Debate Topics

Debate Sign Up Sheet - One Group Per Topic

Cellphones should be allowed in schools.
TV is a bad influence.
The United States should lower the voting age.
Torture is justified for national security. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Junk food should be banned in schools. _____________________________________________________________________________________
State lotteries should be ended. ___________________________________________________________________________________
School should be year-round. ________________________________________________________________________________
Students should wear uniforms to school. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Peer pressure is more beneficial than harmful. ______________________________________________________________________________
Schools should not use standardized testing. ______________________________________________________________
The United States should ban the death penalty. ___________________________________________________________________________
School attendance should be voluntary. ______________________________________________________________________________
Parents should be punished for their children's mistakes. ______________________________________________________________________
Gaming/e-gaming should be a class in school. _________________________________________________________________________
Middle schools should allow outside food vendors (ie: Chic-fil-A) for lunch. _________________________________________________________
College athletes should be paid. __________________________________________________________________________________
Violent video games should be banned. ____________________________________________________________________________________
The United States should adopt English as the official national language. _________________________________________________
Middle schools should increase required classes and reduce electives. ___________________________________________________
Cigarettes should be illegal. ________________________________________________________________________________
Ban boxing and/or MMA fighting! ________________________________________________________________________________
It is unethical to eat meat. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Student athletes should be randomly tested for drug use. ________________________________________________________________________
Georgia should raise the driving age to 18. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Teachers should not use candy as rewards. ________________________________________________________________________________
Stem cell research should be expanded. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Fast food restaurants do more harm than good. ______________________________________________________________________________
Schools should eliminate letter grades. _________________________________________________________________________
Animal performances should be banned in circuses. __________________________________________________________________
Spanish should be a mandatory course in public schools. _______________________________________________________________________
PE should be eliminated. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
All students should be required to say (and stand for) the Pledge of Allegiance. _____________________
People on government assistance (food stamps, welfare, etc) should be drug tested. _________________________________________________
Teachers should be allowed to carry guns in their schools/classrooms. ______
YMS should get rid of the dress code. _____________________________

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