WHY PARTICIPATE IN FORENSICS?

Skills Developed When Students Are Involved in Forensics

 

Communication – Persuasiveness, audience analysis, interpersonal skills, styles of speech, confidence, poise, business etiquette, speaking with grace and respect during argumentation

 

Rigorous & Critical Thinking – information processing, analytical skills, logic, interpretation, evaluation, intense critical listening, quick & thoughtful refutation, creativity

 

Writing – research, note taking, organization, coherence, word choice, fluency, grammar

 

Personal Growth – team work (often under stress), content knowledge in history, literature, philosophy & current events, reading skills, taking initiative, constant intellectual stimulation, time management, receiving criticism well, critiquing others honestly & lovingly, arguing without attacking, making friends with opponents, ability to share and defend our faith

 

Did You Know?

1.  Debate students excel in written and oral communication, and greatly improve their reading comprehension (sometimes 25% more than their peers).

2.  The average debate team has a GPA of 3.75, and the average debate student is in the top 10% of his or her high school class.

3.  A stunning 98.58% of debate students attend college, and debate participation increases the chances of being offered college scholarships.

 

There is no single class or activity that will more prepare your teenager for college and life in general.

 

The teenager is by nature an aggressive communicator with a genuine desire to speak and communicate effectively.  Our job as parents is not to thwart this enthusiasm, but to guide and train it.  As teenagers study and speak out on important issues, they develop understanding and general knowledge.  As they debate, they grow from self-centered human natures to discerning minds for the truth.

 

In the adult world of competition, those who are able to take ideas and articulate them well in a presentation, will be chosen leaders.  Your children will have the advantage in any pursuit they undertake in life.  Polished communicators are leaders.  Let your children influence the world with the passions God has given them and watch them live out their life’s purpose.

 

We long for our children to be arrows for the King.  We want to instill in them the confidence to take opportunities to speak for Christ and sway people to righteousness.