(I looked at students, who were really bored to lecture. I will tell you what I was thinking this debate in the book)
Deaf debate is not common. The objective of the programme was to give the studnt the opportunity to learn to analyse an issue and present it confidently. Altough one debate was not good enough for development to be good orator, the debaters got the chance to experience what it was like be in a situation which called for one's mental agility.
The round, Boon Lay Secondary School(BLSS) and Balestier Hill Secondary School(BHSS) were involved again. This set of debaters were different from the previous. The motion in the debate was "Uniforms should be scrapped" with BLSS as the propsition for the title and BHSS as a the opposition. The participants came with supporting charts and statistics.
The debate were held on 21 Oct 2005. The panel of judges were MR Alvan Yap, Mrs Jeanette Javier-Bruto and Ms Claudine Chan. The Guest of Honor was Mr Chew Mun Kai(SADeaf Executive Council Memember). The Chairman of the debate was Mr. Kenichi WRight. An interpreter was also present for this debate.
The programme was well-attended by each school's supporters totaling about 40 including the teachers. This year's debate was an improvement over the previous as the participants had learned to pick up the opposition's points to rebut. BHSS won the debate. ( this stories were from The signal of Singapore Associate for the Deaf)
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