I'm doing a debate for my exams and this is the motion:THBT art education in local schools is a waste of time.

Question

I'm the preposition and i need help in finding details and what are the main points i should look out for. And also a survey on how many people are interested in art education and how many are not. My debate is in 2 weeks time, please help if you know..thanks

Answer 1

Firstly you aren't a preposition but the member of the first proposition because you are proposing the motion to the house.

you need to say why it's bad, why without it things would be better in a nutshell.

so .... you could look at how this time in (I assume primary and not local) schools would be better spent. It would mean that children would have more time learning maths/english/science/languages etc that can be tested and so you can prove that they are beneficial. while there is evidence that art is theraputic, there's nothing to say that it will really help children any more than a well planned science lesson that could have creative elements to it.

You could also look at resources used during art. often these are very expensive as many companies come up with things that people don't really need but the PC brigade are certain that you do. so this money could be spent on teachers, training or resources for the afore mentioned lessons or perhaps inclusive resources.

If you look to the future you could argue that in order to have any sort of international competitiveness in comparason with say china, it is more important economically to have children growing up fully literate who will be able to complete higher education and go on to be the leaders of tomorrow.

I am sure this is enough for you. if you need more send me a message.