대회주제

 

  • 초등부

구분 의안
Round1: Schools
  • THBT elementary schools should not have standardized exams.
  • THBT home schooling does more harm than good.
  • THBT students should be allowed to evaluate the performance of their teachers.
Round2: What are you?
  • THBT people are born evil.
  • THBT the life of the ants is happier than the life of the grasshopper. (* from Aesop’s Fables. The ending of the original story does not affect the debate.) 
  • THW rather be Socrates dissatisfied than be a pig satisfied.
Round3: Society
  • THW nationalize all private elementary schools in Korea. 
  • THW require students of metropolitan cities to spend
    a minimum semester in rural areas. 
  • THW legalize the buying and selling of human organs.
Round4: Culture
  • TH regrets the narrative in children's media that good always wins. 
  • TH regrets the dominant depiction of protagonists in children's books and media as aesthetically superior. 
  • TH regrets the rise of the “selfie” culture.
OPEN Quarter Finals
It’s my life!
  • THW set a minimum age restriction for child celebrities.
  • THW allow hiring and firing of employees based on social networking sites. 
  • THW impose a tax on married couples who choose not to have children.
ROOKIE Semi Finals
Health
  • THW make all energy drinks illegal to minors. 
  • THW introduce a soft drink tax. 
  • THW implement a fat tax on overweight individuals.
OPEN Semi Finals
Parents
  • THBT parents should have access to their children's social networking accounts and messengers.
    (e.g. Kakaotalk) 
  • THW implant a tracking device into under-aged students. 
  • THW send parents of obese children to a weight loss camp with their children.
OPEN/ROOKIE
Grand Final
You Are What You Learn
  • THW actively nudge elementary students to embrace traditional family values through education. 
  • THW forbid any private institutions intended to teach students beyond their school curriculum. 
  • THBT the recognition and glorification of exceptionally smart students in the field of STEM as "geniuses" do more harm than good.

  • 중등부

구분 의안
Round1:
It’s my choice!
  • THW ban cosmetic surgery for minors.
  • THBT poor families should not be given welfare in the form of cash payments but in forms of basic goods and services. 
  • THBT parents should not have a say in determining
    their child's sexuality.
Round2: Education
  • THW make Chinese compulsory in schools. 
  • TH regrets the practice of tiger parenting. 
    (*Tiger parenting: being overly strict with a child
    in order to     foster an academically competitive sprit.) 
  • TH regrets the narrative in education that good grades
    are the best indicators for one's success.
Round3: Society 
  • THBT every activity of police officers on duty
    should be recorded. 
  • THW install CCTV cameras in schools. 
  • THW lower taxes in exchange for less government services.
Round4: Politics
  • THW abolish political parties.
  • THBT politicians’ failure to fulfill their promises made during campaigns should be prosecuted as fraud after their term is over. 
  • TH, as Korea, would allow multiple terms of presidency.
EFL Semi Finals
Religion
  • THW ban religious symbols in public buildings.
  • THBT religion fuels conflicts.
  • THW require public schools to teach religious studies. 
ROOKIE Grand Final 
Media & Culture
  • THW abolish screen quotas.
  • TH regrets the rise of reality competition shows.
  • THBT 24/7 news cycle has done more harm than good
    to the quality of the media.
OPEN Quarter Finals
Moral Dillemmas
  • In this scenario, THBT David should report Zack to the police.
  • In this scenario, THW not torture the person.
  • In this scenario, TH as Ian, would not throw a rope.
  • (*A scenario was given with each motion.)  
EFL Grand Final
Technology
  • THBT social networking services have the right
    to use any information/data acquired within their platforms.
  • THS the patenting of human genes.
  • THW make internet vo available for presiden elections.
OPEN 
Semi Finals
North Korea
  • Assuming two Koreas are unified, THW collect
    “special unifica tax” from South Korea to help rebuild North Korea.
  • Assuming two Koreas are unified, THW pay people 
    to live in North Korea. 
  • THBT South Korea should stop all efforts 
    toward reunification with North Korea. 
OPEN Grand Final 
Preservation or Disaster?
  • THW not grant demands for hazard pay
    during disasters. (e.g. Sewol Ferry Disaster)
  • THBT China should compensate its neighbors
    for causing environmental damage in their territories.
  • THBT developed countries should pay
    developing     countries to preserve their forests.

  • 고등부

구분 의안
Round1: Youth
  • TH supports the growing trend of the YOLO
    (You Only Live Once) mentality amongst the youth.
  • TH regrets the prevalence of self-development books
    that glorify hard work.
  • THBT the division between humanities field and
    natural sciences in high school curriculum
    is an outdated concept in education.

Round 2: Business
  • THW not allow corporations to require school names
    in job application processes. 
  • THBT the state should mandate medium and
    large corporations to have a union. 
  • THBT philanthropists should prioritize for-profit innovation
    over charity in combating poverty.
Round 3: Inequality
  • THW institute a quota on socio-economically under-served
    groups in the parliament. (e.g. National Assembly, Congress)
  • THW impose a “Beauty Privilege Tax” on individuals
    with conventionally appealing physical appearances. 
  • THBT voluntourism does more harm than good. 
    (* Voluntourism: a travel which includes volunteering 
    for a charitable cause.)
Round 4: Crime & Justice
  • In case where there is new evidence found on child-related
    crimes following a legitimate acquittal or conviction,
    THW allow a retrial. 
  • THBT the state should prioritize rehabilitation over retribution
    in the criminal justice system. 
  • THW abolish prison sentences for all non-violent crimes.
OPEN 
Semi Finals
Moral Dillemas
  • In this scenario, THW hold him criminally liable for his inaction.
  • In this scenario, THW pull the chair.
  • In this scenario, THBT Jane's primary responsibility should be
    to protect her daughter.
  • (*A scenario was given with each motion.)  
OPEN Grand Final
Government
  • THW lift charges against Edward Snowden
    through public referendum.
  • THBT government should not be responsible
    for war correspondents behind enemy lines. 
  • Given a majority of the public votes in favor, 
    TH as the Japanese government,
    would negotiate with terrorists. 

 

 

 

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