"Raise your words not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." RumiA team of 3 students -
Tulika Harshvardhan, Mehayee Kavia, Satakshi Sati along with their escort teacher , Ms Awanesh Sharma, attended the 30th edition of the Col Frank Von Goldstein Memorial English Debate at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala on 24th & 25th August 2023.
On the first day, a short JAM session was held to break the ice among the participants with fun and engaging games which helped them interact with their teams . All the participants were then made to witness the grand landing of Chandrayan 3 in the auditorium.
On the following day, the draw of lots took place for the preliminary round in which RKK went against The British Co-ed School, Patiala with the topic, "AI is a panacea". After a healthy debate, team RKK won that round, moving towards the Quarter Finals.
In the draw of lots for the quarter finals, RKK went against APS, Ambala Cantt, having the topic-"Internet Content should be subjected to Censorship". With good teamwork and high spirits, team RKK won that round upgrading for the Semi Finals.
The Semi Finals took place on the following day for which RKK was placed against YPS, Patiala, the host school with the topic-"Reservations in a pluralistic society is a travesty of justice." After a heated debating caucus, team RKK couldn't qualify for the finals but instead went for the Hardline Debate against Mayo College, Ajmer with a thought provoking topic-"NEP is a political gimmick". After an intellectual discourse , team RKK deservingly won the debate and stood third amongst the 18 schools that participated in the debate. To add more to the happiness , Mehayee Kavia, bagged the award for the
Most Promising Debater.Such experiences and exposures go a long way in preparing the future leaders.
