Sunday, November 23, 2014

Let's make point-system in Apollon.

Moderator: Belle
Pannelist: Angelina, Jack, Tama, Mac, and Laura

1. How can we collect points?
Jack: Tour guide volunteer.
Tama: Volunteer who working for Sunflower festival as a stuff. We should give points.
Mac: The fwstival is held once a year, so it's not enough chance.
Tama: The festival is big, so can get big point, it doesn't matter.
Mac: He wants to give points to someone who buy food made in Apollon.
Jack: He wants to give points to someone who participating in photo contest of Sunflower festival.
Tama: How much points?
Jack: Everyone can get same points.
Angelina: She wants to give points to someone who trash garbage with classifying.

Allie: Can we use the point as a money?→Yes.
Carol: She thinks it is easy to get money.
Robert: How can we use?→Jack: For example, public utility, bus fee.
Anna: The points we can get are depend on things?→Yes.
Sophie: Why the photocontest people can get points?→Jack: He wants many people participate in.

2. Where can we use them?
Jack: As he said before, we can use the points to public cost, ex)electlicity, gas, water
Mac: Points can be use in shopping center, because we often use money on shopping.
Jack: This point is controlled by government, so it is difficult to controlled by shops.
Mac: Recently, shops use some original point system, so they can install the point system.
Angelina: It is not good for amusement, so we can use them for only public utility. We can get points by doing good things.
Laura: Using for hobby or amusement is good, because it makes many people want to get point.
Jack: Both or Only?→Both.

Robert: Do we up taxesonly to make the point system?
Ashley: How much money equal 1 point?→1point = 1apollon
Allie: Who can use the point? Can children use?→Yes.
Allie: She thinks children can't use the points for public service.
Tama: They can use them with their family.
Robert: You mean, the point is for people who lose job?
Hanna: She thinks maney can't be helped, so let's think another way. For example, we can change the points to consumer electronics.

Concensus

Comment: Their topic was different from the topic we had discussed before, so they could say many opinions not only say agree or disagree. I think it was good. However, they showed their irritation during the discussion, and it made audiences say their opinion negatively. All people who become moderator or panellists should be careful about it.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

We should make a national holiday, Sunflower Day

Moderator: Lucus
Panellist: Finnian, Kofy, Allie, Carol, and Hannna

Information
Now, there is no national holiday.

Finnian(agree): She want to hold event on Sunflower Day to make more tourists come.
Kofy(agree): Citizens should  be aware of symbol of Apollon.
Allie(agree): Sunfower festival makes Apollon's people closer. It's like a thanks giving day.
Carol(disagree): To hold event, we need money, place, and people. She worried about that students don't have to go to school on the day.
Hanna(disagree): She thought usiing Sunflower is good,but we don't need to make sunflower's day. Young people aren't interested in sunflower. We should make  other idea, for example, make another plant.

Lucus→Agree: What do you think about Carol's idea?
 Kofy: She don't think it is serious problem. We can earn money from the event more than it's cost.
Carol: Who prepare the cost?
 Finnian: She want to be full of Sunflower in Apollon. It doesn't cost so much money.
Lucus: What do you do?
 Finnian: Sunflower fields, sell cosmetics using sunflower, and hold a photogragh contest.
Carol: Where do we make sunflower fields?
 Finnian: In forest. If we do so, tourist can see not only sunflower, but also rare plants.
Carol: Who hold the festival?
 Finnian: She doesn't think so much, but she want to join the event positively.

Kofy→Hanna: You said vesitables are better, why do you think so?
 Hanna: Forest is the place for rare plants, sunflower is not rare. Vesitables can save our life, but sunflower can't. Even if we held the festival, enough people don't come.
Finnian: First, it is difficult, but in the future, people come.

Belle: What is definition of Sunflower Day?
 Allie: Students don't have to go to school, but companies depend on each.

Rachel: Why do you think we need national holiday?
 Allie: Hanna said young people tend to forget sunflower is our symbol, so we want to make the day to remember our symbol.

Sara: What do you think about term?
 Finnian: Festival is only the day, but you can see sunflowers in all summer season.

Carol→disagree: What do you think about children don't have to go to school on the day?
 Finnian: Sunflower day is very special day.
 Kofy: She agrees with Carol's idea, so we set the day on Saturday or Sunday.
Lucus→Carol: If we make the day on Sat. or Sun. , you agree with the national day?
 Carol: Yes, but what we do on the day?
Finnian: She wants to do various things on the day.

Lucus: Next, we willl talk about what can we do on the day.

