Chewing gums should be allowed in schools.

To finalize all my points vs. my opponent I'd like to point out flaws in his argument. 1.My opponent has left all my contentions clean since he bases this matter on his perception while I base it on cold hard evidence. These are the following contentions left unclean. a. Chewing gum raises test scores because it increases blood flow to the brain as well as chemicals to stimulate the brain. In my second round above I have a clinical study as well as proof from a Seattle newspaper reporting on a British study on the matter. My opponent says he hasn't seen an increase or decrease in test scores. Problem is he lives in one area where it's impossible to base a nation on a area while I have studies on multiple nations. These include the US, Great Britain, and Japan. b. Annoying gum-smackers. As I said teachers can take away gum because it's a "disturbance to a learning environment," but my opponent says he hasn't heard of it but I have because I seen it in action, talked to teachers about this subject, plus have gone to rules from school boards for across the country to find this. It isn't a rule but a clause like the "Necessary and Proper" clause for congress, but only for teachers so they can keep a good learning environment. Also I'll remind you if someone is annoying you with gum smacking quietly getting their attention or telling a teacher to help is the best way to help that. If your in a test situation and someone is bother you are you going to take it or will stand up to it. That's a matter in your own hands that can go both ways. c. Obviously my opponent hasn't read my contentions or he would of noticed the studies and interviewed people on the subject and I'll so you the same thing again for emphasis: Well for that I have found more studies from Settle, Dallas, and Ohio proving the only reason why they would stick it under their desk because they're afraid if the teacher saw the gum that they would be in trouble. Also if your still skeptical I have interviewed kids on this subject. Take for instance Mike a 5th grader who I ask the subject about and he gave me around the same answer above. So if chewing gum is allowed more of it would be in trash cans than desks. My exact words yet my opponent clearly didn't see it and should of tried to use proof to counter this but for every one of my contentions above he uses personal experience while I use cold hard facts that are 100% true. So everything my opponent tried to throw at my was based on one region while mine is based on the nations of Japan, Great Britain, and the US. 2. My opponent tries to salvage his argument with Singapore. He shows you how they prosecuted for gum. A major flaw in this is he is talking about banning gum from the country but our topic is about schools. So I declare this contention is null and void. Why would the US ban gum and prosecute people for having it which is an extreme measure. I find this unimportant to the subject when we are the United States of America and not Singapore. Finally my opponent didn't attempt to argue these contentions thus they are accepted by him: Gum is becoming like cell phones today; everyone has it and uses it in class. I say this because it's too hard for teachers and school officers to search for an item all day while the teachers should be teaching and the offices keeping the peace. For gum everyone uses it and it would be too hard for management to handle all those kids by searching them for gum. It's pointless, by making gum allowed in schools it helps kids what they want and they'll know that they won't be in trouble for having it. Thus as I stated above more gum in trash cans and kids will learn responsibility with it. Finally with in my first round I've stated the history of gum. As you can see civilizations have been enjoying it for centuries and has been part of our past and culture. By taking it away your essentially saying this part of our culture is dirty and unethical. So gum should be allowed in schools for what I have stated above, thank you and I wait for my opponent's rebuttal. My opponent has left it alone and now will pay the price for it as I stand in firm affirmation for this resolution.