Education Debate Topics for Students — page 20

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• Thank you as well for this great debate. I will PM you with some comments.
• DEFENSE 1)Students Complement One Another Most prep schools require admissions test which are meant to weed out less academically qualified students. Unless a student is an incredible athlete or musician, they will have to score above a baseline to be admitted to a prep school.…

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• My oppoent has decided to try and defend his argument. Which is sad, because there is no defense that can be made to excuse his blatant disregard for the rules and his pathetic semantics ploy. "In a debate, you cannot rely on your opponent to interpret and twist your words to…
• Fuck this shit. I'm not playing your game. I said "make money, gain employment, or otherwise become successful." I was INFERRING the definition of successful by talking ABOUT making money or getting a job. I even talked about "preparation for adult responsibilities" which…

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• While schools may teach some things that are taught on a day to day basis, the majority of maths and sciences will not be used depending on the job you have. If schools are not needed to live and we only need sustenance to live, then it is as though schools are wasting time.…
• Here is why it must be changed: The typical school system teaches subjects such as math, science, history and english possibly depending on where you are. The reason I say must is because when looking at the necessities academically needed for life, one would not find those…

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• Give the girls a break
• On Research

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• To help show the flaws of my opponent's speech lets do this on a line by line. Let's start with all of there bullying claims accord to StopBullying. Gov that because of the absence of strict rules in the school system the administration has little to no power to help victims of…
• Hello, I believe that homeschool is an extreme better choice as suicide rates in American happen a lot at regular convention schools and how the psychical and verbal happens at an extreme rate. And homeschool takes kids out of this hateful and cruel environment and allows them…

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• What exactly do you mean they are "taking away our rights"? The nation will always be divided, blacks vs. whites, men vs. women, gay vs. straight...etc. We will never be able to make EVERYONE happy or EVERYONE agree. There will always be a problem, and you cant fix everything.…
• why would you not want to pledge to the united states? What are the reasons someone would not want to pledge to the united states? Because they are too lazy to stand up and say, I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the united states of America, and to the republic, for which it…

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• I will begin by giving an objective, unbiased definition of the system. The "Stop Start Continue" system is a system with which students can review their teachers at the end of the school year. Each student is given one form to fill out for every teacher. On each form the…
• I'd like to begin by rebutting some of your points.Q1:"Teenagers are inherently rebellious, and school is generally looked at by the average teenager as a form of government instituted prison from teens."Inherent: Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or…

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• Schools should have to do the pledge of allegiance. It shows respect for your country and even if you don't like the inclusion of under god, you should still recite it to show support for the soldiers who died for our country. I feel that the patriotism for our country should…
• I agree, For only one reason. The inclusion of Under God in the allegiance. I am an atheist so I do not believe in god. I find it extremely offensive to be forced to recite those words every day despite the fact that I do not support those words.

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• First, I'm going to contest my opponent's counter-analysis of the word teach. They assert that in order to meet the full definition of the word, we have to 'Impart knowledge of *OR* skill in ; give instruction in'. They go on to CHANGE the definition to 'To impart knowledge of…
• Because I am PRO, I will post my argument first. I agree with my opponent's definitions. In addition, I offer the following definitions. Should - Used to express obligation or duty. I would like to offer a pre-case observation : Public School SHOULD teach creationism indicates…

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• Why no, in fact, I did not. I conclude this argument saying that School uniforms are great
• Tsk, tsk. So biased, yuriy, being so foolish and saying that it makes us look like nerds. It truly shows your inner side; A stupid, biased hater of school uniforms because they look like 'cheep nerd cloths'

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• The UK currently fees students up to 9,000 pounds a year to go to university. I I believe this is wrong. At the moment, secondary schools have both independant(private) sectors, in which a fee is payed, and public sectors, which are free. Therefore people from less priveleged…

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• Sorry, i thought you were on the 'pro side' i completely agree with your views and i think that Creationism should not be taught alongside evolution.
• Creationism should NOT be taught along-side evolution in science, in my opinion. We have no way of knowing, how the world was formed, we have now way of knowing how we are formed ect. However, without going into much detail, evolution, is a much more liable reason in how the…

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• I guess I will present my argument now: Why should they teach about Creationism? Christianity, is an important part of history. So if one wanted to teach Creationism in a mythology class or ancient history class they may wish to do so. As biblical studies and mythology are…
• This debate is over, the voters can decide whether or not you abided by the rules.

