Friday, December 01, 2006

Debate Teams

We've had some exciting lessons over the past two days as both sides elected their captains and selected the teams to contest the Great Media Debate 2006. In the lists that follow you'll see the captains of each team in each debate highlighted in red, followed by the rest of their team (with researchers/subs in brackets). Here they are...

13C ('C-Squad')
  • Captain: Parampreet (aka 'Pip')
13D ('G-Unit')
  • Captain: Rajan (aka 'Minty')

The Women Debate

  • 13C: Navdeep, Ruby, Avinash (+ Heena, Sam, Anika, Priya)
  • 13D: Bushara, Sherish, Dinveer (+ Prascilla, Furzana, Rishi)

The Genre Debate
  • 13C: Jaskeerat/Jatinder, Alice (+ Kelly, Kalpan, Kiranjit)
  • 13D: Puja, Gurveer, Harveen (+ Sawan, Harpreet, Sonal)

The Hegemony Debate
  • 13C: Pip, Ashley, Kiran (+ Alliaya, Ajay, Shreena, Nathan)
  • 13D: Rajan, Kavita, Balinder (+ Raspreet, Mo, Ramneet)
It promises to be a superb battle, not least because of the strength of the teams. Did you know, for instance that every single captain got a grade A for their AS? And, also, I was really impressed at how focussed and on-task both sides were when they got together in their groups on Thursday and Friday. You are taking this seriously, which is great - the harder you work now, the more chance you have of winning and the more you learn for your coursework/exams.

Everyone's a winner...except this isn't exactly true because one side will lose the debate! Get your homework done this weekend to keep your side ahead in the pre-contest buildup!

And post up a comment below to tell us what you think of your team's chances (but no personal attacks, please). Let the hype begin!!

50 comments:

Sawan said...
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Charlies Angels-Full Throttle said...

EXCUSE ME!!!, what u tryin 2 say dat c-squad aint gud enough 4 g-unit.BTW...our class aint easy and there is a contest,wot ur already crowning urself winners...u may think were easy but the debate will decide!!!!!

Sawan said...

G UNITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
GARYY UNITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
the debatee will decide everything
may the best team win!!

BusHaRa said...

lol honestly sir, u give people a little bit of competition and they turn nasty.. can i just say, "c-squad" seem very defensive, when there is really no need, both classes are very capable, no one is denying that and im sure it will be a tough debate, no1 thinks your not good enough for us :S who even said that? Its a debate people, its a clever way of mr bush and mr munro making us go over stuff that we need to learn for exam, look at it from two perspectives, to improve our analytical skills.. so every1 reli wins at the end of the day :) Sir i know you enjoy watching people get bare worked up about this!!

G-UnITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

BUSHARA

Macguffin said...

urrr...what happened to you Bushara?

Not there when your team needed you today at the debate meeting, even though you had more than a week's notice of the date!

Hope your team don't blame you if you lose!

Puja said...

Firstly, sir stop making an arguement lol Just because bushara wasnt there that doesnt mean i cant tell her everything talked about yesterday. After all i DID make a page of notes! So she's not really missing out on anything.

SECONDLY, who said we gonna lose?

G-UnITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

PUJA

BusHaRa said...
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BusHaRa said...

And post up a comment below to tell us what you think of your team's chances (but no personal attacks, please). Let the hype begin!!

no personal attacks sir.. u went against ur own words

Dinni said...

sir wot u tryna say about the rest of the team.. that were not capable of doing well witout Bushara? thnks for demoralisin us

Macguffin said...

A captain is a key player in any team and it is necessary for them to be present for a team to function to its full potential. Otherwise, what's the point of having a captain? He or she "leads and guides others" - not very easy to do if you're not there!

Try telling any sports team that they can operate without one. "Yeah, we don't need you to wear the captain's armband today John (Terry) or Thierry (Henry), in fact, don't even bother turning up, cos your contribution is so irrelevant that anyone else can make up for it."

What demoralises a team most is lack of leadership.

Avinash said...

Firstly, I Would Like To Say..To G Unit-It Aint Over Til The Fat Lady Sings...

Reppin ADAM AND C SQUAD!

Let The Battle Begin!

Kiran And Aggro!!

BusHaRa said...

yea but rajan was there and he was the overall captin, so its not as if the team didnt have a leadership figure, im pretty sure the captins just sat there through the meeting and listened to what the teachers had to say, and rajan passed on the info 2 me like any good captin would, ur right, all teams need their captin but our leadership skills come into play when we actually come to organising and preparing for the deabte, leaders dont know it all sir and they can learn from others to... its not the end of the world, this is just a debate our lives dont revolve around it

Macguffin said...

For the women debate team NONE of the debaters were there! That is a serious issue - there is no getting around it.

And 'this is just a debate'...yes, but c'mon - have some competitive spirit! It's a 'dog eat dog' world out there!

BusHaRa said...

yea but why are you singling me out, and saying that if my team loses they should blame me, thats just ridiculous thing to say, and i know for a fact, no1 is going to blame me and btw when the fun gets taken out of competition sir.. then its hard to have a competitive spirit

MOHAMMED said...

