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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Private debate clubs?
I honestly never heard of those. I didn't know they were a thing.
I'm not going to humble brag about my accomplishments/experience, but that is 100% news to me. Are they a new thing? Have they started up over the last 10-15 years? Not to derail I'm genuinely curious (DM me rather than keep this derailment going).
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Yes there are debate clubs that offer private coaching and torturing and will get your kids into international debate competitions. It's been going on since at least I was in junior high, thirty years ago.
https://fdtacademy.com/debate/
https://vancouverdebate.ca/class-structure-curriculum/
It's actually a big thing. Crazy expensive. You have to pay for the coaching. Then you have to pay for the trips to debates where you win resume padding awards. At one point this was how you got into Ivy League schools, but I think that are mostly wise to this now, and it's become more if a scam to take advantage of parents with too much money.
I don't think it's off topic as it directly relates to the urge if parents to see their kids succeed in extra curricular activities.