Hanna: Holding festival is a big challenge. How can we please to sunflower?
Finnian: Sunflower is symbolic of Apollon, even if young people aren't interested in it, they should know about it.

Emily: If it held on Sut. or Sun., we don't need the national holiday.
 Hanna: The day like a Mother's day or Father's day in Japan. Some people stay as usual, but some people do event.

Sophie: Only sunflower festival?→Yes.

Lucus: Let's talk about the contents of the festival.
Finnian: As she said first, she want to sell some products.
Kofy: Use Internet to invite more tourists.
Carol: She agree with make a national day, but she doesn't agree with hold festival on the day. Holding festival needs money and places.
Lucus→Carol: What do you think most serious problem?
 Carol: Photo contest is good, because it doesn't cost so much.
Finnian: We can make oil from sunflower's seeds, and sell it. We also make zinx.
Kofy: Young people like zinx, so they become interested in our symbol.

Sara: Nobody knows the day, so it is good opportunity to sell items usng the day.

Robert: People go shopping on holiday. Monday is not big lost for students.
Carol: She wants to make school day instead of the day.
Hanna: If we make holiday suddenly, people may confused.
Finnian: National day is special day, so people never forget the day.
Hanna: First, we set on the day on Sat. or Sun. When the day become popular, we put the day on Monday.

Consensus: We make Sunflower day on last Saturday in July, and hold festival on the day.

Comment
This topic was light, so it was easy to understand. However I sometimes couldn't understand what they want to talk about. So I think it is important to make definition of some words when we discuss about some thing.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Do we associate with other countries?

Moderator: Emily
Panellist: Sara, Lucy, Ashley, Sophie,and Isabela

Lucy(agree): We can import things from.other country, and also have opportunity to know other countries.
Ashley(agree): We can help each other, for example, when a big disaster happen in Apollon, other countries can come to rescue us. We can introduce other's good point.
Sara(agree): She wants many people  to enjoy her photographs. If we associate with other countries, we can share her works in  many countries.
Sophie(disagree): We can live without association now. If we associate with other countries, some problems maight happen. She is an entertainer, so she can introduce Apollon to other countries.
Isabela(disagree): She worries about war, she doesn't want to help other countries. She also worries about our culture disappearing.

Emily→Lucy: What do you think about our culture?
 Answer: She doesn't think that our culture disappear completely.
Sophie→Sara: You can show your picture to other countries through the Internet.
 Answer: Sara thinks Internet is one of the good way to share her photographs, but she think real touch is important for her works.

Lucus: What do you think about the advantages  for other countries?
 Answer: We can teach our high technology.

Lucy: Tourism is unstable. If we associate with others, we can introduce foreign companies.
Isabela: We can focus on other business.
Sophie: We have better to hold originary event. It may fun for visitors.

Concensus: We should associate with other countries to develope our tourism and econmics.

Comment: I think we should disscuss more understandable for audience. Most of the audiences couldn't understand what we talked about. I try to do better than this time in our next discussion.



Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Should the elementary school students have their own celephones?

Moderator: Anna
Panellist: Amy, Alex, Rie, Kate, Rachel

Amy(agree): Celephone has a burglar alarm, so we can prevent crime happening. We teach our children collect way to use cellphone.
Alex(agree):She is double income family.  Cellphone has GPS function, so she wants her son have cellphone. Her son can contact with her in case of emergency.
Rie(disagree): Children may lose much time to use cellphone, and they don't play outside. It will be cause of unhealthy.
Kate(disagree): Children have a lot of things to learn, so cellphone is obstuction.
Rachel(disagree): Cellphone is interest thing, so children may enter dangerous site.

Anna→Alex: Don't you have worry about dangerous website?
 Answer: She block dangerous site.
Rachel→Alex: Children have risk of swinde.
 Answer: She thaches her son how to use cellphone collectly. In case of double income family, their son may become alone. If disaster happened or being kidnapped, celllphone would be useful.
Alex→disagree side: In the case of emergency, how children do without cellphone.
 Answer: They cancontact with their parents in other way.
Alex→Rie: When the accident happen, what can they do?
 Answer: They have own power.
Kate: Relatives can help children when they are in dangerous.
Rachel: Cellphone need a lot of money, parents have to pay the cost. She wants to use money for really want thing than cellphone.  
Amy: Children are more importnt than money.
Rachel: She agree with Amy, but she would like to pay money for them. For example, studying and spirts.

Sara: She thinks it depends on family.

