1. Should your class be permitted to go on a field trip this year?

2. Should students be required to wear uniforms at school?

3. Should you be permitted to choose whatever clothes you

want to wear outside of school?

4. Should you be permitted to have a job such as mowing yards

or baby-sitting if your grades are poor?

5. Should you be permitted to purchase or buy whatever you

want to with your own money or allowance?

6. Should you be permitted to get any style of haircut you

want?

7. Should you be permitted to have a birthday party and invite

friends other than family?

8. Should you be allowed to go anywhere you want to with your

friends?

9. Should you be given an allowance or maybe an increase in the

amount of your allowance?

10. Should you be permitted to go to a PG-13 or R rated movie?

11. Should you be permitted to have or attend a sleep-over

party?

12. Should you be permitted to have a pet?

13. Should you be permitted to join any group you want to--
basketball, soccer, girl scouts, martial arts, or others?

14. Should you be required to do chores around the

house? Which jobs?

15. Should you be permitted to have your own bedroom?

16. Should you have to dress up for those special occasions that
your parents feel are important?

17. Should you be allowed to take up any hobby that you want to?

18. Should you be allowed to take lessons to play any musical

instrument you like?

19. Should you be allowed to stay home when the family goes to
visit someone for the day?

20. Should you be permitted to have a TV in your bedroom?

21. Should you be allowed to have your ears pierced or maybe

pierce other body parts?

22. Should you be allowed to get a tattoo?

23. Should you be required to wear mandatory bicycle helmets?

24. Should you have homework assignments every night?

25. Should there be corporal punishment at school?

26. Does society have a right to put someone to death?

27. Should you have a curfew? If so, what time and on what
days?

28. Should the cafeteria offer fast food lunches instead of

cafeteria food.

29. Should school hours be changed to 12:00 to 6:00 pm.

30. Should students be allowed to bring their pets to school.

31. Why their favorite book is better than one the school makes
them read.

32. Why they should have the freedom to choose their own
bedtime.
33. Why they should be able to watch a certain program.

34. Why they should raise or lower the age to vote, smoke or
drink.

35. Should kids between the ages of ten and thirteen be dropped
off at the mall without adult supervision?

36. Should skateboards be allowed on sidewalks?

37. Should animals be used for scientific experimentation?

38. Should Pokemon cardds be allowed in schools?

and more...

Television is better than books.

Girls have it better than boys.

Cats make better pets than dogs.

Animals should not be kept in cages.

Computers should replace teachers.

School should be two hours longer.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The Olympics are a waste of money.

Which is the most important meal of the day? Is television bad for
young children? W hich is better: exercise, running or swimming? Are
there aliens in the universe? Is Facebook quality social interaction?
Should people eat three large meals or many micro meals?

Sunday Funday: People across the nation are not allowed to work on
Sundays! It is a day of fun with family and friends only... No Homework, No
school, No work for restaurants, No work for police... NO ONE WORKS ON
SUNDAYS!!!
Great specific answers from students on what would happen if
specific professions were not always working! Or why they loved it haha

I Phones For People in Jail: People in Jail are always fighting and
angry. They fight each other, and also the police (correctional
officers). Therefore the solution is to give all inmates IPHONES! This will
make all inmates much happier and less destructive and angry.
**I'm unsure if this topic hit really well with students, or that we have worked
on debates once every 2 weeks and now they are really getting into the idea
of proving ANY point, but I was very Impressed with the VERY abstract and
well thought out ideas children had on this topic.

Boys And Girls Schools: There are no longer girls and boys in the same
schools. Schools are All Boys, or All Girls schools for all grades up until
College.

Alien Secret: Aliens have been discovered on the moon by the President. It
is unsure if they are a threat or not, But there is a 3 mile long gun on the moon
pointed at Earth. Should the President tell the Nation?

Credit Cards for Kids: If students don't pay the end balance each month,
students must work off the debt by being street cleaners, or public bathroom
cleaner.

School is Work: Students get paid money for the grades they get on
homework, quizzes, tests, and being on time. Flip Side... Students must pay
for everything.

