Day 12 Debate

In the morning, we continued with our engineering challenge. Ideas from different groups were presented by the professor, and we continued with our project. We worked on the 5 steps, initiating, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. We defined different phases of the project, and set a budget and deadline for each task. Through this challenge, we had a greater understanding of what was a SMART project - specific, measurable, achievable, and time bound.

In the afternoon, we learnt some debating skills. We watched some clips from the Oxford Union, the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. The debaters' speeches were really inspiring, and all of us enjoyed their speeches. Afterwards, we had our own debate. We were divided into 2 groups of 20, where each group chose 3 speakers to debate with the motion: this house believes that university education should be free of charge to students. The whole team worked hard and a lot of support was given to the debaters. We only had an hour to prepare a less than 10 minute speech - it was extremely challenging but team spirit increased throughout the process. Team proposition won and it was a good experience for all of us.

Before dinner, all of us were given the choice to a) do some shopping, or b) go jogging/take a walk around Christ Church Meadows. At night, we stayed up late to make thank you cards for the teachers and ate fruits together. All in all, it was yet another amazing day and we will surely treasure the last 2 days in Oxford.