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The United States needs to reform its current education by abolishing the No Child Left Behind Act.

First and foremost, there is no International standard for honor students. The fact that "China has more Honors Students than the United States has total students" is something that holds very little ground. Even at the point where they do have an International standard, let's not forget that China has 1,000,000,000 more people living in it than the U.S. What I mean by this is that there is no reason why China shouldn't have more "honors students" than the United States. Second, I will critique your assertion that the United States must be a super power. You say that America must stay a super power to compete in the global economy. I will critique this assumption in detail if you wish to make this the debate. I wouldn't suggest it. Third, I believe that the NCLB is good in principle and the only problem that it may have is enforcement. Unless you want to debate that, I will stand by the NCLB as being a completely credible and effective system that advocates that EVERYONE in America becomes a leader...not just a few that it is easy for. The United States MUST make an effort to educate as many world leaders as possible instead of just focusing on the ones that it will be easy for. This turns your argument about the world needing to be a super power. Fourth, I do not believe that anyone is held back by NCLB. The fact that this is being debated promotes education and I believe that this will outweigh any adverse effects of the program and that will be the point where I win this argument.
The United States needs to reform its current education by abolishing the No Child Left Behind Act.

The United States is in a abysmal decay in it's educational system. Growing superpowers are focusing on their educational systems and we are not. China has more Honors Students than the United States has total students. To complete in a global economy and to give future Americans, America must drastically change it's educational system. The internet will cause jobs to be competed for all over the world, and for America to stay a super power it must be able to supply people into the working world. To not do so is to cause our country to have a few rich, and many poor. We must have better incentive programs for everyone to do well in school, but also abolish the No Child Left Behind Act so that the minority of students who are truly ingenius will not be hindered by those who are not. Be it resolved, that to compete in a global economy and remain a super power, the United States must reform its educational system and abolish the No Child Left Behind Act.
The United States needs to reform its current education by abolishing the No Child Left Behind Act.

Well, if you don't want to vote for me at this point...I will give you this... Topic of the debate: The United States needs to reform its current education by abolishing the No Child Left Behind Act. prshanna wants to ABOLISH it. How about this, I have already admitted that the NCLB may have problems in areas of enforcement. However, I will stand by the fact that we cannot abolish the NCLB. You can read my earlier arguments for that. IF YOU STILL DON'T LIKE THE NCLB: How about we just change it up. Look to the problems and make the easy fixes. Many politicians already thinks this is a good idea. However, Congress isn't doing anything about it. Whether it be a big deal or not, if you don't like the NCLB...don't ABOLISH it. Just reform it. http://washingtontimes.com... I think at worst...I win on the technicality of the fact that we can't ABOLISH it...or maybe the fact that prshanna didn't respond. Thanks.
The United States needs to reform its current education by abolishing the No Child Left Behind Act.

Well...I guess I'll go on the offensive for a bit. Here's one thing to ponder... What happens when the children of America ARE left behind? You say that a few succeed...which I will agree is true. However, you are still left with millions of young Americans that do not know what to do with the things that the "successful" are able to provide. Given the fact that the NCLB does not put a cap on success...I would say that you cannot just get rid of it. If you want to talk about regulating the NCLB or changing something about it...lets debate that. Getting rid of the NCLB would have very bad consequences. LOOK HERE FOR A REASON TO VOTE: psrshanna has not given anyone a valid reason to change the status quo. Given the fact that they would like to make a change, they inherit a burden of proof in this debate. However, they have not given you anything to show that the NCLB causes bad things to happen. I have even gone far enough to say that if the NCLB is gone...bad things will happen. Anyone that complains about this needs to show evidence to win this debate. Like I said in the comment box. If there is no evidence, i.e. bill text, studies, etc., there is no correlation between extra boring HW and the NCLB. GIVE ME A SITUATION...anything...I can prove that the NCLB does not cause the problem. Once again...the NCLB actually promotes higher learning...if you need text...I'll put it up in round 3. That's all there is to it.
is school truly even needed

