Sunday, January 25, 2015

We must introduce rental system of textbooks instead of free of charge.

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

Lucy (disagree): There are some problems in this topic. It is important for students to draw line in their textbooks. If we introduce the rental system, students don't study enough.
Emily (disagree): It was good for her to memo on her textbooks, when she was a student. Some students want to write on textbooks.
Isabela (disagree): Drawing line and taking memo are important for students. New textbooks make students study hard.
Sophie (agree): Now, textbooks are supplemented by our taxes, so we have to pay every year. The total cost is big.
Sara (agree): The cost of textbooks is big. If we introduce the system, each schools can get higher quality textbooks. Moreover students will not forget them at home.

agree → disagree: We can save money, and use it for others  Ex) make classrooms confortable, buy computers

disagree → agree: How do you think the way of using rental system?
Teachers give textbooks to their students when the class begin, and students have to give back it to teachers at the end of the class. Fifth and sixth grades of elementary school students can bring it to thier home during the test period. Junior high school students can bring it to home anytime.

Kofy: She doesn't want to use textbook which was used by others.

Carol: If students want to buy own textbook, can they buy? →Yes.

Anna: It is hard for students to study without textbooks.

Carol: The number of the students will change every year, so the textbooks will be waste. What do you think? → Students don't decrease every year.

Adavantages of the rental system:  It is good for echology, students don't forget textbooks at home, students try to concentrate on each class, if they can't bring back it to home.

Conclusion
The main purpose of each side is same; they want students to concentrate on studying, so we will introduce trial period of the rental system to elementary school.

Comments
I couldn't work well as a moderator. It was hard for me to get panelist's opinions in shape. Panelists supported me well, so I appreciate for them. Audience's opinions also helped our discussion. Thank you.

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Friday, December 12, 2014

We should prohibit students from working part-time job.

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




Finnian(agree): Students should concentrate to study and club activity. If we permit students to work, they work for hang out with their friends.
Hanna(agree): Studying is important for students. If they work, they may not go to school and don't obey their parents.
Kofy(agree): Students should study and she want students to read books. By reading books, their sensitivity become rich and thay can have more knowledge.
Lucus(disagree): Some people don't have enough money to go to school. If we make the law, children may decrease.
Allie(disagree): If they work outside, they can learn many things, know the importance of money, help family income.


Moderator→agree: What do you think about Lucus's opinion.
Finnian: Ordinary children can go to school. Poor children are very few. She worried about that they may hang out with friends.
Lucus: Each parents should manage their children's money.
Finnian: Children want to manage their money by themselves.
Kofy: Studying and Reviewing time will decrease by doing part-time job.
Lucus: He thinks part-time job and club activity are almost same thing.
Hanna: Children work for go to school?
Allie: They work to help income or learn out things, not for money.
Hanna: Money for study is big, so students can't earn the money. Students can go school by working?
Lucus: Some family have not high income,  so children can help it by working. Then, they can go to school.


Moderator→disagree: How can get study time instead of work time?
Allie: By working, they can learn how to concentrate on short time, so they can concentrate on study in short time.
Kofy: If they are limited studying time, they can't understand the contents completely.
Allie: If they so, they can use the time in their school.
Finnian: She worried about if students work, they fall asleep in their class. In school, they can ask teacher, but they may be tired by working, so they want to take a rest in free time.
Allie: In that case, same things may happen by doing club activity.
Hanna: Teachers can scold sleeping students by doing club activity, but they can't say strict thing to job owner.


Mac: Junior high school students who doesn't have enough money will give up to go to school? They can't have any supports?
→Now, there is no support.


Sophie: People who can't go to school can't study at all?
Hanna: Government should support, so let's make system.


Emily→agree: Not all students go to university after their graduation, so doing part-time job is good experience for the students who want to work after their graduation.


Robert: It is difficult to think about junior high school students and high school students in same time.
Kofy: We want to focus on junior high school students.
Robert: He is a junior high school student, he is a deliver newspapers.
Hanna: Deliver newspapers is OK. If there is rule about part-time job, agree with it.


Make Rule


First: Time
Allie: Deliver newspaper is good.
Finnian: Children should go home by 10 P.M.
Moderator: Before school or by 10 P.M.


Second: Age
Allie: All age in junior high school can't work.
Finnian: She agree with Allie.


Third: Type of jobs
Hanna: Deliver newspapers is good, but restaurant or karaoke which sell alcohole or cigarettes are bad.
Allie: Construction site is dangerous, so it is also bad.


Sophie: How about making part-time job club? Teachers can control where students work, and it's safe.


