Thursday, January 24, 2008

Debate wrap up

Today we had our first debate. Thanks to those who went first. It's always difficult to be the first, but thanks to you we now have a better idea about what is expected.

For next Monday, everyone should bring to class an outline (printed or handwritten) of a potential essay related to the topic of tuition fees. Your outline should have at least as much detail as the example in this powerpoint file. The topic for your outline is:
Student tuition fees risen much faster than inflation over the last 10 years. Students typically oppose any such increases suggesting that high tuition costs are preventing students from getting the education they need. In contrast, the college and the government of Ontario typically argue that without such increases, the quality of education will suffer.
FOR: Tuition should be free for all students
As always, if you don't understand something or are having a problem, contact me and we'll try to sort it out.

3 comments:

Abel said...

The following video shows how Police can abuse their power so easily (watch till the very end to see a student being threatened):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyvrqcxNIFs

Brett said...

Scary stuff! I'm glad to see the students challenging the police rather than just watching it happen. It was a difficult balance to keep between illegally interfering with a police officer and sanctioning abuse.

Abel said...

But that's precisely it, it's such a fragmented line that distinguishes what might be excessive use of force to some and yet acceptable to others.