Fourteenth discussion

Topic "We must make school uniform."
Panelists were Carol, Hanna, Kofy, Finnian and Lucus. Moderator was Allie.

Agree side : Carol, Hanna and Kofy
Disagree side : Finnian and Lucus

Carol
She agreed with it because school uniform is formal and students can wear official occasions, for example, funeral.

Hanna
She also agreed because students don't take time for choosing clothes. They have a lot of things to do in the morning.

Kofy
As Hanna said, she also thought students don't have enough time in the morning. Besides, they are able to conscious that they belong to their own schools.

Finnian
She didn't agree with it because she doesn't like skirt. She thought some students also don't like it. Skirt is difficult to move.

Lucus
He also disagreed with it. If we adopt school uniform, they must spend a lot of money. He thought it is useless.

Allie: What do you think about Lucus's idea?
Carol: We should buy school uniform just one time, so it's not so expensive.
Hanna: Total cost is lower than our own clothes.

Finnian: I want to wash clothes we wore once, but we can't uniform every day.
Hanna: Finnian's idea is good, but they need not to think about fashion. They should concentrate on studying.

Allie: What do you think about Finnian's idea?
Kofy: Students don't have to move in daily life.
Finnian: I liked playing soccer during break time. Then, if we wear our clothes, we can move well.

<Question>
Sara: If we introduce school uniform, how do big families prepare it?
Agree side: Young brothers and sisters can wear their old brothers and sister's used uniforms.

Lucy: You said we may buy it just one time, but students are growing up every year. What do you think about it?
Carol: They should wear little bigger uniforms.

Sophie: How do they cooperate with each other?
Kofy: They can get closer.

Robert: Now, we don't have uniform in Apollon. According to my English teacher, uniform means sameness. What is the meaning of "uniform"?
Hanna: Like British uniforms for formal occasions.

Lucus: By wearing same uniform, some people judge their ability or personality.
Finnian: They may wear in bad way, for example, girls can make skirt short.

Kate: Shall we ask to parents and students as questionnaire.
Carol: That's good idea.

Sara: How do we make washable uniform?
Hanna: It is difficult for us to make British school uniform, so it is good idea.

Lucus: How about making school badge?
Kofy: I agree with it.

<Conclusion>
We make school badge and don't make school uniform.

This was last discussion in this period. I thought Allie did well as a moderator. She summarize every panelist's opinion clearly. Thanks to her, it was easy to understand for me. Other panelists also did well. All of them expressed their ideas strongly and positively. Wholely, this discussion was wonderful!! I wonder school uniform is needed, so making school badge is very good and I agreed with Lucus.

Thirteenth discussion

Topic "We must introduce rental system of textbooks instead of free of charge."
The moderator was Ashley.

Disagree side: Lucy, Emily and Isabera
Agree side: Sophie and Sara

Lucy
She worried that students can't write in the textbook and bring them to their houses. Drawing line is very important thing. Because of this, they don't have enought time to study.

Emily
She also diagreed with this topic. Taking memo is very good for students. And they can write some important thing on their textbook directly.

Isabera
As other panelists said, she also worried they can't memo on the textbook. Besides, as for her, new textbooks make her study hard. So having their own textbook is good.

Sophie
She agreed with this topic. Some students can't go to school because of money and the totak cost of textbook is very big. So if we adopt this system, the number of students who can go to school will increase.

Sara
She also agreed with it. The cost of textbook is big and each school can choose more high quality textbook. Besides, they will not forget to bring the textbook from their house.

Emily: I want to pay for children. This is important for our future, too.
Sophie: But if we save the money, it makes classroom more comfortable to study.

Ashley: What do you think about disagree side opinion?
Sara: They should memo on their notebook instead of textbook.

Isabera: How do you think about how to use this system? For example, teachers give the textbook to students when the semester begins.
Sophie: Students should keep themselves until the end of semester.

<Question and answer>
Belle: Textbooks are changed frequently, what do you do for this?
Sara: If the change is small, we put some paper on it.

Kofy: If the textbook is broken or teard, what do you do?
Sara and Sophie: They have to pay to repair.

Sophie suggest better idea than before. Teachers give textbook to students at the beginning of class and then students give back to them at the end of the class. They can bring back to home during test periods. They are too young to control their textbook.

Sara: Junior high school students can bring back to home freely. If we adopt this idea, it's good for eco, too.

<Conclusion>
We introduce trial period for elementary school. If the rental system is good for them, we can adopt it.

I think this discussion went on smoothly. But I felt the chance to speak opinion for disagree side was less than agree side. But totally, each panelists had good opinion, so it was good. Last week, I was absent from this class because of influenza. I really felt sorry for same group members.