Optional School: Children have the option to choose if they want to attend
school, or Not.

Animals Have Same Rights as People: All animals of the world are given
the same rights as people. If an animal breaks the law they are put in jail as
people would. If people break a law against an animal, they are put in jail...

No More Shoes: All people must not wear shoes, only roller blades or roller
skates, all the time.

Free Chocolate and Ice cream for All: Your country must provide free
chocolate and ice cream for all people at all times.

Death Penalty for Homework: If students don't do their homework 3 times

in a year, teachers should kill them.

http://idebate.org/view/top_100_debates

1. students should have daily chores.

2. Every home should have a pet.
3. Every student should play a musical instrument.
4. Homework should be banned.
5. School uniforms should be required.
6. Year round education is better for students.
7. Children should not be allowed to drink soda.
8. PE should be required of all students throughout middle and high
school.
9. All students should be required to volunteer in the community.
10. Corporal punishment should be allowed in schools.
11. The Internet should be banned from schools.
12. Junk food should be banned from schools.

1. All parents should be required to attend parenting classes before

having a child.
2. All students should be required to learn a foreign language in
middle school.
3. All museums should be free to the public.
4. Single-sex schools are better for education.
5. Students should be held legally responsible for bullying in
schools.

1. Children under 14 should not be allowed on Facebook.

2. Prayer of any form should be prohibited in schools.
3. Statewide tests should be abolished.
4. All people should be vegetarians.
5. Solar energy should replace all traditional forms of energy.
6. Zoos should be abolished.
7. It is sometimes right for the government to restrict freedom of
speech.
8. Human cloning should be banned.
9. Science fiction is the best form of fiction. (Or any form of fiction
of your choosing)
10. Macs are better than PCs
11. Androids are better than iPhones
12. The moon should be colonized.
13. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) should be banned.
14. All students should be required to take a cooking class.
15. All students should be required to take a shop or practical arts
class.
16. All students should be required to take a performing arts class.
17. All students should be required to learn sewing.
18. Democracy is the best form of government.
19. America should have a king and not a president.
20. All citizens should be required to vote.
21. The death penalty is an appropriate penalty for certain crimes.
22. Sports stars are paid too much money.
23.The right to bear arms is a necessary constitutional amendment.
24. Students should never be forced to repeat a year at school.
25. Grades should be abolished.
26. All individuals should pay the same tax rate.

1. Teachers should be replaced by computers.

2. Students should be allowed to skip grades in school.
3. The voting age should be lowered.
4. Individuals who share music online should be put in jail.
5. Video games are too violent.
6. Students should be required to learn about poetry.
7. History is an important subject in school.
8. Students should not be required to show their work in math.
9. Students should not be graded on their handwriting.
10. America should give more money to other countries.
11. Every home should have a robot.
12. The government should provide wireless service for everyone.
13. School pictures should be abolished.
14. Smoking should be banned.
15. Recycling should be required.
16. Children should not watch television on school nights.
17. Performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in sports.
18. Parents should be allowed to choose their baby's gender.

1. Education is the key to future success.

In pairs, discuss the topics below:

space travel is a complete waste of money

the Internet is making face-to-face communication obsolete
there should be a 50km speed limit on ALL roads
English is a very easy language to master
all motorists should be obliged to wear seatbelts
putting wild animals in cages in zoos is cruel
women are worse drivers than men

Topics for group discussion or debate:

Money invested in space travel should be better invested in helping the poor and needy
Experimenting on animals in laboratories is cruel
Genetic engineering is nothing but a violation of the laws of nature
Cloning could have disastrous consequences for mankind in the future
The energy crisis is 'necessary' to maintain the world balance in power
Man is his own worst enemy
There is always a price to pay in protecting the environment
In the 21st century mankind will regress to primitive levels of existence
Animals should not be kept in captivity
It is right to meddle with Nature
Too much knowledge is a dangerous thing
We hope 'teaching machines' will replace teachers
Man descended from the apes
Time is relative
Any method is justifiable if the aim is to preserve life