Resolved: School does not prepare students enough for the future

Rebuttal For some reason I like this debate, it requires me to really cogitate and rationalize somewhat. Before we go any further let us start with a scenario: Let us say that you Ross are sharing some apples between me and a friend. Now you gave my friend three apple and as you are about to give him one more he said no, for three is enough for him. Now you gave me five and I ask if I can have two more because five is not enough for me. Now is that scenario, what you may realize is that my friend says that two apples are ENOUGH for him and I say that five apples are not ENOUGH for me. What does that tell you? It tell you my opponent that the word “ENOUGH” is a relative term, meaning what is enough for me, may not be enough for you. That is why you don’t agree with the definition of enough that I put forward because to me that is enough and to you enough is another meaning hence there is no possible way we can come to a specific and/or general conclusion as to what enough is. Now you said that “People will say “for the future” in this context if they don’t have better or more specific answer. If they mean “for college” or “for the workforce” they will say so.” If you maintain that reasoning, don’t you believe that if the meant parenthood they would also say it? Because that is a very straight-forward and specific, isn’t it? Therefore, “the future” is broad and I maintain the point that the term “future” can refer to anything. And once is a school can make a student ready for use or consideration to a degree that satisfies any a need or desire no matter what is. It can be concluded that school does prepare enough for the future. You stated that “Yes, it’s possible to state the resolution with reference to a single purpose. Let’s take parenthood as an example, since generation after generation of students leave school, become parents and find themselves woefully ill-prepared.” And because of this statement you come to this conclusion: “School does not prepare students enough for parenthood. That seems clear enough.” In a cases of such you are being specific, narrowing down the future one specific thing. Now, by saying this: “But of course some schools may indeed prepare some students for their future as parents. But is that enough? Hardly. All students need to be prepared.” It sounds contradictory in some sense however, due to the fact that you said “is that enough” changes it somewhat. But my question is how do you measure the idea of being enough? What you consider as enough may not be what someone else considers as enough because it’s a relative term. So when you say is that enough and answers it by saying hardly how can I be assured that it is not enough? “As you implied in your response, it’s impossible for all schools to prepare all students for all possible futures.” Now my opponent, do not misrepresent the resolution. The resolutions states “school does not prepare students enough for the future.” It did not say all school, all students, and it did not say all possible futures. It says school, students and future. So whether it prepares some students, the fact is that those some students are still STUDENTS and that is what the resolution says. Whether it is some schools the fact is that those some schools are still SCHOOL and that is what the resolution says. Whether it is some futures the fact is that those some futures are still FUTURE and that is what the resolution says. Hence school does prepare students enough for the future.