Safford High School - Ocotillo Yearbook (Safford, AZ)

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Arguing for grades rugs, abortion, ca- - pital punishment, and gun control: it must be time for -senior debates. Debates have long been a part of the Senior English curricu- lum. Mr. Hirsch had been responsible for all Senior English classes for more years then many people could remember, but this year, Mrs. Sansom took over two of them and in doing so, decided to keep on with the debates. They were initiated into the classes 16 years ago and have been taking place every since then. We debate things that are both contempory and controversial said Mr. Hirsch. Students were paired up with a partner and assigned a topic. An- other pair of students were assigned the same topic and the couples then decided who would argue for that topic and who would argue against it. Once that was decided, the topics were thorough- Alchoholic awareness. Guest speaker Jake Flores lectures to Mr. Cotter's dri- vers education classes on the dangers of drunk driving. ly researched and infor- mation to support the stu- dents' cause was record- ed. After school and week- ends often got used as ex- tra time to prepare for that big day in front of the class. My partner and I had to goto E.A. a couple of times to get more infor- mation said Shelly John- son, who had the con side of the cigarette smoking issue. Other topics includ- ed: abortion, the death Some people took their topic personally penalty, child abuse, drugs in professional sports, unemployment, and video violence. Some students became very involved, maybe too involved, in the assign- ment lt depended on what your subject was, but some people took their topic personally. A few people got really up- set while they were de- bating said David Branch, a senior who gave his debate in Mr. Hirsch's class early in the year. Mrs. Sansom's classes didn't begin their debates until the second semes- ter, which gave the stu- dents an opportunity to ask around and find out what subjects were the most interesting to re- search. There was no shortage on topics but often sever- al groups wanted the same one. In that situa- tion, they decided among themselves who would get that popular choice. The choices of -topics may change over- the years, but there will al- ways be something tcf ar- gue about and the tradi- tion of senior debates will continue. iw F W

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