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Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In School

"Students do actually want to know what is going on when a teacher instructs them to do something. If they ask a question such as "Name multiple facts about Shakespeare's Literature" or "What are the names of the animals that are critically endangered". If it is assigned in the 10 minutes given, they must do it for a grade. " Students are supposed to memorize facts, what is the point of making a student memorize the Pythagorean theorem in math or a noun in English if students can search up online during class. When a test comes students will not be allowed to search things up. If students are forced to memorize things in class, they will find that studying for a test is easier. Also some students, if allowed to use phones, will start to play Clash of Clans on it or cheat on classwork that they are supposed to do by themselves by texting to others. "If a student happens to be gone for a day, the student can see on the blog what happened during that class period and what the homework is that they missed even from a different device such as a phone." Why would they check there homework at school? Also if a student is sick, they ask a friend what happened when they were gone, and are caught up by the time they get to school the next day. Also I do no believe that this point relates to the topic, as this normally happens outside school, a student will not check what happened yesterday in a class while the teacher is teaching that days lesson. "For my last reason, some students have very large projects that cannot fit in a car and or in a bus seat. The teacher can observe from the submission of the students by the blog. And if it is a large typing assignment and they do not have and technology besides their phone at their house, a phone would be the major way of the assignment that is due the next day faster and easier for both the student and the teacher. Everything being on technology is very beneficial." So how does a phone help? Grading a project that is to big to fit in a car is even harder to grade on a phone. Also normally a student will submit the work through the internet using a laptop, not a phone, I don't think it is even possible to submit documents using a phone. My opponent is stating almost impossible situations, why would a family have a phone, but not a computer, also the student could go to the libary. This point does not relate to the topic, as submitting work through the internet normally happens at home, not at school. If a student was to attempt to use a phone to submit his/her homework during school, it would distract them. My points from the previous round still stand as my opponent has not countered any of them.
Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In School

Students do actually want to know what is going on when a teacher instructs them to do something. If they ask a question such as "Name multiple facts about Shakespeare's Literature" or "What are the names of the animals that are critically endangered". If it is assigned in the 10 minutes given, they must do it for a grade. For the second reason, students want to know what is on the agenda for the class that day and what the assignment is. If a student happens to be gone for a day, the student can see on the blog what happened during that class period and what the homework is that they missed even from a different device such as a phone. For my last reason, some students have very large projects that cannot fit in a car and or in a bus seat. The teacher can observe from the submission of the students by the blog. And if it is a large typing assignment and they do not have and technology besides their phone at their house, a phone would be the major way of the assignment that is due the next day faster and easier for both the student and the teacher. Everything being on technology is very beneficial.
Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In School

Technology is a big part of the United States and especially the teenagers. Now that things such as Laptops being distributed, there is one thing that is missing. What about phones? Phones are beneficial in many ways and can be intertwined with our new education. One, they can do instant searching for an assignment just given by a teacher. Two, they can catch up with the teacher's blog to see what's happening in class and what the next assignment is. And lastly, they can be used to submit and create school projects. Sometimes they can be times where projects are unable to be brought to school and/or you need a document that is needed. If that was submitted to a teacher, it would show responsibility by the student by doing the assignment and listening to the directions given by the submission process that was given at a different time. Cell phones should be allowed in schools.
Cell Phones Should Be Allowed In School

"People actually do check what their homework is. And it does actually make sense that they check their homework instead of getting a late assignment and have lower grades." People do check what there homework is, but not at school. "Majority. That does not mean that every person has that. And not everyone has a laptop." An overwhelming majority own laptops. Only a tiny minority of students don't have access to a computer. Also the can always go to a library and use one. Also my opponent has not managed to counter the survey that I brought up in Round 4.
Teachers Assign Their Students Too Much Homework

My opponent stated that teachers are only concerned with giving students work when in fact the work they are assigning is just to help the students learn. Students have many different ways to learn and in most cases, they learn by practice. By doing the work the students could actually retain some of what they learned. My opponent also stated that students are more worried about passing the class instead of learning the material. Students are failing to realize that the work being assigned could be extremely beneficial for them in the long run. The work assigned to them may, in fact, prepare them for when they get a job. Since there is going to expect a lot, the students will be prepared to handle woked assigned, especially because managers will not always take it easy on them. The work they get is not a lot they just do not see the positive aspects that will come from it. In conclusion, students do not have to complete their work given so late if students would manage their time better and not procrastinate. Students are failing to realize the good that can come of the work assigned. With that being said, homework truly does help students and can possibly shape them to be extremely successful in life.
Teachers Assign Their Students Too Much Homework

