Debat

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it
ing

Q1.Youar eMukul/MahimaofAl
psPublicSchool
.Yourschoolhasorgani
zedadebat
e
on"SocialMedi
aandIt'
sEff
ect
s"andy ouwi l
lbepart
ici
pat
ingf
rom yourschool
.
Prepar
ey ourvi
ewsagai
nstori
nfavourofthemotion.

SOCI
ALMEDI
AANDI
T'sEFFECTS

FORTHEMOTI
ON:

"
Wear
eal
lnowconnect
edbyt
hei
nter
net
,li
keneur
onsi
nagi
antbr
ain"

Honourabl
ejudges,t
eachersandmyworthyopponent
s,thanky
ouforgivi
ngmet he
oppor
tunit
ytojoi
nthisdebateont
hetopi
c,"Soci
alMediaandIt
'sEf
fect
s".Iam Mukul
/
MahimaandIwoul dli
ketospeakinf
avourofthemoti
on.

Howmanypeopl edonothav easmi l

eont heirfacesonf i
ndinganol dfri
endon
facebook?Wel l
,socialmediahasr emov edal lt
hebar r
ier
sandboundar i
esto
communi cat
ionbybr i
ngi
ngt heglobeonasi ngleplat
form.Whi l
ebusinessoppor tuni
ties
hav ewidened, marketer'
sreachhasbr oadened.Itkeepsusupdat edaboutev erythi
ng
goingoni nev erynookandcor neroft hewor ldonar eal-
ti
mebasi s.From emer gency
alerts,
announcement sanddecl ar
ationstoknowi nghowourf r
iendsar edoi
nghasal l
becomesoconv enient.I
tprovidesfreedom ofspeechandt hus,enableseveryoneto
speakt heirmind.Nott oforgettheincalculabl
eaccessi tprovi
destot heextensive
i
nf ormati
on.

Wit
hsomuchadv ancementandinnov
ati
on,
itwoul
dbeanunimagi
nablewor
ldwi
thout
hav
ingsoci
almediaini
t.Someonehasri
ght
lyputi
tint
owor
dsbysaying,

"
Social
mediaisaddi
cti
vepreci
selybecausei
tgiv
esussomethi
ngwhatt
her
eal
wor
ld
l
acks:i
tgi
vesusimmediacy
, di
recti
onandavalueasani
ndi
vi
dual.
"

Thanky
ou.

AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON:

Whataworl
ditis,
wi t
hev er
yoneont
hei
rphones,
all
thet
ime,
faki
ngt
hei
rli
vesand
keepi
ngacountoftheirl
i
kes?

GoodMorni
ng,l
adi
esandgentl
emen!Iam Mukul
/Mahimaandmyt
opicfort
hedayi
s,
"
Social
mediaandi
t'
seff
ect
s".Iwoul
dliket
ospeakagai
nstt
hemot
ion.

Ithasnowbecomedoubt ful
totrustt
hesayingthatgoesli
ke"Technol
ogywas
developedtosavetimeandmakeourl iveseasi
er",
becausepeoplehavebecome
addictedandunproduct
ive.I
ttakesalotofeff
ortanddisci
pli
netostayawayfr
om
soci
al media.Resul
tshaveshownt hati
thashadadver
seeff
ectsonhumanmi ndsand
thei
rfunct
ioning.Outdooract
ivi
ti
esamongchil
drenhaveal
soreducedsi
gni
fi
cantl
y.

Nodoubti tpr
ov i
desaccesst ousefuli
nformat ion,but
,iti
shardtoi
gnoret hequantum
offakenewst hatspreadslikewil
dfi
reandt heext entofimpacti
thasont hesociet
y .I
n
fact
,fakewhatsappf orwardswasacl earpatter nt
hatwasobservedbehindt her
ecent
mobl ynchi
ngsorr at
her,"Deathbysocialmedi a".

Iti
soneofthereasonsbehindinsecur
it
iesanddepressi
onamongteenager
s.I
tisr
ight
thatt
echnol
ogywasi nt
roducedtosavet i
me,butweforgott
omenti
on,"I
ntheri
ght
amount"Â.So,remember ,
youleavethepresentmomenteveryt
imeyoucheckthe
phone.

