# (2) 03 Oct 2008, 08:59AM: If The Election Debates Were Like High School Debate:
- On any given day there would be three or four debates
- Sixteen or more debates would determine the winner, tournament-style
- You'd see team debate ("Oxford-style") where each ticket found out 90 minutes before the show what side of the issue they were supposed to take
- All the debates in a single year would center not just on one issue (e.g. immigration or China), but on a single specific resolution (e.g., this year's "The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States")
- It would be perfectly acceptable to read evidence and citations off index cards, and in fact the judges would frown if you couldn't cite evidence for your arguments
- In between rounds and while waiting for the administrators to tally the judges' scores, the candidates would read, do homework, play arcade games, re-enact Monty Python skits, go for short walks in unfamiliar cities, or try desperately to find edible food they could afford on their allowances
- Instead of big-shot journalists, the judges would be teachers and candidates' parents
# 03 Oct 2008, 08:41PM: Happiness At Work:
I really like writing technical specifications and recruiting. Today I did both!
