Debate is absolutely enjoyable and tremendously beneficial especially in many ways.

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An impressive Student Portfolio

There are few things that can compare with the portfolio-building power of debate. Competitive debaters begin developing impressive accomplishments within their life-experience that universities recognize. Through debate, students gain opportunities to receive prestigious and sometimes international experience while building the attitudes they need to flourish in post-secondary education. Debate is a must-have for easy admissions.

Essays

Essays writting

Using debate as the ultimate medium for though, students will master the essay structure to prepare them for university life and beyond. Constant writing and research projects will have students prepared for even the most demanding of academic expectations. Younger students will get an immense academic advantage by understanding how to write persuasive and argumentative papers years before their classmates, excelling them academically in the short term and professionally in the long term.

Personal Confidence

Nothing inspires fear like the word public speaking. Everyone will at one point need to speak in public, either a work presentation, presenting a PowerPoint presentation to the class, or even just telling a story to a large group of people over dinner. We've all been put on the spot at some point. Nothing promotes a positive and genuinely excited attitude towards these opportunities like debate. Students of NEA Debate quickly over-come their fears and utilize their skills acquired to excel in whatever venue they desire, especially the highly competitive careers that are most frequently desired by students.

Time management, focus and more efficiency

Time-management is the single greatest skill that debate can develop because it does it so effectively and in an exciting atmosphere of competition. After a week of competitive debating at our institutes or camps, students will gain an entire new appreciation for organization and scheduling that may even result in tidier bedrooms if not more structured daily schedules.

Research & study skills

Research & reading skills are without a doubt the hardest habits to develop within university if a student is unfamiliar with long term study projects. The problem many Canadian students face is that they are able to get good if not fantastic grades without truly challenging themselves (sound familiar?). This characteristic might sound like a gift at first but once a student is thrown into a highly challenging setting of a quality university, they will be unfamiliar with how to motivate and handle themselves for tasks that require hours of research and reading. That's where NEA debate & speech works best. We challenge our students to push beyond a school's expectations and motivate them to spend those hours hitting the books for debate competitions and assignments. The beauty and truly unique factor of NEA debate & Speech is that students don't feel burdened by the work but actually enjoy preparing for their competitions and events.