Lucus: Should make the club for each school?
Finnian: She has another opinion, school make a list of jobs.


Concensus
Students have to get school and parents permission. School can choose, make part-time job club or provide the list of jobs. Students can work before school or by 10 P..M.


Comment
The theme of this discussion is important for us, and the conclusion took good shape, I think. However, all of panellists voices were very small, so sometimes I couldn't hear their opinions.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Can we submit a bid to host the Olympic?

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

Emily(agree): If we hold the Olympic in Appolon, many people come to here. We can have chance to advertise Apollon.
Isabela(agree): She is a member of cheerleader, so she would join it someday. Young people are interested in it, and motivation will up.
Lucy(agree): It is a good way to exchange with other countries. Apollon will become famous.
Sophie(disagree): It is difficult to hold Olympic. Of course, she likes watching it, however, it cost much money and also need space.
Ashley(disagree): It cost too much, and we also need large space. For example, we have to gather the players from all over the world and built stadium and athlete's dormitory.

Moderator→disagree: What do you think about benefit?
Ashley: Some countries succeeded, on the other hand, some countries didn't succeed. Infact, Montreal Olympic went into the red.
Emily: Our country has many hotels, so we don't have to think about hotels.
Sophie: But we don't have stadium, maybe it cost much.
Isabela: If we built stadium, we can use it after the Olympic. For example, concert, some events.
Ashley: I think it is good idea, but we need large space for it. Apollon is not so big country, and there are many sports, so we need places for each sports.

Robert: The example of Olympic's cost. $2.3 billion, $10.4 billion, $44 billion

Moderator→agree: It cost too much, so what do you think about it?
Emily: We can save cost, it depends on country.
Sara: What do you think about the cost for stadium?
Emily: Only stadium?
Ashley: I think we need athelet's village, so it also cost much.

Rie→agree: Excepr for hotels and stadium, what do you think about the plan?
Isabela: Introduce sales tax.

Robert: It's scale problem, the Olympic is miss much for Apollon. Why don't you think about other plan?
Lucy: Our main purpose is that we want to exchange with other countries.

Rachel: For example, we hold Sun flower marthon, it doesn't cost so much.
Sophie: She agrees with her idea.

Moderator→Panellists: What do you think about Sun flower marathon? Is it good idea?
Panellists: Yes.


Concensus
We will hold marathon as a contents of Sunflower festival.

Comment
I think this theme was too big for Apollon, so it was difficult to think about the scale. However, we could change the idea to small scale event. In this time, I spoke more than before, so I think this time was better. I could enjoy this discussion.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Should we introduce sales tax system?

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

Rie(disagree): He has three reasons. It may make the gap between rich and poor. Corporation tax is better. Income tax is better.
Rachel(disagree): The system is hard for the poor.
Amy(disagree): She is a doctor. She have to buy medical things, and they are expensive. She don't want to pay much money.
Anna(agree): To hold Sunflower festival, government need money. Sales tax is easy way to get money.
Alex(agree): She has a son. She have to buy text books for him. It costs much money. If we introduce sales tax system, text books supplied by government.

Rie→Alex: Education fee is not construct of sakes tax, we have to save money for it.
Alex: Not all of them.
Alex: What will you do when you have accident? It costs much money.
Rie: We should save money for it.
Kate→Anna: What do you think about the poor?
Anna: Introduce reduced tax for the poor.
Rachel: She thinks it is difficult for the poor.
Rie: Sales tac is unfare.
Anna: Do you think income tax is fare?
Rie: Yes, almost fare.
Anna: She think sales tax is better than incom tax for government.
Amy: Our income will not increase, so she doesn't want to pay moremoney than now.
Anna: Government need to gather money for national, citizens must pay.
Rachel→Anna: If we introduce sales tax, tourists become decrease.
Anna: We can make tax free system or shop for toourists.

Isabela: She is a student. What tax is in Apollon now?
 →Except income and sales tax.
Lucus: We should make the percentage of tax rate.
 →3%
Carol: What do you think about Rachels opinion?
Anna: Government research and give paper for lower income people.

Rachel: Another opinion. If we introduce the system, some people in Apollon leave here.
Anna: Citizens have to pay on their own decision.
Alex→Rie: She think income tax is unfare for the rich.
Rie: It depends on their income, so it comes to fare.

Concensus
They can't decide. We should choose one or both of them. Today, they decide the tax rate is 3%. We should have opportunity to decide that we use sales tax system or not.

Comment
Their topic is good and we have to consider about it. Their discussion is almost clear, however sometimes I can't understand what they said.

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.