In the past they chopped off (colors) hands off for learning how to write ,spell, and read. the change has come we are now equaled and we all have the right to have a free education. we have to take advantage to that free ticket to success in life . Is School truly even needed? Yes school is Important Third Good Marshall didn't win the case Brown vs. The Education for no reason,we don't have a choice to not attend to school in the state of Michigan even if your eight teen you have to attend , if you choose to truancy you parents will have to go to court and all type of problems and pay court cost, tax payers have to too. its not such thing that school is not a good if it wasn't everyone in the world have the free will not to attend , you have to an high school education order to work at restaurant's, big company names. you cant live in the 20th century with out knowledge of how to survive . school might not be for some people and it might be , me personally I don't like how the school system is set up but I cant complain because this school is essential to me I have to know all the subjects that had in school to remember what I have do in the real world . you cant work at jc penny's at the cash register with out the basic math skills or social skills. economics teach you what the world is really about. with out a high school education your not gone to make it in the world like how you want , you will have to depend on others and what they have just because nobody push you into pursuing your goal in life as a kid. is school truly even needed? school is the gateway to a successful and independent life. celebrities have the choice to go to school or pump up their popularity in the society , but in the long they want to start a new career they have to go get a GED and go through the school process anyways,being famous don't mean you know everything , they are just publicity stupid all for the money , money is fine to have but education is even more perfect to have , money can buy you anything but the he high school education that's the American dream, everyone dream of graduating and having a good job and big fancy house and family and a dream house. who don't have that sweet dream ? I mean if you don't you are slipping your head under water slowly to no life.
is school truly even needed

I would like to agree with one thing first. School has been needed in the past. I would like to assume that by school you mean a school set by the state, or a public education system or what you want to call it, in difference to a school of something, where you learn the specific knowledge within a specialized field, like doctor. In the past it has been needed for school, do to the industrial revolution. A new standard of knowledge were required, as every became machined. However today we are moving towards a more individual and service business world. In this new kind of world, knowledge is easy to acquire and standards are becoming less important. Also with new range of possible businesses that has never before imagined, if we had to have a education system that would prepare us for it all, it would take a whole lifetime to learn, and as such we don't have one. Nearly all countries do have a public education system, where they have tried to modernize it to follow the needs of the world, however, this has lead to people learning a lot of information that is unnecessary and their dream life in the future becomes more distant to them, as they need to go through a long education. Also in this world, where standards a breaking down and specialization is cheered for, we discourage new entrepreneurs with the willing an cunning to reshape the world in front of them, with a 20 year long education. I would also like to state that the current public education system around the world also kills a lot of creativity in people. And that the current public education system all go on the idea, that every person around the world, learn the same way. Which is nearly a common fact, that everybody lean best different ways, and yet the education system have very restricted learning methods. And within this system there are a hierarchy of subjects, where some subjects are looked up upon and even forcibly required at a high level for even be able to complete the education. Example, in nearly every country, when you take a public education, you always have the countries own language and linguistic methods on the highest plan possible, so when you are go out of the school, you will be able to analyse a piece of literature and write a paper about it filling 1.5 times as much.
is school truly even needed

Is school truly even needed? yes I believe that school is needed even though we don't pay attention to the instructions ... at least the teachers didn't give up on us , we need school in our lives and people think that just because we do math in school that we will never have to use it... well that's not true we have to use math everyday and to think that we only need in school is a lie , why not have school we need it to achieve our daily goals with math even though you don't think you really using it you really do . like paying bills you have to count and read the math problem. math is essential to life.
James Bond is most likely a Time Lord

Whilst my opponent did specifically say he meant time lord in the sense of the rulers of Gallifrey, though in the spirit of the debate, I will also accept any evidence which suggests he was Gallifreyan, rather than solely accepting evidence that he was a member of the Oligarchical ruling elite of Gallifrey. Further in the spirit of the debate, my opponent need not prove that it is likely in the conventional sense of the word, but rather that it is possible, without requiring to many improbable things* to be true, whilst also holding all canon elements of both series to be true. Should I provide a counter proposal, however, he must prove it is more likely than that. *if you have to stack up an excessively long series of handwavey assumptions that won't really count as fulfilling your burden of proof. What is considered canon is up for debate, however, certain elements such as both the modern and classic Dr Who series, the main James Bond films and novels are indisputable. Generally, extra officially produced sources should be considered canon unless they contradict the indisputable parts of canon. And to finish; despite this rather dry first round, this debate is for fun. What is likely must be considered within the framework of the worlds we are examining :)
James Bond is most likely a Time Lord