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• Thank you to Con for a good debate; I'll respond now.It may disappoint Con to realise that many of his elaborations on FALSE are 100% irrelevant for this debate. Consistently, my opponent has referred to the over-arching theory, whereas (as I have explained multiple times) we…
• Thanks to Con! Allez!Junk DNACon makes a number of mistakes here. First, he commits a false dichotomy fallacy[1] by stating that: "[Junk DNA gives] decisive evidence [...] against intelligent design, since an intelligent designer would not have littered our genome with so much…

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• I had an argument typed out already that was deleted, so unfortunately I will have to make a short but detailed argument:In this round I will post my arguments for why people should put limits on debates:1: Debates with limits tend to be higher quality:The debate below was left…

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• I agree that cell phones don't help educational purposes, but my whole argument is about after school activities and in case the bus breaks. I look forward to your answers.
• how will cell phones being used in the right way not help the education purpose as a whole?

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• Intelligent Design is basically the same thing as Creationism but with a different name. They both mention how a creator made the universe and that everything is preplanned. Due to the separation of Church and State, Intelligent Design should not be taught in public schools.

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• Please, the debate was about the highly capable programs, not about where the money or focus should go. You make a strong argument with the fact that highly capable should be able to deal with boredom or bullying, however the students in this circumstance are not learning new…
• I see what you are saying, however the disabled have equal or more classes than the highly capable. These classes are also isolated and not everyone can be in them. You see, opponent, that we can expand both. There are kids in every community that cannot afford to go to private…

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• Extend
• My opponent therefore loses conduct points. I will not be responding to my opponents opening arguments and will pretend that she just accepted the round instead. This is the argument from my former account xXCryptoXx. This argument was not plagiarized; for it is my own work…

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• I will attempt to show that we should teach creation science in the public schools. Con will attempt to prove that we should not teach creationism in the public schools. Rd. 1 is for questions and acceptance only. Good luck!
• Thanks, and sorry. My essential argument is that a free marketplace of ideas, including the teaching of creation, is essential. Besides, evolution is only a hypothesis and it is impossible to prove (so is creationism). Thus, both should be taught. Is it okay to post the second…

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• Changes negative perceptions of university life
• Equality of opportunity

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• i think teachers are to be blame as a student I have figure out that many student are not bright it is the work of the teacher to teach him/her with focus

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• My CaseThe flaws with the current system:My opponent talks about the pros of both the current methods of evaluating high school teachers. I'll cover both methods.1. Test Scores My opponent concedes that schools are motivated to use tests as forms of evaluation because they get…
• I'll attack my opponent's initial arguments this round."Students have many different ranges of what they expect in a teacher." I would agree with this point. However, high schools generally offer different class options for students. For example, a student can sign up for an…

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• My refutations:Monetary BenefitsMy opponent comes up with a number similar to that cited by collegeboard, of roughly 1 million more dollars being earned by those holding bachelors degrees, as opposed to those holding high school diplomas. However, my opponent's calculations…
• BenefitsAs the majority of this debate will come down to weighing costs versus benefits, we first must know the benefits of a college education. "Properly using the present value of the lifetime earnings, adjusted for the cost of going to college and the difference in the…

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• My opponent has forfeited.
• So you agree with me? Not going to be much of a debate then.

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• I believe that it will never even come close to being a good way of learning for the current student, but I'd love to hear your opinion on the matter.

