Two participants were opposed to debates (as competitions) as part of education, but the other two were in favor of any kind of rhetoric as a teaching tool, whether in the form of a competition or not.
Tveir viðmælendanna voru andsnúnir ræðukeppnum sem hluti af námi en hinir tveir fylgjandi hvers kyns mælskulist sem kennslutæki, hvort sem hún fólst í keppni eða ekki.