 1st place in music industry with US Recoding Industry revenue of $4.9 Billion in 2012. Source: (. http://www.grabstats.com...) The USA ranked 1st place in all sports industry (This includes Pro, Colleges, High School, and little leagues) with $25.4 Billion in 2012. Source: . http://www.wrhambrecht.com... The NCAA has 16,000 foreign athletes on NCAA roster in 2006-2007 Source: (. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com...) Education is the main reason why we send our children to schools. United States of America kids rank in the middle of the pack for mathematics and science. They are barely in the top 15 in the TIMSS ranking. Source: . http://nces.ed.gov... The 2012 Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine, literature and peace are not form USA. Source: (. http://en.wikipedia.org...) The most recent Field Medal was not from USA Source: (. http://en.wikipedia.org...) As you can see CON, the USA school systems are failing its purpose of education its population and are more interesting in its extracurricular activities.
extracurricular activity

1. Introduction- a. As one who attributes most if not all of his academic success to having been involved in debate during high school, and as one who is currently pursuing a degree in speech education to become a debate teacher I wholeheartedly accept this debate. b. Pro has made no constructive arguments as of this point, so I will not do so either. I will however present some definitions and topical analysis that Pro may address during his next round. I ask that this analysis be considered in equal standing towards any analysis of the Pro presents, as it was made before any analysis from pro. 2. Definitions- Extracurricular Activity- "educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum."[1] Should- "a good idea."[2] [1] http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu... [2] self-defined These definitions are offered for the clarity and understanding of any readers of this debate. They are not meant as voting issues and I welcome my opponent to object to them as he sees fit. However I do ask that if my opponent does indeed reject to any of my definitions, that he provide an alternative for the clarity of myself and the readers. 3. Topical Analysis- a. Pro offers little to no clarification as to the scope or intention of the resolution; does he mean both public and private schools? Are colleges included? Are we dealing with all extracurricular activities or just a few of them? Unless this is clarified in the next round the Con only needs to prove one instance where extracurricular activities are beneficial for there to be justification in voting Pro. b. As pro states himself, this resolution deals only with the United States. Accordingly any argument which deals with another country's school system should be disregarded as irrelevant. 4. Conclusion- a. I look forward to a fun debate! I hope that pro responds quickly and that the framework I present here is acceptable for an informative and thought provoking discourse.
anteaters should be forced to wear shoes

-"I'm curious as to who placing shoes on anteaters would make them more peaceful and subdue them."- -It would make them more calm because it would stop them from stepping on sharp leaves and twigs- -"It would make sense that forcing them to wear them shoes that they don't want to wear would only provoke their wrath."- -I lost 1 1/2 brain cells from this sentence. Also if you were stepping on sharp objects out in the wilderness.. would you strike down the one who gives you shoes? You wouldn't. -"Instead, we should be offering the shoes as a sacrifice, as well as other things, like lamps, automatic pencils, and those half drank bottles of cheap beer that my room mates leave out after a party because they can't remember which half drank beer is theirs, they just open another bottle and leave it sitting there."- -Tell your roommates to eat a cactus and to stop eating maple syrup, Also if we were to sacrifice these shoes then we would obviously anger the anteaters who only wish for comfort from them.- -"this any only this will keep us safe, at least for a while, until the 3-toed sloth's are armored and trained to protect us."- -I don't quite know if that's what you were doing but if it is then - I await my opponents next ludicrous response
anteaters should be forced to wear shoes

I'm curious as to who placing shoes on anteaters would make them more peaceful and subdue them. It would make sense that forcing them to wear them shoes that they don't want to wear would only provoke their wrath. Instead, we should be offering the shoes as a sacrifice, as well as other things, like lamps, automatic pencils, and those half drank bottles of cheap beer that my room mates leave out after a party because they can't remember which half drank beer is theirs, they just open another bottle and leave it sitting there. this any only this will keep us safe, at least for a while, until the 3-toed sloths are armored and trained to protect us.
anteaters should be forced to wear shoes

