Is good times or bad times more conducive to human growth (International College Debate Finals)
True: Good times are more conducive to human growth (Sun Yat-sen University)
Counter: Adversity is more conducive to human growth (Shixin University)
Argument
Pros
Zhang Jun: Good times are good circumstances, adversity and The opposite. Human growth refers to the process of human transformation from a natural person to a social person and full socialization. The two indicators of healthy physical and mental development and the maturation of social roles show that although good times and bad times are inevitable life situations that people must face in the process of growing up, comparatively speaking, good times are more conducive to people's growth.
First of all, from the perspective of human physical and mental development, on the one hand, scientific nutrition supply and a sound public health system are more important than lack of material security and insufficient public health services. Conducive to human physiological growth. On the other hand, good times are more conducive to the growth of people's minds, which includes the improvement of cognitive abilities, the cultivation of temperament, and the development of character. In adversity, the learning environment is repressive and allows for cognitive development, but in good times, an encouraging educational atmosphere is provided, which is more conducive to the systematic development of cognition. In adversity, we can recognize the hardships of life, but it can also easily produce anxiety and pain, and even a sense of alienation and distrust towards others. In good times, we can appreciate the warmth of family, the care of society, and the value of friendship, so that we can have a tolerant, open, and healthy mentality. In adversity, the cultivation of human character is conditional, and it is easy to exceed the basic psychological pressure range, causing personality distortion. In good times, the cultivation of human character is subtle. Through positive educational methods and good temperament cultivation, a more sound personality is forged.
Secondly, from the perspective of human socialization process, on the one hand, good times are more conducive to meeting the growth needs of all stages of life. When we were children, the care of our families in good times gave us self-confidence. and a sense of autonomy, while children who grow up in broken families are prone to low self-esteem and suspicion. When we are teenagers, a good education in good times can make us successful in our studies and make a good living. However, if we lack education, we will temporarily lose the support for growth and lose the direction of life. When we reach adulthood or even old age, good times enable people to gain motivation for lifelong growth in self-affirmation, while the impact of adversity can easily make people depressed and self-denial. On the other hand, good times are more conducive to the maturation of people's social roles, because people's growth is always marked by their independent assumption of appropriate social roles. Difficulties in adversity can easily lead to frustration and interrupt life-long growth. The process of continuous social development in good times, sound institutional arrangements, and harmonious daily life provide a more benign space for people's social roles to mature.
The good wind helps me to reach the blue clouds with its power. With the good wind of good times, we can spread the wings of growth and fly higher and further in the sky of life. Thanks!
Opposer
Liang Youcheng: After listening to the remarks of the opponent’s fellow debater, the opponent’s fellow debater told everyone that good times are equal to smooth situations, but she did not tell everyone what she was talking about. Is it a smooth situation in the process or a smooth situation in the result? So obviously, we think this is doubtful. Now let’s clarify a basic concept of the current debate topic. The adversity we are referring to today actually refers to a person’s efforts and difficulties encountered in the process of pursuing a goal that are higher than what is generally called expectations. So if a person has to put in three points of effort to solve some problems, but it turns out that he has to put in eight points, or even if he puts in more efforts, there is no way to complete it, we say that this person is facing He has faced a certain amount of adversity, but of course this kind of adversity cannot threaten his life. This kind of desperate situation is not the scope that we should discuss today.
We believe that the so-called growth refers to a person's improvement in knowledge, experience, ability and personality, so simply speaking, adversity is more conducive to people's growth.
When a person's efforts or difficulties he encounters are higher than his own expectations, we people can still gain more knowledge development from this process.