Thanky
ouf
ory
ourcooper
ati
onandpat
ienthear
ing.

Q2."Academicexcell
encei
stheonl
yrequi
rementf
orasuccessf
ulcar
eer
."Wr
it
ea
debateeit
herfororagai
nstt
hemoti
on.

ACADEMI
CEXCELLENCEI
STHEONLYREQUI
REMENTFORASUCCESSFULCAREER.

FORTHEMOTI
ON:

"
Thebeaut
if
ult
hingaboutl
ear
ningi
sthatnoonecant
akei
tfr
om y
ou.
"

Respect
edj
udgesandmyworthyopponent
s,Ist
andbefor
ey oual
ltospeakinfavourof
themoti
on:
"Academi
cexcel
l
enceistheonl
yrequir
ementforasuccessf
ulcareer
".

RighttoEducat i
onisthefundament al
rightofev erychil
di ntheagegr oupofsixto
fourt
eeny ears.Theeducationsy stem int heprimaryy earsisdesignedsoast oprovide
basicknowl edgeofeachsubj ectandhel pt heyouthoft odaytochooset hei
rsubjectof
i
nt er
estforitsdeeperstudythatcanonl ybepr ov i
dedef fect
ivel
ythroughuniversi
ti
es.I
t
playsakeyr oleinthedevelopmentofsoci etyandnation.Informati
oncannotbe
convertedintoknowledgewi thouteducat ion.Educationmakesuscapabl eof
i
nt er
preti
ngt hi
ngs,amongot hert hings.

Ithelpsinrai
singfut
ureleader
sbypr ov
idi
ngthem clearunderst
andinganddevel
opi
ng
decisionmakingabil
it
ies.Itmakesthem r
esourcef
ulandcompet ent.Excel
l
encei
n
academi csprepar
eschildrenf
orthecompetit
ionaheadandt eachesthem towor
khard
aswel l.

Moreover
,Excel
l
encywil
lensureadmissi
ontothebestuni
versit
iesforhi
ghereducat
ion
t
hatprovi
deexposur
eandaki ckstar
ttothei
rcar
eer.Toconclude,Iwoul
dsaythatone
whohasit'
sacademicf
uturechoi
cessortedout,
hasit'
scareerplannedout
.

"
Thegoal
ofeducat
ioni
stheadv
ancementofknowl
edgeandt
hedi
ssemi
nat
ionof
t
rut
h."
Â

Thanky
ou.

AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON:

Goodmorni
ng,ladi
esandgent
lemen!Mytopi
cfort
hedayis"Academi
cexcel
l
enceis
t
heonl
yrequir
ementforasuccessf
ulcar
eer"andIchooset
ospeakagai
nstthemoti
on.

"Thegoal ofeducationistor aisetheleadersoft omorrow".Butmyquest i

onis,Howis
i
tthatmostoft hel eadersoft odayhappent obecol l
egedr opouts?Thi
sisbecause
havingdegreescannotensur esuccess.Itfail
st oimpar ttheli
feskil
l
sandpol i
sh
personali
tyofani ndiv
idual.Theycansur elygiv eyouanov er
viewofasubjectbutfai
lto
provideanov er
viewofhowt hewor l
dwor ks.Itdoesnotensur eski
ll
sandcompet enci
es.
Itt
ellspeoplewhatt othinkinst eadofhowt ot hinkandt heendresult
sisthat
,the
societynowhasj ustrobotswhohav eswitchedt hei
rmi ndsoffonlytobel
ievewhatis
beingtaught.

One'
satt
it
udetowardslif
ei swhatbri
ngssuccess.Undoubtedl
y,academicExcell
enci
es
canpr
ovi
dey oudegreesormayev enlandy ouatajob,but
,yoursuccessdependsupon
howyouthi
nk,behave,walk,t
alkandpresentyour
self.I
thasbeenright
lysai
d,

"
Educat
ionpr
oducesgr
eatempl
oyeesi
nthemar
ket
,notempl
oyer
s".

Thanky
ou.

Q3."ONLI
NESMARTCLASSESARETHEFUTUREOFEDUCATI
ONSTYLE"
.Wr
it
ea
debateei
therf
ororagai
nstt
hemot
ion.