Sik Beeef, carry it on...
GaGaGaGaGaGARRRY UNIT!!!!!!

Puja said...

look mo there is no 'beef' this is so stupid its LITTLE debate! lol everyones going crazy over it!

Sir your killing the competition... stop making it so personal. how does the debate reflect our A2 grades? at the end of the day... all i care about is my overall A2 grade lol Fair enough the debate helps us revise but whoever wins it.. dont really prove nothing the grade at the end of the year does!!!!!

Puja said...

and we didnt at all feel demoralised when bushara and dinni werent there at the meeting. stop puttin words in our mouths! im sure we can all speak for ourselves lol

Anonymous said...

i want to be be jose mourinho...i am the special one!
sick!
piwowarow!

Puja said...

imroj

Puja said...

Yeh i think my bush is takin this abit to seriously lol killing the competition spirit. good one Sir, now its definetly gnna be fun (!)

Dinni said...

puja u sik bre.. 'my bush'.. wots that about eh? and imroj, where did u come from?? every1 needs to chill, concentrate on the topic that your debating, becuase at the moment every1 seems to be getting hyped about this issue of 'leadership'

Puja said...

HAHAHAH spelling error like no ones business!! HAHAHA

I MEAN MR BUSH

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BusHaRa said...
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Sherish said...

well.. this is jus fun n games people rele need to jus like chill out.. if sum1 dusnt care they dnt care u cnt make them?

BusHaRa said...
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BusHaRa said...

Just because some people care about something, doesnt mean that every1 else around them cares about the same thing, we are all different, u cant be going around tellin people what they care abt and what they dont. Honestly 13D are not as bothered as 13C are and u can tell that from the amount of preperation gone into the debate, well good on 13C u will most probably win and prehaps u sld as well seeing as u want it the most.Personally either way i dont care (and no thats not a lie), its my bday the next day and dats all im excited about this week,all i cared abt was sir tryna make me look bad. I reli do hope the other class wins, dey deserve it after all the effort they put in :)

Macguffin said...

I don't *try* to make anyone look bad - I was just pointing out (as a good teacher should) that neglecting to fulfil one's responsibilities *does* make one look bad. That's all there is to it. It's how things are perceived in this world we live in.

Don't shoot the messenger, as they say.

Puja said...

I kinda feel the same as bushara lol im not really botthered with the debate.. man i got c/w to be doing! :$ lol im jus worried about the resits lol

BusHaRa said...

only cos ma name got mentioned

Puja said...

This whole website is for students to post up how they feel.. its not all about the deabte!

lol and yes it is FUNNY how 13C take this debate so seriously! its just debate calm down! lol

Pip said...

We've bothered to prepare because we're working as a team and it's selfish to let others down just because you cant be 'bothered.'

Everyone in 13C is cementing all that we've learnt this year through this debate so if u guys really do care about ur grades u wud bother. Sorry but cant help but notice the contradictions!

Why have you bothered to call yourselves 'G UNIT' anyway when u show no solidarity whatsoever?

BusHaRa said...

nobody said its a bad thing that u prepared, its good.. and ur ovbiously a good leader. Its not reli selfish if no1 in the class cares? u get me, if they did thats a different story, but if every1 as a collective group doesnt care, den what can u do exactly? n i fink it was one of the boys that came up wid "g-unit" jst as a random thing in class for fun, jst like we thought this debate was for.. fun. Jst cos u can debate in front of people, dont mean u can write good essays under pressure in an exam, and vice versa, they are two diffrent skills really.Watever happens on da night happens now.. good luck every1 debating X

Puja said...

either way..... this debate is just for fun... If it was my chioce i wouldnt even come and there wouldnt even be a debate lol...Mr Bush has been looking foward to it..cant let him down now can we(!) And congrats to the class who does win...even though most people really dont care who wins and who looses its all about having FUN!!!

*this is my first debate ever!!!* wo0o0


GARRYYY UNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(puja and sonal)

Puja said...

Rajan's a good leader =)

oh and thankyou to Mr Munro who has helped us to!!!!! =)

Sawan said...
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Sawan said...

The party will start at 3:25
Thursday
Post 16 Block!!

Dress to Impress

Let it be a clean debate
Good lukkkkk

CuTiE PiE said...

jst wanted 2 say well dun 2 every1...fnkx Mr Bush and Mr Munro and well done to both teams specially da captains Pipsi n Minty...nehuu C sQaUd yEyAhHh...well dun luvies...xXx

Pip said...

Can't believe it's all over!! Well done to all those who particpated and just wanna say thanks to 13C for embracing the values of team work because without that we would have been a mess! Nevertheless, i was genuinely surprised with the way everyone spoke- so confidently and passionately i really didnt expect the standard 2 be so high!

I also wanted to say thanks to my class for turning up and working so hard in our extra sessions to actually write the speeches and practice them. Every person in my team researched their topics extensively which was evident in the speeches.

