Uniform - Pro:
1. Distract students and bring the focus back on education rather than on a fashion show
2. Prevent fights in school.
3. Fight the materialistic world's value
4. Prepare faster in the morning.
5. May be better able to express themselves in other important subject.
5 semester of Computer science courses - Pro:
1. Help students in their future classes.
2. Help students find their jobs and succeed in their career.
3. Can still learn liberal art courses in extracurricular courses.
Soft drink advertisement in schools - Con:
1. School should be a haven since our society already has too much ads.
2. Soft drinks are unhealthy (high sugar and low nutritional value)
3. There are better methods of raising money.
block internet in school - Pro:
1. Internet contains many offensive/objectionable sites
2. Dangerous spyware and ad-ware can harm computers
3. School computers could be used only for school work.
Con:
1. Restricting access is a form of censorship
2. Students are deprived of opportunities to learn about certain topics
More money to vocational educational programs - Pro:
1. High demand in market
2. Helps the U.S. Economy
3. Liberal Art curriculum is not enough for decision making
Ban cell phones in school grounds - Pro:
1. Not fair for students who don't cheat.
2. Too easy to cheat with them
3. Not necessary for school and distracting
4. People survived high school before cell phones where made
Teachers eavesdropping on student conversation in classroom - Pro:
1. Classrooms is not a place where students should assume any level of privacy.
2. Teachers will be better connected with their students and prevents violence.
3. School is not a institution where privacy is assumed
Summer Break or not - Pro:
, 1. School is stressful, so they need a break.
2. College is expensive so they need to make money.
3. Their childhood is important
Tolerate Cheating - Against Cheating:
1. Unfair for students that don't cheat
2. Worse consequences later in life.
3. Schools need to teach values
Guidelines for student newspapers - Against:
1. Need multiple opinions
2. Juniors and Seniors knows what to put in and what not to put in.
3. Violates freedom of expression.
Should art and music courses be mandatory. - Pro:
1. Helps students learn other topics
2. Helps teach students about team work,
3. Helps students be more creative
Restricting teenagers that are under 18 from driving with other teenagers - Against:
1. Not Fair (man and old people)
2. Better ways to decrease car accidents.
3. No scientific proof. There are other distraction
Library restricting certain books that children under 18 can borrow - Support:
1. Certain books contains many offensive/objectionable scene
Con
1. a library is a place that categorizes knowledge, even obscene or unpopular knowledge.
2. Many great literatures contain certain violent and objectionable scenes.
3. Bad contents can be got much easier from internet
4. freedom of Censorship
Should schools remove candy and soda from vending machines due to child hood obesity -
Remove:
1. Candy and Soft drinks are unhealthy
2. There are better methods of raising money.
3. Replace with healthier food
7 pm Curfew - Against:
1. Too early
2. impossible for working students
3. hard to reinforce