Robbinsdale Armstrong and Cooper Debate Team invites you to our debate information night.  You can attend either our May 27th at 6:30 PM meeting held in the Armstrong High School cafeteria or May 28th at 6:30 PM in Room 242 at Robbinsdale Cooper High School.

So why join debate?

Getting involved in high school is important to feeling connected to your new school and making new friends. You should consider joining the team because you are an exceptional student and debate will help you get the very most out of your high school experience. No other activity will impact you like debate. Consider these facts:

• Very few high schools in America have a debate team, yet more than 65% of Harvard’s class of 2009 identified debate as their primary extracurricular activity in high school. A Wall Street Journal report specifically highlighted a “consistent trend” in college admission. State and national debate award winners have a 22% to 30% higher acceptance rate at top tier colleges and being captain of the debate team “improved an applicant’s chances by more than 60% compared with the rest of the pool.” No other sport or activity had this kind of statistical impact.

• Debate teaches you how to learn – a skill that is essential in today’s world. As President Bill Brody of Johns Hopkins put it, being really good at "learning how to learn," is an enormous asset in an era of rapid change and innovation, when new jobs will be phased in and old ones phased out faster than ever.

• Joining the debate team puts you in the company of many leaders and entertainers. Along with Presidents Nixon, Johnson, and Clinton, half of all United States Senators were debaters. Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Bruce Springsteen and John Wayne were also debaters.

But most importantly debate is fun.  Hope you can join us.

And everyone who is currently on the team is more than welcome to come as well.

DJ