TheAnalyticalAdvocate

So I went by a different name on debateart, so some may not recognize me. I hope nobody gets offended when I ask this, and I hope the individuals in charge don’t get upset. But I guess my question is does it seem like the written debate sphere is becoming smaller (other worse dying out)? When I debated on debate art it often seemed like more debates were going on with more people while here there seems to be a niche crew that remains active. I don’t mean any of that negatively. Just that it is a tad interesting and I hope that the space can grow more. I say this mainly due to being a tad sad. Not because I am upset, but more because I may retire from debating or I may take an extended break. This doesn’t have anything to do with the site, but I am a parent, a PhD student working on my dissertation, I am presenting at a research conference this fall, I am leading a few research teams, I am working on individual research studies, I am teaching full time in k-12 education, and I am teaching part time at a college at night. Whether I walk away and stop debating or whether I start back I plan to come back to this site. If not to debate to listen to other people and ask questions. I honestly want this site to thrive because I enjoy the epistemic push between others. So without me getting weird and sentimental, does the written debate sphere seem to be shrinking?

I wanted to message to get different individuals thoughts on their methodology on how they determine something is true in society? I use to debate a tad on debateart before I started debating on here a few months ago, and from what I notice a lot of people use different frameworks to determine things. I’ve debated a few people who use more philosophical approaches, while some use more simplistic approaches. I typically go more through an empirical lens because I like to see the results in front of me. I am starting to get interested in philosophy, but haven’t got into as much as I would like due to me being a peer review researcher who has limited time (I also am a newer parent so lol)! I’m interested in other perspectives so maybe I can get some fresh debate opponents for when I come back to debate after I take a break (Once I close out of my last debate here I will probably take some time to breathe. I am working on multiple publications, while working full time, while being a PhD student, and while I am also teaching college part time. I also have the kid thing lol). I also am just interested in different perspectives lol! Also if someone is interested in debating me you can DM me. I lean left on most issues, while I lean right on some.

So out of curiosity I want to ask the debate craft community how I should know if I am doing the right things to transition to a better paying career field. I guess I am asking for advice to see if I need to be doing something else to improve my resume and skills so I can get a job after I make it through grad school. I am currently a teacher, and I am trying to transition out to make more money. Well and the stress while at work isn’t worth it (I guess the bonus is I get time off, but how things are going, I would rather work all year compared to being in a classroom). I am 75% done with my PhD program in Educational Research and statistics, but I feel that I should be a tad further than where I am. I got my first peer review paper published this April, and I am about to start teaching College part time at a University at night. I have a lot of wins, such as presenting at three research conferences with two additional manuscripts going through the peer review process. I should be grateful because that is a lot of wins, but I haven’t caught a big win just yet career wise. Granted outside of teaching in college most of the jobs I could get in my new field of study are outside of my town. I guess this long post is, how do you know you are moving in the right direction?

So out of curiosity and I have no clue if I will get many answers, but does anyone like to grill anything in particular. I bought a charcoal grill and I love it, but I am having a lot of people tell me that I would regret not getting a gas grill. I thought charcoal gives better flavor. Are they saying this out of convince? lol I have no clue if anyone grills on here so this might be a dead in the water post lol!