C. High School SPAR Event Prompts

Round 1 - 10:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    Parents should control their children's medical decisions until adulthood
    Students should be held financially or legally responsible for bullying
    The death penalty should be abolished in the United States.

  2. Speaker 2


    Parents should control their children's medical decisions until adulthood
    Students should be held financially or legally responsible for bullying
    The death penalty should be abolished in the United States.

  3. Speaker 3


    Democracy should be spread to all countries.
    Contemporary policing of marginalized communities in the United States contributes to the criminalization of youth
    The minimum wage for each country should be the same

  4. Speaker 4


    Democracy should be spread to all countries.
    Contemporary policing of marginalized communities in the United States contributes to the criminalization of youth
    The minimum wage for each country should be the same

  5. Speaker 5


    The United States should lower the voting age to 16
    Higher education is necessary for future financial success
    People should take a sex ed class before they can date

  6. Speaker 6


    The United States should lower the voting age to 16
    Higher education is necessary for future financial success
    People should take a sex ed class before they can date

  7. Speaker 7


    The United States should create a public internet service

    Artificial intelligence should be banned from writing legislation

    The U.S. should guarantee a universal basic income

  8. Speaker 8


    The United States should create a public internet service

    Artificial intelligence should be banned from writing legislation

    The U.S. should guarantee a universal basic income

Round 2 - 11:45am

  1. Speaker 1


    Sports coaches should be paid as much as teachers.
    Google is a monopoly
    Taxes should not go to military funds

  2. Speaker 2


    Sports coaches should be paid as much as teachers.
    Google is a monopoly
    Taxes should not go to military funds

  3. Speaker 3


    After a revolution, prosecutions are better than amnesties in achieving justice.
    Parents should be held responsible for their children’s mistakes
    Affirmative action should be discontinued

  4. Speaker 4


    After a revolution, prosecutions are better than amnesties in achieving justice.
    Parents should be held responsible for their children’s mistakes
    Affirmative action should be discontinued

  5. Speaker 5


    Releasing non-violent prisoners early will reduce prison overpopulation.
    Mandatory military service should be required for all citizens.
    Books should include trigger warnings

  6. Speaker 6


    Releasing non-violent prisoners early will reduce prison overpopulation.
    Mandatory military service should be required for all citizens.
    Books should include trigger warnings

  7. Speaker 7


    Private ownership of satellites should be illegal

    Citizens should be able to vote directly on federal laws

    Corporations should be held criminally responsible for climate change

  8. Speaker 8


    Private ownership of satellites should be illegal

    Citizens should be able to vote directly on federal laws

    Corporations should be held criminally responsible for climate change

Round 3 - 1:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Social media should have limited advertising
    There should be a limit for US Senators' terms
    Gain of function research should be banned

  2. Speaker 2


    Social media should have limited advertising
    There should be a limit for US Senators' terms
    Gain of function research should be banned

  3. Speaker 3


    Karen" is an offensive term.
    Therapy should be part of annual check-ups
    Organic farming should be subsidized

  4. Speaker 4


    Karen" is an offensive term.
    Therapy should be part of annual check-ups
    Organic farming should be subsidized

  5. Speaker 5


    Learning a foreign language should be mandatory
    Dictators should be deposed by the democratic nations of the world.
    The US should defund the police

  6. Speaker 6


    Learning a foreign language should be mandatory
    Dictators should be deposed by the democratic nations of the world.
    The US should defund the police

  7. Speaker 7


    Facial recognition should be banned at all government buildings

    The United States should adopt a maximum wage

    No patents should be allowed on life-saving medicines

  8. Speaker 8


    Facial recognition should be banned at all government buildings

    The United States should adopt a maximum wage

    No patents should be allowed on life-saving medicines

Elim 1 - 3:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Politicians should be forced to retire at 60 years old
    Store price labels should include sales tax
    In the United States, majoring in a STEM-related field is over-emphasized.

  2. Speaker 2


    Politicians should be forced to retire at 60 years old
    Store price labels should include sales tax
    In the United States, majoring in a STEM-related field is over-emphasized.

  3. Speaker 3


    Wars can be economically justified
    All drugs should be legalized
    When in conflict, the preservation of minority cultural values ought to be valued above the preservation of a unified national culture.

  4. Speaker 4


    Wars can be economically justified
    All drugs should be legalized
    When in conflict, the preservation of minority cultural values ought to be valued above the preservation of a unified national culture.

  5. Speaker 5


    The US prison system is not effective
    All individuals should pay the same tax rate
    Fracking should be banned

  6. Speaker 6


    The US prison system is not effective
    All individuals should pay the same tax rate
    Fracking should be banned

Elim 2 - 5:25pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Politicians should be forced to retire at 60 years old
    Store price labels should include sales tax
    In the United States, majoring in a STEM-related field is over-emphasized.

  2. Speaker 2


    Politicians should be forced to retire at 60 years old
    Store price labels should include sales tax
    In the United States, majoring in a STEM-related field is over-emphasized.

  3. Speaker 3


    Wars can be economically justified
    All drugs should be legalized
    When in conflict, the preservation of minority cultural values ought to be valued above the preservation of a unified national culture.

  4. Speaker 4


    Wars can be economically justified
    All drugs should be legalized
    When in conflict, the preservation of minority cultural values ought to be valued above the preservation of a unified national culture.

  5. Speaker 5


    The US prison system is not effective
    All individuals should pay the same tax rate
    Fracking should be banned

  6. Speaker 6


    The US prison system is not effective
    All individuals should pay the same tax rate
    Fracking should be banned