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1. SchoolUniform
Insome countries, e.g. Britainand many Caribbean states, it is common forschool pupils to have to wear distinctive uniforms identifying them with aparticular institution, especially to the end of compulsory education at 16. Inothers, e.g. France, the USA,it is rare for uniforms to be worn, although some private schools may retainthem. In both situations the desirability of school uniforms remainscontroversial among students, parents and educationalists. As a result of thissome schools have abandoned uniform at the same time as others have adopted it.
2. Language study
Do you believe what advertisements sayabout the fast pace and great ease of learning a foreign language?
3. Japan, next US?
In the past years we have seen Japan continueto gain power and international status. Now the 2nd largest economy in theworld, Americabeing the first, will it become the next leading country? Japan's strongdefence, government and continuing ethics of its people are showing a countrythat is well on its way. Two years ahead of the world in carious areas oftechnoloy, it is something we need to consider.What are your thoughts?
4. Gays in the Military
In 1993, President Bill Clinton attemptedto remove the long-standing ban on gays in the USmilitary, resulting in a compromise known as "Don’t ask,don’t tell" - one that achieved such currency in US society thatpoliticians routinely campaign as "don’t ask,don’t tell" candidates. The USA is the only country in NATO to maintainsuch a ban. The UKheld one until January 2000, when it was lifted after being declared unlawfulby the European Court of Human Rights.
5. Should abortion be allowed?
Should abortion be allowed???? what do uthink?????
6. George W. Bush
George Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.There are numerous contentious issues, each of which could lead to a fulldebate in its own right. To keep a broad perspective, this article will look athis personal qualities, his mandate, his domestic policy plans, his foreignpolicy plans and his performance in the office so far. It is important to notgive undue emphasis to his views on various legislative issues though, as the US Presidenthas no power to legislate. As a general rule, he is not allowed to sit inCongress.
7. Do you think a woman should bepresident?
Personally, I dont think so. I am a girland everything but having a woman as president just isnt a good idea. I mean,as a girl, I know we get offended easily so it'd be harder for us to keep ouremotions in check. A leader from another country might not be so into women'srights and we'd get mad and say something offensive to them. So I just thinkit's a no go.
8. Should sex offenders register themselveswhereever they go?
9.Drugs in Sport
The2000 Olympics have once again focused the attention of the world upon the useof illegal performance-enhancing drugs within sport. Several Olympic championswere stripped of their medals as a result of positive drugs tests, while thewithdrawal of a large number of Chinese competitors on the eve of the games waswidely assumed to be linked to failed drugs tests. Although attention is oftenfocused upon athletics, almost all sports have a?drug problem?and devote considerableenergy to testing competitors regularly, banning those who fail them.Nonetheless, doubts remain as to the effectiveness of these tests and thefairness of some of the resulting bans, and some argue the whole approach isdeeply flawed. Performance-enhancing drugs include steroids, the male hormonetestosterone, Human-growth hormone and other drugs taken to build muscle-bulkduring training, and stimulants or blood-doping taken to improve performance incompetition. Most such drugs have some medical uses and are prescribed legallyin certain non-athletic contexts; it is unlikely that a Proposition would alsowish to legalise?recreational?drugs such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamines, although all ofthese could be regarded as performance-enhancing in certain sporting contexts.
10. Do you think our troops should beoverseas?
I really dont know why we're even overthere! Why are we having this war? Does anyone know? I dont think our troopsshould be over there. They're dying and families are missing them. I think warsare a waste of time anyway. We should keep to our own country's business andnot get all in another's business. We're already hated enough, why make itworse?
11. Should school systems extend student'ssummer vacation?
12. In Criminal Interrogation the endsjustifys the meens.
Im having truble finding my Contentions forthis because everone really knows the awnser anyone got an oppion.
13.Sport, benefits of (JUNIOR TOPIC)
Sportis a reliable topic for good debates. There is always something in the news tomake the issues topical, and even people who don?t usually like debate will want to give their opinion. The argumentsbelow look at the general case for and against sport as a worthwhile activity.More specific debates could be also run on particular sporting issues (forexample; drugs in sport, physical education in schools, government funding,amateur versus professional sport, and sports violence). It may be helpful tostart with a few definitions:
A sport could be defined as a physical competition played for pleasure. Thoseplaying amateur (not for pay) sport do so because they enjoy it. Professionalsportsmen and women get paid to compete, but do so because other people enjoywatching them play and pay to see them.
Sport is not the same as a game, which may be competitive but lacks thephysical element. Chess is a good example of a game (perhaps debating is too?).
Sport is also not the same as exercise, which might be done for medical reasonsrather than for pleasure. Exercise is also not usually competitive. Jogging oraerobics are good examples of this.
