Students ought to be able to chew gum in class.

I will make my arguments and rebut his. Framework BoP is on Pro. I thank my opponent for challenging me to a not so great topic :(. I will be making arguments about Concentration Problem, Public Speaking, Hearing/Listening. Thanks. Argument 1: Concentration Problem. Yes, gum will make concentration worse. I will be making this into 2 parts, it will distract the gum chewer: you, and other people in the school Subpoint 1: I will distract you. My first subpoint is that gum will distract you. "Gum snapping and bubble blowing is distracting. There are silly things that students do unconsciously or even consciously when you turn your back to make one another laugh. Why give them another [1]? " This also goes along with it distracts other students. Many students like to blow then pop the gum. This merely distracts many students, and including there elves. Therefore, because gum is distracting, we should not chew gum at school. Subpoint 2: Distracts other students, also teachers. As I said, people blow and pop gum. This makes a sound and distracts others. This is why we should not chew gum, it distracts you and others. Argument 2: Bad for Public Speaking Think about it. If you chew gum, your mouth will be occupied, and when you speak when you answer a question, or anything, you will be in a muffled voice, hard to understand. This is bad for you, and also the teacher because the teacher has absolutely no idea of what you are talking about if you have lots of gum in your mouth. Argument 3: Hearing /Listening This is basically what the 2nd argument was, other can't hear you if you chew gum. Also, you can't hear them mostly. As I put in the first argument, you get distracted when chewing gum, so you won't hear what the teacher is even talking about. Rebuttal 1: Chewing gum can help with test scores and grades My opponent says that it can help students with their grades. They did the test like this. They had 2 groups, they both taken tests, one chewing gum, the other one not. The ones chewing gum were smarter. But how do we know this is a correct study? What if before chewing gum, the people were already smarter, or if the people just studied? Therefore this result was not correct, or not known. Rebuttal 2: It can help with memory As I said in my first argument, it can depend on the different people. Some people were already smart, so it does not always mean that if one person chews gum and gets a better grade then one who does not, is not good if the gum-chewer was always an A student even before chewing gum, and the other student was a C student. Rebuttal 3: Helps with concentration Rebutted in my first rebuttal, second rebuttal (basically the same thing), and rebutted in my first argument. Rebuttal 4: Helps students physically My opponent says that it can help your teeth. However this is only sugarless gum, and many students especially don’t like sugarless gum, because why do you eat gum? Mostly for taste and is sugarless gum tasty? It is not. My opponent says that it helps them eat not much. But gum, is eating. They both have calories, however gum does not make you have energy. So, I think this arguments is more of a bad thing to my opponent. Thank you.