The Yale Review | Becca Rothfeld: "For the Sake of Argument"
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Becca Rothfeld defends high school debate.
The Yale Review | Becca Rothfeld: "For the Sake of Argument" Essays For Argument's Sake In praise of high school debate Becca Rothfeld Illustration by Tung Chau First affirmative constructive (eight minutes) the round would open with fumbling , throat-clearing, the tapping of feet or fingers against tables or tubs—those unwieldy plastic bins we filled with research about free-trade agreements or French social theory that I would lug along the corridors of high schools deserted for the weekend. By mid-morning, I’d already be moving in the miasma of competing pungencies: the stink of sour s
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