Computers can replace human teachers

No such thing is obvious at all. In round 1 you gave no definition of 'teacher' that defined it as the best example of a teacher. In fact the only thing in Round one to be found that addresses what kind of teacher you were talking about is in the resolution 'Human teachers" Well, to be frank when I started the debate I only had the picture of a 'good teacher' in my mind. Let us not be oblivious to the fact that human teachers include both good and bad teachers. What I wanted to suggest was that there is no substitute of a good teacher and as far as a 'bad teacher' is concerned; even self study works well with it. "In fact, the bad ones really are the only ones we should be considering because the 'good' ones are so rare and few that they are only a statistical anomaly that you would never consider them to logistically exist. " Really! I solemnly disagree. In fact the bad ones are the rare ones. How many teacher killing student or teacher raping student cases have you seen or read about? I think that good teachers exceed the number of bad teachers by clear majority. Moreover, not all teachers are dumb enough to sacrifice their future just for a futile desire. "Who cares? What other countries can afford is not relevant to the scope of this debate unless the only kind of 'replacement' you think the resolution refers is one that must be done in a day, or a year even. And if you read round one again it is not defined like that. And how could it be? such a definition would be the most incorrect view of 'replacement' I have ever seen. " WHO CARES! that is what you suggest me for a question of international importance! Don't you think that technology is meant for the usage of everyone? I think that it is a right that every country should have. "If teachers are to be replaced by robots it of course will start with rich countries in rich schools. then as technology advances the robots are easier to produce cost effectively and the price goes down and more can afford robots. So theirs poverty in the world, some people are better off than others, but unless you can prove that addition of robot teachers in particular to the already high list of things that make countries 'unequal' to each other would increase unrest to a level of bloodshed you point about unrest is irrelevant. " Certainly the problem of replacement will add to the already high list of things as you put it contributing to this unrest indirectly if not directly (although I still think that it will bring instability and bitterness in the relationship between various countries) "well seeing as their has been no given definition in this debate for 'replacement' I might as well make the official one then shouldn't I? Replacement: can be used in place of something and do what that somethings primary task was. Replacement is a term almost never taken so strictly to mean 'does every thing the last thing did and in the same manner' to say something has been replace it can do its job a little differently and even in different degree of effectiveness than the the thing it replaced. " To this I would just like to provide my readers with a few meanings of the word replace given in some of the dictionaries a) merriam-webster - to restore to a former place or position b)oxford - put back in the same position c)lexicool - put back in the exact position "As for Con's 'new' arguments, I fail to see anything new about it. Just another attempt to arouse the audiences sentimentality towards the handful of good teachers out their. " I do not think there was anything 'sentimental' in my piece of argument or any mention of good teachers. I advice my opponent to read the text again. Teachers are a vital part of our economy. If we were to replace teachers with computers than millions of jobs would be lost. Children' s grades would also fall dramatically, as they could easily cheat and get away with it. Students need teachers as they can tailor lessons to a specific classes needs and give feedback on work. Computers cannot have compassion, interest or any other emotion to a student. I have enjoyed good teachers and have experienced new phenomena through technology (mainly the internet). However, technology cannot substitute for having an in person teacher who is knowledgeable, well prepared and interested in their students. Further, technology cannot substitute for many educational experiences such as the in person interaction with other people (we're social animals) and directly experiencing certain things as a part of the learning process. How many of us would want blood drawn by a nurse who has only done it through an online training? To conclude, a just as a calculator can never ever teach maths similarly a computer can never teach academics or anything else for that matter. Lastly, debating with my pro had been an excellent experience.