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A pathway to community, growth, and change This collection of inclusive essays explores the role of debate in understanding and critiquing injustice and inequality. Edited by Shawn F. Briscoe, these essays closely examine multiple approaches to debate, considering their respective merits and controversies. This detailed compilation analyzes how debate methodologies are useful in everyday life and whether certain approaches have any value at all. Briscoe provides an in-depth look into the varying styles of debate and contributes to a greater understanding of argument theory by discussing three stylistic approaches: audience-centered, technical/progressive, and nontraditional/performative. The...
In Why Debate: Transformed by Academic Discourse, Shawn F. Briscoe and a diverse group of individuals introduce readers to academic, competitive debate in our secondary schools and institutions of higher learning.Over the course of twenty chapters, eighteen authors address the role of academic debate on educational development, interpersonal relationships, career and professional lives, and society. Misunderstood or unknown by outsiders, academic debate has far reaching impacts upon our world. This collection of essays, highlights the significance the activity has, not just on those who engage in it, but upon people everywhere. Competitive debate serves as a foundation for growth as students learn to navigate through society, form relationships, and develop the skills they need to succeed in college and beyond. Those who participate in the activity develop skills and dispositions that help them succeed in their chosen professions. Ultimately, debate makes us aware of what needs changed in the world; and it gives us the ability to effect meaningful change.
John Fulton, of Scottish lineage, and his wife, Ann Boggs Fulton, had eight children. Six of their children emigrated about 1760 from Ireland to New England and shortly thereafter immigrated to what is now Colchester County, Nova Scotia. The six were: James Fulton (1739-1826); Thomas; Samuel (1745-1826); John; Francis (ca. 1753- 1838); and Sarah (d. ca. 1835) who married James Crawford. Descendants lived in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and elsewhere.
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Continuing the story of Luke and his adventures after 1984. Chapters Of Life books 1-14 deal with the Bromyard escapades from 1962-1968. While this series, books 15-22 deal with later stories.
A successful career minded young couple, Tom and Pat Dalton and their 2 children, move into an old Tudor house unaware of its previous history. Jamie their young son thinks it's the best place ever, especially because the house comes with a resident cat, lots of interesting places to explore, and a new playmate from the neighborhood called Luke. Their teenage daughter Sarah, who has to settle into her new school adds to the stress, but it's not because of her studies. The parents however, soon have reservations about the move to their new dwelling after some strange things begin to happen, and they begin to find out the sordid history that goes with the house.