Don't worry, I won't be using your efforts as representative of the 'gold standard' for your school. I can tell you're 'just' a capable amateur at this debating malarkey. No disrespect to you, but the only serious tests of my counterblasts will come from your 'experts'.
If I succeed in refuting their arguments, then by definition I have also rebutted yours. I might choose to 'warm up' by dealing with your points first tho. Unless, of course, I have been persuaded to jump ship beforehand. But so far, my position on this has not shifted.