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Malaya Interschool Debating Competition 2024

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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Fri 17 May 2024

From 1 tab, newest Malaya Interschool Debating Competition 2024.

How many points did it take?

3points were safe
in 2024

The last team in averaged 76.3 speaks in 2024.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 24 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

18of 44 teams broke
in 2024

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Malaya Interschool Debating Competition 202424 motions
  1. Round 1In low income communities, THBT charities should prioritise educational support for the most talented, as opposed to equally distributing resources to allPractise this motion
  2. Round 1THBT student unionism should prioritize engaging in the internal affairs of universities rather than mainstream political issuesPractise this motion
  3. Round 1THS developing countries falsifying their history in order to create a unified national identityPractise this motion
  4. Round 2THR the dominant political pessimism amongst youth votersPractise this motion
  5. Round 2THW implement a Social Credit System in MalaysiaPractise this motion
  6. Round 2In functioning democracies with one dominant political party, THP opposition parties to predominantly campaign on the basis of moral character (e.g. integrity, transparency, corruption) rather than predominantly on specific issues and policies (e.g. unemployment, education, the environment)Practise this motion
  7. Round 3THR the narrative that college education is the key to a good lifePractise this motion
  8. Round 3THS narratives that paints soldiers as heroesPractise this motion
  9. Round 3THBT the narrative of "time heals everything" has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
  10. Round 4THBT the feminist movement should actively exclude socially conservative viewpointsPractise this motion
  11. Round 4THO cupcake feminismPractise this motion
  12. Round 4TH, as the feminist movement, would actively promote the ideal of a stable married lifestylePractise this motion
  13. OctofinalsTHBT all forms of animal domestication are immoralPractise this motion
  14. OctofinalsTH, as museum, would display HelenaPractise this motion
  15. OctofinalsTHW choose to clone their dogPractise this motion
  16. QuarterfinalsTHS an aggressive transition to a cashless Malaysian economyPractise this motion
  17. QuarterfinalsTHW prohibit any research that seeks to produce sentient artificial intelligencePractise this motion
  18. QuarterfinalsTHW break up "Big Tech" companiesPractise this motion
  19. SemifinalsTHW have monetary criminal fines be based on the income of perpetrator, as opposed to the severity of the crimePractise this motion
  20. SemifinalsAssuming technology exists, this house would operationalize the entire Criminal Justice System (e.g. Judges, Juries etc.) using Artificial IntelligencePractise this motion
  21. SemifinalsTHBT artists should be held accountable for the unruly behavior of their fansPractise this motion
  22. Grand FinalsThis house opposes the idea that one only deserves love when they have learned how to love themselvesPractise this motion
  23. Grand FinalsTHW date Rem, over continuing to pursue romance with EmiliaPractise this motion
  24. Grand FinalsAs the debater, THW Abandon the DreamPractise this motion

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.3
where most speakers land
74.1 to 76.5

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker78.5
  • 10th speaker77.0
  • 20th speaker76.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.