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Congressional Debate Boot Camp

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4 sessions

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This series ended on August 16, 2025. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

In this series, we are focusing on rising freshman, sophomores, and any student is interested in or thinking about competing in Congress in the upcoming season. Two Congressional Debate competitors will teach essential skills and speech structures in order to be successful in the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) event of Congressional Debate. We will be covering basics of the event as well as strategies to success and be able to answer questions about the event.

Tutored by

Amaan F 🇺🇸

Certified in 39 topics

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I am a high school junior from Texas. I hope I can help my peers across the US understand tips and tricks for math, history, science, and the SAT to be a good teacher/tutor to anyone who needs help. I have taken 5 APs and passed all of them. Please reach out to me if you need help in any of the subjects I am certified in and I will do my best to help! SAT Math - 700 AP Human Geography - 5 AP World History: Modern - 5 AP US History - 5 AP Precalculus - 5 AP Biology - 4

Naya J 🇺🇸

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Hi, I’m currently a high school student in New York looking to foster thoughtful student-led discussions! I love to run and am on my schools XCTF team, and also like to participate in congressional debate.

Schedule

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SESSION 1

26

Jul

SESSION 1

Speech and Debate

Sat 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTCJul 26, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

Introduction to Congressional Debate and basic skills

SESSION 2

2

Aug

SESSION 2

Speech and Debate

Sat 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTCAug 2, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

We will go over how to structure a speech, good vocab words to use, and how to effectively ask questions.

SESSION 3

9

Aug

SESSION 3

Speech and Debate

Sat 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTCAug 9, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

We will go over how to be the Presiding Officer (one of the most essential positions to guarantee success in the event). 

SESSION 4

16

Aug

SESSION 4

Speech and Debate

Sat 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTCAug 16, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC

We will go over in round strategies to make you stand out successfully in round.

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Jul 26 - Aug 16

4 weeks

60 mins

/ session

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Saturdays

2:00PM