I am a member of an online debating site (though not a very successful member lol). I haven’t been very active for a while, but I want to start debating again. Can you all list some topics that I can instigate a debate with? Thanks. Most topics earns 10 points.
How about the economy we are living in?
I am new to this club. I joined for two reasons. I need more clubs based on government and my girlfriend joined it. I live in NY and I need debate topics on anything locally, statewide, nationally and internationally. Please, my gf is really into this and I wanna show her I like her, that I’m also interested and know more about government and the world issues overall. Thank you
Debate is not an end in and of itself, it is a necessary step to plan action, The debate club it is to be purposeful and productive should concentrate on issues it can solve and do something about. Here is an idea:
Many tenants are faced with unreasonable demands made by landlords.One of these unreasonable demands commonly made by landlords is the prohibiting of pets in the apartment. The landlord claims property rights to make this ban, however pets are property to even if they have no money value. Pets should have a right to housing just like people, they function as part of the household.
What do you think about pet rights?
I have to write a congressional debate for english and I can not think of a good topic. I am a sophomore in high school so the topic needs to be appropiate for the age group. I have to have some sort of bill or resolution included in the debate as well. thanks!
Best topic and most important = Balanced Budget Amendment ! Definitely worth raising…
I am new to this club. I’m a 11th grade high school. I joined for two reasons. I need more clubs based on government and my girlfriend joined it. I live in NY and I need debate topics on anything locally, statewide, nationally and internationally. Please, my gf is really into this and I wanna show her I like her, that I’m also interested and know more about government and the world issues overall. Thank you
A bill to mandate electronic textbook:
- helps reduce the cost of manufacturing textbook
- eco friendly, reduces the need of paper, hence reducing the cost of cutting down trees
- updateable electronic device
- state borad of education could help fund E-books
I am new to this club. I joined for two reasons. I need more clubs based on government and my girlfriend joined it. I live in ny and I need debate topics on anything locally, statewide, nationally and internationally. Please, my gf is really into this and I wanna show her I like her to and I know more about government and the world issues overall. Thank you
You are in NY as you say, and a call to Mayor Bloomberg’s office; they’d be likely glad to help you with relevant topics for your state and beyond. Try that. Good Luck.
An Experience That Changed Me
PMy family and I have moved many times from city to city and from state to state but never outside my country, Mexico. When I learned that we were moving, I became very excited. When I knew that we were moving to Chicago, I was even happier; I was going to explore a new land! My excitement was a correct instinct, for when my family and got off the airplane, I saw what I thought of as stars falling from the dark blue sky; it was December 24th 2006.
PHowever, when the first day of school started, I realized something I had never thought of: everyone spoke English. I was lost! I was left out of conversations; nobody liked to speak Spanish or knew it well enough to speak it. My classes were very difficult; I would sit in front of a teacher whose words I could not decipher, whose book I could not read, and whose perspective I could not understand. Math class, although easier, was the worst of all since I would know an answer and be laughed at for mispronouncing it. The social aspects of school tortured me the most. The native speakers were judging the sound of my voice rather than the essence of my words. Soon after my arrival, I became extremely self-conscious and low-voiced
PTrying to learn a new language can be a very frustrating experience when nobody is willing to lend a helping hand. My life was like an old saying from Mexico,“cuando sientes que te vas a ahogar es que aprendez a nadar” (when you are about to drown, you learn how to swim). I started to memorize sounds and write them down to say common phrases. This and other methods failed. It was not until the day I tried to to break up a sentence into parts of speech that I started to see some progress. I soon developed a passion for English. I became inspired by various public speakers to be the best, to control masses through my charming words, and to break all barriers. When I entered high school, I joined debate. The first tournament was devastating; a lost battle. The last one, however, was a perfect score on the speaker points: an achievement. I still had a great vocabulary to learn, so I practiced every day. By my junior year I felt very confident; nobody seemed to notice much of a difference on my fluency. Later on that year, I realized how far I had come. I had a line of students waiting for me to revise their essays. I was once helpless, now I am helping others. That was the day I realized I had broken all language barriers.
PAfter being lost, scared, and alone, this hard work, passion, and determination helped me through . My excitement from the first day I stepped into Chicago that December night and saw the snow falling and shining through the sky came back to me, and now I feel I have found the place where I finally belong.
P means paragraph. Please DESTROY this essay. I need lots of help with this! the more you make me work on it the better it ‘ll be!
Never been to cali but thanks. I’m actually applying to middlebury, in vermont. umm how do i say this without sounding mean… vermont= white kids (sorry!) I doubt this is over used THERE. but thanks, so I AM ALL OVER THE PLACE. gotta fix that. someone else please?
Destroy you??? You’re amazing!!! Remember Leonard H from Yahoo Answers when you win that big writing prize for one of your books. I predicted it first. A couple of changes to the essay I would make:
1) What are the falling stars? That’s unclear at first. You might write something like "I saw snow for the first time in my life, falling like stars from the dark blue-grey sky." Snow doesn’t really fall from a blue sky, so I changed that a bit.
2) Near the end, I would write "…and saw the snow falling and glimmering in the sky…"
Great job, but Sharpsna… makes some interesting points.
A debate consists of differing ideas pitted against each other between 2 or more people using their own arguments in a persuasive manner.
Newt Gingrich keeps accusing the media of having some kind of conspiracy to get Republicans fight one another. Would he prefer the debate consist of everyone agreeing with each other?
For the record, he also said the same thing when Fox News hosted the first debate – that they were trying to get him to fight (disagree) with his Republican opponents.
Uncle Pennybags: In other words, you admit Newt avoids the question to go on an "I hate Obama" tirade.
He’s just going for the "Obama is evil" easy applause lines. He doesn’t want to discuss differences he might have with other candidates.
I’m debating growing out my hair longer and then cutting it to sell for cancer, but if I get it cut off I’d still like to atleast have a sort of bob left, maybe almost shoulder length or something. Right now its a bit longer than mid way down my back, and in layers, but my natural colour. I live in Canada. Thanks!
i came on yahoo answers to troll and be stupid but this just warmed up my heart Honestly you should be so proud of yourself.
What time (EST) is the republican presidential debate tonight?
8PM EDST, 7PM CDST, 6PM MDST or 7PM MST, and 5PM PDST
I am beginning to apply to colleges and I just got my schools Speech and Debate captain position.
I just wanted to know how much this would help when applying to schools, my other stuff is pretty good to,
2000 sat
rock climbing for all my life
visually impaired
from wyoming (diversity)
i think it’s a nice little line to add to your resume,
but i doubt that it’s going to make a huge difference; i mean,
universities are not going to accept you b/c you were in the debate team.
the conventional/cliched list of the most important factors are:
1 gpa
2.sat
3.extracurricular
4.essays
sat seems to be a bit on the low side though, if you are planning to
apply to the more competitive colleges.
