Hong Kong’s Tiger Tutors

Lots of people have probably heard me joking about the asian stereotype of studying all the time. If you’ve got some free time, then I’d encourage you to watch this documentary.

Admittedly it is somewhat exaggerated and of course this sort of experience isn’t universal (so don’t go around talking to everyone from HK as if they did go through all those), but certainly it’s representative of the experience of lots of people. It also gives you an idea why I dislike the tutorial system in general. It’s not that it doesn’t help people, but rather that it should be a necessary component of the education system.

All that sad, having not been through this system myself, my own experiences are only peripheral.

WIDPSC [VIDEOS]

A compilation of videos from the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in reverse chronological order.

WIDPSC 2013 [VIDEOS]

The videos of the Grand Final have been moved to a separate post for simplicity’s sake. These are videos of the rounds and of WIDPSC 2013 as a whole, created by the Clifton Film Academy at Clifton School, Durban, South Africa.

Debate Final 3
Proposition: Clare Moffat (Canada) and Nicholas Marine (South Africa)
Opposition: Aspen Wang (Hong Kong) and Waris Asmal (South Africa)

Interpretive Reading Finals
Claudia Tam (Hong Kong) [Broke 1]

[VIDEO] WSDC 2013 – Octofinal (Mexico vs. India)

Octofinal debate between Mexico (proposition) and India (opposition) on the motion ‘THW cut welfare support for compulsive gamblers’. Mexico won the debate 4-1 and progressed onto the semifinals.

[VIDEO] WSDC 2013 – Round 8 (India vs. Scotland)

Final round debate between India (proposition) and Scotland (opposition) on the motion ‘THW require university students to work in their country of origin for a number of years after graduation’

WUDC 2013 Grand Final Videos [VIDEO]

Open Grand Final

Childhood games

This is so fun, and so true!

[VIDEO] TWSDC 2012 – Octofinal (HKSDC vs. ASIS)

Octofinal debate at the 3rd Thailand World Schools Debating Championships between HKSDC 2 (proposition) and Anglo Singapore International School 1 (opposition) on the motion ‘THBT a strong dictatorship is better than weak democracy’. HKSDC2 beat Anglo1 2-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The members of HKSDC2 are Justin Lee, Michelle Sum, Brian Wong and Aspen Wang.

Video credits to Gary.

[VIDEO] WSDC 2011 – Quarterfinal (Canada vs. Singapore)

Quarterfinal debate between Canada (Proposition) and Singapore (Opposition) at the 2011 World Schools Debating Championships. The motion is ‘THS Free Immigration’. Singapore win by 5-0 and advanced to the semifinals.

[VIDEO] WSDC 2011 – Round 8 (New Zealand vs. Singapore)

Final round debate between New Zealand (Proposition) and Singapore (Opposition) on the motion ‘THW penalise sporting teams for the poor behaviour of their fans’