A coin has two sides, same is true
for a debate. It is always interesting to think about the two sides of an
issue, be able to agree and disagree with a statement. Orchidians of III-V
classes participated in their much awaited English Debate competition on 3/01/14.
The debatable topic for participants was ‘Television is a media for education
and entertainment’.
The participants were divided into
two groups.
Group A spoke
in favour of Education.
Group B were favouring Entertainment.
Following students were declared
winner of the debate competition:
Group A:
First: Nikhil Guru
Venkatesh (Class V)
Second: PraneetaVenkataSambaraju
(ClassV)
Third: Ch.
Bhavani(Class IV)
Third: Sahana G.
(Class III)
Group B:
First: Khadija Khan
(Class V)
Second: Pranav K. (Class
IV)
Third: SwethaEpuri
(Class V)
Third: VilohitVed Kalavalapalli
(Class IV)
It was a pleasure to see
them develop their skills of organizing the material and express their opinions articulately
and confidently. They were able to emphasize their points of argument
convincingly, appealing the audience