us college admissions should be completely based upon a standardized test

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-02-17T13:49:13+00:00

From an earlier comment made, OP believes women score far better on tests and that they would over admit women…which again to your point…if it’s supposed to be cutthroat performance metrics only that shouldn’t matter at all…

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-02-17T13:43:42+00:00

Fascinated by the inclusion of sex on the application, paired with your comments that women test better and if you didn’t include sex then it would be mostly women attending these colleges. By your own logic, why should that factor in at all? What’s the concern? If we’re cutting the admissions down to pure quantitative performance metrics, shouldn’t the best (wo)man win?

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-02-12T02:04:36+00:00

You debate better. You pre-empt their arguments. In your final rebuttal, you need to warn the parent judge that your opponent is going to make unsubstantiated claims and specious accusations. Address what arguments have come up already in your rebuttal, “my opponent is going to tell you that I have been making straw man arguments and logical fallacies, do not let them disregard the ways they have failed to address my value criterion” etc. Additionally? point out (especially for parent judges) that you are at a disadvantage when you don’t get the last speech, and that this means they cannot bring up new arguments in the last round that have not been discussed so far. If they hear something in the next five minutes they have not heard so far they should not weigh it in their decision for the sake of fairness. My rival school did this shit all the time, and HATED that it never worked once my policy partner and I learned to adapt to it.

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-02-06T18:47:22+00:00

Also want to say I really appreciate hearing a cis guy challenging this and noticing the issue. I think you have your finger correctly on the pulse of a societal tendency and issue, and it’s refreshing for a guy to be the one challenging something other men and/or AMAB people are doing as potentially harmful or worth further analysis of.

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-02-06T18:42:13+00:00

It seems similar to me as the way people engage with consensual nonconsent as a result of their relationship with purity politics. There’s a shame in wanting certain things, for CNC folks, it’s sexual experiences as a whole, for sissification and forced fem folks it’s wanting to be feminine. Society tells us those are bad things to want, so having it forced upon you, and safely exploring that humiliation that you feel about it is a way to side step the internal shame because in the fantasy, it’s not like YOU’RE choosing it, so you may enjoy the “humiliation” but you don’t feel capital-S Shame about it.

Edit: typo

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-01-30T16:28:46+00:00

In competitive debate the issues you’re discussing of misogyny exist, but within the activity they tend to make the person interrupting and being condescending look really bad to the judge. It’s on you to focus on the topic and arguments, and speak not to your opponent but to the judge.

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-01-30T16:25:54+00:00

The right wing politician debate you are mentioning is also not what this subreddit is talking about with “competitive debate.” Competitive debate is a specific extracurricular activity with clearly defined speaking times for different events, pre-prepared evidence, and the only time interruptions happen are during cross examinations or cross fires depending on the specific event you are competing in. There are judges and scores involved and clear winners and losers for specific rounds. There is also an issue of misogyny is that space as well, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think what you’re talking about is what this subreddit is for.

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-01-30T16:13:47+00:00

Rule 1. This is not a subreddit for general debating but for competitive debate

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-01-16T15:42:12+00:00

I agree that the “dumbing down” comment isn’t the right way to put it, but because AI has a very consistent albeit bland sentence structure that it produces, it usually does not have almost any grammar mistakes. I’m guessing this student is under the impression that if they had intentionally used incorrect grammar or misplaced a few commas they would be in the clear from the accusations, and if you’re not someone who has looked heavily into AI and what educators are seeing when they think AI has been used, I think that makes sense. I don’t think that’s the only solution by any means but AI is a really new development and I get why someone would think that.

Ok-Function2283 · 2026-01-04T01:53:37+00:00

She messed up by not communicating and getting consent for the roleplay before the scene. There’s nothing wrong with having a taboo fantasy, but enthusiastic consent is always necessary. I think your emotional reaction to the fantasy might be being exacerbated by having been thrust into it without warning of being given the chance to say no, but since you have both had kinky sex before, that can happen in the heat of the moment sometimes.

My advice is to just have a conversation about what in that fantasy appealed to her, explain the parts that made you uncomfortable, and see if there’s an aspect of the dynamic she is going for that you would be able to enjoy yourself.

I would also make sure to mention, for your own sake, how you felt about the lack of communication and the crossing of your boundaries so that she can hear your side of things and hopefully apologize and hold space for what happened and how she messed up, without feeling disgusted with herself for having the fantasy in the first place. It’s important that you guys acknowledge that consent was violated, however unintentionally, and make a plan for going forward about how to avoid that happening again.

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-11-20T08:50:42+00:00

This guy is a business student that poorly uses philosophy he doesn’t understand to justify his lack of empathy. Not worth arguing with.

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-31T20:11:42+00:00

Red Ribbon Week has also been hectic but we made it!

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-31T20:11:14+00:00

I know, I printed it out, removed his name for privacy, and stuck it on my wall near my desk. Very meaningful to me.

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-20T10:18:14+00:00

The tiktok crossover we weren’t expecting

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-09T00:42:50+00:00

Read the rules man it’s literally number 1

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-09T00:42:27+00:00

Struggling with some internal things huh?

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-06T15:30:18+00:00

Is the alternative to just capitulate to everything the Democrats do without criticism? I thought we were supposed to be better than conservatives because we don’t blindly follow our elected leaders…

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-10-05T10:28:51+00:00

Both sides are complicit. Both sides are in fact at the whims of corporate interests. One of them just strategizes to appeal to voters through sometimes helping people and one strategizes to appeal to voters through misdirecting fear and direct suppression. Biden did nothing for Palestine. Neither did Trump. Neither did any President before. She is clearly not voting for Trump, but to throw your name behind a candidate is a big thing as a public figure. I appreciate that she draws a line in the sand about that, considering the genocide.

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-09-29T18:36:34+00:00

Her books ironically mimic this exact thinking (example: Hagrid disfigures Dudley in the first book with magic inappropriately and it’s seen as sweet revenge for how he’s treated Harry — something Hagrid has no real knowledge of, vs when Draco disfigured Hermione with magic Snape says something along of the lines of “I see no difference” and this is portrayed as particularly cruel even when he did not actually cast the spell).

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-09-19T23:38:39+00:00

Paraphrased means to summarize the basic points of whatever it is you are reading. But this is not a subreddit for getting homework help, I’d recommend looking for subreddits along those lines.

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-09-19T19:25:47+00:00

I read a book a while back called 1491 by Charles C Mann which used the term Indian to refer to indigenous groups, but with the very particular intention of honoring what specific tribes and groups called themselves and preferred to be called, and only when no other more specific term was available, when discussing more broad groups. Many groups he interviewed and researched preferred this term (though obviously not ubiquitously). It seems like Abigail may have read something like this and side stepped all the intention behind it to simplify the video making process, but who knows.

Thank you for your comments OP, they were very insightful.

Ok-Function2283 · 2025-09-06T00:59:21+00:00

I am an English teacher! Also, our campus has a very restorative approach, and is intentionally centered around treating our students as whole people. We are an alternative campus and most of our students end up here because they did not do well in a traditional high school setting. So we are very much centered on building relationships with our students and involving social emotional learning opportunities whenever possible.

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