My opponent mentioned that the homework is helping the students learn. However, while homework was first assigned to be helpful, the benefits of homework are not consistent and definitely not guaranteed. Students are so concerned with trying to pass their classes that they don't even pay attention to the content of the homework. Homework is only useful and helpful when it's not assigned in excessive amounts. In conclusion, most students are stressed out with the amount of work they have to complete in class and at home. School is not an easy part of one"s life. But with the excessive amount of homework they receive, it"s easy to understand why. Homework is stressing the students out more than it is helping them. Students deserve to receive a reasonable amount of homework that is done for practice, preparation, and extension of a lesson. Homework should not be given just to be completed when it"s not necessary for the student. Teachers need to recognize that their students are becoming stressed with homework that is not usually useful to them. Students should not have to be strained or deprived from their sleep, especially at such a young age. Homework should only be assigned when it is handy.
Teachers Assign Their Students Too Much Homework

Adding to where I left off, students complain about the workload given failing to realize the good that can come of it. They are too focused on the work rather than thinking that homework might have a positive impact on their education. Teachers assignment homework so that students get the extra practice and actually learn. Its to help students retain information and better their education. As stated by the NAEP, which stands for the National Assessment of Educational Progress "If kids are invested and engaged, homework can really help them learn. After all, the more a student practices something, the better they get and the faster they become." This just proves to show that homework actually helps students by improving their skills and continues to show that students can use the extra practice. As stated in research done by the The National Education Association, "the notion that students who do homework do better in school than those who don"t. Beyond achievement, homework can also lead to the development of good study habits and a recognition that learning can occur at home as well as at school." Students who actually take the appropriate time to complete their assigned homework develop better studying habits. Also, the extra practice allows them to learn more and do better in school. Teachers assign the homework needed for students to continue to accomplish big things in life. Teachers do not assign more homework than what is needed for them to be successful. Students just do not see the positive aspects of the assigned homework.
Teachers Assign Their Students Too Much Homework

My opponent mentioned that students procrastinate and therefore complete their work so late, but it's because these students have other work to do. They don't have too much time on their hands, so when they are given an excessive amount of work, they're forced to push back dates of when to do it because of the other work they have. My opponent also stated that high school students receive less than an hour a night of homework and that the amount of homework they've received has been a constant amount for decades. However, over the past decades, according to a U.S. News article, written by Allie Bodwell, the amount of time students spend on homework has increased profusely. In the research done by the University of Phoenix College of Education in 2014, it was concluded that on average a high school teacher assigns 3.5 hours of homework each week. Although it doesn"t seem like much, don"t forget that the average high school student has six classes. That"s about 17.5 hours of homework each week, excluding AP students, who usually receive more. This can lead the students to stress. My next claim is that teachers assign too much homework because the students do not have time to spend time with their families. In an online article written by Ken Robinson in April of 2018, it states, "many parents and educators are increasingly concerned that homework, whatever form it takes, is a bridge too far in the pressured lives of children and their families. It takes away from essential time for their children to relax and unwind after school, to play, to be young, and to be together as a family." This quote demonstrates the frustration of both the student and parent because of the time that is being taken away from them. Students should be able to do their homework without stressing about it and still have time for other things.
Teachers Assign Their Students Too Much Homework

As the years go by students continue to complain about the workload given and that it is way too much. They claim that are up all night and the amount of homework given is just increasing as the days go by. This is incorrect due to the fact that teachers provide the same amount of homework and does. Completing the amount of work given does not have to be completed so late if students would manage their time better and not procrastinate. As stated by the American Journal of Family Therapy through a study, "that while younger children are assigned too much homework (30 minutes is onerous?), most high school students get less than an hour a night." This just proves that even students who are nine to have too much homework when in reality it will only take them about half an hour to complete their assignments. Students tend to over exaggerate the amount of hour they truly get. In most cases, it is just because they are too lazy to sit there and complete the work. The amount of homework has remained at a constant amount for a while now. According to Tom Loveless, who is Brookings Institution scholar "during the past three decades, the homework load "has remained remarkably stable." In other words, the amount of homework given to students has been the same for an extremely long time. There have not been complaints before until the recent years, due to the fact that there are many things that can distract a student from completing their homework at a reasonable time. This is mainly way most stay up late completing their assignments.
Teachers Assign Their Students Too Much Homework

