Please help me fellas... this is a topic for a debate... please help me with the main points and presentation?

Question

The topic is : "Has the joy of learning become a slave to the demon of examination?". I want to speak in favour of the topic. I need help urgently. Also, please give me some presentation tips like what to stress on and stuff like that.Thank you so very much. May god bless you all.

Answer 1

first, start with the structure of an argument: state what you believe, say why you believe it, and give an example. you'll need 5-9 of these points, depending on how long your side of the debate lasts, but remember that they don't have to be completley different, they can be different facets of the same thing and still count. start by listing your own ideas and fleshing them out according to the formula above. then come back here and present your topic as a question in order to get more insite and other ideas.
good luck!

Answer 2

Well, it is of course quite a difficult topic and it depends on 1) which educational system you study under and 2) age range. However, you might want to stress two major factors. The first of these is that teachers are often judged by results so there is pressure on them to make sure the whole range of a curriculum is studied. This is especially difficult if students have no interest in the subject which can happen for a variety of reasons. For some it's resentment at a course being compulsory and especially if the student sees no relevance in the subject matter. Not everyone cares about History or Maths or English whathaveyou. A good teacher can often make the subject relevant to the students but not always.
Secondly education is increasingly about indicating certain knowledges and facts and less and less about understanding. So yes, I know that Pi is 3.142 but as I am not a mathematician, engineer or architect I never need to use it. You may wish, to highlight this point use Dickens' charachter from hard Times, Mr. Gradgrind who continually drums into the heads of his students the need for "Facts, Facts, Facts" and never for an understanding of the underlying principles which is what used to be tested during the 80's and 90's. In a system with a national curriculum the subject matter is not always locally relevant. Does it really matter if you undertsand the History of Europe yet remain ignorant of one's own history and culture? Do people care?
As for presentation tips it's a good idea to start off with a joke. This engages the audience. Another is to lead on from that with a general question to the audience and build up a stronger and stronger argument. If you blow your best argument straight away the audience will have forgotten wha t you've said by the time you finish so it's always a good idea to leave your best persuasion till last as it lingers longer in the memmory. If you talking to people of 15+ this is especailly difficult because within five minutes approx 95% will be thinking about sex according to a study done in the UK in the late 80's.

Answer 3

Certainly with all the amount of tests that stress "book knowledge" and not much beyond that, the wondrment of education is held captive by the need to make the nubmers as good as they can be.

Answer 4

I don't think I can agree with "demonizing" examination.

Without examination, I believe that only minimum goals will ever be realized.
However, examination is most critical in mathematics, sciences and languages. Mathematics and sciences must be learned accurately. There is no room for error, at least to the extent of past and present knowledge. It would be a tragic waste of ones time and energy to participate in those fields, operating by trial and error. It must be recognized that there may yet be unknown, meaningful equations to be solved, but the trial and errors of past mathematicians would be unproductive.

The same can be said of science, although, science may not adhere to the same axioms of past experience, and some may be considered accurate and true, if by no other criteria than the by numerous tests that have been repetitiously duplicated, and accepted as factual.

Language is an ever evolving process, but if ones own native language is allowed to become so corrupted by the masses of ones own country, this affects the entire world, as the world has progressed to a global economy, or more importantly, global communication.

New words are continuosly introduced into languages, but can one imagine the result of complete corruption?
If all languages were to experience that, then every other country where that particular language is spoken as a second or third, or more, the confusion and misunderstanding that would occur, and the mass re-learning process that would be necessary, in any language. In America, there have been, and may yet be, attempts to change the English language. To what!

Your topic, "demon of examination", where it may pertain to proper grammer in any language is abhorrant to me.

Would we want Americans to be less proficient in our own language, English, than those from foreign countries? I think not.

Consider that everyone should have a basic knowledge of math, at least to the extent that that one can understand those math skills necessary to function in every day life and situations that involve numbers.

Advanced math is not a necessity for everyone.

Everyone should be exposed to the basic knowledge of science and biology. One should have some understanding of bodily functions, location of vital organs, a knowledge of ones limitations in abusing delicate parts of ones body, and prevention of damage to those.

Again, total study of all science is not a necessity for everyone.

This, then, bringss me to the subject of arts.

I have to believe that every child, born without handicaps, has the same ability to learn, with the same capibility to create, and use their inborn magination.

I think that arts have been neglected in favor of sports in our society. I'm not suggesting that sports is evil, but, more money is sometimes expended for that than there is to cultivate a creative mind.

If a child is exposed to all the curricula in schools, there's not enough attention given to a "gifted", child, defined as one who has an intense interest in one field or another.

What we find is , "the book must be followed, and a certain number of chapters must be completed by such and such a date".
This is why we are losing our greatest talents, for the greatest accomplishments, whether ir be math, science, scholers, writers, musicians, composers, artists, whatever.

Look at Bill Gates, dropped out of school, in order to pursue his dream, which has become reality. And it will not end when he is gone.

What has been accomplished in a very few years, is only the beginning. We need to find and nourish the next Bill Gates, and others like him.

The joy of learning has not become enslaved by anything, other than our own ignorance in failing to change our educational system and captialize on a chjild's hidden talents, and enhance our efforts to ensure their fruition.

The joy that a child finds in learning, is not recognized. We need to ask ourselves, where does this child find his joy, and in what.
So, I take issue with the premise that examination is demonic.

Maybe we need to look at the "politicall correct" notion that we are all "equal" in every sense. BS, we are equal in our abilities to learn not in every subject on earth.

"Everyone is ignorant, about different things".
Abraham Lincoln


IMHO

Answer 5

Sure, teachers don't spend time teaching anymore, they spend all year preparing for some test. Kids are not learning problem solving skills and critical thinking. They are just learning formulas so that they can pass a test.

Answer 6

Hey, it's your subject. And the learning part is searching your brain for ideas. Hurry up.

Talk about the required achievement tests
Talk about teachers slanting their classroom time to include test material