APPROVED TOPICS Media Biofuels Animal testing How should parents Fracking Keeping animals in educate and control zoos or aquariums Foreign Policy and the Is hunting okay? their children’s internet use? Military Should people delete Military intervention School their social media? abroad Homework Does violent and/or Trade policies and/or Sex education sexual media agreements Zero-tolerance (including video Assistance to foreign policies games, movies, and countries Inclusion vs. online content) harm Use of torture or self-contained young people? Women in combat classrooms Is gaming bad for National Defense Balanced calendar young people? Budget What can we do to Should paparazzi combat grade photography be Science inflation? banned in either all Cloning What can we do to cases or when it The Space Program raise graduation comes to children rates? Is it okay to under 18? genetically modify Is college worth it? Are teen role models crops? worse now than they Money and Work Should we fear A.I.? were in the past? Taxes Why or why not? Law & Crime Campaign Finance Police and Reform Health community relations The National Debt Overdose / Drug Immigration policy College Tuition abuse Prisons / Solitary Minimum Wage How should we deal confinement Outsourcing with mental illness? Drug policy / “War Equal pay for Health-at-every-size on Drugs” women movement / Body Human trafficking Maternity and Positivity / Obesity Gun issues paternity leave Homelessness / Poverty Environment / Animals Family Issues Global climate Divorce Energy change Spanking Nuclear power Pollution Beauty pageants Off-shore drilling Access to clean Should kids have Energy water phones? independence
APPROVED TOPICS Media How should parents educate and control their children’s internet use? Should people delete their social media? Does violent and/or sexual media (including video games, movies, and online content) harm young people? Is gaming bad for young people? Should paparazzi photography be banned in either all cases or when it comes to children under 18? Are teen role models worse now than they were in the past? Why or why not? Health Overdose / Drug abuse How should we deal with mental illness? Health-at-every-size movement / Body Positivity / Obesity Homelessness / Poverty Energy Nuclear power Off-shore drilling Energy independence Biofuels Fracking Foreign Policy and the Military Military intervention abroad Trade policies and/or agreements Assistance to foreign countries Use of torture Women in combat National Defense Budget Science Cloning The Space Program Is it okay to genetically modify crops? Should we fear A.I.? Law & Crime Police and community relations Immigration policy Prisons / Solitary confinement Drug policy / “War on Drugs” Human trafficking Gun issues Environment / Animals Global climate change Pollution Access to clean water Animal testing Keeping animals in zoos or aquariums Is hunting okay? School Homework Sex education Zero-tolerance policies Inclusion vs. or self-contained classrooms Balanced calendar What can we do to combat grade inflation? What can we do to raise graduation rates? Is college worth it? Money and Work Taxes Campaign Finance Reform The National Debt College Tuition Minimum Wage Outsourcing Equal pay for women Maternity and paternity leave Family Issues Divorce Spanking Beauty pageants Should kids have phones?
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