Last panel discussion

Topic: We must make school uniform.

Panelists: Kofy, Hanna, Lucus, Finnian, Carol
Moderator: Allie

Opinions:

Carol: Agree
She agree with the topic, because students can wear school uniform in official occasion such as wedding or funeral if we introduce school uniform. Moreover, we can know which scool students are thanks to it, and they can have an awareness of being a student of the school. She thinks that we can save money by having it. Finnian worries about the inconvenient point of the skirt, but she objects to her opinion. Students wear school uniform everyday, so they get used to wearing skirts. In addition, she insists that students should learn cooperation not personality, and they should show their personality by their character not clothes. Sara worries about big family that has many children because the family have to buy school uniform many times and take a lot of money. However she suggests that older brother and sister give the hand-me-downs to younger. About Lusy's opinion that students need to buy school uniform many times in a growth period, she says that they should buy a little bigger one.

Hanna: Agree
If we make school uniform, we don't have to take time to choose what we wear in the moning, and we can use morning time more effectively. Students don't have to use time for fashion, they should concentrate on studying and school life. Besides, by wearing school uniform, students can feel closer to friends. About money problem, she says that the soct of it is high, but it is cheaper than total cost of clothes that students wear in school everyday.  She imagines the school uniform which suits to official occasion. To the last, she wants to make school uniform, but she agrees with the idea of making school budge as a first step to making school uniform.

Kofy: Agree
She thinks that the merit of making school uniform is that we don't need to choose clothes every day. Besides, they can have awareness of that they belongs to school. About the worry about the inconvenient point of skirt, she says that students don't move so much in school hours. Moreover,  she thinks that they act in the same way by wearing same clothe. Generally speaking, schildren tend to judge people by their appearance but it is easy to judge by character not appearance if students wear same clothe.

Finnian: Disagree
She insists that by wearing skirt, it is difficult to move. Moreover, she cares about lack of hygiene of school uniform, because it cannot be washed everyday. Students often play outside in lunchtime. so they have to change clothe if we introduce school uniform. About morning time, she suggests to prepare what they wear in the previous night. In addition, she worrys about that students don't wear school uniform properly. For example, girls shorter the length of a skirt. In the ending, she agrees with Lucus's idea, because there is not bug problem now as Robert said.

Lucus: Disagree
He worries about money problem. School and students need much money to make and buy school uniform. About trouble in morning, every students don't think that choosing clothe is troublesome now, so we don't need to worry about that. Besides, he insists that by wearing school uniform, they lose personality and some people judge the student's ability by it. If he or she wears school uniform of superior school, some judge he or she is suoerior student. In the ending, he suggests to make school budge. It shows both of coopeeration and personality. School budge shows cooperation and their clothe shows their personality. The school budge is given by school free.

Conclusion:

We make a school budge, don't make a school uniform.

My comment:

 However sometimes I couldn't hear well, so I wanted them to speak louder, the discussion progresses smoothly. It was last panel discussion and very good one!!!

Thirteenth panel discussion

Topic: We must introduce rental system of textbooks instead of  free of charge

Moderator: Ashley Turner
Panelists: Lucy Walter, Sara Cooper, Isabela Horan, Sophie Dawson, Emily Thoma


Lucy: Disagree
She thinks introducing the system has some problems. For example, students cannot mark on textbooks and they cannot use them at home. However, finally, she agrees the topic because she notice that the rental system has a lot of good points and both of agree side and disagree side want to make students to study harder than now.


Emily: Disagree
She also worries about that students cannot memo on textbooks because she thinks that to memo on textbook is important to understand contents of classes well. By introducing the rental system, we save money and agree side insists the point. However, she say that she don't mind paying for children because studying of children is important for not only themselves but also our future. Besides,she thinks that if we introduce the system, it is difficult to manage all textbook by teachers. It is hard to carry textbooks from teacher's room to classroom every classes. To make students to concentrate on studying, we should keep the system of free distribution because private textbooks make student's motivation higher.


Isabela: Disagree
She has same anxiety as Emily does. Besides, she thinks that new textbooks make students to want to study.


