Well done to the Concern Debating Team who recently participated in their third debate in the competition. The team opposed the motion that 'Big business is indifferent to the Sustainable Development Goals' with Elphin Community College proposing the motion on the day. The results have yet to be announced but it was a riveting and very close debate between two teams who passionately defended their side.
It has been a fantastic experience for the Dominican College team who also recently opposed the motion that 'Feeding the world is increasingly beyond humanity's reach' against Beechill College Monaghan. And in their first debate of the year the team proposed the motion that "School strikes are the only effective way for young people to have a voice on climate change."
Debating gives students the opportunity to learn skills in research, planning, organisation and exposes them to new ideas and concepts. It gives students a chance to sharpen their analytical thinking and to develop their speech writing and public speaking skills. Most importantly, however, debating is there to instill confidence in students and to promote fun and learning outside of the classroom. Well done to the team who worked so hard for each debate. The team were Madeleine Hardy (Captain), Emma Ulmschneider, Neev Kumar, Claire Leuridan-Slevin and Megan Ntoukam (absent from picture). Also pictured Maryam Yassin (in centre).