The Pro will here argue that James Bond is most likely a Time Lord. The Con will argue that he most likely is not. This is meant as an entertaining debate so arguments along the lines of "Ian Fleming didn't even know what Doctor Who was when he created the character" will not only be inadmissable but will warrant derision and name calling. Time Lords refer to an alien race of humanoids who uesd to rule the planet Gallifrey in the science fiction program 'Doctor Who'. James Bond is a character created by Ian Fleming who works for the British secret service and who is the object of a number of novels and films. Opening arguments begin in R2. R1 will be used only for acceptance and clarification.
Global Nuclear War is good

Look the Con concedes. Don't let then bring up new arguments I don't get another round to answer them. I won all four things I said I would have too. This debate is a single one. In the world of the con we are all dead from the biosphere collapse and in the world of the Pro a nuclear war will stop the biosphere from collapsing even though it might kill billions of people it is still a better option. Every one who dies in the nuclear war would have died when the biosphere collapses. You should vote for the side the allows for more life to continue longer and that is the Pro
Obama's "gun-control" will not lower crime

I strongly believe Obama is a horrible President. Although, Obama's 23 executive orders have good intention and just creates more monitoring ad regulation as pertaining to firearms, he is being an idiot. #1: This "gun-control" push is going to cost American taxpayers A LOT OF MONEY, A HUGE AMOUNT! And it will all be wasted. All it will do is put this country more in debt!! #2: If all of his 23 orders are passed then it will still will NOT lower violence. Look up how putting countless regulations on guns did for crime in Chicago. http://www.newsmax.com...
The United States of America is one of the worst countries.

It seems this debate has turned into "crime in America" rather than "The United States of America is one of the worst countries." If this was not round three, I would ask what does the term "real American" mean to you? I would say a "real American" is someone who is born and raised in America, just as if an American moved to Scotland, they would not be Scottish, they would be an American immigrant. We acknowledge the crimes created by Americans, the proof is in school shootings. The US averages 1 shooting every 5 weeks. (http://www.cnn.com...). Obama may be a horrible president, and I am sorry that he does not help people such as the Puerto Ricans, but we do not blame Russians for Putin's behaviors. There are May problems in the world that Obama has no taken care of, even in America, such as the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. My conclusion is, America is not on of the worst countries, we currently have a horrible president.
The United States of America is one of the worst countries.

My opponent failed to refute all of my arguments, now I shall address his claims. This will be a very short argument. I will regard my past arguments with more facts. American Ignorance and Arrogance to the rest of the World. You say the word "Americans", as if it were only the people from the United States. However, the United States of America represents nothing of the real America. America's body is made of latinoamericans, not the United States. It saddens me to see that Americans think we live in caves, and that we represent drugs, robbery, rape etc. They say to Puerto Ricans, that they're mediocre, when they work twice as much as any person on the United States. Puerto Rico was just hit with a terrible water crisis. Puerto Rico would be a much better place if the United States did something to help them, but the thing is, they don't care. They laugh at them because of their debt, when the United States of America is at a prodigious external debt of seventeen trillion dollars. Even Americans themselves say "The World is right to hate us. " Source: . http://mindofmalaka.com... Crime in the United States. There have been actually much more massacres of torture in the United States than any other country. There have been bodies stuffed in beds, completely drained of blood, etc. "Mexicans bring murder, rape, and crime". This phrase is true, however, the United States has completely ignore the crime that happens in their country. You would be glad to hear that the United States' crime has decreased recently. Source: . https://www.fbi.gov... Conclusion: America is made of latinoamericans, not the people from the United States. The United States' arrogance is increasing very much. I will not be able to address you anymore, since this is the third round. I wish you good luck.
The United States of America is one of the worst countries.

You claim that Americans unquestionably assume that all Mexicans cause crimes to them, which is a true statement, although the stereotypes have good reasoning: Mexican foreign aliens committed 611,234 unique crimes in Texas from 2008 to 2014, including thousands of homicides and sexual assaults. (Source: http://pjmedia.com...). I believe that we should respect each person, and give them a chance, however, it is hard to find true good people who will not harm the Americans. We should not block them all out. I also disagree with Trump's decisions, and I disagree with Carson. As Carson is a conservative, he is not here to please the immigrants or younger generation (source for Carson: http://www.inquisitr.com...). While America has the highest prison population (source: http://news.bbc.co.uk...), Honduras' homicide rate of 90.4 per 100,000 is the highest in the world. (Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com...).
The United States of America is one of the worst countries.

