Discursive Topics

Parents and Children

Problems between generations Rules and regulations Parental responsibilities Nurture or nature Teenage relationships with parents Separation and divorce Bereavement

A Cyber World – good or bad?

The internet Text messaging Facebook Twitter Cyber-bullying Wikipedia The future Apple v Microsoft

The Royal Family

Royal weddings Their image The next king? A valuable role to play? Should it be abolished A waste of money A valuable institution

Britain’s Armed Forces

Should troops be in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Should the RAF be disbanded? Do we need a Royal Navy? Should women fight at the front line? Are our soldiers properly equipped? Should there be an EU Armed forces?

Corporate Responsibility

Should we apologise for our ancestors misdemeanours? Slave trade, tobacco, holocaust?

What will future generations see as our misdemeanours?

What responsibilities do we have as citizens of the 21st century?

Teenage Life

Internet safety Drugs Alcohol Homework School uniform The future – university costs Problems and pressures

Tests and exams

Coursework or external assessment? Pressures of school The NAB system Cheating and plagiarism Subject choices Should there be more vocational

courses?

Religious faith

Sectarianism in Scotland The demise of Christianity The future of the church Different religions Wars and religion Extremism

Size Zero/Obesity

Size 0 debate Obesity in the 21st cetury Dieting/lifestyle Slimming clubs/schemes School meals – have they gone too

far? Food waste

Education

Boarding schools Funding for education Teaching methods A Curriculum for Excellence Class sizes Teacher numbers

Fame and Celebrity

Reality TV Chat shows Talent shows Privacy from paparazzi Advantages and disadvantages of

fame

Money

Winning the lottery The Lottery funding The importance of money in our lives Government policies – taxes, family

credits The Benefit system Student finance

Animal issues

Conservation of species Animals in zoos Circus animals Zoos v Wildlife parks Poaching of endangered species Work of conservationist organisations

Eco concerns

Recycling Nuclear power Wind turbines Allotments Organic products