ONLI
NESMARTCLASSESARETHEFUTUREOFEDUCATI
ONSTYLE

FORTHEMOTI
ON:

Honour
abl
ejudgesandwor
thyl
i
stener
s,

"I
fyouaresooldmi ndedandthi
nkthatcomput
erswil
lbedi
str
act
ingchi
ldrenf
rom
studi
es,
withasinceresorr
yforyou,
letmetel
lyout
hatthey
ounggenerati
onhasgone
alongwaywithcomput er
s!"

Thus,Iam heretotal
kaboutt
heendl
esspossi
bil
i
tiesofcomput
erandi
nter
netbased
teachi
ngmet hods.

Whenmostparentsthi
nkoflear
ningfrom computers,
soci
ali
zingwebsit
esli
ke
f
acebookappearbefor
ethei
reyes.Itist
hebiggestcybert
ragedy.Ther
earedef
ini
tel
ya
l
argenumberofsit
esbeyondjustfacebook.
Udemy ,Cour
sera,Khanacademy ,
By j
u'steachingapp, t
helistofonli
neteaching
pl
atformsisendlessandevergrowing.Therear emi l
l
ionsofst udent
sandt eacher
swho
usethesewebsitesandappsf ort
heirexam- preparat
ion.Theyar emostl
yfreeanditi
s
whatmakesonet ur
nawayf r
om tradi
tionalpaper-gui
des.Wi t
hasmar t
phonei nev
ery
hand,cit
yandvill
ageali
ke,t
heseonl i
nelibr
ariesarewi t
hineveryone'
sreach.

Googl
ehasal
readyr
epl
acedt
hewor
dGur
utobecomet
hegr
eat
estknowl
edge-
prov
ider
.

Wit
hsev
enhundredbi
ll
ionpopul
ati
onandsi
xhundr
edtrees,i
tistheneedofthecent
ury
t
ogopaper
less.I
nthi
scontexty
oucanfi
ndnobett
ersolut
ionthaneLear
ning.

Ratherthanl
iv
ingthel
ifeofaconsumer,let
'sbecontri
butor
s.Inst
eadofbuyi
ngpaper
books,l
et'
sbuyeBooks.Inst
eadofcoll
ecti
ngat housandbooksinourshel
ves,
let
's
conver
tourphonesorcomput er
sint
ov i
rt
ualli
brari
esandlearn.

Thanky
ou.

AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON:

Goodmorning,l
adiesandgent
lemen!Mytopi
cfort
hedayi
s"Onl
i
neClassesar
ethe
Fut
ureofEducati
onStyle"andIchooset
ospeakagai
nstt
hemoti
on.

Onlinel earningore- learni

ngrefer
st olear ningconduct edv i
aelectr
onicmedi a,ty
pical
ly
ont heI nternet.Ther eisnoface-t
o-facei nteract
ionbet weent heteacherandt hestudent.
Itdecr easest hescopeofadj usti
ngandmodi fyi
ngt helanguageort heconcept
accor dingt ov ari
ousaudi ences.Moreov er ,
humansar eknownt obesocialanimal sand
aret hus,mor einterestedindir
ecttuit
iont hanv i
rtualtuiti
on.Thereislackofpr oper
guidanceandsel f-assessmentmechani sms.Notonl yt hi
s,i
twouldalsor educe
empl oy mentamongt eacher
s.

Sincei
tinvolvesonlybrainworkandnotphy sicalwork,theytendt ogetl
ethar
gic
resul
ti
nginalteredphysiology
.Also,i
tleadstolackofdi scipl
ine.Att
endi
ngaschool
makesonehav eatimeschedul einaday .Thi
shelpst hem learnsomegoodhabi t
sli
ke,
bathi
ng,breakfast
,goingtobedatt herightti
meet c.Physicalschoolhel
pchil
dren
adoptadiscipli
ne.

Nottoforgettheexcel
lenti
nter
acti
onsi
nvol
vedinphysi
callear
ning.Peopletendto
makef r
iendswhosuppor tt
hem andmentor
swhogui dethem.Thus, nomatterhowfast
technol
ogical
developmentsaretaki
ngpl
ace,t
hetradi
ti
onalwayofl ear
ningshouldnot
bedispl
aced.

