Musketeers of Words 2019 -  Polish High School Oxford Debate Championship in English has been planned as a culminating event of "Speak up, even if your voice shakes". The 4th Edition was oficially opened by Mr Adrian Sajna, VI LO Deputy Head and the tournament's founders, Ms Monika Izbaner and Mr Krzysztof Hyżyk

Musketeers_of_Words_2019_program.pdf

This year's motions:

1. All traders should be allowed to refer to the conscience clause.
2. We should put high tax on unhealthy food.
3. Unvaccinated children should not be allowed to attend public schools.
4. Love is blind.
5. Children’s literature should have realistic rather than happy endings.
6. Anonymity on the Internet does more harm than good.

All the Speak up teams put a lot of effort into the preparations and we were all really excited about the tournament

On the first day all the teams debated twice. Below Polish students vs Secondary School No. 1 from Gdańsk. Motion: Anonymity on the Internet does more harm than good.

The Slovene team vs Secondary School No. 9 in Bydgoszcz.

IIS Don Milani vs Secondary School No. 3 from Gdańsk

Hebbelschule Kiel vs Gimnazija Bežigrad

The international team vs Secondary School No. 3 from Gdańsk

The debates went really well and to our great delight two Speak up teams qualified for the semi-finals on Friday. We celebrated the news at a party at school