2020 GBA International Youth Debate Competition

• Topic: Life in a pandemic – a new world?

• Debate format: (modified 2 vs 2)
• Entrance fee: free
• Time: Registration (October 1st to 31st,2020)
Preliminary (November 14th to December 12th, 2020)
Final rounds (December 13th, 2020)
Competition format: Virtual debate taking place in Online platform ClassIn
Final rounds: In-person debate in Affiliated School of Guangzhou University
(Guangzhou)

Final contestants will be invited to participate in CSSC (Cambridge

International Debate Competition) in the University of Cambridge Debate
Chamber in the summer of 2021.
Homework
A few interesting ideas to warm our brains
up…
• In the early 1900s, progressive education theorists decried homework’s
negative impact on children’s physical and mental health, leading California to
ban homework for students under 15.
• Public opinion swayed in favor of homework in the 1950s due to concerns
about keeping up with the Soviet Union’s technological advances.
• Proponents of homework say that it improves student achievement and allows
for independent learning of classroom and life skills. They also say that
homework gives parents the opportunity to monitor their child’s learning and
see how they are progressing academically.
• Opponents of homework say that too much may be harmful for students as it
can increase stress, reduce leisure and sleep time, and lead to cheating. They
also say that it widens social inequality and is not proven to be beneficial for
younger children.
Are you pro or against homework? And why?

• I am pro homework because:

• I am against homework because:

Additional questions
• What rules would you set for homework if you were in charge? How
much homework per day? Different by year group? What types of
homework?

• What other pros and cons could you list?

• Should students be allowed to get help on their homework from

parents or other people they know? Why or why not?