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• geometry class is mainly review of other topics with the addition of new theorems applying to standard shapes. In geometry, the main linking factor between the different subtopics is that they all apply to shapes. geometry and its own is not used by everyone, and so, 8t should…

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• Nobody's account has been deleted.
• Nobody's account has been deleted.

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• I will explain my first point Math and science provide us with basic knowledge which will certainly help in our daily life as well as broaden our horizons For example, Basic knowledge about geometry will form a foundation on how things shape or in-depth knowledge about…
• It has been argued that school should focus on maths and science rather than music and art. And the reasons for that are: Maths and science provide us with basic knowledge that help us to broaden our horizons If you are good at these subjects, You will probably get well-paid…

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• Should disruptive students be removed from the classroom and given punitive disciplinary consequences such as school suspension or given a more rehabilitative program such as Restorative Justice that takes does not approve of school suspensions.

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• I can only feel sorry for the fact that this debate is extremely short, and, instead of the usual 4 or 5 rounds we are left with only 2 rounds, during which we can't possibly discuss the resolution in depth. Nevertheless, I will do my best in defending my own case and rebutting…
• My opponent did not provide any definitions at all, so I will do that myself.DefinitionsMathematics - the abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics ), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (…

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• When failing schools loose students, and enrollment falls to such levels that keeping these schools open does no more than provided employment rather than education, these schools would be shut down, restructured or possible put under the management of a Charter School firm.…
• A way to prevent inflation due to vouchers, is to limit those eligible households to those at or below 200% of the poverty rate. Thus, only those children who are truly in need of an alternative will garner assistance. Also, in lieu of monetary value - vouchers should simply be…

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• I didn't even realize that this was the December Public Forum resolution when I accepted this. I just figured it out at this Saturday's debate tournament.
• What a shame. After CON's last rebuttal (or lack, thereof) I would posit that not only should we give teachers merit based pay, but we should give debaters merit based pay also. This might encourage people like my opponent to stop posting debates and not following up on them.…

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• John Lye has written that "Realism is faithful to our experience of life lived in a physical and social environment, and governed by causes and effects. The most powerful argument for realism is that it represents life as we live it -- sequential, contextualized, rooted in the…
• I will be arguing that Stendhal's The Red and the Black is a product of realism and not romanticism. I would ask that my opponent use reliable sources for this argument and that they cite them every round.That being said, let us begin.

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• R1: "Half the people can't read my handwriting" If you live in the UK, I'm worried, if not, the education you live in is what you suffer from and that's why people can read you're handwriting. I have even tried practice books, but somehow it doesn't improve. That is a separate…
• Writing is a very buggy skill as well. Half the people can't read my handwriting. Thousands of trees are wasted for those handwriting practice books. Smart boards have replaced white boards, but still the stylus is not used for writing work. Phone typing is very fast. I just…

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• I hear it all the time on here and so do most of you, someone makes a reference to a Wikipedia article in a debate, the other side instantly claims that it is not a reliable source for information, but never actually explains why.... I have looked through many Wikipedia…
• Last round(finally) Ill give some quick final remarks and then end with a statement 1) The point of this argument was to show that people who contribute to wiki articles often know about the subject they are editing, and they are not editing the whole thing they only edit the…

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• Let's not forget that birching was the punishment meted out to children for being naughty so, if anything it's too lenient: if I had my way I'd have the bastards tazered and kicked into the gutter and left to fester in their own filth. However, a few lashes of the birch in a…
• Birching is a corporal punishment where a birch rod is used to whip the offender's bare buttocks. Until the last century the birch was used in Britain to punish naughty schoolchildren, juvenile delinquents and errant prisoners. [1] Today I am proposing that the birch be…

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• Basically you make the argument that judges are biased against certain groups because they're able to be biased. However, this doesn't make the action itself just. Therefore, this argument can be thrown out on the basis that it doesn't exactly apply to negating the topic. Also,…
• First off, let me say that this shouldn't turn into a very personal debate. I'm just trying to see both sides of this story. Also, my main source for my statements is this fall's Central Crossing HS Show Choir Competition in Grove City, OH. In favor of the topic, I bring forth…

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• 97 percent scientist DO NOT AGREE on global warming. If they did, I wouldn't have a reason to instigate this debate. You can read my sources that provide evidence for this point. Arctic ice has improved by 50 percent since 2012 despite the so called "global warming" effect.…
• The evidence on global warming is subjective, and it shouldn't be taught as a truth in schools. This limits the student's' perspective on climate change, and students must be allowed to at least make an opinion on it based on the facts available.

