Hey,
i have to do a debate for school on the topic “Look before you leap”
We are negative so we have to say you shouldn’t.
We’ve come up with the team lime “if he who hesitates is lost, why look before you leap”
But we dont really have an argument yet
So help would be appreciated
Indeed. When it comes to unicycling. I don’t look(too much) before I leap because it makes me think twice about doing something, then usualy backing out.
But then again, nobody is stupid enough to “close your eyes before you leap”. Thats suicide lol.
Personally I would answer by defining the statement. I would define in such a way that “looking” can be used as more then a verb, but as the task of thinking ahead or planning, and “leaping” is simply following out the task. By stateing this as an arguement it opens up ways for you to defend your topic, such as people who go to college without a predetermind major. Or people who go out running without planning their trip.
The main idea is getting away from the “not thinking”, “your stupid for not thinking before you do something argument” that may be presented. Another thing to keep in your head is that most people who listen to this debate are going to have their minds made up that “well, duh of course you should look before you leep” but it will be in your best interest to kill that state of mind. Have fun!
I personally like to examine things closely before I leap and I rarely back out of something even after I look. The way I see it is if your thinking about doing something it’s probably within your ability to do it.