The Soap Box

We are going to establish our own little "Speakers Corner" where each of you will be required at some point to speak, pontificate, bloviate or otherwise hold the podium for the proscribed period of time, followed by a period where your classmates may challenge your ideas, assertions, etc. The rules are as follows:
1) You may speak on any political issue you feel strongly about, so long as your speech does not violate school rules, attack an individual, harm or belittle your peers, etc.
2) You may not take a position previously argued.
3) You must speak uninterupted for 2 full minutes. Failure to do so will result in losing credit and having to repeat the process.
4) Debate may continue for an additional 8 minutes for a total of 10 minutes per speaker. We will typically schedule 4-5 speakers per Soap Box Day.