But yeh.. congrats 2 everyone especially to those who were brave enough to debate: ur all winners within ur own right!

Wot a madddd evening!

Pip xXx

Sherish said...

yipeee i enjoyed it lots :) a few people did shinee... bushara, rajan and pip... i think were the best speakers everyone else was good too.. 13D did random goodness from nowher... well done to eevrryy11 tho!

Puja said...

Man wat a niteeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

We were all so scared.. but we all managed to get up infront of atleast 100 of students and talk for 3 minutes!!! thats definately something to be proud of!!!!!

Some people on the floor were asking stupid questions lol it added humour to the debate though lol

a few problems that Sir u can take into account for next year

1. maybe u shud give a list of key terms to the year 12's so they ACTUALLY KNOW wat we are on about lol so that they wont vote simply because of peers.

2. Bigger place!! man the 6th form block is to0o0 tinyyy!

3. emphasise the fact that the debate is just for fun =)


well done to everyone..especially rajan.. such a wicked leader, equally pip also done a good job which was shown.


and a special congrats to 13C, a well deserved winning =)

Avinash said...

C SQUAAAAAAAAAD! REPPIN ADAM AND PIP!

It was an excellent debate...I actually really enjoyed It. Shows how hard work does pay off in the end. All the time spent preparing and practicing the speeches was really worth it. We Did Adam Proud!

Oh..And What A Clean Debate Eh?

Kill Bill Volume Two said...

[Reppin Adam And Pip! - C SQUAD - C SQUAD!]

Firstly I Would Like To Say Well Done To Everyone And All The Hard Work And Effort Put In! =)

We All Had Our Fun And Enjoyed it! Al Our Hard Work Had Paid Off! Were All Winners In The End… And Yep Avi We All Did Adam Proud!

It's not about 'me', it's all about 'we'...

[“Oh..And What A Clean Debate Eh?” LOLL ]


[Kiran]

Puja said...

End Of The Debate...

Was the other class not told mr munro's reasons for not coming to the debate? its actually quiet upsetting that you lot used that against us.. dont worry im sure when u find out why he wasnt there... u will realise for urselfs how inconsiderate the coments u made about him not being there was.

im not gnna keep posting up lol ... the debate has finished now...

so on a last note... congrats 13C and good effort 13D .. we all learnt alot :)

Furzana said...

Well DOne 2 everyone who took part in the debate. G unit speakers worked hard and spoke really well. Welll done, Minty, Bushy, Shery, Puja, GurvEEr, KaVita, HarVeen, DiNni and BalinDer...! Other team were good as well.. Well done 2 them too.. it was fun :) x

..::NAV::.. said...

O0O0O0O0 MAAA DAYZZZZ..looook im lyk not even in ur year yet i seem to act maturer den u guys raare..its onli a debate..wuts the point of breakin ur friendships ova sum debate..the people who strted the petty comments were jus messin bou even then it wuz for fun 'may the best team win' which was at the begining and at the end'Just shut up.' raaareeee..if this is guna hapen ova debates den wuts da point of them hapnin..imsure every team made a fantastic effort which made the judges decision very difficult, end of da day is this debate going to win u £100,000,000,000,000 or sumin? raare these are people youve known for wut 2 years or maybe longer if you went to hgih school wit them.. so now all of a sudden people arguin afta the debate is dun!..fair enuf u myt have tension between the 2 teams during the debate but c'mon its finished now thats it over..so whats the point of arguing.SERIOUSLY loooool..EVERY1 jammmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!! woo0o thank u lol i hope my words of wisdom had sum sort of impact loool if not ahhh welll haha

Puja said...

In response to Aman

"WE”?? ha-ha contradicting yourself already tut tut....

and yes.. “it is funny” the only reason the other class weren’t laughing at you was BIASED because you were on their side.. . lol

And no.. When I asked the year 12's what was meant by ‘hegemony’ and ‘Male gaze’ they had NO CLUE! If you knew the media terminology why on earth didn’t you ask decent questions? Instead of saying irrelevant things like “can u stop saying ‘we’ ”

and "shut up" ?? what’s up with that… lol calm down...

feel free to approach me on Monday if u have any disagreements … id rather do it face to face not on mac guffin.. thankyou =)

Sherish said...

thanks nav... took the words rite outta ma mouth :)

ashmed6 said...

OK OK yh ashley finally reached!! Dis is joke stil...the thing is over now init so every1 needs to get on wid studyn for dare exams seeeeen... but still sum jokes postings..like imi???(who are you??) ur not serious about stuttering..everyone dat spoke, spoke well so you need to sekkle your skin and do wateva ur meant to be doin at university!!

Representation of Women in Slasher films changing said...

lol ok ok..forget it now..navdeep wer u cum from :s everyone shud jus be focusin now..we got exams cumin up..this isnt the movie MEAN GIRLS..so lets just be polite..onli 7months left..SMILEEEEE! but welldone EVERYONE! sonal x

Avinash said...

LOL @ ASHLEY!