1. Village life is better than city life.
Views
- Villages have much lesser pollution and more greenery, hence cooler climate.
- Village life is slow, monotonous and non - trendy.
- Better medical facilities and educational facilities are being offered in villages.
- Villages offer man the sight of natural landscapes and sceneries.
- Villages remain stagnant(stable) over a period of time.
Counterviews
- City life is a fast changing life, adaptable and trendy.
- City life offers a person more opportunities for growth and development.
- Man can make rapid progress in a city.
- Social life and entertainment is better and wider.
- In a city there are better medical and educational facilities.
2. We should ban computers for two days. Express your views and counterviews.
Views
- Facilitate personal interaction with people.
- Use strategies used in the days when computers did not exist.
- Leads of personal networking.
- Loss to sedentary (Sitting continuously in front of Computer/TV) lifestyle.
Counterviews
- Work will get affected.
- There will be economic loss.
- There will be no connectivity.
- Emergencies will suffer.
3. Debate on ‘Old persons are burden to the society”.
Proposition
- Old persons have already formed a pattern of life and are unwilling to change or modify or adjust.
- They have fixed ideas and are not ready to accept any new ideas that does not fit into their mindset.
- Their experience cannot be applied to present day situations.
- They lack knowledge of the changing lifestyle.
Opposition
- Old people have rich and rewarding experience of life.
- They teach us values
- They guide us to solve problems.
- They offer us support and encouragement.
- They shower us with love and affection.
4. The present education system is a burden on the student.
Views
- The syllabus is too vast and varied.
- The difficulty level is too high.
- The quantum of evaluation and assessment is too much.
- There is no scope for personality grooming.
- The system focuses mainly on the rote (memorization technique) learning.
Counterviews
- The units per lesson are shorter and simpler to understand.
- Assessment and evaluation is done in a phased(gradual) manner.
- Oral testing and evaluation has been provided.
- Fear of rigorous (Severe, strict, hard) examinations is eliminated.