topics for may31rst,2008

ECONOMICS

1. "Low tax, Laissez-Faire, economies are better than ones with large
public sectors." Do you agree?

2. "It is better to be within large economic unions like the European
Community rather than outside them." Do you agree?

3. "Governments should legislate to prevent monopolies becoming too
powerful." Do you agree?

4. "Free trade policies are always better than protectionist ones."

5. "Governments should not subsidize enterprises which are unprofitable."

6. "Countries should try to become self-sufficient in food and basic
necessities." Do you agree?

7. "Giving financial incentives to companies which locate themselves in
underdeveloped regions is a waste of public money. It is better to let
them set up where they want to be." Do you agree?

8. "Introducing the minimum wage will encourage foreign investors to
take their enterprises elsewhere."


EDUCATION

1. Would you prefer to send your child to a mixed or single sex school?

2. Is day school always a better alternative to boarding school?
3. Should rich people be permitted to buy educational advantages by
sending their children to private schools or should all schools be
run by the state?

4. Do you prefer a system where children are put in fast and slow streams
or is it better to create mixed ability classes?

5. Should corporal punishment be permitted in schools?

6. Which system do you favour for measuring children�s progress -
final examinations or continuous assessment?

7. Do the "three Rs" (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) make up the most
important part of the school curriculum?


THE ENVIRONMENT

1. Does the environment belong principally to the human race?

2. Do your consumption habits destroy the habitats of other species?

3. Do you think that developers should be permitted to build big hotels
and tourist complexes in the most beautiful places in your country?

4. Should the private motorist be made to pay more heavily through higher
road tax, petrol prices, parking fees and motorway tolls?

5. Should cars be banned from city, town and village centres?

6. Are you for or against nuclear power?

7. Does your country need stricter laws to punish noisy neighbours
or discos which play loud music late at night?

8. Are your country�s seas, rivers and / or lakes clean to swim in?

9. What government and private campaigns are there in your country to
protect and improve the environmet.