There are many sports in which two individuals can test their skill, strengthand speed against each other (e.g. tennis, squash, sculling, boxing or judo),but most sports are between two teams.
14. Should their be furtherbanning/restrictions on smoking?
15. Is myspace,facebook,etc. harmful???
16.Home Schooling
Homeschooling is legal in most countries but the extent to which it is practisedand varies. Within Europe, in the Netherlandsparents have a duty to send their children to a school, and Germany alsoforbade home schooling until recent decisions ruled this contrary to humanrights legislation. Elsewhere in the EU home schooling is allowed but parentsmay have to justify their choice (Greeceand Italy), register with alocal school (Norway and Portugal) or put their child forward fornational tests annually (Austria).The extent of regulation varies considerably; Austria has its testing regime andSwedish home-educators can expect two or three inspection visits per year, butelsewhere monitoring may be left to regional authorities with varying resultsor may not exist at all. There is not much data about the number ofhome-educated children in western Europe, except for Britainwhere there are three to four thousand children educated at home, and Germany where there are only 200 or so followingthe recent change in the law.However, as a political issue home schooling loomslargest in the USA,where it is comparatively popular. Home schooling is legal in every state,though the level of difficulty encountered by parents wishing to teach andparents removing their children from the state system varies between states. InIdaho there are no specific teacherrequirements, and no testing requirements -?no registration, certification, notification, qualification, ortesting requirements?, as the state?s Home SchoolAssociation says. In California, home schooling is often challenged bypoliticians, and people such as former Superintendent of Public Schools DelaineEastin even suggest it is illegal; they claim it is not protected by existingprivate schooling legislation, as its supporters believe.For the purposes ofthis piece, it seems sensible to adopt a middle ground of home schooling - thatit would be regulated under the proposition?s plan, and the opposition do
17. Competitive Sports Should be Banned
Just wondering if any body had anyviewpoints both for the affirmitive and the negative. That Competitive SportsShould be Banned.
18.Identity Cards
Theassumptions in this debate will vary from country to country. In some, such asthe U.K.identity cards have only ever been a temporary wartime measure and there isconsiderable resistance to the idea of introducing them, in others they are anaccepted fact of life and the controversial debate would instead be whetherthey should be abolished. In both situations, however, a common assumptionwould be that if everyone has to have an identity card, they would also have toproduce it when asked to do so by those in authority (e.g. police officers,welfare offices), implying that it would need to be carried on the person atall times.
19.All US schools should hae a requiredspanish class
Right now in America wehave a huge population of Hispanic not to be offensive.And since we have soooo many ithink Americaas a whole country should try to learn spanish. if we could accomplish thisAnericans would have a better relationship with hispanics and theircountry's.This is something that can really help America in the long run. Also itwill help with jobs an when we visit other country's. Lastly it would help uslearn about the spanish culture and history. Oh and lets not forget it wouldgive joby has to teach the spanish.
20.Alcohol
Inalmost all countries in the world, adults are allowed to buy and consumealcohol with very little restriction (although there are often laws about theexact hours that bars and shops are allowed to sell alcohol, and laws againstdrinking and driving). This is in marked contrast to the legal situation withregard to other mind-altering (or?psycho-active?) drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, acid, and heroin.However, the experience of?Prohibition?in the USAin the 1920s and 1930s, when there was a huge black market in alcohol run by apowerful criminal underworld, makes most people very wary of trying thatsolution again. In this debate the proposition can argue either for tighterrestrictions or for complete prohibition. This debate is one that boils down toa debate about what balance should be struck between the need to protectsociety on the one hand and the need to preserve individual liberties on theother.
21. AnimalRights
Theclaim that animals have?rights?was first put forward by the Australian philosopher Peter Singer inthe 1970s and has been the subject of heated and emotional debates ever since.There are many contexts in which the question of?animal rights?comes up. Should we farmanimals? If so by what techniques? Should we eat animals? Should we hunt andfish them? Is it morally acceptable to use animals as sources of entertainmentin the context of zoos, circuses, horse racing etc.? Often the sameorganisations that campaign on environmental issues (e.g. Greenpeace) are alsoconcerned for the welfare of animals: both sets of concerns derive from acommitment to the value of Nature and the Earth. The question of animal rightsmight well come up in a debate on biodiversity, and is one with so manypolitical and social implications that it is also worth having in its ownright. This debate is about the ethical principles at issue; the separatedebates on biodiversity, vegetarianism, zoos, blood sports, and animalexperimentation deal with more of the concrete details.
22. Human Translation vs MachineTranslation
When it comes to language translation fromone language to another language then which is the best choice to translate :Human translation vs Machine translation ?Is Machine Language Translationaccurate ? Also what are the pros and cons of Human & Machine languagetranslations.
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