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Technology& SocialMedia

1. DoMemesMaketheInternet a Better

Place ? 2 . Does Online Public Shaming PreventUs

From Being Able to Grow and Change?

3 . How Young Is Too Young to Use Social Media?

4 . Should the Adults in Your Life Be Worried by How Much You Use Your Phone?

5 . Is Your Phone LoveHurting Your Relationships?

6 . Should KidsBeSociaM l ediaInfluencers? 7 . DoesGrammarStillMatterin the Age of

Twitter

8 . Should Texting While Driving Be Treated Like Drunken Driving?

9. How Do You Think Technology Affects Dating?

School

10. Are Straight A ' s Always a Good Thing? 11. Should SchoolsTeach You How to Be

Happy ? 12. How Do You Think American Education

Could Be Improved? 13. Should Schools Test Their Students for

Nicotine and Drug Use ? 14 . Can SocialMedia Be a Tool for Learning and

Growth in Schools ?

15. Should FacialRecognition Technology Be Used in Schools?

16 . Should Your School Day Start Later? 17. How Should Senior Year in High SchoolBe

Spent?

18. Should Teachers Be ArmedWith Guns?

19. Is School a

for Self-Expression?

. Should StudentsBe Punishedfor Not Having

Lunch Money?

21. Is Live-Streaming Classrooms a Good Idea? 22 . Should Gifted and talented Education Be

Eliminated? . What Are theMost ImportantThings

Students Should Learn in School

24 . Should Schools Be Allowed to Censor Student Newspapers ?

25. Do You Feel Your School and Teachers

WelcomeBoth Conservativeand Liberal Pointsof View ?

26 . Should Teachers and ProfessorsBan Student Use of Laptops in Class?

27. Should Schools Teach About Climate Change?

28 . Should AllSchools OfferMusicProgram?s 29. DoesYour SchoolNeedMoreMoney? 30 . Should All Schools Teach Cursive? 31. WhatRole Should TextbooksPlayin

Education ? 32. Do Kids Need Recess?

College & Career

33. What Is Your Reaction to the College Admissions Cheating Scandal?

34 . Is the College Admissions Process Fair ? 35 . Should Everyone Go to College ?

36 . Should College Be Free? 37 . Are Lavish Amenities on College Campuses

Usefulor Frivolous?

38 . Should

Dissenters ' Be Allowed to

Speak on College Campuses ? 39. How Should the Problem of Sexual Assault

on Campuses Be Addressed?

40. Should Fraternities Be Abolished?

41. Is Student DebtWorth It?

Mental & PhysicalHealth

42. Should Students Get Mental Health Days

Off From Schoo?l 43. Is Struggle Essentialto Happiness? 44. Does Every CountryNeeda

Minister ' ?

45 . Should Schools Teach Mindfulness ? 46 . Should All Children Be Vaccinated ? 47 . What Do You Think About Vegetarianism ?

48 . DoWeWorry Too Much AboutGerms? 49. What Advice Should Parents and Counselors

Give Teenagers About Sexting? 50 . Do You Think Porn Influences the

TeenagersThink AboutSex ?

Race & Gender

51. How Should Parents Teach Their Children About Race and Racism ?

52. Is America ' Backsliding' on Race ? 53. Should All Americans Receive Anti-Bias

Education ?

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54. Should AllCompaniesRequireAnti- Bias Training for Employees?

55. Should Columbus Day Be Replaced

IndigenousPeoples Day ? 56. Is Fear of The Other PoisoningPublic Life ? 57. Should the Boy Scouts Be Coed ? 58. WhatIs Hard About Being a Boy ?

Arts

59. Can You Separate Art From the Artist? 60 . Are There Subjects That Should Be Off

Limits to Artists , or to Certain Artists in

Particular ? 61. Should Art Come With Trigger Warnings ? 62. Should Graffiti Be Protected ? 63. Is the Digital Era Improving or Ruining the

Experienceof Art ? 64. AreMuseumsStill Importantin the Digital

Age? 65. In the Age ofDigitalStreaming, AreMovie

Theaters StillRelevant? 66 . Is HollywoodBecomingMore Diverse? 67. What StereotypicalCharactersMakeYou

Cringe

68. DoWeNeedMore FemaleSuperheroes? 69. Do Video GamesDeservetheBad Rap They

Often Get ? 70. ShouldMusiciansBe Allowed to Copy or

Borrow From Other Artists? 71. Is Listening to a Book Just as Good as

Reading It? 72. Is There Any Benefit to Reading Books You

Hate?

