I agree with Gabe. Next year's group should do more planning to get in on the best presentations. (You know, do it during the Spring tri when we have lots of time!) Still, I do think we're missing out.
The Robert Siegel led debate on the relevance of brick and mortar schools was interesting. The most powerfully articulate participant, Gary Stager (http://www.stager.org/) actually argued persuasively for the irrelevance of the posed question, ("Are Brick and Mortar schools detrimental to the future of education?") by focusing on creating inspired learning environments no matter where they are. He was superb, but caused his team to loose ground. (That was fun!) We should make contact with this guy!
The second most powerful debater was a young man entering 11th grade next fall. He was given the rebuttal and spoke without notes with passion about the foundational value of relationships, (of all things) and that these only happen in brick and mortar places.
Sadly there are fewer music related topics and vendors this year.
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