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.