If the environment debate teaches us anything it's that we really have to stop believing in infinite natural resources.
If the marriage debate taught us anything, it's surely that a certain (greying) section of society is still steeped in archaism.
A lot of high-school kids were required to watch the CNN debate, and, in class, they'll hold their own debates, applying the lesson this debate taught them, which is that appearance is everything and squabbling is everything else.
If debating taught him how to exploit others' weaknesses, it also gave him, he said, "an eye for my own vulnerabilities".
Questioning and debating teaches us to think critically – a key skill no matter what you're studying – and online debate is a way to develop these skills.
"Typically, we'll banter about things like, 'Why can't you put your clothes in the hamper?' or more recently, 'Why haven't you picked up my wedding ring?' " Mr. Lehotsky said, "Debating taught us that you can have an argument about something with someone you care about, but you don't let it affect your relationship".
In the physics department, debate over teaching methods continues.
So much for all that debate training teaching him how to sit on a stool.
Gay children, and some parents and supporters, say these efforts are undercut by what they call the district's "gag order" on discussion of sexual diversity — a policy, adopted in 2009 amid searing public debate, that "teaching about sexual orientation is not part of the district-adopted curriculum" and that staff "shall remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation".
"If all that comes out of this once-in-a-generation debate is teaching kids how to duck and cover during a mass shooting, some members of Congress are going to have a lot to explain when it happens.