We say that adversity is more conducive to human growth for three reasons. First, we believe that adversity increases people’s ideas and knowledge. When we find that we have taken the wrong road, we will know more about how to take a wrong road, so our life insights and various experiences will be better. Richer. It took Edison 20 years and more than 50,000 experiments before he could successfully invent this simple battery cell. So someone asked him, hey, how do you know that the final result must be successful? ? Edison told him that success is not the only result. I have more than 50,000 results because I have learned more than 50,000 experiences. Second, we believe that adversity expands people's horizons and patterns. When we find that this road is more difficult than we imagined, our expectations will be higher next time, and we will do better. There will be more preparation. If a person is expected to complete a question in three minutes and it takes him eight minutes, he will prepare for it for eight minutes the next time. Third, we believe that adversity helps stimulate our potential. We have risks on the road, and with challenges, we can stimulate abilities that we could not have imagined. From a psychological point of view, during the learning process of children, if the teacher challenges them to exceed their expected abilities, the development results will be better.
I believe everyone here has read "Journey to the West". People who are familiar with "Journey to the West" know that the most important thing about seeking scriptures in the West is not the result of seeking scriptures, but the difficulties that have been overcome along the way. This kind of process. So we say that heaven will give great responsibilities to the people of this country. Thank you all!
Cross-examination
The negative side cross-examinations the positive side
Zhuang Zhikai: Hello fellow debater, let’s play a game. This game is very simple. It’s on our table right now. , there are three cups on it, please guess which cup we put the throat lozenges in.
Ma Weiwei: I really can’t guess this. Does it mean that those with lozenges are in good times, and those without lozenges are in adversity?
Zhuang Zhikai: My fellow debater, just guess first and you’ll know. You can guess whatever you want. If you guess wrong, you can guess again. It doesn’t matter.
Ma Weiwei: Then I guess it’s okay to have all three?
Zhuang Zhikai: Yes, fellow debater. Let's first see if the opponent's fellow debater has throat lozenges in this, right?
Ma Weiwei: Yeah.
Zhuang Zhikai: If you guessed correctly this time, I would like to ask you, if you don’t have the chance to guess again, how can you prove whether there are throat lozenges in these two?
Ma Weiwei: Why do I have to prove whether there are throat lozenges in these two? I feel that if people really have candy to eat, live a better life, and develop themselves, that would be enough. There is no need to try a lot of wrong paths, and you should go ahead even if there are no difficulties or even create difficulties, don’t you think?
Zhuang Zhikai: Fellow debater, what I want to tell you is that if you guess correctly today, you will never know what is in these two cups, right?
Ma Weiwei: But life is not a guessing game. Here, if I guess the lozenges correctly, I will get sugar, but if I guess wrong, I will get no sugar. It is very simple, and the loss is not big. But sometimes, it is often a choice that has a great impact on my life. If I make the wrong choice, I may really regret it. So when we can take the right path, we should not take the detour.
Zhuang Zhikai: Friend the other debater, today you are here to participate in the International College Debate. If you encounter very strong teams today, and their strength exceeds your expectations, this Next time you participate in this game, will you be more fully prepared and prepare more seriously because you are worried that you will encounter a stronger opponent?
Ma Weiwei: But no matter how strong my opponent is, my coaches, teammates, and the audience support me. I think this is a good situation for my development. In this good situation , no matter how strong an opponent I encounter, I will rise to the challenge and succeed. Thank you.
Zhuang Zhikai: Does the other debater mean that next time you encounter a stronger opponent, you are not going to prepare more seriously because you think you can defeat a stronger opponent at your current level?
Ma Weiwei: No, even if you are my opponent, you are not my dilemma. I think you are the driving force for my growth. I am very grateful for your care and encouragement.
Zhuang Zhikai: Thank you.
The affirmative cross-examines the opposing side
Huang Lei: Okay, let’s also talk about some props. Just now, there were people beating drums to cheer us on the court, but sometimes we may be alone in a debate. , which one is more conducive to your performance?
Huang Jingwen: My fellow debaters, as long as they are willing to cheer and encourage us, that will be good.
