Help please! I need help finding a topic for my speech! Thank you?

Question

I need a speech topic that is arguable and easy to write about. And can you guys give me some links I can find imformation on that topic? thank you so much!

Answer 1

Minimum Wage. Its a big deal in the news lately, but not as personally contraversal as things like abortion. Also, it is usually a topic students have a lot to say about.

Some links:
www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/ chart.htm
http://www.restaurant.org/government/issues/issue.cfm?Issue=minwage
http://showmeinstitute.org/smi_study_2.pdf
http://www.longmontfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=10198
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage

(While wikipedia is not typically considered a good scholarly source, they do have other links and references that might be useful)

Answer 2

Television and Violence......Videogames and Violence

Great topics. There are a lot of kids that do what they see on TV and that's why its a debate. Not a lot of people in your class will do this topic b/c it seems hard but really its easy. To find links: go to yahoo and in the search bar put "television and violence" or "videogames and violence" or you can put cartoons and violence. Good luck. If you want an easy topic that everyone in your class will have....abortion, death penalty, etc.

Answer 3

A good debate needs a good topic. I think a good topic would be, forcing people of young age to fight in the army, or forcing people of any age to fight in the army. Also known as drafting people mostly young. Don't you think that would be a great topic I think it would. I'm sure you wouldn't want to be forced to fight in war or would you?

Answer 4

The death penalty is always a good argument, very fun to write a paper about too. I did it in high school. Abortion is also a good argumentative subject. be sure to discuss both sides to both of these in your paper not only your opinion. or whatever you choose to write about. good luck

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You should talk about how steroids are affecting high schoolers. Talk about why people use it (don't exclude girls! Aside from enhanced performance, they want steroids to trim their fat for them, and to look good). Talk about some statisics, maybe. Talk about why teenagers can access this steroids.
http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2005/steroids/
Here's what i did:
Steroids for Us

It’s at the bottom of the 9th inning, and both baseball teams are tied at 1-1 with all the bases loaded. The next batter comes up. The pitch comes at a blazing 100 miles per hour. CRACK! The ball soars high over the field and buries itself in the audience, thus scoring four points for the batting team and winning the game. The crowd goes wild, as they all cheer for that batter. All of the fans in that city are ecstatic. However, hundreds of miles away in another state, a young teenager watches the game. He thinks to himself, “I want to be that one person that can pull that off and make myself famous.” However, he looks sadly in the mirror at his thin, un-athletic body. He decides to buy those pills and substance that he heard could make his body ripple with muscles. That is one story of a teenager in high school who has chosen to use steroids. However, he is not the only teenager in America to try to attain fame in the wrong way.
Bob Johnson retells his life of steroid abuse in high school. Bob was a 16 year-old junior attending a high school in Texas. He was a starter on the track team, but only after training more than 5 hours everyday ever since he was a freshman. He was ecstatic when he became a starter. However, a generation of newcomers was more talented than most of the starting team members, including him. Bob was at risk of being cut. The world seemed to come crashing down on Bob, who saw that his two years of sacrifices and hard work would amount to nothing at all. Without thinking twice, he orders steroids from an online catalog.
What you just heard was a stereotypical story, one about steroid use for the sake of enhanced performance in sports. However, high school students don’t just use steroids to win at sports. A person’s teenage years are, without doubt, the time when he or she matures and change the most for the future. Unsurprisingly, most male teenagers take steroids because they want to look good. They are easily influenced by the media, and they associate muscularity with sex appeal, and thus, take steroids to amaze classmates and girls. Females abuse steroids too, for the sake of being better in sports. However, many more girls are interested in reducing body fat, just as males want to have and show off rippling abdomens.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than half a million 8th and 10th grade students have used steroids. Why is this abused and harmful drug so prevalent? Teenagers are finding it more and more easier to obtain steroids. That’s because teenagers can get it through a friend, or even off the Internet! Furthermore, no strong efforts are being made to stop it. A four-month investigation by “The News”, an eminent newspaper in Texas, reveals to us many things. For example, the law is almost over-looking steroid use, making it tougher on other more seemingly drugs like crack and marijuana. In addition, hardly anyone, including coaches and parents, will bother to be vigilant for steroids. Coaches are simply afraid of being sued for their suspicions about a student taking steroids. Lastly many high schools with renowned football programs, don’t even test for steroids or participate in surveys regarding steroid use. At this rate, the only way you’ll ever find out if someone is using steroids is if they get caught in their career or if they commit suicide because of the mind disorders that steroids can bring.
In conclusion, teenage steroid use is a large, but dormant issue. A great number of teenagers have already used steroids, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse predicts that the number will only continue to increase. Everyone and everything, including the law, has reasons for not making a greater effort to route steroid abuse. From the grim looks of it, the future of athletic America will be in the hands of steroid-abusing teenagers who will grow to be athletes with little true talent. After hearing about Floyd Landis and Justin Gatlin, people will think that in the world of competition, the losers are the true winners.

Answer 7

is this for speech and debate???

Answer 8

abortion