Sports

73. Should Girls and Boys Sports Teams Competein the SameLeague?

74. Should CollegeAthletesBe Paid? 75. Are Youth SportsToo Competitive? 76 . IsIt Selfish to PursueRisky Sports Like

ExtremeMountain Climbing ? 77 . How Should We Punish Sports Cheaters ? 78. Should Technology in Sports Be Limited ? 79. Should Blowouts Be Allowed in Youth

Sports 80. IsIt Offensive for Sports Teamsand Their

Fans to Use Native American Names , Imagery andGestures ?

Animals

81.

It Wrongto Focus on AnimalWelfare

When HumansAre Suffering? 82. Should Extinct Animals Be Resurrected? If

So , Which Ones

83. Are Emotiona-lSupportAnimals a Scam ?

84 . Is AnimalTesting EverJustified?

85 . ShouldWeBe ConcernedWith WhereWe

GetOur Pets

86. Is This Exhibit Animal Cruelty or Art ?

Parenting & Childhood

87. Who Should Decide whether a Teenager Can Get a Tattoo or Piercing

88. Is It Harder to Grow Up in the 21st Century Than It Was in the Past?

89. Should Parents Track Their Teenager' s Location

90 . Childhood Today Over-Supervised? 91. How Should ParentsTalk to Their Children

About Drugs? 92. What Should WeCall Your Generation ? 93 . Do Other People Care Too Much About Your

Post-High SchoolPlans? 94. Do Parents Ever Cross a Lineby Helping Too

Much With Schoolwork? 95 . What' s the BestWay to DisciplineChildren ? 96 . What Are Your Thoughtson ' Snowplow

Parents' ? 97. Should Stay at-HomeParentsBe Paid ? 98 . When Do You Becomean Adult?

Ethics & Morality

99. Why Do BystandersSometimesFailto Help

When They See Someonein Danger? 100. Is It Ethicalto CreateGeneticallyEdited

Humans? 101. Should Reporters Ever Help the People They

Covering? 102. Is It . K. to Use Family Connectionsto Get a

Job ? 103. 1 Billion Too Much Money for Any One

Person to Have? 104 .Are WeBeing Bad CitizensIfWeDon' t Keep

Up With theNews? 105. Should PrisonsOffer IncarceratedPeople

Education Opportunities ? 106 . Should Law Enforcement Be Able to Use

DNA Data From GenealogyWebsites for CriminalInvestigations?

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107. Should We Treat Robots Like People ?

Government& Politics

108 .Does the United States Owe Reparationsto

the Descendants of Enslaved People ? 109. You Think It Importantfor Teenagers

to Participate in Political Activism

110. Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16 ? 111.What Should Lawmakers Do About Guns

and Gun Violence ?

112. Should Confederate Statues BeRemoved or

Remain in Place

113.Does the U . S. Constitution Need an Equal

Rights Amendment?

114. Should NationalMonuments Be Protected

by the Government?

115. Should Free Speech ProtectionsIncludeSelf

ExpressionThat Discriminates?

116 . How Important Freedom of the Press?

117. Should Ex-FelonsHavethe Rightto Vote

118. ShouldMarijuanaBeLegal?

119. Should theUnitedStatesAbolish Daylight

Saving Time? 120 . Should WeAbolish the Death Penalty?

121.

the U . S. BanMilitary- Style

Semiautomatic Weapons

122.

the U . S. Get Rid of the Electoral

College?

123.What You Think of President Trump' s

Use of Twitter

124. Should CelebritiesWeigh In on Politics?

125.Why It Importantfor PeopleWith

DifferentPoliticalBeliefs to Talk to Each Other?

Other Questions

126. Should the Week Be Four Days Insteadof

Five?

127. Should PublicTransitBe Free?

128.How ImportantIs Knowinga Foreign

Language?

129. Is There a RightWay' to Be a Tourist?

130.

Your SignificantOtherBe YourBest

Friend ?

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