Themes Motion: THBT SMK Is Better Than SMA

1st Speaker Of Affirmative team:

I strongly believe that SMK is better than SMA. SMK is a school in Indonesia that
focusing on its major to create new freshmen that have both skills and knowlege in
their majoring. SMA is a school in Indonesia that focusing only in the knowlegde in
their majoring.

So that is why SMK could get more easier job by their majoring basedon its peupose
and motto “SMK Bisa”. But SMA students need to continue their study to college
level to focusing on the majoring and than they could get the job by it. The
implicative of SMK can rechanged the new high and fastest level on education in
reaching the best solution on jobless in Indonesia.

1st Speaker Of Negative team:

I don’t agree with the motion that SMK is better than SMA. By seeing its quality of
education SMA has higher level on quality far from SMK. SMK is a new sistem
program created by goverment to make a ready-freshmen worker. But in fact, the its
quality is opposite to their misiion. But you can see the sistem of SMA in Indonesia.
They focus on only knowledge, but the school can create a good quality of its purpose
so they take 85 person quotes in the University level.

2nd Speaker Of Affirmative team:

Rebuttle: No, i don’t agrre with you. You thought and said that both sistem is
different. But then you said the its purpose was failed by seeing SMK point of view.
You can’t compare the persentages of the number of students that accepted in
University with the persentage of freshmen woker of SMK in knowledge. You must
see how big the number of dreshmen from SMK that being accepted to be employees
in company!

I would like to delivered my sPeech from the effectiveness of SMK on creating

qualified worker.

SMK took an unique education sistem that they do acceleration on how student after
graduation from school can directly get a job and qualified. If you see that SMA, they
need 4 years more to get a job after the graduation. It means that SMK get effective
way on create new qualified worker than SMA.

2nd Speaker Of Negative team:

Rebuttle: I dn’t agree with the material on delivering of 2nd speker of affirmative
tem. He doesn’t know how big freshmen from SMK who failed on applying a job.
SMA also can directly get a job after they graduate from high school. It means the
effectiveness of your delivery still non sense.

But seeing on my point of view, the SMA is a doubled degree of graduation.

You can easily continue to the university level easier than SMK and you can get a job
as you want. It means, if you failed from the examination of application on university
and you need a money. You can make a money to apply in the company.
So many company accepted from freshmen of SMA. So this proves to us that SMA is
better than SMK.

3rd Speaker of Affirmative team:

Rebuttles:All the materials that negative team talking about is silly and can not be
taken as fact. Thay don’t see why the goverment make the 60:60 SMK:SMA in the
future by 2008. It just because the SMK is the new hopes to Indonesia and applicable
on education to create a new freshmen and worker on company without taking first
college level degree.

So by seeing my team who delivered to you before adjudicator, we are take a red line
on how good SMK to get more easier job than SMA with their major they have. And
my second speaker said that the effetiveness of SMK student to be qualified worker.
Let’s us imagine that Student of SMK from automotive engineering can work as
mechanic. But the student from SMA cannot work as mechanic even just apply to the
company by its requirement. It means it is so effective.

3rd Speaker Of Negative team:

Rebuttle: If yes the SMK is better, why the image of good quality is taking by SMA
level. Does it proven you? So all the rebuttle of 3rd speaker is still can not prove their
team.

The higher level is the higher qualified. So when SMA student took higher level on
college degree. They would have good qualified on working. So that is why the
student from SMK if work in the company just can be a low level position like
mechanic, shop keeper,etc. But ehen student of SMA graduate from University they
applied to company they work as manager of workshop (Leader of mechanic), and
Manager of Shop (leader of shop keeper). So this proves that SMA better than SMK.

Speker 4 of Negative team:

By seeing my team’s point of view. We straightly go to the red line on how effective of
SMA levels on creating better freshmen. So for the adjudicator time is yours.