Thanky
ou.

Q4.'Homesfortheagedi
sanecessi
tyinI
ndi
a'.Wri
teadebat
ein150-200wor
dsei
ther
fororagai
nstt
hemot i
on.Youar
eShivam/Shi
vani
.
HOMESFORTHEAGEDI
SANECESSI
TYI
NINDI
A

FORTHEMOTI
ON:

Oldageisoftenr ef
erredtoasthecrownofli
fe,asi
tisourpl
ay'
sl astact
.Honour
abl
e
j
udges,teachersandmywor thyopponent
s,It
hankyouallf
orprov i
dingmethe
opport
unitytohighli
ghttheimport
anceofOldAgeHomesi nIndia.

Anol dagehomeisapl ace,ahomef oroldpeoplewhohav enoonet olookafterthem

orthosewhosechildrenhavelef
tthem onthestreet
s.Theplace,ofcourse,i
slikehome
wheretheinmatesgetallthef
acili
ti
esforarouti
nelivi
ng,l
ikef
ood, clot
hing,
medi ci
ne
andshelter
.Oldagebr i
ngswit
hi tphysi
calweakness.Incasetheyarealoneathome
whileyou'
reaway,i
twoul dbealmostimpossibl
et otackl
eanymedi calemergency .
Thesecentreswil
ltakecareofthem andcatertoallsuchemergencies

Also,burgl
arsusuall
yatt
emptt obreakintoahousewher ealonel
yagedpersonli
ves,
mur dert
hem withouthesi
tat
ingandl ootthehouse.That
'swhyiti
ssafert
okeepy our
parentsinasenior-
care-
homewheny ouhav etostayawayfr
om them f
oryourearni
ng
andar eunablet
okeept hem ther
ewi thyou.

Thus,i
tiscrucialt
ohaveOldagehomesi nt
hecount
rybecauseol
dageneedssol
i
ttl
e
butneedsthatlit
tl
everymuch.Not
hingismorei
mportantt
hanasmil
ethathas
str
uggledthroughtear
sandmanyy ear
s.

Thanky
ou.

AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON:

Goodmor ning,l
adi
esandgentlemen!Mytopi
cforthedayi
s"Homef
ort
heagedi
sa
necessi
tyinIndi
a"Â andIchoosetospeakagai
nstthemot
ion.

Thereisnothi
ngf undament all
ywrongwi ththewhol eideaofOl dagehomes, butjust
l
iketherearetwosi desofthesamecoi n,i
talsohassomedi sadvantagesandpr oblems
associat
edtoit.Servicesattr
actcosts.Bettertheservices,higherthecosts.Mostoft he
agedpopulati
onar epensioner sordependentonchi ldr
enwhi chmakesi tdif
fi
cultfor
them toaff
ordgoodqual i
tycare.Thereislackofpr i
vacyt oo.Theenv i
ronmentis
i
mper sonal
,whichmaygi verisetofeeli
ngofl oneli
ness,whichmayf urt
herleadto
depressi
on.Theyl osetherighttodecidewhatt oeatandcannotspendt imewi t
h
grandchi
ldr
en.Also, t
herehav ebeenmanyi ncident
sofnegl ectandpoort reatment.

Theyarethosepeoplewhomadeuscapabl eandcreat
edawor l
dforus.Howcanwe
l
eav et
hem inthecold,t
hattoowhentheyrequi
ret
hewarmt hofourlovethemost ?Our
parent
shavesacrifi
cedsomuchf oruswit
houtaski
ngforanythi
nginreturn.Thi
s
makesitoursoleresponsi
bil
it
ytotakecar
eofthem whentheyneeditthemost ,
because,
int
heend,
theul
ti
mat
eluxur
yisbei
ngathomeandabl
etor
elaxwi
tht
he
famil
y.

Thanky
ou.

Q5.Arecel
ebsresponsi
blef
ortheproduct
stheyendorse?Taki
ngacuef rom the
headl
i
nesgivenbelowandusingyourownideas,
writ
eadebat efororagainstt
hetopi
c.

Amit
abhBachchanstepsbackf
rom pr
omot
ingPepsi
aft
eraschool
gir
lquest
ionst
he
heal
thi
mpactofthedri
nk.