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• To round my rebuttal into one point I will say this. The teachers may not know it but what is taught is truly a racist effect. I do in fact have proof. On page 5 of my grade 7 geography and social studies textbook it states this "As a democratic country our country should help…
• Actually racism has been taught and accepted at my school and I have been personally critisized to to my country. I have in fact been allowed due to this notion to remove myself from all classes that may aggravate this sentiment. "There is no logical way in which the public may…

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• It is very useless to learn French as there are very few native speakers in the US. There actually are dedicated people wanting to learn Mandarin, the worlds most spoken language. French is no where at the top of the list. Learning Mandarin, Arabic, Persian, Urdu are far more…
• French is no longer a "second language" to most nations and definitely not in the United States. There are so many more useful languages to teach students, French is just a waste of education money going to the teachers.

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• Countries like Finland give their students freedom and no homeworks they value creativity and working with each other.And you know whats they their system outperforms all other in the world.School has stayed the same for over 300+ years while the world arround is changed school…
• They teach you nothing but useless information that you will never use in the real world.There are kids with diffrent talents diffrent needs and interests and they treat everyone the same.If a kid wants to be singer or actor he dosent need to learn maths or physics but they…

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• i think that a boy is distracted by girls all the time u see boys texting girls during class. also after school they stay inside to text them. they also think of what to say to them other than think for work so they never get work done. then when the boy breaks up with the girl…

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• Thank you for your rebuttal. I'd like to point out that having a school uniform contributes to keeping kids focused on what is really important at school, the academics. With marks slipping in the UK and USA, [1] it is crucial to keep as much focus on academics as possible. As…
• You have thoroughly shown how uniforms and bad behavior are connected, but I do not believe that this is the case. When wearing a school uniform, students are less likely to misbehave as they are representing their school. (1) It is proven that students who wear uniforms are…

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• If we don't give poor counties education, we have to give them food forever. Because they can't take care of themselves.

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• I win
• Students should not be referred to by these terms. The terms are socially respected so as to be regarded to those with more life experience than us.It is a term of respect that says "hey you've lived longer than I so you probably know better than I and I respect that dawg; I…

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• After failing to get Intelligent Design taught in science courses by the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the Discovery Institute has put their main focus on something similar, the Teach the Controversy campaign. Teach the Controversy Campaign: "The central claim the…
• (1) "Since, most people in the field of political science and economics, say anarchy is a bad form government should we strike it from our history books?" Of course not, it is part of history. I never said I.D. should be discoursed out of a history/philosophy of science course,…

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• Patriotism is "love for or devotion to one's country" http://www.merriam-webster.com... Love is "a strong positive emotion of regard and affection" http://www.google.com... In the context of patriotism, love implies concern and caring for the status and future of one's country.…
• Con and I agree that "Encouraging citizens to understand, support and respect their country by displaying national pride and the benefits of civic involvement could do much to improve the activity of our citizenry within the process of our nation's governance." Thus, Con places…

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• OK thank you for those points. I shall now give mine. 1) Homework for reviewing Is it not true that there are students who daydream in class and not listen to a single thing the teacher says? No there are students like that. A classmate of mine in my former-school always…
• Ah homework. Homework, homework, homework. Thank you for creating this debate and I will be debating that homework is good. What is homework? Homework is actually schoolwork usually done at home. Who does not like homework? The students. Why do they not like homework? It is…