Our Victory at the Debates

A debate tournament “Cherkasy-2016” was hold at the premises of school #17. Two English-speaking teams from our Gymnasia, “DREAM TEAM” and “GARDEN”, took part in the competition among the 22 registered teams. The teammates were Anna Ogol, Yelizaveta Odokienko, Tetiana Hnatenko, Pavlo Paliichuk, Ilia Lahutin and Valeriia Reva. The teams played in the format “Affirmation and Objection”, discussing the topic “History cannot be trusted, because it’s written by winners”. Our speakers demonstrated a wonderful and dynamic game, gained useful experience, deepened their knowledge of history. “DREAM TEAM” took the first place and “GARDEN” took the third place. The teams were really converging. Among the members there were winners of city and regional Olympiads, three finalists of FLEX Program and Rotary Youth Exchange Program.

Fact file: Debates is an educational training approach which was popularized in the Universities of Oxford and Harvard and later was spread among the universities of more than 140 countries of the world. Debates foster skills of public speaking, analytical thinking, help young people to understand the opponents, overcome stage fright and take bearings during information manipulation.