Speaker 4 of Affirmative team:

We still absolutely believe that SMK is better than SMA because of its sistem, how
effective to create qualified worker after graduation. So please win for us the
adjudicator.
Have you ever noticed that with every year of school comes a new issue related to bullying?
Bullying has been a problem for a long time and it is getting worse every year. Surveys have
shown that every day, more than 150,000 students skip school because they are afraid they
will be bullied. Bullying has extended far beyond school and has stepped to a more pathetic
stage. Throwing back to the most severe bullying case spread on the internet, The Suicide of
Amanda Todd, a teenage girl from Canada who experienced bullying when she was in
7th grade. She had recieved both cyber and physical bullying, even tried to commit suicide.
Then, she posted a video on Youtube entitled My Story : Struggling, bullying, suicide and
self-harm and went viral after her death on October 2012.
Unwanted aggression comes in many forms such as threats, harshness, coercity and
perceived power imbalance. When these aggressions are repeated, they become bullying.
There are currently two modes of bullying: direct and indirect. Direct bullying happens in the
presence of the victim while indirect bullying happens behind the victim’s back, usually in the
form of rumors. Within the two modes of bullying lies the four types: physical, verbal, cyber
and social. Bullying happens in one way or another almost everywhere there is social
interaction.
There are at least three roles in every bullying situation and all parties involved suffer the
effects. First, victims of bullying are more likely to experience depression, anxiety,
loneliness, health issues, a decrease in academic achievement and may even skip classes
or drop out of school. Second, the actual bullies may engage in violent and risky behaviors
well into adulthood; some of them may experience abuse of drugs and alcohol, get into
fights, have criminal convictions and be abusive to their family and spouses. Third, the
bystander—the one who witnesses bullying—they are likely to suffer from mental and health
problems, and turn to addictive behaviors such as smoking, drug abuse and alcoholism.
Perhaps the greatest and most unfortunate examples of the effects of bullying is when the
victims decide to take revenge in extremely violent ways. It has been found that in twelve of
the fifteen school shooting cases during the 1990s, the shooters had a history of being
bullied.
Bullying is most prevalent in schools, especially middle and high school. Indonesia has a
higher bullying rate than the rest of Asia. One in three females and 1 out of 4 males in
Indonesia have experienced bullying which means females report bullying more often than
males. Shouldn’t the females be the ones who are supposed to be protected the most?
The reasons for bullying usually lie in the small differences that make people different from
each other; mostly on the basis of race, tribe, color, gender, religion, sexuality or ability.
Bullies will exaggerate these differences and then find the victim’s weaknesses in order to
prove they are somehow inferior.
Bullying is easier now than ever and is getting more severe with the advent of the internet.
Internet rumors can spread in seconds. It is easier for bullies to target victims over the
internet in what is called cyber-bullying.
Bullying needs to be stopped and prevented. It should be a parent’s responsibility to guide
and teach their children to be a good friend with everyone. The schools themselves should
also develop anti-bullying circles and make students aware of the dangers of bullying. They
should give bullies the appropriate discipline and provide rehabilitation for victims.
In conclusion, bullying is just the ego beating in ourself. It is a senseless act that may lead to
extreme violence and cause trauma for everyone involved. Perhaps self-control is the best
way to stop and prevent bullying. As teenagers we have to think forward, think about the big
dreams we want to achieve and about the future we will face.
Teks Debat Bahasa Inggris tentang INTERNET
Internet

The Internet is the biggest world-wide communication network of computers. The Internet
has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which
together carry many different kinds of information. The term is sometimes abbreviated as
“the net”. The World Wide Web is one of its biggest services. It is used by a few billion
people all over the world.

The Internet was developed in the United States by the “United States Advanced Research
Projects Agency” (DARPA). Internet was first connected in October 1969 and was called
ARPANET. The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Switzerland in 1990 by a British
(UK) scientist named Tim Berners-Lee.

Today, people can pay money to access the Internet from internet service providers. Some
services on the Internet cost nothing to use. Sometimes people who offer these free services
use advertising to make money from them. Censorship and freedom of speech on the
Internet can be controversial.

