Speech and Debate: Powers of Persuasion Summer Course

Prepare to be amazed as you watch your differently-wired kiddo make real friends, explore this unique content, grow under the guidance of this expert mentor, and be seen in all their glory!

Coach Hughes

Ages: 9-12

Class size: Maximum- 8 Students

Meets: 1x per week

Level: Beginner and Returner

Price: $35.10 weekly

Why Take This Course?

🎤 Students who take this exciting course display HUGE confidence boosts in just days! 

If you have a child who: 

  • struggles to write but can talk your ear off about their passion, and/or struggles to articulate their thoughts, 

  • is a bit more reserved and struggles to find to confidence to share their passions with others,

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU!

Help your kiddo learn how to harness their greatest power and transform it into their greatest gift!

Empower your child to gain confidence, organize their thoughts, improve their communication and listening skills, delve deeply into logic and persuasion, develop reasoning, perspective-taking, evidence-based claims,  and make leaps and bounds in speaking AND writing! That’s right! Our debate students show marked improvement in their writing skills, too!

Our Promise To You

Satisfaction Guarantee: If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses:

  • Payment Plan: Let us know in the first 24 hours and we’ll immediately stop all payments. After that, no worries! Tell us anytime, and we’ll stop future payments after a 30-day processing period.

  • Paid in Full: You can switch to another class of equal value or get a credit for the remaining balance for future classes.

We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!

We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting over $2000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.

My promise to you.

-Mr. Sam

Mr Sam

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Meet Your Mentor

Jennifer Hughes

Professor Jennifer Hughes is a retired criminal, international and family court attorney with over 23 years in legal practice. She has taught both in person and online middle and high school for over fifteen years and was the History Department Chair at a non-traditional charter school. She also was an Associate Criminal Justice Professor and has over thirty years of experience competing in Speech and Debate events, including Congress, Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, Moot Court and Model UN.

Jennifer created her High School Debate program and coaches Debate students for both the NSDA and TOC circuits. Her students have won competitions such as Harvard, obtained national bids and won State championships. Since 2009, she has taught Advanced Placement Courses such as APUSH and Comparative Government. Professor Hughes, as a parent of both neurotypical and neurodiverse kids, fosters classes that are inclusive and tailored to each individual learner.

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