#xdi17

Xylum Debate Institute will run August 6-20, 2017. Apply here: bit.ly/2hTyz8j

Our unique program pairs immersive critical intellectual history with intensive drills on fundamental argumentation practices. Alums of Xylum have won the Glenbrooks and Berkeley tournaments, Top Speaker at TOC, Semis of TOC and numerous national awards. For more info, please visit: xylumdebate.com

Here’s what students have to say about Xylum Debate Institute:

Looking back at the three weeks that I have spent at Xylum I have came to realize that debate is more than just argumentation, critical knowledge production, and research but debate is also an activity that shapes and molds you as an individual.  When we set the competitive aspects aside debate has a life long impact on its participants.  I will no longer view the world the same again. – Vernon Johnson, debater at Law Magnet, won two TOC bids after attending Xylum Debate Institute I’ve only begun to notice, but XDI has made me a much better debater. I’ve gotten a speaker award at the last three tournaments I’ve been to and a lot of it has to do with my ability to explain my arguments and use some ethos along with it. — Ezra Louvis, debater at Stuyvesant HS, qualified for the Tournament of Champions after attending Xylum, now debates for Georgetown University My experience at the XDI could not have been rivaled by any other camp. I expected to get better at k debate, and I did, but I also developed a better understanding of who I am as a debater and found a network of amazing and supportive people to count on throughout the year. — Tessa Finley, debater at Denver School for the Arts, whose Xylum 1AC Experiment was published in Jackelope Magazine The dérive was my favorite moment of Xylum because I felt a clear understanding of an argument and how it interacts with your everyday life. — Jeffrey Horn, debater at Green Valley HS, qualified for TOC after attending Xylum Debate Institute