A. Open SPAR Event Prompts

Round 1 - 4:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Competitive sports do more harm than good

    High school students should be required to complete two years of a foreign language

    Parents should limit the number of hours children spend on the Internet

     

  2. Speaker 2


    Competitive sports do more harm than good

    High school students should be required to complete two years of a foreign language

    Parents should limit the number of hours children spend on the Internet

  3. Speaker 3


    Halloween should be an official school holiday

    All free speech should be allowed in school

    Violence is a necessary means to settle some disputes

  4. Speaker 4


    Halloween should be an official school holiday

    All free speech should be allowed in school

    Violence is a necessary means to settle some disputes

  5. Speaker 5


    Students should have a say in planning the school budget

    Living together before marriage should be encouraged

    Dogs are better pets than cats

  6. Speaker 6


    Students should have a say in planning the school budget

    Living together before marriage should be encouraged

    Dogs are better pets than cats

Round 2 - 5:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Burritos are better than burgers

    Subtitles are distracting

    Girl scouts should be paid for selling cookies

  2. Speaker 2


    Burritos are better than burgers

    Subtitles are distracting

    Girl scouts should be paid for selling cookies

  3. Speaker 3


    Children shouldn't date before high school

    Pop culture should be taught in school

    Animals should not be kept in zoos

  4. Speaker 4


    Children shouldn't date before high school

    Pop culture should be taught in school

    Animals should not be kept in zoos

  5. Speaker 5


    Men are stronger than women

    Eating at a restaruant is better than getting delivery.

    Owning an animal is wrong

  6. Speaker 6


    Men are stronger than women

    Eating at a restaruant is better than getting delivery.

    Owning an animal is wrong

Round 3 - 6:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Computers can replace teachers

    Aliens are probably real

    Listening to an audiobook counts as reading

  2. Speaker 2


    Computers can replace teachers

    Aliens are probably real

    Listening to an audiobook counts as reading

  3. Speaker 3


    Lying is sometimes justified

    All students should be required to take a cooking class

    Humans are the most dangerous animal

  4. Speaker 4


    Lying is sometimes justified

    All students should be required to take a cooking class

    Humans are the most dangerous animal

  5. Speaker 5


    Swimming in a pool is better than swimming in an ocean

    Help should always be accepted

    Harry Potter is better than The Lord of the Rings

  6. Speaker 6


    Swimming in a pool is better than swimming in an ocean

    Help should always be accepted

    Harry Potter is better than The Lord of the Rings

Finals - 8:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    History class should cover current events

    Cursive is an important skill

    Having strict parents is good

  2. Speaker 2


    History class should cover current events

    Cursive is an important skill

    Having strict parents is good

  3. Speaker 3


    Mechanical pencils are better than normal pencils

    School cafeterias should ban junk food

    Beauty pageants do more good than harm

  4. Speaker 4


    Mechanical pencils are better than normal pencils

    School cafeterias should ban junk food

    Beauty pageants do more good than harm

  5. Speaker 5


    The US should prioritize the colonization of Mars over other types of space exploration

    Androids are better than iPhones

    The school year should begin in January

  6. Speaker 6


    The US should prioritize the colonization of Mars over other types of space exploration

    Androids are better than iPhones

    The school year should begin in January

  7. Speaker 7


    Churches should pay taxes

    Phones are more useful than computers

    Anyone older than 10 years old should do their own laundry

     

  8. Speaker 8


    Churches should pay taxes

    Phones are more useful than computers

    Anyone older than 10 years old should do their own laundry