Br
iefbanonMaggi
noodl
escausest
roubl
efori
tscel
ebr
it
yBr
andambassador
s.

ARECELEBSRESPONSI
BLEFORTHEPRODUCTSTHEYENDORSE?

FORTHEMOTI
ON:

Respectedj
udgesandmywor thyopponent
s,t
oday,
Istandbefor
eyoual
ltoaccent
uat
e
whycelebri
ti
esar
eresponsi
blefort
heproduct
stheyendorse.

Advert
isingagenciesof t
enpickcelebri
ti
esbecauset hei
rfanfoll
owingensuresmore
eyebal
ls.Thecelebri
tiesarethepresent-daygods.Theyareadored,vener
ated,and
worshippedbymany .Giventhefanbaseandt hecelebri
typowerofinfl
uence,many
questi
onscomeup.Ar etheyaccountableforwhattheendorserdoes?Dotheyatleast
havethemor alresponsibil
it
ytounderstandtheproductbetter
?

Itbecomesami sl
eadi
ngadv ert
isementifiti
sfoundthattheproductdoesnothav
ethe
attr
ibutesthatt
hemanuf act
urerprofessed.Andifthebrandambassadorhaspromoted
thatproductandsaidspecif
ical
lythattheproducthasthoseat
tribut
es,t
heyareal
so
certai
nlyli
ablef
oracti
on.

ThebriefbanonMaggi noodl
eshadani mplicati
onfori
tscelebr
ityendorser
s.Notso
l
ongago, AmitabhBachchansteppedbackfrom promotingPepsiaft
eraschool gi
rl
questi
onedthehealt
himpactoft hedri
nk.Celebri
ti
esvouchfortheperformanceofa
product;
theyshoul
dfir
stuseitbeforeendorsingi
t.

Publi
cfigureshav eanet hi
calobli
gati
ont owardsthosewhof ol
lowthem andt hi
s
necessit
atesaf ramewor kthatguidesthem totakeresponsi
bil
i
tyfortheirpubli
cimage,
whichincludesthepr oduct
st heyendorse.Mov i
nginandoutofpaidcont ract
smi ghtbe
asoluti
onf orthecelebri
tyendorserbutitdoesn'ter
asetheimpactoft heirpr
eviousl
y
brandedimage.

Thanky
ou.

AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON:
Respectedj
udgesandmyworthyopponent
s,today,
Ist
andbefor
ey ouall
toaccent
uat
e
whycelebsshoul
dnotbehel
dresponsi
bleforthepr
oduct
stheyendorse.

Adv er
ti
singagenciesof
tenpickcelebri
ti
esbecauset heirf
anf ol
l
owi ngensuresmore
eyeball
s.Nodoubtt headvert
isementwi l
latt
ractyou, buti
t'sunl
ikelyt
hatyouwi l
lbuy
theproductunlessyouhaveseeni tandtestedit.Buyingfinanci
alproductsandreal
estateismorenuancedand, hence,advert
isement saloneshouldn'tbeyourguidi
ngli
ght
.
Consumer sneedtobemor ediscer
ninginsuchcases.

Taket hecaseofMahendraSinghDhoni.Hedi dendhi scontr

actwi t
htherealestat
e
fi
rm buthowwoul dhehaveknownthatthecompanywoul dfail
t ohonouri
ts
commi t
ment?Ifi
twassoeasyt odeter
mi netheintenti
onofthecompanyt henthefi
rst
toexitthedealwouldhavebeenthehomebuy ers.Ortakethecaseofcelebrit
ytouri
sm
mascot sforst
ates.Wouldyoublameacel ebri
tyifthestat
egov ernmentendsupdoi ng
somet hingr
idi
culous?

Manycel ebri
ti
esendor semulti
plebrandsanditisnotpossiblef ort
hem touseall.
Celebsendorsebr andsformoney .Don'tmakethem responsiblefortheeff
icacyofthe
product.Therearegov ernmentagenciestoensurequali
tyforthepr oduct
ssoldinthei
r
countri
esandi ti
sj ust
ifi
edtomakeonl ythosepeopleaccount ablewhosejobisto
certi
fyproducts.

Thanky
ou.