Old Topics

Topics

Middle School

Domestic surveillance by the NSA is necessary

Schools should group students by ability rather than age

Middle school students should be required to volunteer

Impromptu

High School

The Pink Tax is justified

Mandatory vaccines are constitutional

Impromptu

Impromptu

Past Topics

Middle School

  • Distance learning is better than traditional learning
  • The United States should have compulsory voting
  • Postal ballots do more harm than good
  • Tik Told should be banned
  •  Domestic surveillance by the NSA is necessary
  • Schools should group students by ability rather than age
  • middle school students should be required to volunteer

High School

  • U.S. cities should defund the police
  • California should not have shut down due to the Coronavirus outbreak
  • Vaping is bad for adults
  • The electoral college system is outdated
  • The 1619 Project should be the central component of social studies curriculums 
  • The United States should re-enter the Paris Climate Accord

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