Services on the internet

The Internet is used for many things, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and
the interlinked web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

The most used service on the Internet is the World Wide Web (which is also called the
“Web”). The Web contains websites, including blogs and wikis like Wikipedia. Web pages on
the Internet can be seen and read by anyone (unless the page needs a password, or it is
blocked).

The second biggest use of the Internet is to send and receive e-mail. E-mail is private and
goes from one user to another. Instant messaging (such as AIM or ICQ) is similar to email
but allows two or more people to chat to each other faster.

Some governments think the Internet is a bad thing, and block all or part of it. For example,
the Chinese government thinks that Wikipedia is bad. Many times no one in China can read
it or add to it. Some parents block parts of the Internet they think are bad for children to see.
Well-known examples of the whole internet being blocked are in North Korea.

Dangers on the Internet

The Internet makes communication easy, and communication can be dangerous too. People
often send secret information, and sometimes other people can steal that information. They
can use the Internet to spread lies or stolen secrets or dangerously bad advice. For
example, Facebook has had some problems with privacy settings. A person can post
information on the website, but this is often a bad idea unless the person is very sure of what
they are doing. One way to check for a secure website is to make sure the URL starts with
https:// instead of http://. This means it is secured so other people cannot read information
while it is being sent. However, it does not mean the website will do things to keep it safe.

 Some websites may trick people into downloading viruses that can harm a computer
or spyware that spies on its users (looks at what they are doing and tells someone
else). E-mails can also have harmful files with them as “attachments”.
 In internet chatrooms, people might be preying on others or trying to stalk or abuse
them.
  The Internet contains content that many people find offensive such as pornography,
as well as content intended to be offensive.
 Criminals may steal people’s personal information or trick people into sending them
money.

Context
Internet Brings More Harm Than Good
Has the arrival of the internet done more harm than good?

1. The internet has become a major source of information for many people.
2. Everyone’s privacy is greatly harmed by the internet.
3. You can choose any identity you want when you are online.
4. Many people are just addicted to the internet.
5. Since the nineties, instant messaging and emailing has been used to extract
passwords, bank account details or credit card numbers.
6. The internet has allowed big companies to capture a lot of business online while
smaller, local companies have lost out.

Arguments
Pro and Contra
1. The internet has become a major source of information for many people.

Yes, because…
The internet has become a major source of information for many people. However, online
information has usually not gone through the same checks as newspaper articles or books.
There is a higher risk that some of the facts or quotations from a particular source in an
article are false. Whereas newspapers might lose customers if people find out they have
been ‘selling lies’, a blog can be easily deleted. If people base their opinions on information
they find online, they could well be basing their opinion on false facts. Since the internet
gives equal space to the material of greatly varying quality, this is a serious risk.

No, because…
The internet gives millions of people access to information they would not otherwise have
had, which is a huge benefit. And people who read the news online are not that easy to fool.
Especially when you spend a lot of time online, you can tell bloggers who just want to shout
from bloggers who carefully refer to their sources. The type of people this argument worries
about are not the type of people that read high-quality newspapers in the first place, they
would read the trashy ones. The problem of bad information and news making is not unique
to the internet; there are lots of trashy magazines as well. We learn in schools to double-
check our sources and not believe everything we read, and we can apply that skill whilst
surfing the internet.
Internet Brings More Harm Than Good

2. Everyone’s privacy is greatly harmed by the internet.

Yes, because…
Everyone’s privacy is greatly harmed by the internet. We can quickly see what politicians
and celebrities are doing when the paparazzi posts news pictures online, but people can
also see what we’ve been doing. Some sites store information. Some ask us to fill in
information which can be sold to other sites for commercial purposes. Once we post
something online, it is almost impossible to erase it from the net. For example, if I break up
with a person, they can take revenge and post embarrassing photos of me online. There
have been numerous court cases where a woman demanded that her ex-remove some
privately taken photos from a dating site so that she would be left alone. Unfortunately, the
law cannot protect your right to privacy in this area.

