Junior WSD 12/1月辩题发布！

🎃 Trickortreat~ 🎃 今天是一年一度的万圣夜也是Junior WSD 12月/1月已备辩题公布的日子！

猜猜我们还给大家准备了什么惊喜🎁？

今天除了为大家公布Junior WSD第二波已备辩题，我们还将根据其中一个辩题 带来最新的Sample Argument～先来看看这次又有哪些新辩题吧～

Junior WSD 12/1月已备辩题

▋MOTION 1

THBT the commercialization of education has done more harms than good.

▋MOTION 2

THW set up a school court to investigate and carry out punishments for bullying, run by students and staff members.

▋MOTION 3

THP a world in which parents could give their children a magic pill which would make them obedient for a certain period of time.

▋ 赛程及辩题发布计划

1. NHSDLC秋季常规赛循环赛阶段共设置4轮比赛，将采用3轮已备辩题+1轮即兴辩题形式展开；淘汰赛阶段将全部采用即兴辩题。

2. 已备辩题发布计划：

10/11月辩题：已发布

12/1月辩题：已发布

3. 2024 NHSDLC冬季邀请赛计划采用12/1月已备辩题。

本次辩题主要围绕学校、家庭、教育展开

其中MOTION 1所提及的教育商业化 对同学们来说

可能是一个比较少接触到的话题

接下来就有请资深教练Robert Raos 围绕MOTION 1，为大家带来本次 秋季Sample Argument

Robert Raos

超6年WSD/BP辩论及教学经验

Radboud大学辩论队主席

曾获多项国际辩论赛事冠军，包括欧洲Queer公开赛2020，芝加哥公开赛2022等。

2023 NHSDLC

秋季Sample Argument

This sample argument will run you through the arguments for proposition and opposition on one of the prepared motions for the next Junior WSD tournaments.

The motion reads "THBT the commercialization of education has done more harm than good. " We choose this topic to present sample arguments since this related subject might be less familiar with junior students.

#1、Topic Background

辩题背景

历史上，教育部门由政府管理。这意味着国家将管理教育机构的建设和维护以及课程设置等事宜。而私有化则使这些机构由私人经营，以获取利润。

The commercialization of education refers to the privatization of the educational sector. Historically, the educational sector was managed by the government. Most educational institutions such as middle schools and universities were publicly owned.

What this means is that the state would manage things like the construction and maintenance of these institutions, as well as their curriculum. They would be funded by the taxpayer and would hence be free or quite affordable to students applying for their admission.

Privatization, on the other hand, makes these institutions privately run for profit. Individuals decide to invest in businesses that compete with public institutions for students.

A famous example of a country with a commercialized education system is the United States of America, where the largest universities are all private universities (Harvard, Princeton, et cetera).

#2、Proposition

正方观点

第一个论点是教育商业化会扩大贫富差距，使贫困学生更难获得高质量的教育。富裕的家长会把孩子送到私立学校，同时他们也失去了投资公立教育的动力。这就意味着公立学校没有那么多资金去聘请优秀教师以及获取资源来帮助学生学习。

另一个论点则涉及教育质量。利益驱动改变了课程设置的逻辑。这样做的后果是学校减少了以艺术、文化和人文学科为重点的科目，使学生失去了更广阔的人生视野。

What are the disadvantages of this phenomenon? The first argument to run from proposition would be that this widens the gap between the rich and the poor and makes it more difficult for poor students to access high-quality education.
Since private institutions offer better education for higher tuition fees, wealthy parents send their children to private schools. In turn, those same parents lose the incentive to invest into public education since they know their children will not go there.
As a result, there is less political pressure for the government to invest into public schools.

This means that public schools have less money to hire good teachers and acquire crucial resources to help students learn. In addition, employers tend to discriminate against students who go to public universities since private colleges are seen as more prestigious. This puts pressure on poor students to get into a lot of student debt to afford a private university.

Another argument to entertain from side proposition concerns the quality of education. Profit incentives shift the logic behind drafting the curriculum. No longer is education valued for its own sake. Rather, parents want a return on investment when they pay private schools to educate their children.

The consequence of this is that schools have fewer subjects focused on arts, culture, and the humanities – as these subjects lead to fewer employable skills – which robs students of a wider perspective on life.

Furthermore, for-profit universities tend to only study research subjects in which investors are interested, limiting the scope and creativity of potential research.

#3、Opposition

反方观点

反方的一个明显论点是，如果有更多的私立教育机构，学生就会有更多的选择。公立/私立学校往往采用不同的教学方法，教授不同的科目和学位。这对于有学习障碍或有独特才能的学生来说是至关重要的。

第二个论点是提高了教学质量。当私立大学之间需要相互竞争生源时，投资者在聘用教师时一定会精挑细选，并投入额外资金购置最好的设备，为教职员工提供最好的培训，以确保为学生提供最高质量的体验。

From opposition, the obvious argument to run is that students are given more choices when there are more private educational institutions. When there are only public universities available, there is a limited number of institutions a student might choose from, as the government does not have infinite resources. However, private universities compete both with public universities and with each other, creating a much higher number of colleges.

Additionally, to differentiate themselves from one another, they often employ different teaching methods and teach different subjects and degrees. This is a good thing because different programs are suitable to different students with different needs. This is a crucial impact on students with learning disabilities or unique talents that often get overlooked by the mainstream educational system. On top of the extra choices students get when choosing a university, private educational institutions exist outside of higher education, including language schools, debate camps, music schools, exchange programs, and similar institutions that enable students to nurture their skills.

The second argument to run from opposition is that education increases the quality of teaching. The problem with public education is that professors often get lazy. The government offers them a full-time job that they get to keep irrespective of their performance. Consequently, there is no pressure for the faculty to improve and give their best.

When private universities have to compete with each other for students, investors make sure to be extremely selective with the hiring of teachers and invest extra money into obtaining the best possible equipment and giving the best possible training to staff to ensure the highest-quality student experience for the children.

以上就是Junior WSD秋季常规赛