Then, Con may start its rebuttals. Always respect. I will be debating as Pro/For "The United States of America is one of the Worst Countries". I will provide effective facts regarding my statement. I assume you started your constructive argument, however, you failed to provide sources for your arguments. The United States of America is the country that violates the United Nation's "Human Rights" The United States of America was declared the country that has most violated the "Human Rights" by the United Nations. The first Human right, that the USA failed to comply, was "Elementary Human Right to life, and to support to others". The United States, provides poorly defends on the accused. For example, in a case held in 1986, Donald Raybolds and Billy Waldell, were sentenced to death, for being authors of violation. Eleven years later they were declared innocent by a ADN test. Secondly, the United States of American Police violates, the Human right for "Human right to liberty, and to physical integrity. Not long ago, a person from Haiti, was brutally injured, and tortured by the New York Police for carrying what it turned out to be a water gun. We can get to the conclusion that the United States of America is the country that most violates the Human Rights written by the UN. Source: . http://www.eroj.org... American arrogance and ignorance Americans have been know for always saying that they are number 1 on everything. Thus, they think of latinos (whoever speaks Spanish), as Mexicans. Americans assume that latinos or Mexicans are the ones that bring crime to them. This is nonsense, crime is everywhere. Rape, robbery, murder, all come from the world. They may think they are the center of the world but they're not. I can just come in and speak Spanish on a social media application and suddenly assume i'm Mexican. Who reminds me of this? Probably Donald Trump. Source: . http://www.salon.com... The United States of America, Crime. The Soviet Union achieved to have jailed around 18 million people during its time. In the United States of America, in 2009, a number of 7 million were jailed. However, if we add up all the past jailed people, it reaches an amount of 19 million people jailed. Therefore, we can say that the United States of America has jailed more people than the Soviet Union has ever jailed. The conclusion may be that the United States of America has jailed about one million more people than the Soviet Union. Source: . http://elmicrolector.org... That is it for my first argument. As you examine my sources, they are on Spanish, that's because, I actually searched them in English, but, I didn't find anything. Obviously, Americans would never say something against them.
The United States of America is one of the worst countries.

I will accept your challenge. I disagree with your statement because the United States of America is not one of the worst countries in the world. Between the years of 2007-2008, the entire world went through a recession (source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org...). The recession affected many US citizens, however, the economy has since been rising to the point that now everywhere we look, there is a job offering. Here in America, women are not looked at as an object like in some countries such as some Middle Eastern countries (source: http://www.theatlantic.com...). In fact, us women are seen with potential. Here in America, we try our hardest to prevent the physical and mental harm against both animals and humans, therefore, I will say America is not one of the worst countries in the world.
The United States of America is one of the worst countries.

Welcome to this new debate. I will be debating Pro/For America is one of worst countries in the world. Anyone who wished to debate, will have to show me utmost respect towards me, as I will towards you. Also, opponent will have to accept to the terms of this debate before we begin. Debate Rounds: Round 1: Con accepts round/Con may start with constructive argument. Round 2: Pro starts with Constructive argument/Con may start with its rebuttals. Round 3: Pro starts with rebuttals/Con starts with final rebuttals and conclusion. Terms: Sources are required to support each of our arguments. Must be directly specific in each argument, in other words, understandable. Arguments must be divided into sections. Example: ---------------------------------------- Something America is good because... ---------------------------------------- Respect is always required.
Hit women back!

First off: Kind nor courteous isnt an argument, kind and courteous is relative and subjective. Someone has to come up with those standards. seconds off: chivalry is dead, and feminism killed it. chivalry is based off the ideals of us men respecting women (opening doors, not hitting back, etc.) because they are weaker, if anything that's an insult to women. Like would you hit a Chihuahua if they bit you? i think not! If we want to respect women we must treat them equally, like men! third point: Some people say "Women are much weaker then men" well if a women has the BALLS to hit a man, like a man, they are gonna get hit back just like any man! I would never hit a woman FIRST, then it would be wrong. But if a women is manly enough to hit me they are manly enough to get hit back!