As a student, I can agree that many teachers in high school assign too much homework. In fact, it has been evident, in myself and in others, that students are even being affected by the excessive amounts of homework they are receiving. Nowadays in school, teachers are more concerned with students doing work than actually learning and students are more concerned with passing than learning. Too much homework has led these students to be stressed, to be sleep deprived, to avoid time with friends and family, and etc. In an article published by Stanford University on March 10, 2014, researchers discovered about 56% of over 4,300 students find homework the primary source of their stress, while 43% decided that tests and exams were their primary source, according to a survey they took. This demonstrates that more students are stressed in their excessive amounts of homework than they are in important exams. In fact, less than 1% of the students surveyed said that homework was not a stressor at all. In addition, the Stanford researchers also concluded that many students have openly admitted to reductions in health. According to the article, it says, "many students said their homework load led to sleep deprivation and other health problems." (University, Stanford). This is an example of the pitfalls homework has that most teachers are unaware of, and proof that students find their excessive amounts of homework to be overwhelming, especially considering that they have many classes, and has led them to stress. To further defend my claim, the amount of homework the students have been assigned is affecting their health. In a CNN article published on August 12, 2015, and written by Kelly Wallace, it is stated that, "the impact of excessive homework on high schoolers included high stress levels, a lack of balance in children's lives and physical health problems such as ulcers, migraines, sleep deprivation and weight loss." This proves that the amount of homework teachers are assigning to their students is too much because it is causing them problems mentally and physically. 1) https://news.stanford.edu... 2)https://www.cnn.com...
Life without parole is worse than the death penalty.

I haven't mentioned economics, so yes, I am arguing based on morality. I don't see why you felt the need to waste a round on definitions per it being the first one, but then again I haven't been here for very long and this may be some kind of custom. I also don't know why you chose to define "retribution." I haven't mentioned it, you haven't mentioned it, and it's not the only reason that either life without parole or the death penalty is invoked; another reason (possibly a chief one, though less so nowadays, as evidenced by Obama's insistence on keeping the death penalty to let society exert the full measure of its anger on criminals) is to protect the public from further attacks. You brought up the idea that the judge should be free to "throw away the key" regarding such criminals to prevent appeals and challenges. Well, if I was on death row or sentenced to life without parole, I'd darn well want to challenge it, whether or not I was guilty. However, under life without parole I would not be able to. Moreover, me having the ability to challenge my sentence would place greater pressure on the courts to prove my guilt with as airtight a case as possible. This is a burden that the courts should have, not only because it is their job to make airtight cases (and the rest of my life shouldn't be up to whether they "feel like" hearing my appeal again) but because the burden of proving with no reasonable doubt - and, by extension, as often as necessary and allowed - that I am guilty rests on them.
Life without parole is worse than the death penalty.

What do you mean by worse? Worse as in economics, morality, or other? Please clarify, thank you Negative arguments will begin in the 2nd round, with rebuttals. Definitions will be done in R1. Definitions; Retribution: the idea that punishment should be determined chiefly (possibly even only) by the seriousness of the crime itself, and not by consequential factors, such as whether the punishment is enough to scare (i.e. deter) the rest of society. Not to be mistaken with revenge, retaliation, or vengeance. Life without possibility of parole: a sentence sometimes given for particularly vicious criminals in murder cases or to repeat felons, particularly if the crime is committed in a state which has no death penalty, the jury chooses not to impose the death penalty, or the judge feels it is simpler to lock the prisoner up and "throw away the key" rather than invite years of appeals while the prisoner languishes on death row.
Life without parole is worse than the death penalty.

