Can anyone recommend an interesting issue for English?

[astarael]

for my oral, my issue was "modern materialism".  i thought it was quite an interesting issue...

[brendan]

for my oral, my issue was "modern materialism".  i thought it was quite an interesting issue...

that sounds like a typical leftist issue.

[humph]

for my oral, my issue was "modern materialism".  i thought it was quite an interesting issue...

that sounds like a typical leftist issue.

scathing, much?


my school never did issues orals - our oral was on one of our texts.

[enwiabe]

Our oral required us to take a point of view on an issue stemming from one of our texts, effectively combining what a lot of schools do in two orals, into one.

[astarael]

for my oral, my issue was "modern materialism".  i thought it was quite an interesting issue...

that sounds like a typical leftist issue.

is there something wrong with that? :s

i said i found it interesting, not unique.  maybe it was "typical", but i think i handled the topic well...

[brendan]

Here is a good one: porn
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22989008-662,00.html

Is porn really that bad?

Or does it actually have benefits:
http://freestudynotes.com/VCEforum/index.php/topic,191.0.html

[sheepz]

the asian and selective schools one is pretty interesting but i think the articles you gave are a bit old... my teacher wants us to get articles from sept 07 onwards =( they r restricting us so much! oh btw ur first n last link is the same...

[beezy4eva]

i suggest staying away from anything that involves unborn babies (abortions, embryonic stem cell research, 'spare parts' babies, ect.). Did stem cell research 4 my topic last year and its just too controversial.  Also i had someone in my class ask "whats an embryo?'

[Eriny]

I imagine that the ethics of genetic engineering might be pretty fun though.

[doboman]

What about the kangaroos fooball club staying in melbourne- and not cracking under pressure

[beezy4eva]

go roos! too many people want them 2 go but

[brendan]

Here is a good and its recent.

"Voluntary" fees at Government schools


Anger over school fees
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21132094-661,00.html

Payback on school fees
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22995991-661,00.html

Pike to audit schools
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22997545-2862,00.html

"School first aid levy"
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21993,21331298-661,00.html

To fee or be free, that is the question
http://www.education.theage.com.au/pagedetail.asp?intpageid=1762&strsection=students&intsectionid=0

When bullying is compulsory
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22999620-5000117,00.html

Children shamed on unpaid school fees
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/children-shamed-on-unpaid-school-fees/2007/02/06/1170524094646.html

Schools told to end fee pressure
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/schools-warned-over-fees/2005/12/04/1133631146327.html

Families pay $143m for state school education
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/families-pay-143m-for-state-schools/2006/08/13/1155407670307.html



Here would be a good chance to your own investigative reporting, and to call up your own school (if it is a government school) and ask whether some of the fees are compulsory.

[Toothpaste]

My school has voluntary fees and not many people pay.

[droodles]

because its a public school which includes a population of tight asses, not to mention the inflation rate in casual wear days is pretty pathetic. 2 bux for wearing clothes like u were going out friday night is epic failure

[Eriny]

I never paid school fees because the school paid them for me but I think if you paid the voluntary fees you got a free photocopy card (wow, lol) and you did have to pay into the library trust which was probably around $50 or something. I have no idea what that was for, but it sounds like it was new books (not that I saw many of those...)

At my brother's Primary school, if you don't pay your voluntary fees then you can't go on excursions, which is pretty lame IMO because you're essentially paying twice for excursions.

lol, droodles. You reminded me of the out of uniform days, where you're supposed to bring a "gold coin donation" but if you didn't pay up (and you were out of uniform) then you got a detention. Of course, coming out of uniform is optional in the first place, so it's probably still voluntary.