Society->State->Politics

The ARGO 1st year debaters have gone through the first of five Lectures and Workshops on the subject of Systems of Political and Economical Tought.

The lectures and exercises are build to bring a fresh and clear perspective to new debaters about concepts such as democracy, separation of powers, economics, politics and the various political philosophies.

Until now we have had spirited debates in our talks about the functions of all societies and the rules that govern them and the instutions of a modern republican democracy. Next stop will be Economics and Political Philosophies.

The final grad end to this series of lectures will be the ARGO Model Parliament, where debaters will become representatives of different political parties based on the different poltical ideologies and will have to debate current issues debated in parliaments across the world abiding to the particular philosophy of their own party. It will be fun, it will be hard and we hope very interesting for all who watch and participate.

The model parliament debates will be available on our youtube channel and on the blog.

New ARGO Debaters!

Weekend-ul trecut au avut loc interview-urile ARGO pentru admiterea de noi membri in clubul nostru de debate.

Au participat la interview peste 45 de tineri, in principal din clasele a 9-a si a 7-a din care au fost alesi 15 care vor deveni noi membri ai clubului ARGO Ploiesti.


Acestia sunt(in ordine aleatoare):


Theodor Moise, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Karina Peiovici, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Ioana Maria Moise, Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, clasa a 7-a

Maria Ion, Liceul de Arta Ploiesti, clasa a 9-a

Andrei Olaru, Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, clasa a 9-a

Andrei Razvan Neagu, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Laura Gheorghe, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Mihaela Nouras, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Sorin Nita, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Andra Teodorescu, Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, clasa a 7-a

Ioana Tabarcea, Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, clasa a 9-a

Rebecca Ghita, Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, clasa a 9-a

Andra Patrascu, Colegiul National Alexandru Ioan Cuza, clasa a 7-a

Stefania Ionescu, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Diana Pruna, Colegiul National Mihai Viteazul, clasa a 9-a

Good Morning Argo!

A inceput anul scolar ce inseamna ca la fel a inceput si activitatea ARGO.
A venit timpul deschiderii de an, al demourilor, al interviurilor si trainingurilor de baza.

Demourile care s-au desfasurat (Cuza si LMV) au fost un succes.
Asta desigur pentru ca in primul rand am reusit sa sustinem niste meciuri atat entertaining cat si intellectually challenging. Pentru asta multumim celor implicati care au depus ceva ore ptr a construii cazuri si a vorbi cu profesori (ca sa putem sa intram in scoli); Sa auzim niste batai in masa pentru: Mihai Alexandrescu, Horia Tudor, Ana Rus, Eveline Dicu, Raluca Pasare, Radu Barbu, David Moscovici, Nae Sovaiala si Serban Pitic.

(we'll be back with some nice footage pana atunci uram bafta bobocilor la interviuri:) )

ARGO DIBEIT CAMP 2009

Pe 2-6 iulie 2009 a avut loc sesiunea 2009 a taberei de debate ARGO, care poarta deja o traditie de 2 ani. Anul acesta ne-am desfasurat la Busteni.

Ne-am distrat cu diverse workshop-uri, joculete si traininguri pe tematici de comunicare, motivare si imaginatie. Dibeit Camp este o ocazie de a folosi si explora abilitatiile de debate intr-un mod mai "jucaus".

Excurisii pe munte, workshop-uri de teatru improvizat, un Model United Nations amator, nenumarate jocuri de MAFIA, seminarii pe tema motivarii si excelarii in educatia deliberativa acestea sunt cateva din activitatiile care au tinut in priza debaterii ARGO anul acesta.

Dibeit Camp a fost o ocazie prin care am lansat un nou proiect ARGO Talks care implica discursuri deschise din partea unei arii foarte variate de vorbitori pe diverse teme menite sa deschida orizonturile debaterilor (Mai multe detalii intr-un post viitor)

Feedback-ul debaterilor dar si al trainerilor sugereaza un mare succes al taberei care a fost apreciata din ce in ce mai bine dupa fiecare editie si este unul din evenimentele pe care "argonautzii" le asteapta cu cel mai mare entuziast in anul de debate.



Echipa de organizare a ARGO DIBEIT CAMP 2009:

Director de tabara - Nae Sovaiala

Coordonatori: Serban Pitic si David Moscovici

THBT Christmas is all about Santa

Alas it is that time of the year again... a time of giving, love, familly, tradition and, for the more adventurous, trying to catch The Christmas Spirit in a bottle.

Yet of course it is also a time for chocolate, for packing 15 people in a room and having fun debates.

We thought that what else should be debated in this wonderfull season, if not the true nature of Christmas itself. Is Chistmas all about Santa?

Six brave debaters set off on this journey for knowledge 

Their goal : to find the truth

Their weapons : critical thinking, charisma and a sense of humour

The arena : a christmas table next to a christmas tree

Their names : Government Horia Tudor, Ana Rus, Teo Sovaiala

  Opposition  Nae Sovaiala, Iulian Maier, Mihai Alexandrescu

At the end of the debate we shook our hands... we had accomplished our goal. 

We now knew that Santa isn't really that nice of a guy, that it's pretty weird that he dresses in red, uses a kind of spirit in order to manipulate people and heat up their souls, tempts them into sins of Gluttony (eating) and Greed (buying), and has minions doing his biding.

We also know that Christmas is actually a government-parent conspiracy to make you uncontrollably buy things while the state gets taxes, things with which parents bribe their innocent children.

Finnaly we're not very sure if some of us are on the nice or naughty list (a peculiar problem seems to be at Horia), yet if we must we could always ask Julian as he seems to hold the list.

At the end of the day we're happy debaters, another mystery solved, another fun debate had and we're one step further on our path for enlightment

Happy holidays everyone

 

Romania castiga Europenele

Imi face deosebita placere sa anunt ca echipa nationala a Romaniei pentru WSDC 2009, a castigat astazi finala Campionatului European de Dezbateri in registru World Schools: European Open 2008, Stuttgart, Germania.

Membri echipei nationale: Iulian Maier, Radu Valeanu, Nae Sovaiala, Eveline Dicu si Mihai Alexandrescu, au jucat astazi in finala turneului european importriva echipei Germaniei pe care au invins-o, devenind astfel campioni europeni.

Nae Sovaiala a obtinut locul II in clasamentul individual (la doar 0.7 puncte de primul clasat).

Echipa Romaniei a castigat 6 din opt runde si s-a confruntat in semifinale cu rezprezentantii Canadei, in fata carora au iesit invingatori.

Debaterii din echipa nationala au realizat o premiera pentru tara noastra, demonstrand astfel ca sunt foarte bine pregatiti pentru provocarea ce o va constitui Campionatul Mondial din februarie.

O sa revenim cu mai multe detalii si marturii pe blogul nostru : http://wsdcro. wordpress. com

Detalii despre concurs : http://www.schoolsd ebate.de



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Serban Pitic - coach al echipei nationale

Training de World Schools pentru debaterii la inceput de cariera

Maine la ora 16 incepe trainingul de World Schools pentru debaterii care tocmai si-au dovedit abilitatile la Primu' Turneu.

Sesiunea de training va fi impartita in 2 parti:

Prima - partea teoretica(in care vom prezenta formatul, concursurile de wsdc si ce inseamana wsdc pt clubul nostru in special si la nivel mondial)

A doua parte - o demonstrativa- ca sa vedeti cum arata exact formatul dupa ce v-am explicat tehnicalitatile.