students of public high schools ought not be required to pass standardized exit exams to graduate
I stand to negate the resolution: public high school students in the united states ought not be required to pass standardized exit exams to graduate. My value for this round will be that of education. Education is what enables humans to grow and experience life to its fullest. By valuing education we are motivated to act in the best interest of students, which is what this topic should be about. My standard will be that of extrinsic motivation. This is defined as: the desire or push to pe...
School uniforms ought to be worn in primary and secondary schools.
School Uniform: An outfit of clothing to be worn daily to school. "Traditionally, school uniforms have been subdued and professional. Boys' uniforms often consist of dark trousers and light-colored shirt, often with a tie. Girls' uniforms [...] typically consist of a dress or a blouse worn either with a skirt or culottes or under a pinafore." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_uniform) It is assumed that wearing the school uniform (as described above) does not conflict with any religious...
The Book of Bunny Suicides should be banned from public schools.
Good day to you all! Though I have a pending engagement in a tournament of sorts, the inspiration to debate has struck at this odd time, and at the encouragement of a fellow debater, have decided to put this topic up on the market: The Book of Bunny Suicides (Andy Riley) should be banned from public schools. This topic is near and dear to my heart, as I work for the school district in Oregon who became internationally famous for about 15 minutes when a parent spearheaded a movement to b...
Public HighSchool Students of the U.S. ought not be required to take a standardized exit exam to g
This arguement is in the form of LD format please if you don't know the format here's the format Aff, Cross-X, Neg, Cross-X, AFF rebuttal, NEG rebutal, then Aff rebuttal. Negative: High School Exit Exams In this round I negate the resolution: Public high school of the United States should be required to take the High School Exit Exams. Definitions: United States – A democracy in which 50 states are entitled the right of a public education. Public High School – An area of which st...
Resolved: That NCLB is a negative policy and should be terminated.
This will be my first debate on this site. With that said, I will take the Pro side of this debate and is open to any debater The education in America has been suffering for years and we have been falling behind other countries very drastically. Therefore, the U.S. government established the No Child Left Behind Act. The No Child Left Behind Act for education is not helping education. Pro Argument 1) Improvements cannot be linked to No Child Left Behind "The interaction of the N...
Cell phones should be allowed in school
I think that cell phones should be allowed to be used in schools, but put on vibrate in classes. I think that teachers should only let students accept calls from their families. cell phones should be face up on a desk though, so that when testing, no cheating is advised. Besides, even if one forbids cell phone usage, it doesnt prevent the problem... it only makes people use a phone in a place that it is uncalled for. (the bathroom or locker room)...
The philosophy of the existence of God.
The philosophy of God is a great topic to look into if you want to think a little. I am for God's very existence 100%, you would have to do alot of work and persuading to convince me into believing God ceases to exist. It would be like persuading me to live in a prison for my entire life in till I drop dead inside the prison walls, and not enjoying anything that life offers. Now I have touched down on the matter of a prison cell, I would like to compare it with there being no God. A pris...
A teacher's pay should be merit-based.
Though I believe this resolution to be fairly self-explanatory, allow me to clarify just a bit: 1) Merit-based: based upon a system of student achievement to be defined by the affirmation. As long as the advocacy doesn't switch and student achievement is fairly defined, I'm all set with it. 2) Student achievement: a quantitative measurement of the attainment or mastery of academic skills (for example) Brief resolutional analysis: 1) We are talking about teachers of public schools in...
Should studens in the united states be forced to stand up and say the pledge of allegiance
I stand in firm negation on this topic for the simple fact that we are al American. One of the many great things that america was founded on was the wright to freedoms, so there for by makeing our young americans pledge we are takeing away that right....
Marxist methods of teaching and Marxist ideologies should be implemented in school curricula
High school curricula should be focused more than they are at present on utilizing the pedagogy espoused by Paulo Freire and on encouraging students to understand communism, by which I mean an economic theory espousing these three principles (lists your stated principles 1,2,3). I recognize that my assertion may be proven invalid if either (a) true communism is shown to be unachievable or (b) that education would not be improved by either (1) Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy approach or (2) stud...