Debate Reflection

In my opinion our whole debate project was a success because we found good facts, put up a good fight, and we were very efficient with our time and planning. Our team debated on the side that was arguing that the bomb was no the right thing for the us to do, and that Truman should have saved japanese lifes also. Our main points were that invading with troops would have been better and saved more life's, and the bombs radiation kept actively killing people for 2. Years after the bomb was dropped. While researching we put all of our data on one google doc so that each member in our group was able to add and edit research and questions at the same time. Because of this method we had 4 people working at once and basically pumped out all the information and work that would lead up to our debate. On the day of the debate we had all of our sheets of questions, work, and facts printed out so that we could easily see everything we needed to put up a fight in the debate. I think that the accual debate was very close because both teams seemed to have good ideas and facts leading up to their arguments. I asked some questions and did a couple rebuttals during the debate and I think I could have done better but can't you always. The whole process was also pretty fun from reading Hiroshima to researching the atomic bombs because I learned a lot of things that I never knew before like that the Japanese were also doing nuclear research during the war,  but most of all that dropping the bomb was not the right thing to do. I hope I don't forget them because they are both interesting and reflective of some modern conflicts. I improved my researching skills and speaking skills from this project.