-"Was that a statement or a question?"- no I do not have any green eggs and ham- -"Anyways, I eagerly await your evidence for forcing anteaters to wear shoes.- Then prepare.- -Anteaters are seen regularly wearing shirts [1] and other clothing articles.. all except shoes... why is this? I believe that we should be forcing anteaters to wear because it will stop global warming.- -Another reason would be that it would stop them from staring at locust, world hunger would also no longer be a problem for if they wear shoes they will no longer feast on our cattle when the moon is full.- -Anteaters are know for there extreme violence and willingness to kill without warning [2] putting shoes on them will put an end to this senselessness- -As you can probrally tell by now.. anteaters can be extremely compassionate when they wear shoes.[3]- -If we do not act fast and equip every anteater with the latest shows then they will find us..[4]- -BRB- -k- - OreEle (Fred) is has concluded that anteater do indeed have to wear shoes under this overwhelming evidence.. goodbye and nope.- -if you get a chance vote con- -I look forward to my opponents response.- [1] http://www.webanswers.com... [1] http://www.omidog.com... [2] http://mypetjawa.mu.nu... [3] http://cdn.smosh.com... [3] http://media.nscdn.com... [4] http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com...
Elementary school kids should go to school earlier than middle school!

While it is true that, yes, Kinder gardeners get naps and half days, I believe that it essential to note that you have not taken into consideration one essential fact to early childhood development: The younger the child, the more sleep is needed It is a biological fact that the younger an individual is, the more sleep is needed to maintain a healthy mind. When someone sleeps, there is a certain key moment in deep sleep in which the individual dreams, called rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep). In such a sleep, the eyes will move at random and the muscles will become paralyzed. At this point in sleep, this is when the individual is at the high point of whatever their dreaming. This is, by far, the MOST important stage of sleep. If someone doesn't get enough of this stage of sleeping, very serious sideffects can occur such as 'microsleeps', which is essentially people falling asleep and passing out no matter what they're doing, and only 72 hours of constant awakeness one can experience very potent and severe hollucinations, sometimes even causing serious mental traumaThis being stated, it has been noted that the younger someone is, the more sleep is needed. This is why newborn infants usually spend the first couple days of life sleeping and occasionally crying when they need something like food or a diaper change, and in total newborns spend 16-20 hours a day just sleeping. This doesn't go away, and gradually the amount of sleep decreases as one gets older. Between one and four, a child needs 11-12 hours of sleep, and so on until around 60-70, where most individuals only need 6 hours!http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu...http://www.everydayhealth.com...
Should cigarrets be illiegal.

Alright, I'll give you my reasons why cigarettes should be illegal. First off let us examine the FDA, Food and Drug administration. They are the people responsible for regulating products that come into the United States and deciding whether or not they are healthy. In the past they have stopped products with to much metal content, dangerous additives, dangerous supplements, health hazards in general. You argue that since some people know of the health risk therefor it is fair game however it can be seen of the American public, through the FDA, that some health risks are too great to be legal. Which brings me to my first point, "Cigarettes are proven to be highly addictive, as well as a cause of multiple types of cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease, circulatory disease, birth defects (which include mental and physical disability) and emphysema." -This coming from Wiki through the CDC and Science Weekly. How do we as a society allow such an entity to exist in its current form? This is a product commonly found with over 100 additives in it that cause these harmful effects, is their no way to regulate some of those additives and decrease the effects? Profit > Life? Onto my second point, it causes birth defects. Even if I agreed with your freedom of choice idea this defeats it. While I don't mind abortion all that much because the baby will never know this world birth defects are quite a different story. To retard, or mentally disable a human being in some way for all of life is simply abhorrent. My third point, second hand smoke. This is once again one of those times when people don't have the choice. Now its dependent on whether someone happens to be smoking around you or not. The symptoms: -Cancer -Ear infections -Throat infections -Nose infections -heart disease -lung problems -asthma -premature birth -allergies -SIDS, Sudden infant death syndrome. Babies occasionally die. -Worsens Bronchitis -Increased risk of Tuberc -Risk of Crohn's disease. -Overall increased risk of death in both adults, where it is estimated to kill 53,000 nonsmokers per year, making it the 3rd leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. and in children -Wiki I rest my third point on the fact that its the 3rd leading cause of preventable death. My fourth point. We are a society that disallows suicide on a moral level because it is akin to self murder. Yet we as a society allow smoking, in essence a slow and sometimes painful suicide for monetary profit. This is wrong. My fifth point. Cigarette butts are the number one most littered item in the world. They are not biodegradable. "In the 2006 International Coastal Cleanup, cigarettes and cigarette butts constituted 24.7% of the total collected garbage, over twice as much as any other category" - Wiki And with that I suppose I will rest my case for now. I stand open for my opponents rebuttal.
Weapon debate