No, because…
You are the first and most important person to protect your own privacy. Don’t fill in private
information, if you don’t want people to know about it. There are laws protecting you from
websites that just sell on your information, but if you give personal information out without
being sure that it will be properly used you only have yourself to blame.

3. You can choose any identity you want when you are online.

Yes, because…
You can choose any identity you want when you are online. Many people hide behind
profiles they have made up. They start making nasty remarks on public forums or chat
rooms. They would never have normally said these things, but because they can hide behind
an identity they start upsetting and hurting others. Even though other people can try to stop
them from this behavior, their warnings are not as effective as a warning from someone you
know very well, like a friend, a parent or a teacher. The internet’s anonymity allows them to
show sides of themselves that, for good reasons, they normally wouldn’t have shown. This
increases the risk that, because they get away with it online, they show similar behavior in
their real life. This harms everyone.

No, because…
Against this group of people who misbehave online is a group of people who have finally
found individuals with similar mindsets. Not everyone likes the same things and the more
unusual your preferences, the harder it will be to find friends. The internet has finally given
many people a place where they can be themselves, and where they can meet like-minded
people. It is a great relief for them that they do not have to fear being discovered by people
they know.
You cannot let a small group of badly behaved people ruin the freedom of many others. We
should work on creating better policies to deal with rude people, but we should not go back
to the old situation where people who are different in some way end up feeling isolated and
lonely.

4. Many people are just addicted to the internet.

Yes, because…
Many people are just addicted to the internet. They can’t stop browsing, they are hooked on
gaming and they spend too much time indoors. Instead of going out for a walk or play
outside, they sit behind their computers for hours. A sad consequence of the addiction is that
they are so used to high-speed information by just clicking on the next link that they can no
longer appreciate a good book or a nice conversation with a friend. By failing to take
exercise they grow fat and unhealthy. Their family life suffers and their only relationships are
online – they can’t cope in the real world.

No, because…
There is nothing wrong with sitting indoors. It’s better to sit indoors and actively research and
surf online than to sit in front of a television and passively take in what the TV company
decided you should watch. 20 years ago people used to worry kids spent too much time
inside watching TV, but viewing hours have dropped as people choose to use the internet
instead. There are lots of educational games and news sites we can browse around and
learn from in a much more effective way than television could ever provide. Furthermore,
many people keep up their social contacts online. Saying they cannot appreciate a nice
conversation or a good book is just a wild claim.

5. Since the nineties, instant messaging and emailing has been used to extract
passwords, bank account details or credit card numbers.

Yes, because…
Since the nineties, instant messaging and emailing has been used to extract passwords,
bank account details or credit card numbers. This phenomenon is called phishing. A phisher
uses professional-looking websites and profiles, and tens of thousands of people have lost
hundreds of thousands of dollars to phishers. If we could better control who contacts us, this
would not have happened on such a large scale.

No, because…
It is unfortunate that people who are willing to help have been abused by others. However,
there have been many campaigns that raise awareness about phishing. Governments and
banks have provided guidelines on how to recognize phishers. We should firmly deal with
the crime of phishing, but not forget how much easier our life has become now that we can
do our financial business online and via bank cards.

6. The internet has allowed big companies to capture a lot of business online while
smaller, local companies have lost out.

Yes, because…
The internet has allowed big companies to capture a lot of business online while smaller,
local companies have lost out. And because the internet makes it easier to get work done
abroad, jobs have left many western countries for low-wage countries abroad.

No, because…
The internet has brought greater prosperity, allowing lots of different businesses to set up
online. This has brought a lot more choice to ordinary people and also driven down prices as
people find it easier to compare different companies products. Small businesses can cheaply
set up online and find a market for their goods and services. And by making it easier to work
anywhere with an internet connection, it has allowed many more people to work from home
and to share out projects with co-workers over the whole world.