Kate: Children may play game by using cellphone, children should use time more effectively.
Amy: Make family rules, for example, use it only in school.
Rachel: Cellphone is fascinating item, so they can't concentrate on their class.
Alex: iPhone is attractive, but only have contact tool, GPS, and a burglar alarm.
Kate: It is not cellphone. It's safety instrument.

Sophie: Do you want to make a law?
 Answer: We want to make rule.

Robert: Will or should?
 Answer: It is difficult to judge, so we should make rule when they use cellphone.

Conclusion
We should make a famy rule depends on the situation.




Sunday, October 26, 2014

We need immigration laws in Apollon.

Moderator: Tama
Panelist: Laura, Belle, Mac, Angelina, Jack

Laura(disagree): If we introduce immgrations, it might happen crimes and also increase unemployed people in Apollon.
Belle(disagree): We have to decide immgration's political right. We also consider about their work places, race, and religion. We may lose our unique culture.
Mac(agree): We don't have young people. Communication with foreigners will  make us positive. We need more workers in the future.
Angelina(disagree): Tourist increase and and working person will be small. If we accept immigration, we would'nt scare foreigners and accept them willingly.
Jack(agree): Accepting whoever comes may have bad effect for tourist's industry. If we make work more work places, high building may brock scenery. Immigrant will become homeless.

Angelina: There are few children inApollon, so working population eill decrease.
Jack: Apollon is not developed country. If we build more schools, many children stay in Apollon.
Mac: It is impossible to make children come back to Apollon.
Jack: Why are you in here?
Mac: He got his job in here.

Laura: Public safety is more important than develop.
Mac: Why do you think that crime increase?
Laura: Opposition between foreigners may happen.


Concensus
They couldn't decide whether immgration laws need in Apollon, because our country is already immigrators country.

Comment
I think we should decide definition of words we use when we decide our theme.
It makes audiences more understandable.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Should we develope our countryside?

Moderator:Hanna Marin
Paneller:Allie Collins, Lucus Arden, Finnian Lee, Carol Smith, Kofy Keita

Allie(agree): She thought we shold make amusement to develope our countryside , for example, botanical garden. She introduce it on TV because she is an actress.
Lucus(agree): He worried about increasing people in the city. To solve this problem, we should invite some companies in countryside.
Finnian(agree): When she was child, it was hard to transport places in countryside, so she wants to improve transportation.
Carol(disagree): She really worried about natures, because   there were more natures when she wad young.
Kofy(disagree): She is a writer, so she wants to concentrate places and countryside is best place for her job.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Should we use a solar panel instead of a nuclear energy?

Moderator: Isabela Horan
Panelists: Lucy Walter, Ashley Turner, Sala Cooper, Sophie Dawson, Emily Thoma

Lucy (agree): We can save electricity better than nuclear system by using solar system.
Ashley (agree): Solar system is cheaper than nuclear system in the long run, and it is also good for environment.
Sala (agree): Nuclear system may happen accident someday, so it is dengerous.
Sophie (disagree): She knows that the good point of solar system, however the system needs a large space so we have to kill forests or nature to make space. She loves nature, so she can' t agree with the idea. Moreover solar system may have big infuluence of industrial tourism of Apollon.
Emily (disagree): Solar system is unstable. She is a singer, so she needs big energy for her concert, but solar system is not enough for the energy. It is also costs a lot.

Isabela: What do you think from your occupational point of view?

Lucy (librarian): When she get married and have her children, she want to save her family. Nuclear power is dengerous, so she want to stop it.
Ashley (model): She is celebrity, so she has a lot of money. She thinks it is not so big ploblem about the cost.
Sala (photographer): She takes pictures of beautiful view, so she want to protect the nature. If a nuclear system have accident, it may kill the nature.
Emily (entertaner): She also needs big energy for her job. To make solar system, we have to kill the nature, but nuclear system don't have to kill it.

Emily: Who have to pay for the cost of solar system?

Sala: Everyone. Everyone use energy so that they should pay for energy by tax or charity.
Emily: In case of anyone disgree the idea?
Sala: We should check who agrees or disagrees.

Lucy: We can use the space which using for nuclear system now for solar system, what do you think?

Sophie: It's not enough.

Audiences opinion
Why do you disccuss only about solar system? We can choose other system.
Before discussion, we have to save electricity.

Consensus
We should use a nuclear system until we can find another better system for energy.

My comment
It is a difficult problem for our country. We should discuss about the problem more. Isabela is a good moderator for us, she summarized our opinion and everyone can understand easily. I think we should prepare the answer of audience's questions.