Answering this question is hard. I see answers out there, but sometimes it is just better to let someone else do the job for you.

Watch this video and when you listen to the first story in the video.

Connecting the dots, that will show you, how and when you use the knowledge and skills that you get at debating, can not be done into the future. Now you are sadly not able to know, where and when you will say “Damn, I learned that at debate and really needed that just now.”

But I’m certain, that if you do debate, and if you learn all that debate can give you, you will be able to use that in your future life. I am using it right now, I am using every day, when I write articles for people that I do not know, but they pay me for this. And they say that they like it. And all that I do is just follow a couple of simple rules, that I learned while debating.

You will to, just do not give up debate.