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...column entitled "Big Mouth, Big Ideas" (signed piece, Feb. 21, 1995), David B. Lat has taken an incorrect premise upon which to base a flawed argument for not teaching sex education in public schools. His logical mistakes are interesting, considering Lat (himself a debater) spends most of the column bashing high school debaters for their lack of intellectual savvy...
...flawed premise, Lat criticizes the high schoolers for demonstrating "a woeful lack of knowledge," standing for platitudes, and arguing "a poor excuse for a case." Apparently, Lat has forgotten what it is like to be a nervous, inexperienced fourteen year-old from a random American high school, debating at the mythical Harvard University in front of mythical Harvard students. These debaters do not have the eight years of debating experience that Lat has; indeed the Harvard tournament brings many schools that only have the money for one or two tournaments a year, and thus, their students may not have...
...annual three-day competition is one of the largest in the nation, said Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society Comp Director David B. Lat '96, who is a Crimson editor...
When two students from the same school reach the final, no final is held, and both are declared co-champions, Lat said...
...David B. Lat's column appears on alternate Tuesdays...