Huang Lei: Yes, so someone cheering for us just now is more conducive to our performance. Otherwise, it will be deserted, which is not conducive to our growth. Second question, what you put on your table should be a box of instant noodles. Instant noodles can relieve saturation, and instant noodles can be beneficial to people's health. Is this a concept?
Huang Jingwen: Fellow debater, instant noodles are a kind of food. I really don’t know how this issue has anything to do with good times and bad times.
Huang Lei: Actually, this is just a simple analogy. In adversity, people can satisfy their hunger and meet their basic needs, but are they two different concepts from being beneficial to human growth?
Huang Jingwen: Friend the other debater, God will give great responsibilities to these people. It is precisely because of this and hard work that we can be more successful. It is precisely because we have failed, and it is precisely because we have encountered adversity. , we know that we should go up more, work harder, and move towards human growth.
Huang Lei: How can we relegate such great responsibilities to Sri Lankan people? But I have to starve you first, then deplete you, and work you before I can give you the responsibility. But does the growth of each of us have such an experience? Ask the opponent's fellow debater again, when we came on stage just now, someone gave each of us a bottle of water and asked us to moisten our throats before going on stage. This can be said to be a help to us. Isn't this more beneficial?
Huang Jingwen: Of course I am very grateful to the gentleman who just brought us water. He really let us moisten our throats. Furthermore, my friend the other party just said that we can eat well in good times. However, my friend the other party, when we are hungry, we will know that the refugees in Africa are so hungry. When we have the ability, we will because When we are hungry and encounter such adversity, we can help these people and grow more in our lives, right?
Huang Lei: But according to the other party’s argument, African people are in adversity, which is conducive to their growth? If we want to save them, aren't we just curbing their growth?
Huang Jingwen: Just because they are in Africa, they are hungry, and they want to work hard, they are more developed. Fellow debater on the other side, you can take a look now...
(Time is up)
The negative side refutes the positive side
Huang Zhizhong: Let’s review the question just now During the defense, when the other debater was guessing the lozenges on our table, she used a very clever way to ask me if I could guess all three. In this game, of course it is possible, but I would like to ask all the viewers here, in our life choices, can we say that I want everything? It seems not possible.
Whether we are scientists doing experiments, whether we are students choosing life experiences and processes, whether we are entrepreneurs choosing the direction of corporate investment, we all seem to have to choose one of them. Of course, if we encounter good times, we will We guessed it right every time, and we got the fruit of success. I opened the first cup and knew there was something in it. But in the process, I lost something. I lost the opportunity to see what was in the other cups. . Isn't there a sentence in "Forrest Gump": Life is like a box of chocolates. If you don't eat it, you will never know what it tastes like? One characteristic of a successful person is that he can always eat his favorite chocolate, but he never knows what other chocolates taste like, and he never knows what scenery there will be on other roads.
The opponent’s fellow debater told us today that the so-called good times have three concepts. The first one is physiological development, but we must know that physiological development is really easier to bring about in good times. ? We all know why the human body produces antibodies against germs. It’s just because we have been sick that we have antibodies. If you have never been sick and an illness knocks you out, how can this be a good time? What about the development of? The opponent's fellow debater also told us that good health can only come from good times, but this is different from our experience. A rich man with a car, a house, and servants is considered good, and his health will be better than that of a farmer. Okay? Secondly, the opponent’s debate friend told us that his mind will grow in good times, but we have to think about it. If we go to college and meet two teachers, one is a strict teacher and the other is a lazy teacher, it doesn’t matter. You will be given a pass in all courses, and you will be given high marks for any assignment you hand in. This is always a good situation, but will your mind grow? Finally, we also thought about the issue of character. If the other debater is in a smooth environment where parents are extremely pampered, it doesn't matter if I break the vase and my parents say it doesn't matter, or if I tease the children, it doesn't matter. My fellow debater, is such a doting character normal? Thank you all!
