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DEBATE CLUB!
DEBATE CLUB!
Since there were some issues with my first thread on this, I'm starting over with this new one!
Okay, so here are the rules:
1. Respect the other side, even though you disagree.
2. No judging, please.
3. Feel free to suggest ideas!
4. Always ask for permission before doing anything that I might not be okay with.
5. There is no sign-up deadline. Even if we're already starting, you can jump in. Just make sure you clarify your position.
The first topic will be reading vs. writing.
Here is a list of people who already signed up, and where they stand.
Ellie - undecided
Pete the Trollslayer - undecided
Bookbug - reading
Forrest - undecided
True - writing
J.B.E. - undecided
Phantom of the Opera - undecided
Danielle P. - undecided
Corina - undecided
S.E. - undecided
SAVVY44x - undecided
pin name - reading
Nora the Singer (me) - writing
So, if you haven't joined or you see the word "undecided" next to your name, comment below! Reading or writing? May the best team win!
submitted by Nora the Singer
(August 19, 2014 - 6:02 pm)
(August 19, 2014 - 6:02 pm)
(High fives True)
Bad! Very Bad! Eat pies instead!
(September 11, 2014 - 8:20 pm)
I'm going to say that they are good for you. I know for a fact that smart phones/tablets are eventually going to replace textbooks at school. Kids can look up information using online encyclopedias, instead of lugging around heavy physical encyclopedias. Plus, I think buying one smartphone is less expensive than buying a year's worth of school supplies. I know I'm starting to talk about computers, but smartphones are way easier to use than those, and have a smaller screen so your eyes dont get damaged or anything. Smartphones save a lot things, including time, space, money... Not to mention trees. With less paper being made, trees will be spared. Maybe even entire rainforests. Heck, if people keep making paper that we don't need because of online encyclopedias and dictionaries, soon all the trees will be gone and global warming will take over and the ice caps will melt and everyone on Earth will drown!!
That kinda turned into an off topic rant. Whatever, it's still a good argument :3
(Were we supposed to start? If not, oops!)
(September 11, 2014 - 7:48 pm)
My sister's whole school get Chromebooks that they do their school work on...AND THEY GET TO TAKE THEM HOME! We didn't have that when we were in middle school. Harumph.
Anyyyyyyways, I don't really care because I have my own laptop and the Chromebooks have web filtering, my sworn nemesis. *snickers*
(September 12, 2014 - 5:40 pm)
Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad! Extremely bad!
(September 12, 2014 - 12:53 pm)
Yes, JBE, trees are used to make books, but three more trees are planted for every one that is chopped down. It is a law. Also, I have nothing against normal phones, but you can play games on a smartphone. Good, right? No. Video games numb your mind if you play too many, and iphones let you play them unlimitedly. It is fine to have a normal phone, but smartphones damage your brain.
Also, as for school:
a) You are using a TABLET for educational purposes.
b) Smartphones are used for entertainment purposes.
(September 12, 2014 - 5:44 pm)
Yes, they do have games, but they DO have access to the internet, which could be used for educational purposes. And, if you get past the fact that playing too many mobile games is bad for your brain (which not all of them are. There are many strategy games that help you learn real life skills), smart phones are just... useful. There's the GPS app, a lifesaver if you ever get lost in the woods. Or anywhere. There's also the flashlight app, a lightsaver if it's dark in the woods. Or anywhere. What my point is is yes, there are games on smart phones that are bad for you, but there's so much more than that! There are a TON of apps out there that will come in handy in even the strangest predicament...
Also, about the trees. That law isn't always enforced. What about people who illegally chop down trees and the government never finds out? What's to stop them from destroying the planet?
(September 12, 2014 - 10:46 pm)
Chopping down trees illegally? I'm pretty sure not many people say, I think I'll go into this completely silent forest with a CHAINSAW and hack down a tree. Of course NO ONE will notice the loud buzzing/chopping sound!
Also, out of school, when is the last time you looked up something educationally? Yep. Thought so.
And what happens when your phone dies in the situation? You lose all the survival tools. Take my advice: keep a Gps in your car, because Apple is always wrong about directions. Literally.
Also, my mom and I keep a hand-powered radio-weather-predicting-flashlight in the car. When you go camping, just take actual tools. There may be an app for rifle NOISES, but there's no app that can shoot actual bullets when you are starving in the wilderness and need to hunt.
Also, studies show that kids on average spend SEVEN HOURS A DAY on smartphones playing games. That is really crazy.
(September 13, 2014 - 8:59 am)
Ooh, Brooke's getting fiesty.
Anyway, let's all think for a minute. Smartphones. How were these created? Did they just appear out of nowhere? NO, they were INVENTED.
By who? US. HUMANS. We, as humans, HAVE THAT POWER to create amazing things. And we, as humans, WILL CONTINUE TO.
This is the most advanced generation of all, and that's why we have smartphones. Because we could create them, and we did. We created them for our own use. That just goes to show you how intelligent we as humans are today - just let this sink in -
WE CREATED THESE.
So, I think it's just as well that we use what we created. We made them for ourselves.
And of course we don't literally make each phone by hand, but we make the machines that do. And we make the factories they are from.
While my argument does not address the effect smartphones have on people, I think it's vital to remember the inital reason that we have them.
(September 13, 2014 - 11:35 am)
I have nothing against regular phones. They're actually good. But the fact that smartphones have all thesse games and apps and cool stuff is bad. Because even if you just want to use your phone for educational stuff and contacting people, all those apps and games are too tempting to resist. Eventually, you're going to play on a game, then you won't be able to stop. I can tell you this first-hand. Ever since my parents got a smartphone, I can't stop trying to beat my high score on one of the games.
(September 15, 2014 - 10:38 am)
I know what you mean. Someone I know is so hooked on video games; the places they spend the most time are school and their computer.
Can I switch sides ?
(September 15, 2014 - 10:08 pm)
Heh, heh. We have another one on our side! Whoo-hoo!
(September 16, 2014 - 11:39 am)
Can I do both?
(September 16, 2014 - 3:32 pm)
Oh my we aren't on books are we? Who, what when, why? *Faints dramatically*
(September 16, 2014 - 4:08 pm)
@ Nora The Singer :
We also created machine guns, tanks, and war. Not that smartphones are has bad as those, it's just WE CAN CREATE BAD THINGS.
(September 18, 2014 - 9:15 am)
Top, top, top,
just 4 fun:
if we switch everything to iphones and tablets we'll be loosing all that knowledge from our past that made us think about it. We still have books that were made like 500 years ago and although we can transfer info and take pictures we lose the feel. Have you ever held a really old book? Doesn't it feel like you're holding something awesome, like you're holding a piece of history that made you? How could we loose all of that?
(September 23, 2014 - 10:36 am)