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Good Debate Topics Bored of the same old debate topics repeated and reiterated at every competition? Here are a few good debate topics that you can choose from for the next time you organize a debate. As a student, one topic which I remember always making the rounds of the debating circuit was, does violence in television and movies influence the way children behave? By the end of my learning years, I was sure that I had heard every argument that could have been made about the topic. After all,

the circus acts that were called the 1st presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate that aired earlier in the month, my expectations for the 2nd debate were not too high. Unfortunately my even my low expectations were not met and I felt as though there was not a large enough improvement during this debate to have made any difference from the first one. While we saw some improvement in terms of candidate behavior, the rest of the debate was severely lacking in substance. Questions posed by

college students consider harmful words an assault, and some students believe that such verbal attacks can and should be met with violence. Students and speakers today are discriminated against in classrooms and other scenes where free speech and debate should be especially cherished.

Political debates in the United States, has turned into a constant public dispute, on who is more convincing for the public eye. A political debate refers to a discussion engaging deliberate arguments, that involves opposing viewpoints. One of the issues that has been in a constant debate for years, is the “Tax Reform”. A recent Republican political debate that took place on November 28th, gave us insight on the thoughts of some of our candidates, regarding the imposition of taxes. In the United

Guns have played a major role in America from the American Revolution, to the constitution and the “right to bear arms,” and in recent years the political debate over gun control and mass shootings. The strong feelings on either side of the gun control debated are tied to how Americans view guns. Guns are symbols and can stand for many different things, and what guns symbolize is particularly important to many pro-gun advocates. According to the articles, for many Americans guns symbolize freedom

After my first debate coaching session, I was completely compelled by the natural talent that our students had. Not only could they eloquently beat us in the ‘UM’ game by more than four minutes, but their ability to synthesize information from our fact sheet on refugees and then come to a conclusion on how an inflow of refugees in a country will impact it economically blew me away. We knew that beginning our research on the refugee crisis would be most effective by using a fact sheet made by us

There are many hardships a person will face in their life. From being born, to the agonizing moment of death. There aren’t many, however, quite as high school. I really didn’t know what to expect coming into this. I already was under the impression that it would be nothing like high school musical. I was okay with this. Still, I assumed that it wouldn’t be a roller coaster concocted from the most ruthless of 6th flag engineers. After being on this roller coaster for 4 years, things haven’t been easy

In the society we live today we surround ourselves with positivity and negativity. The stuff that is happening today are they getting better or worse? Based on the article “Taking a ‘War of Words’ Too Literally”, by Deborah Tannen, she defines the new norm of our society “the argument culture”. Tannen discusses her experiences and states that we are more confrontational and less open to others. In the article “Taking a ‘War of Words’ Too Literally”, Deborah Tannen defines “argument culture”, as

a three-part explanation to balance out people 's education and religious freedom. “The balancing test marked the move from belief-action doctrine in the nineteenth century.”(Politics, 2014) Through the case its decisions impacted the debate regarding parents control of their children 's education. Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment posed some challenges to court, which was faced with the conflicts between the church and the state. “The clause, which protects the free exercise of religion

Pro Gun Control Debate: Our Right to Safety Many arguments for and against gun control in our country revolve around the second amendment. Unfortunately the majority of those arguments are based on an individual’s perception of what the second amendment means. The second amendment was adopted into the United States Bill of Rights in 1791, which was 222 years ago. The second amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of free State, the right of the people to keep