Sophie: Agree
Now, we have to pay tax for textbook every year. The cost is too big. If we introduce the system, we can save money and we can use the money for other effective things, for example, to make more comfortable classroom for student's studying. Besides, she suggests that teachers give textbooks to students in the begginig of a semester and collecte all the textbooks in the ending the semester, so they can bring them to their home. However, if they damage and lose them, they have to pay. Regarding the opinion of Kofy that some students don't want to use the textbook which other student used, she suggests to cgange to new one for the students. Moreover, regarding the question of Carol that can students buy a private textbook if they want to do so?, she answers yes, but they should pay by themselves. After she discuss with Sara, she suggests that in elementary school, teachers give textbooks students in beginning of the class and students should return them to teacher in the ending of the class. About the textbook despository, she suggests to keep them on a shelf in teacher's room. In the last, she speaks about the main purpose od introducing the system. The main purpose is to make students to concentrate on studying. Feeling of secutiry that contents of classes are on textbook make them not to concentrate on class.


Sara: Agree
The cost of textbook is so big. She worries about the point. Besides, if we introduce the system, students don't have to worry about forgetting textbook at home. Regarding the anxiety that students cannot draw and take a memo on textbook by introducing the system, she replies that they can memo on their notebooks and teachers can copy if they need. Regarding my question that every time textbook is changed, should we buy each time?, she answers that we insert changing point as a paper. After the discussion with Sophie, she adds the reason of the suggestion of Sophie. The reason is that elementary school students are so young and thay can lose and damage to texebooks. She suggests that fifth and sixth grade students can bring them to their home just in test period, and junior high school students can bring back textbooks to their home everyday. Moreover, she insists that introducing the system is good for eco. In the last, she says that the main purpose of the system is to make students to concentrate on studying.

Conclusion:

We set trial period in an elementary school. If we get good result of  the test, we introduce the rental system of textbooks.

My comment:

This discussion went off without a hitch. However I think there is a gap of the number of times says something betweens panelists. It is the ideal that all panelists speak frequently.

Twelveth panel discussion

Topic: Teachers shouldn't give any homework to students.

Moderator: Rie
Panelists: Anna, Rachel, Kate, Alex

Opinions:

Anna: Agree
She thinks that students can spend their time effectively if they don't have to do homework. For example, she can have hours of sleep enough, review contents of clesses that they cannot understand and play games. Moreover, she thinks that students can have enough time to study in class and they should study by themselves at home. independent study is more effective than homework because they can concentrate on contents that they want to study. She suggests to make students to do assignment that has a few questions in the morning at school. By it, students can review.

Rachel: Agree
She thinks that students can have free time such as playing sports and playing with friends without homework. School give same homework to all students, but students' ability are different depends on students. Moreover, she thinks that it is possible for students to know whether they can understand or not in class hours. At the last, she suggests to give homework in weekday and not to give it to students during vacation. During long vacation, they have the opportunity to experience various things such as Intership.

Kate: Disagree
She thinks that without homework, some students don't have to study at home and studying is essential to realize their dream. Besides, she worry about the case of that they can't understand contents of classes and don't try to understand it by themselves. By doing homework, they can know which content is that they cannot understand.

Alex: Disagree
He thinks that homework help students to understand contents of classes. Without homework, some students play game, so they cannot spend time effectively. Moreover, reviewing at home is important to students' understand contents of  classes.

Questions and other opinions:

Finnian: Who is students? →　Highschool students.

Mac: There is no university in Apollon. So, why students study?
 →　As a compulsory subject, they study language, math, social studies, biology, economics.

Robert: Which do you discuss recommendation or rule? → Rule.

Sara: She points out that agree side talk about students who want to study and otherside talk about students who don't want to study.

Lucus: Elementary and junior high school teacher have to tell students to study by own, If they do so, highschool students don't need homework because they can study by own.

Conclusion:

Teachers must not to give any homework to highschool students. Besides, elementary and junior highschool teachers have to tell students to study by own.

My comment:

I think that panelist should set the detail such as who is students. Panelists tried to help the moderator, it was good. Moderator need to calm down though it is very difficult.