The positive side refutes the negative side
Huang Lei: Thank you, Brother Zhizhong. Let’s also briefly analyze what the other party’s argument tells us. They say that good times bring people a comfortable environment, while adversity brings people a mechanism. What mechanism allows you to know which path is wrong. There are 108 elements in chemical elements. If you all here want to experiment to see which elements are poisonous, you can taste them one by one, but when you taste the first poisonous element, you will already be dead. Besides, what is human growth? The other party told me that human growth is the process of guessing chocolate. I don’t agree with this. In fact, life is like the growth of a tree. It needs a stable environment to ensure it. What is the other party confusing? In adversity, people can grow, and adversity is conducive to people's growth, are two completely different concepts. Why do you say this? Edison, through experiments, can sum up his own experience and gain something. I can tell you, Edison There are first-class test equipment and first-class laboratories. If these are lacking, don't say that Edison experimented with 50,000 kinds of materials. I am afraid that he will still be wandering on the street and unable to conduct scientific research.
Having said that, what can grow in adversity? This is like Sima Qian's "Historical Records". It was created in adversity, but adversity is conducive to scientific research, which is another concept, right? It is easy for everyone to understand that, for example, drugs can play a role in medical paralysis, but to prove that drugs are beneficial to people's health, these are two completely different concepts. Otherwise, why would we ban drugs? In fact, adversity provides people with the process of developing certain individual characters, while good times provide people with a process of all-round development. Are all-round development and the development of certain extreme characters two completely different concepts? In fact, we do not deny what the other party said about adversity. What he said is that adversity brings setbacks to people, but good times bring you the ability and conditions to overcome setbacks. Is it more important?
Confrontation 1
Xue Le: Thank you, maybe we have to talk about some heavy topics in growing up.
According to surveys, 60% of children in violent families have an inferiority complex, while in normal families it is less than 10%. I would like to ask you, is family care more conducive to children's growth?
Zhuang Zhikai: The abusive family that the opponent’s fellow debater just mentioned is a desperate situation. It is not an adversity. Just like what the opponent’s opponent said, if you look at your situation as a good one, you will lie there every day. , there is food to eat, and you don’t have to do anything at all. Is there growth like this?
Xue Le: My fellow debater, first of all, please tell me why when domestic violence occurs, children are faced with a life worse than death, or do they have to die?
Zhuang Zhikai: My fellow debater, because he is not yet an adult, cannot take responsibility for his own abilities. I would like to ask my fellow debater, if good times can make people grow, how do you explain the saying that wealth cannot last more than three generations? ?
Xue Le: Is it an inevitable law that one can only be rich for three generations? Then let’s all stop getting rich today, because if you all become rich together, your grandchildren may be unlucky.
Zhuang Zhikai: Friend the other debater, if good times make people grow, it can’t be done without polishing. My friend the other debater, please explain this sentence again.
Xue Le: Fellow debater, why do you always ask us to explain some of our problems? Let me ask my fellow debater. Today we are saying that a study in criminal psychology shows that if a teenager lives in a broken family, his crime rate is three times higher than that of a normal family. I would like to ask you whether a healthy family is more likely to commit crimes. Is it beneficial to the growth of teenagers?
Zhuang Zhikai: The other debater is in a desperate situation again. We should discuss whether it is better to ask you to do things at home or not to do things. What I would like to ask my fellow debater is, God will give a great responsibility to this person. He has worked hard and given him training, so why can't he grow? Could it be said that just by lying there, one can become a great general or a great saint?
Xue Le: My fellow debater, Mencius’s words do not refer to great figures, but to what we, as a human being, should do. I would like to ask my fellow debater for advice. If a broken family equals a desperate situation, then I will tell you today...
(The time for the affirmative is up)
Zhuang Zhikai: My fellow debater has always said, Good times are conducive to growth. I would like to ask the other debater. In "Journey to the West", the entire story tells the story of how they learned the scriptures. According to the other debater, if good times were very simple, then Tang Sanzang would directly ask Sun Wukong to guide him. If he went to the West to get a scripture and came back, wouldn't it mean that he had succeeded in learning the scriptures?
