I am a parent judge who is a school educator. My daughter is a policy debater but I don't frequently watch debate rounds. Things to avoid:

1. Spreading- I won't be able to follow a spreading round, especially with topic literature I am not familiar with.
2. Kritiks- I do not have a base of knowledge for k literature and would tend to view more generic K's like the Cap K with a highly critical eye. I would avoid kritikal arguments unless you plan to explain them really really well
3. Theory- I am ok with T, but theory arguments about the rules of debate/ function of a round will be useless, since I don't know the norms of fairness etc. in debate.

Things I like-

1. Stock issues- solvency, inherency etc.
2. Disadvantages- Makes a clearer round for me to judge
3. Counterplans- Open to tests of solvency and alternate advocacies.

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