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Shanghai Novice DO 2025
2025-06-01 · China, Online · BP · Online
Motions
Shanghai Novice DO 2025 (2025)11 motions
- Round 1This house supports a social norm in which individuals strive to retire as early as possible
- Round 2This house supports the rise of the "dirtbag left"
- Round 3This house would require national economic priorities to be decided by a referendum
- Round 4This house prefers a world where the internet was never created
- OctofinalsThis house believes that state-funded universities should operate under a framework of academic freedom rather than a unified curriculum
- QuarterfinalsThis house regrets the eastward expansion of the European Union
- SemifinalsThis house opposes the narrative that "doctors know best"
- Grand FinalThis house believes that we have no positive moral obligations to the dead
- High School QuarterfinalsThis house believes that state-funded universities should operate under a framework of academic freedom rather than a unified curriculum
- High School SemifinalsThis house regrets the eastward expansion of the European Union
- High School FinalsThis house opposes the narrative that "doctors know best"
What gets set here
Education18%
International Relations18%
Health & Medicine18%
Social & Identity9%
Politics9%
Economics9%
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26% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 8 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.1.
Last edition: 35 of 135 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break35 teams
- High School break38 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haesol P. | LO | This house prefers a world where the internet was never created | 80 |
| John D. | PM | This house supports the rise of the "dirtbag left" | 80 |
| Jimmy X. | GW | This house prefers a world where the internet was never created | 80 |
| Pham M. | MO | This house supports the rise of the "dirtbag left" | 80 |
| Haesol P. | GW | This house supports a social norm in which individuals strive to retire as early as possible | 79 |
| Lance C. | DPM | This house supports a social norm in which individuals strive to retire as early as possible | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Jonathan B. | DLO | This house supports a social norm in which individuals strive to retire as early as possible | 79 |
| Sam B. | MO | This house supports the rise of the "dirtbag left" | 79 |
| Speaker S. | MG | This house prefers a world where the internet was never created | 79 |
| Advit A. | MO | This house supports a social norm in which individuals strive to retire as early as possible | 79 |
| Legend L. | PM | This house supports a social norm in which individuals strive to retire as early as possible | 79 |
| Niña B. | MG | This house would require national economic priorities to be decided by a referendum | 79 |
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