Argument exercise

TOPIC: Chickens

What I want to prove to the audience: That chickens are not good to eat

My Audience: coyotes

Why should they care about this: Although people say chickens taste good, it could prove fatal.

Reasons they should agree:

Because chicken bones can poke holes in your stomach

Because feathers can get stuck in your throat and make you choke

Because you can get the bird flu eating chickens

Coyotes Rebuttals

No, because I have eaten chicken before without being poked by bones.

No, because we could just pull the feathers before eating.

No, because bird flu does not effect canines

“My idea is superior because”

True, However these chickens are “big boned”

Well, yes, but the feathers will make your mouth really dry.

No, because avian flu has crossed species before, remember the humans?

OUR Facts:

Chicken bones are one of the leading causes of deaths in dogs.

There are no Coyote vaccinations for bird flu.

Chickens are composed of 30% feathers, that’s a lot of feathers to pluck.

What is it you want to change, add, or cause to happen to K-12 education?

If I could change one thing about our education system it would be to stop tailoring our education to the individual and holding students, teachers and our community as a whole accountable.

MY audience is: Community Members

WHY should they care?: Tailoring our education to the needs of the individual breed’s ignorance and inflated sense of self.

WHAT does society have to lose? Our society is losing credibility in the world economy, and our education system which was once highly valued and modeled after is becoming a joke.

REASONS to agree:

1# because focusing heavily on individualism creates a disconnect with the community

2# because educators are being pushed too hard to pass students, thus they lower standards so that more students pass, ultimately lowering expectations so that we all as individuals can succeed.

3# because promoting individualism within our schools also promotes the pervasive intents of capitalism influencing our students to measure one another by what they are wearing, and thus ultimately producing a materialistic society.

1# Rebuttal Students can be left behind because you are not catering to their individual needs.

2#Rebuttal taking away individualism will break their confidence within themselves

3#Rebuttal treating students like a production warehouse does not promote a creative, successful or confident individual

1# NO, because by setting high expectations for all of our students will make them rise to the level of expectation

2#No, because relying on each other as a community builds ones confidence in each other, which is more important than alienating one’s self by only relying on one’s self.

3#No because eliminating a students need to stand out from the crowd will also eliminate corporate involvement in their education, is it any different that students look to certain style of clothes to fit into a specific group? Although yes they are fitting into their own “cookie shape” but ultimately is it not the intent of corporations to dictate what shapes of cookies are set out for students to fit into? So is individualism just a fad within itself? An illusion of personal freedom at the cost of our community?

1# Reason: Look at Jaime Escalante’s class in stand and deliver he said “students will rise to the level of expectation” and he set his bar really high, most of his students rose to his level of expectation and exceeded it.

2# Reason: Washington Post reports that ¼ of Americans report having no one with whom they can discuss their personal problems with.

3#Reason: In 1995 Longbeach, CA reported findings after implementing school uniforms: with an overall crime rate drop of 91% and 81% of teachers felt that school uniforms improved the school environment 95% saw an improvement in student behavior.