The barrett 50.cal does use a smaller round. But it is semi-automatic. And if my information is incorrect, the intervention is bolt action. Am i corect? Really i want to know. If so then the 50.cal has a higher fire rate. Yes the Intervention is bolt action, and yes the Barret .50 cal has a higher fire rate. But you forget, these are Sniper rifles. the Intervention forces you to pick your shot and slow down. With the Barret .50 cal you can empty a whole clip in like 5 secs and not hit anything. For the submachine gun, I didn't choose the same one did I? Anyways, the pp90m1's fire rate is moderatey fast. Not as fast as the p90 maybe. But where I believe the superiority of this weapon comes in is it's manuverability. This compact weapon is perfect fot your tactical close quarters combat. Deadly at close range. The P90 is smaller and lighter the the PP90m1. To explain the L85 lmg. The LMG is a fully automatic, belt or magazine fed, gas operated machine gun capable of sustained high volumes of accurate fire in bursts. The RAF Regt is equiped with the Para version, which has a retractable stock and uses the LMG without the optional SUSAT, employing the iron sights. Ammunition comes in either soft pouches containing belted rounds of 200 or the weapon can fire the standard magazine used by the L85. The M249 also uses soft and box mags, but can also use M16-M4 mags as well. And sorry about that for the model 1887. The Model 1887 was the first truly successful repeating shotgun. Its lever-action design was chosen at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, best known at the time as manufacturers of lever-action firearms. Shotgun shells at the time used black powder as a propellant, and so the Model 1887 shotgun was designed and chambered for less powerful black powder 12-gauge shotshells, with a 10-gauge chambering being offered soon afterwards. You just admitted that your shotgun is less powerful then mine. The AA-12 is also the fastest firing shotgun out there. Good Luck!
Weapon debate

Yeah sorry about the 50.cal thing, shotgun, and lmg thing. I had to change classes and the teachers were yelling at me, couldn't think if you understand any. Anywhoo. The barrett 50.cal does use a smaller round. But it is semi-automatic. And if my information is incorrect, the intervention is bolt action. Am i corect? Really i want to know. If so then the 50.cal has a higher fire rate. For the submachine gun, I didn't choose the same one did I? Anyways, the pp90m1's fire rate is moderatey fast. Not as fast as the p90 maybe. But where I believe the superiority of this weapon comes in is it's manuverability. This compact weapon is perfect fot your tactical close quarters combat. Deadly at close range. To explain the L85 lmg. The LMG is a fully automatic, belt or magazine fed, gas operated machine gun capable of sustained high volumes of accurate fire in bursts. The RAF Regt is equiped with the Para version, which has a retractable stock and uses the LMG without the optional SUSAT, employing the iron sights. Ammunition comes in either soft pouches containing belted rounds of 200 or the weapon can fire the standard magazine used by the L85. And sorry about that for the model 1887. The Model 1887 was the first truly successful repeating shotgun. Its lever-action design was chosen at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, best known at the time as manufacturers of lever-action firearms. Shotgun shells at the time used black powder as a propellant, and so the Model 1887 shotgun was designed and chambered for less powerful black powder 12-gauge shotshells, with a 10-gauge chambering being offered soon afterwards. http://www.raf.mod.uk... http://en.wikipedia.org... Hope that repairs any damage that i have caused. Your turn Pro.
Weapon debate

