Somya+&+Poonam+vs.+Vedika+&+Nainika+-+JCHS+Rd+2


 * SEMI-RFD: I had to leave after the 1AR.** **However, in my opinion, there was no significant offense extended in the negative block that would allows** **them to win (barring no big aff mistakes).** **The 1AR is pretty good on the impact analysis and I buy that the aff still solves and the risk of the impacts outweigh the status quo.**

Somya – The 1AC speed is fine, you need to work on voice strength though – which will come with speaking drills. You are sounding like you’re about to faint. More practice will help that. The cross examination was pretty good – your answers were direct and impacted.

Nainika CX – Your cross x should probably expose what this piece legislation is and how it actually increases social services. This can help you garner links on disads and kritiks- as of now you just know they pass legislation that will somehow give poor people legal services.

Vedika – I would recommend sitting down and reading rather than squatting a reading. Your volume will also increase – make sure you are not necessarily reading down into a computer and have the computer block your voice. Also in your order, you need to be saying just how many off case you are reading. Also, there is no need to reread Mead 2009 – the 1AC read this for you. You need to argue this capitalism K

Somya CX – I think you have preset questions and you are not really listening to their answers. This is obvious when you don’t even let her answer the question.

Poonam – Some of your 2AC arguments can be shrunk down into the same point. You have 12 args on the K but 8 of them could be put into 2-3 arguments. On the Spending DA, you’re mainly making defensive arguments – you need to be careful, because you are reading an econ advantage. You need to get rid of the “um”. You’re saying it way too much. On the permutation debate, you need to actually articulate why these permutations are different – its better to have 1 or 2 good perms than 4 bad ones.

Vedika CX – You need to more specific and actually ask questions.

Nainika – The 2NC should never just start with reading cards, especially just non uniques on economy – especially when you are reading a Spending DA. It is never necessary to read 10+ cards on the economy uniqueness debate. Speaking drills need to be done to increase speed – you are reading the cards too with almost too much passion. It’s a good quality but you can’t let it in get in the way of speed as the 2N. You need to flow the 2AC. It looked as if you were not flowing the speech. Your 2NC is the best chance for you and your partner to get ahead in the debate. Everything you read in your 2NC can be answered in probably 20-30 seconds (max) by a good 1AR. Use this speech to your advantage. Make sure you face the judge during cross examination- your CX turned into like a secret conversation over the computer.

Vedika – Your alternative needs to either solve the case or turns the case, in my opinion. The way you are reading the K in the 1NR is as a disadvantage. The problem is that it’s inherently non unique that way. Also, cross x should be binding – non binding cross-x kills debate for several reasons. I would refrain from that argument. You need to be answering the arguments of the 2AC not just extending your 1NC arguments. You make some decent arguments against the aff framework arguments – but you need this just goes back to the way you are arguing capitalism. The way you kick out of the disadvantage is not just say kick it – you have to kick out of their offense using their defense. The way you are doing this, you concede their Courts turn that said Court focus increases the economy – which means even if there is a risk on the case of solving econ (from the 2NC)- the aff can still win.

Somya –The order was solid and confident sounding. Instead of saying “group 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc…” you can say “group the non uniques” – this takes care ofeverything, plus it sounds better. You probably only want to do this in this type of situation. You are realizing a lot of the flaws with the negative block. This is a pretty good 1AR.

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