Travel vs. Staying: Who Grows More?

The article argues that growth comes from experience — but does that experience require travel? Argue both sides before deciding.

State the question

Write the debate question in your own words in one line.

FOR: Travel grows you

List three specific arguments for why travel changes people more deeply than staying home.

AGAINST: Stay and grow

List three specific arguments for why staying — like Kwame — can produce just as much growth.

Your instinct

Mark where you instinctively stand — before you analyse further.

Travel changes you more

Staying home changes you more

The hardest point

Write the single strongest argument for the side you do NOT favour — the one that genuinely challenges your view.

Your answer to it

How would you respond to that point? Look back at step 2 or 3 — does your best argument still hold?

Your verdict

Settle on one word that captures your final position — and write one sentence explaining which side surprised you most.

Why that word?

Discuss Tell your partner: which argument from the other side almost changed your mind?

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