Debate 2
Liang Youcheng: Continuing the topic just now, I would like to ask my fellow debater, why doesn’t our Sun Wukong fly directly to the West and learn the scriptures immediately?
Ma Weiwei: Because he is Sun Wukong. He has 72 transformations. But if it were me who went to learn the scriptures, there would be no changes at all. Maybe he would have been eaten by a tiger in the first difficult time. How about you? Do you want to deliberately torture me like this?
Liang Youcheng: It’s very well said, so you see, just because you are afraid of being eaten by a tiger, these adversities make you grow. If you have never encountered such adversity, how will you face it next time? What about such difficulties?
Ma Weiwei: Fellow debater, aren’t you afraid of being eaten by a tiger? Then you really know that there are tigers in the mountains, so you prefer to go to the tiger mountains! I would like to ask my fellow debaters, is there any essential difference between what you call desperate situations and adversity?
Liang Youcheng: Before that, let me ask my fellow debaters, what do you think is the difference between success and growth?
Ma Weiwei: All growth may not be successful, but growth includes success. Fellow debater on the other side, please answer my question head-on. What is the essential difference between desperate situations and adversity?
Liang Youcheng: First of all, we don’t think it is necessary to answer why, because the opponent’s debate partners are fundamentally wrong in their premise today. What did they ask us to choose? In success or failure, you have to Whatever we choose, of course we all will choose success. But the question is, what we are talking about today is the process before success. Please tell everyone why good times are more beneficial during the process.
Ma Weiwei: Our first debater has made it very clear. It turns out that the opponent’s opponent is a conceptual bomber. When adversity fails, he proposes a desperate situation, and then the desperate situation cannot be explained, and then he resorts to Lingbo Weibu. Please answer directly, what is the difference between desperate situation and adversity?
Liang Youcheng: If you can’t explain clearly and others don’t listen, then I think everyone knows whose fault it is. The opposing debater has not clearly told you yet, what do you think is the definition of good times?
Ma Weiwei: It is from the physiological and psychological socialization levels. We have demonstrated it very clearly. However, the other debaters never explained the difference between adversity and despair.
Liang Youcheng: Then how to update on these four points, physical and psychological, is considered "update".
Ma Weiwei: What I just said is very clear. Do you want me to repeat it to you again? You never answer my questions. Is it because your adversity is not too adverse? , a little rebellious, with a little material help, and support from people, this is a fairyland on earth!
(The time for the affirmative is up)
Liang Youcheng: It was you who described our ability as "excellent", and then described your "smoothness" as very motivated. Of course. We have no answer. The opponent’s fellow debater has no way of clarifying today’s premise. How are we going to continue the debate? Sorry, we don't agree with this attitude, thank you.
Ask a question from the guest
Yu Lei: I would like to ask the affirmative’s fourth argument, Mr. Xue Le.
Xue Le: Thank you.
Yu Lei: First of all, let me remind you that today’s debate topic is a comparative proposition. What is compared is which one is better. If you understand adversity as a violent family and a criminal environment, then we are Can't we also think of good times as clothes to stretch out one's hand, food to open one's mouth, and pie in the sky? Is such an environment conducive to human growth? Thank you!
Xue Le: Thank you for your question. First of all, what we want to tell you is that in fact, people in broken families and single-parent families are in adversity, but we do not deny that there are also people who I grew up in such hardships. Former US President Clinton and former British Prime Minister Heath both came from single-parent families, but this does not mean that single-parent families or domestic violence are conducive to your growth. In response to the guest's question, they said that in good times Or maybe he could stretch out his hands with clothes, open his mouth with food, and become a little emperor. So, we should also be vigilant in good times. We should also make our adjustments in good times and in the care of our families. But please note that this is an adjustment in good times. Has anyone seen it because of this? In other families, someone becomes a little emperor because of doting. As parents, we have to say to our children, oh, in order to prevent you from becoming a little emperor, I'd better stop caring for you. Obviously this is not conducive to the physical and mental development of our children, so making adjustments during good times does not prove that adversity is more conducive to human growth than good times. Thank you.
