{"id":17601,"date":"2021-06-29T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17601"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:48:38","slug":"ethics-bowl-competition-activism-for-high-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/29\/ethics-bowl-competition-activism-for-high-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Bowl Competition \u2013 Activism for High Schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Shantika Bhat, VRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In high school there are many opportunities for activism. Participating on debate and ethics bowl teams can help educate your classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was a part of my school\u2019s Ethics Bowl team where we would prepare for competitions. Ethics Bowl Competitions are when two teams debate (in a kind manner) many real-life ethical cases. The point of these competitions is to learn how to be a critical and analytical thinker, develop teamwork, and have fun. Ethics Bowl is different from a debate competition because you are not assigned opposing views; rather, you defend whichever position you think is correct while providing advice and constructive criticism to the other team. The cases you get are pre-set and everyone gets the same ones. Before your team goes to competition you develop your own arguments and opinions which could also be the same as another team. In addition, you are being judged by engaging in respectful and supportive efforts to compete with your other team. Overall, this competition teaches you how to appreciate multiple viewpoints, civic engagement, and civic discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One interesting case we were assigned was about factory\nfarming, which was the term used by the ethics bowl organizers. The\nagricultural industry call these Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People can have very different opinions. As a vegetarian or\nvegan, you can decide for yourself how strong you want to be about your\nthoughts during the competition, and what style will have the most reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This case impacted a lot of my friends on the team about\ntheir lifestyle choices. Most of my friends consume meat but never knew about\nthe cruelty that goes on to get the meat that they eat. A lot of those friends\nare more accepting of vegetarian and plant-based diets now compared to before\nthey read this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are other ideas for activism: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/teen\/#activism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Shantika Bhat, VRG Intern In high school there are many opportunities for activism. Participating on debate and ethics bowl teams can help educate your classmates. I was a part of my school\u2019s Ethics Bowl team where we would prepare for competitions. Ethics Bowl Competitions are when two teams debate (in a kind manner) many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17603,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17601\/revisions\/17603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}