Like mentioned before, there are many different types of public speaking, debating being one of them. In STEM, the teacher would set up random debates for a team or singular person to defend. This helps train us students to think quickly and be creative. It also teaches us how to win an argument by using techniques like returning the argument to support your case. The most memorable debate was guys vs. girls and the topic was "What is the best superpower?" The guys were going to do the ability to teleport but the girls got first pick and took it. As a result, the guys went with the ability to spawn a pickle of any size, type, or age in any location. Using good debating and public speaking techniques the guys were able to beat the girls by the buzzer because our closing supported all of our points while the girls still tried to attack us in the closing which is not what you're supposed to do. 

This was my personal favorite project. This project was that we had to make a presentation for another student and make them present it without knowing anything in advance. This teaches us students how to think and act quickly while also speaking with confidence. It keeps us on our toes and prepared to face any scenario thrown at us no matter the irrationalness or stupidity of it. It also taught us how to BS our way though something as a last resort option but we made sure to still sound convincing by using the presentation techniques that we've learned throughout the years. On the right is the presentation I made for Evan Keller, hope you enjoy!