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Lesson 3-2: The End.
Connecting the dots between Lessons 0-3, and reviewing how to teach yourself how to debate.
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5 things you can do to be happy in a debate partnership
5 strategies you can apply to be a better debate partner.
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How to give great whip speeches
Great whip speeches follow similar principles — learn them in this article.
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Prioritizing arguments during prep time
This article introduces a paradigm to understand building a case. Hopefully, when you learn and apply the paradigm to your prep time, you will feel slightly less panicked.
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