High School and Secondary school Debate Topics
- All students should have an after school job.
- Partial birth abortion should be illegal.
- Every student should be required to take a performing arts course.
- Homework should be banned.
- School uniforms should be required.
- Year round education is not a good idea for student learning.
- The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18.
- PE should be required of all students throughout high school.
- All students should be required to perform one year of community service.
- Schools should block Youtube.
- Students should be able to leave school for lunch.
- All parents should be required to attend parenting classes before having a child.
- Single-sex schools are better for students.
- Students should be held legally responsible for bullying in schools.
- Cyberbullying that occurs outside of school, should be punished by the school.
- Teachers should not be allowed to contact students through social media.
- It is never appropriate for the government to restrict freedom of speech.
- Human cloning should be banned.
- Poetry should be removed from the curriculum.
- Macs are better than PCs.
- Androids are better than iPhones.
- The US Government should fund a space mission to Mars.
- Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) should be banned.
- Democracy is the best form of government.
- All citizens who do not vote should pay a fine.
- The death penalty should be abolished.
- Sports stars should be positive role models.
- The right to bear arms is a necessary constitutional amendment.
- Grades should be abolished.
- Progressive tax rates are unfair.
- The voting age should be lowered.
- The driving age should be raised.
- Sharing music online should be allowed.
- Video games are too violent.
- History is an important subject in school.
- Schools should not be allowed to track students.
- Students should be required to pass algebra to graduate.
- Affirmative action should be abolished.
- Students should not be graded on their handwriting.
- Women should not get the right to vote. (Note: This provides students with historical context for the 19th amendment.)
- America should not give foreign aid to other countries.
- The government should provide wireless service for everyone.
- Smoking should be illegal.
- People should be fined for not recycling.
- Performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in sports.
- Parents should be allowed to choose their baby's gender.
- Animal testing should be banned.
- Corporations should be allowed to donate money to political campaigns.
- Drone attacks against specific targets are a necessary part of modern warfare.
- US representatives and senators should have term limits.
- All students should take an online course.
- Social media comments should be protected by free speech.
- A border fence should be constructed between US and Mexico.
- Same sex marriage should be legal.
- Intelligent design should be taught in science classes.
- Are social networking sites effective, or are they just a sophisticated means for stalking people?
- Is torture justified when used for national security?
- Should cell phones be banned in schools?
- Is peer pressure harmful or beneficial to individuals?
- Should violent video games be banned?
- Should the death penalty be taken away completely?
- Are beauty pageants a way to objectifying women?
- Should cigarettes be banned from society?
- Is it unethical to eat meat?
- Should homework be banned?
- Can people move in together before they are married?
- Do celebrities make for bad role models?
- Are credit cards are more harmful than debit cards?
- Should the concept of zoos should be nullified?
- Should fried foods come with a warning?
- Should sex education be banned in middle schools?
- All schools should make it a requirement to teach arts and music to their students?
- Should juveniles be tried and treated as adults?
- Is human cloning justified, and should it be allowed?
- Has nuclear energy destroyed our society?
- Should parents not purchase war or destruction type toys for their children?
- Should animal dissections be banned in schools?
- Should plastic bags be banned?
- Are humans too dependent on computers?
- Are security cameras an invasion of our privacy?
- Should gay marriages be legalized?
- Is co-education a good idea?
- Does money motivates people more than any other factor in the workplace?
- Is it ethical for companies to market their products to children?
- Is age an important factor in relationships?
- Should school attendance be made voluntary in high school?
- Is the boarding school system beneficial to children?
- Are curfews effective in terms of keeping teens out of trouble?
- Should libraries have a list of books that are banned?
- Will posting students’ grades on bulletin boards publicly motivate them to perform better or is it humiliating?
- Do school uniforms help to improve the learning environment?
- How far is competition necessary in regards to the learning process?
- Can bullying in schools be stopped? How so?
- Is it important for all schools to conduct mandatory drug testing on their students?
- Is animal testing a justified?
- Is the death penalty appropriate? Or should it be banned?
- Should cell phones be used during class?
- Should laptops be allowed in classrooms?
- Is global warming an issue?
- Is there good reason for the American war on terror?
- Does school detention do any good in high schools?
- What impact does social networking and social networking sites have on society?
- Is euthanasia justified?
- Are video games containing violence appropriate for children?
- Are single sex schools more effective than co-ed schools?
- Is television an effective tool in building the minds of children?
- Should jobs be subcontracted into developing countries?
- Is cloning animals ethical?
- Is the grading system used in secondary school effective?
- Do celebrities get away with more crime than non-celebrities?
- Is it justified to develop nuclear energy for commercial use?
- Is it effective to censor parts of the media?
- Are humans to blame for certain animal extinctions?
- Are alternative energy sources effective and justified?
- Do school uniforms make school a more effective place to learn?
- Is drug testing athletes justified?
- Is it appropriate for adolescents to be sentenced to life without parole?
- Should high schools provide daycare services for students who have children?
- Who is more complicated gender: men or women?
- Should humans eat to live or live to eat?
- Do video games cause bad behavior in children?
- Should older women be allowed to marry younger men?
- Is it better to be honest and poor or dishonest and rich?
- Do nice girls finish last?
- Do nursery rhymes have secret interior meanings?
- What are the advantages of being a man over a woman?
- Which of these two are more real – pirates or ninjas?
- Do vampires get AIDS from sucking blood that is affected?
- Which is better: daydreaming or night dreaming?
- Do you think the United States will never have a woman President?
- Did God create the universe or did it just occur naturally?
- Do we have less face-to-face interaction because of Facebook?
- Is there life after death?
- Are we aliens of some sort?
- What are the best dating techniques out there?
- What are the advantages of bottled water vs. regular water?
- Which is a better show: Vampire Diaries or FRIENDS?
- What is the best pizza topping?
- Are Batman and Superman misleading idols?
- Which is better: Rock n Roll music or Hip Hop?
- Which is better: Harry Potter or Twilight?
- Which is the best season of the year?
- Is it better to date someone attractive and popular or intelligent and smart?
- Which is better to have as a pet: a cat or a dog?
- Money is better than Education
- Single sex schools are MORE Effective than co-ed schools
- Girls themselves are the source of their own early Pregnancy.
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