Life without parole ultimately fails at both of its aims: -To be merciful (compared to the death penalty) - it keeps people locked up for the rest of their lives, knowing that they will never leave, but does not allow them to remove themselves from the situation, i.e. commit suicide. They will eventually die, and the state will not be sad, but they will have to wait a very long time for it. -To be harsh - It is not as "scary" as the death penalty and appears, to most people, to be a benign punishment in comparison. In this way, it is weak, especially because it fails to be an effective deterrent to crime (even compared to the death penalty, whose effect on crime appears lackluster). Life without parole falls between two extremes, mercy and harshness, and ultimately fails at reaching either of them. The death penalty, in contrast, is more scary - and thus warns criminals a little better - but isn't as torturous. (As a side note, I don't support the death penalty either; I think life should be reserved for only the most serious offenders, but that even then there should be a possibility of parole, because it's the state's responsibility to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt whenever prompted to do so. That's beside the point, though.)
the big bang is just another unrealistic theory

"The main idea of the big bang is that it was originally infinitely densely packed matter, so right away it didn't create matter out of nothing." As I have said in my previous argument, the big bang theory violates the law of thermodynamics, matter cannot be created. which is more explicit than the big bang. If the big bang was a true theory, then why isnt it in line with most theories? Or, why are most theoies not in line with the big bang? For such theory to be true, it needs to have a relation to most theories in astronomy. The main poins as to why the big bang is indefinite: No Conservation of EnergyThe hypothetical dark energy field violates one of the best-tested laws of physics--the conservation of energy and matter, since the field produces energy at a titanic rate out of nothingness. To toss aside this basic conservation law in order to preserve the Big Bang theory is something that would never be acceptable in any other field of physics. Thid also goes for theories.Light Element Abundances predict contradictory densitiesThe Big bang theory predicts the density of ordinary matter in the universe from the abundance of a few light [1] lements. Yet the density predictions made on the basis of the abundance of deuterium, lithium-7 and helium-4 are in contradiction with each other, and these predictions have grown worse with each new observation. The chance that the theory is right is now less than one in one hundred trillion. Large-scale Voids are too oldThe Big bang theory predicts that no object in the universe can be older than the Big Bang. Yet the large-scale voids observed in the distortion of galaxies cannot have been formed in the time since the Big Bang, without resulting in velocities of present-day galaxies far in excess of those observed. Given the observed velocities, these voids must have taken at least 70 billion years to form, five times as long as the theorized time since the Big Bang. thank you for this debate, all the best :)[1] http://metaresearch.org...
the big bang is just another unrealistic theory

hello, The big bang theory of cosmology says that the universe came into existence in a single event some ten or twenty billion years ago from a single, spontaneous explosion. The first problem involves the three predictions that the big bang theory makes, that the universe is expanding, that the cosmic background radiation exists and that the abundances of light elements are correct. The idea that the universe is expanding is based upon an assumption that may be false. This assumption is that the observed red-shift is a cosmological effect and is not an anomaly. Photographs taken by Halon Arp suggest the possibility that some objects which appear to be physically connected show widely divergent red-shifts. If it can be shown that the red-shifts are not cosmological, this would undermine Hubble's law, and the big bang theory. Likewise, the cosmic background radiation could be a general condition of the universe, not at all related to any big bang event. the bang theory is a theory, not a fact, as the opposition said. A theory is a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. The big bang theory is not rational or realistic. It goes against many of the other theories It violates the first law of thermodynamics, which says you can't create or destroy matter or energy. If I told you that thousands of pieces of timber were set in motion by a tornado in a lumberyard and this ultimately resulted in the amazing design and complexity of the house you live in, you would think this was absurd to say the very least. Now, if i told you that your house was created out of an spontaneous explosion, would you believe it? certainly not.
the big bang is just another unrealistic theory

Hi! Glad you made this debate, I love discussing the origins of the universe and trying to figure out and understand how things came to be and other people's perspectives on why anything exists.I would say the burden of proof is on both of us; myself, to explain how the Big Bang Theory is a realistic/reasonable theory, and you, to explain how Divine Creation is a more realistic/reasonable theory.And just to be clear, the Big Bang is not a fact, it's a theory. A lot of creationists seem to think scientists and Atheists/Agnostics assert that the Big Bang Theory is absolute fact. It's not, it's (currently) one of the most reasonable, realistic, rational ideas we understand.Yes, this goes against religious views, just like a Divine Creation theory goes against scientific views.I'll let you start off and just leave this round for my acceptance and clearing up the rules.Thanks, good luck! Looking forward to a good debate.
Game of noughts and crosses

If this goes well, I'll do a round 2. Maximum 5 rounds. If game is not decided within 5 rounds, it can be decided as a draw. Board will be laid out like this: X - O - X - - - O I will be crosses, and I will start. You must copy the board each time and add your move. Here is the first round for you. - - - - X - - - -