Wang Weiqing: Let me ask the first debate student from the negative side. I just noticed that you have never directly answered a question from the third debate student from the positive side, that is, what is adversity and what is desperate situation? When you defined it, you considered unbearable adversity as a desperate situation. Then can I think so? You all attribute the so-called adversity that is not conducive to human growth to a desperate situation. In this case, I think when you make your argument, It is suspected of being a circular argument. So I would like to ask, since there are adversities that some people cannot bear at all, how can they be conducive to human growth? I hope you can answer my question directly, thank you.
Liang Youcheng: Thank you for Mr. Wang's question. In fact, today we said that when we are on a competitive platform and we are comparing who is more conducive to development between the two parties today, the comparison is this Man, in his nature, must be the same. Then the opponent's fellow debaters told us that they described our adversity today as a so-called desperate situation, and of course this is difficult to define.
But in fact, we also know that our abilities to face difficulties and solve difficulties actually emerge from difficulties. If I, as a parent, help him solve difficulties, I create a good situation for him and help him solve difficulties. In fact, this The child did not solve the problem, I helped him solve the problem. Good times do not allow people to have such ability. So, we know that whether they are scientists or martyrs, their thoughts towards other people, other people, or other people are actually the same as their parents. I hope that what I do, It can make everyone happier and happier. But when it comes to growth, we don’t want you to be satisfied with this. You have to look for adversities in your life so that you can grow even more. Thank you all!
Free debate
Zhang Jun (affirmative): When people help children in war-torn and famine-stricken areas, is it to help them escape adversity and grow better?
Huang Jingwen (opposer): My friend, people rescue children in chaos out of compassion and love. My fellow debater, I want to ask you, if people can grow in good times, why do armies need to march and why do monks need to be ascetic?
Xue Le: Why do we have to give our care? Isn’t it just because we see them in adversity and it is not conducive to their growth that we have to show care? If adversity is more conducive to their growth If so, we should express envy to them and ask everyone to go to impoverished mountainous areas. Would it be more conducive to everyone's growth?
Huang Zhizhong: Friend the other debater, the hungry people in Africa are starving to the point of life and death. It is wrong for you to express envy to him. It is pity for us to save them and help them. How can we compare with the other debaters?
Ma Weiwei: If our compassion hinders their growth in adversity, isn't this a kind of moral hypocrisy? As for the question of monks, the ascetics in India can stay in the tomb for seven days and seven nights without eating or drinking, and they have grown up. Do we need to practice Taoism and become Buddhas without eating or drinking when we grow up?
Liang Youcheng: Friend the other debater, you tell everyone that if we have a choice today, of course we will not choose adversity, but the problem is that you just told everyone a lot of philosophy about life. When will life Have a choice?
Huang Lei: In fact, when we have choices in life, the other debater has already given us a choice. He must deliberately try the wrong path to verify the error of the path. I would like to ask you, which one is more conducive to your growth, having a good teacher teach us and solve our doubts, or blindly groping by yourself?
Zhuang Zhikai: Fellow debater, here are the stories of 100 celebrities. They all grew up in adversity. According to what you said, the content of their stories should be that they grew up in a wealthy family. Family, he will grow up just by lying there, right?
Huang Lei: There are 2 million viewers here telling us that there is a better environment to grow up in good times. What does it mean?
Huang Zhizhong: Friend the other party, we have already said that we ordinary people cannot bear the adversity, and we ordinary people will only choose good times. But the reason why a great man becomes a great man is because when he makes a choice?brgt;
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