No prob! The barrett 50.cal uses the same round as my opponent. This is false. The Cheytec Intervention fires a .480 Cheytec round, which is bigger then a .50cal. The StG-44 fires a 7.92x33mm bullet, also larger then my oponents weapons. And again, my gun is fully auto. The P90 is also a 9x19mm Parabellum. You have not told me anytime about your lmg exept that it comes from a family of rifles. For this debate lets stick with the M1887. Your turn Con
Weapon debate

Whoa dude, that was fast. And no i am not a spammer, i'm still a little new to this. The United States Navy Mark 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle (EBR) is an American selective fire military rifle chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. I am not sure of my opponents assault rifle round size. It is a variant of the M14 battle rifle and was originally built for use with units of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command, such as the United States Navy SEALs. The PP-90M1 is a 9x19mm Parabellum Russian submachine gun developed by KBP Instrument Design Bureau in the 1990s. It features a 64-round helical magazine, and other than sharing a manufacturer is unrelated to the similarly named PP-90M.The weapon may also be used with a 32-round box magazine if desired. The L85 rifle variant of the SA80 family has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 variant of the FN FAL. The improved L85A2 remains in service today. The remainder of the family comprises the L86 Light Support Weapon, the short-barrelled L22 carbine and the L98 Cadet rifle. The Winchester Model 1887 and Winchester Model 1901 were lever-action shotguns originally designed by famed American gun designer John Browning and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The barrett 50.cal uses the same round as my opponent. I await my opponents response.
Weapon debate

Thanks for accepting. Hopefully you are not a spammer lol. The AA-12 has a higher firing rate then my opponent's selection. it served the basis for the USAS combat shotgun. Not to metion its also fully automatic. The FN-90 is a 9mm submachine gun that took the world by storm because of its unique magizine and high firing rate. It has been replacing Mp-5's as the go-to SMG. The Intervention fires a .480 Cheytec round. That's bigger then a .50cal. The StG-44 was the first assault rifle ever made. It was the basis for the Ak-47 and the M-16. It is also select-fire, no semi-auto like the Mk-14. The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or M249SAW, was the workhorse of the US Military before the introduction of the M240Bravo. It fires a 5.56x4mm NATO round, the same kind used in the M16 and M4A1. This means that if your running out of ammo, you can use magazines from M16-M4A1's and continue laying down the fire. http://en.wikipedia.org...... http://en.wikipedia.org...... http://en.wikipedia.org...... http://en.wikipedia.org...... http://en.wikipedia.org......
Weapon debate

Thank you for pointing out my error in r3. I have seemed to let that slip my mind. But as did you. "The P90 is smaller and lighter the the PP90m1. " In my last post in r4 in the PP990M1's stats. It clearly states that in is infact lighter, when both loaded or empty. This actually negates your words. Even has superior ammunition capacity. As well as to mention a thinner choice. The lighter the better, therefor making the PP90M1 a better weapon for your close quarters battle. For the assault rifle stats, both mine and yours. I prove a few things that can trump your choice. My Mk-14 assult rifles length is 35 inches long, (889mm) resulting in a shorter weapon. Meaning better control. The Muzzle velocity is 853 m/s, (2800 ft/s) meaning faster bullets flying. Not to forget the effective range of 500m (547 yd) with optics make 800+m (875 yd). This gives an astounding 200-500m difference. That makes the MK-14 a much more effective rifle in combat. Proving that the MK-14 is better than the StG44. As for the sniper rifle, yes your intervention does beat my barretta. Good one Pro. As to mention my choice in the shotgun class. The model 1887 stats. Weight 8 lbs. (3.6 kg) Length 39ï¿½ in. (997 mm) Barrel length 20 in. (508 mm), 30 in. (762 mm) Caliber 12-gauge, 10-gauge Action Lever-action Feed system 5 round tubular magazine Sights front bead Well thats that. I've made my points to the PP90M1 being lighter and the better choice for close quarters. As well as the MK-14 being the superior asault rifle over the StG44. Now it's up to the voters to decide the approprite winner.