Crash Course Debate
About Us
Why Crash Course?
Because debate is a part of us. At Crash Course Debate, we have:
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State Championships across various states
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Coached students to break at NSDA Nationals
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Top 3 Speaker Awards and placement at country-wide circuit tournaments and NSDA Nationals
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Teaching experience at various high schools and debate camps across the nation
We have experience learning debate, and have seen the success it’s translated in. Now we’re ready to show you how beneficial it can be.
Our Inspiration
Thank you for visiting our website and taking time to explore our services. Our name are Rohail Moti and Paxton Sheppard. We founded Crash Crash Course Debate to increase equity and opportunity to other debaters and coaches overall. This activity has changed our lives - aiding in critical thinking and a unique, special view of the world. Crash Course Debate aims to spread that to other students around the nation.
Since we founded Crash Course, we've aimed to traditional style of debate to a nationally-accredited level of expertise so that students can succeed in any format of debate they perform. We hope this serves you well.
Our Story
Rohail Moti: Co-Founder and Head of Operations
Rohail competed at Claudia Taylor Johnson, where he received top 3 speaker awards at national tournaments such as Columbia, Patterson and more. He won the Texas UIL State championship, qualified to NSDA Nationals twice and broke to elimination rounds his senior year, and recieved a bid to the TOC. He's coached for UT Austin, Claudia Taylor Johnson and Vanguard Debate and is excited to continue next year!
Paxton Sheppard: Co-Founder and Head of Debate
Paxton competed at Rigby High School, where he received 3rd place at NSDA Nationals and won the Idaho state championship. As a coach, he's led 2 more state championships, had 7 kids break to elimination rounds at NSDA Nationals, coached a student to #6 at Nationals and helped multiple students reach top 15 speaker awards at the national level!
Our Values
We believe there are some key core principles to keep in mind in both debate and life
Integrity
Our coaching staff has had experience with misbehavior that makes the community environment unsafe. We strive to make sure that is never an issue with our organization, and ensure that violent or harmful actions will not be tolerated.
Curiosity
Skill doesn't come from surface level knowledge - before knowing the 'how', we must know the 'why'. Crash Course aims to teach the complete form of all arguments to the point of perfection, so that our students will know how and why specific methods are of tried and true success.
Honesty
Success isn't made from fluff. We encourage and give out honest feedback in a caring method, pointing out argument and student weaknesses so they know how to fix their faults before others exploit them.