Speech/WritingControversial Topics:
- Social media is beneficial/harmful for all. Why?
- Buffalo is a great/terrible place to live. Why?
- Should capital punishment be allowed for murderers, rapists, and/or child molesters? Why or why not?
- What should the legal drinking age be? Why?
- Canpeople from different cultures, countries, and/or racesbe allowed to get married? Can they have a good marriage? Why or why not?
- Is it important to speak more than one language? Why or why not? Which is the most important language in the world to know? Why?
- Is corporal (physical) punishment for children and/or teenagers OK? Why or why not?
- Do you think violenceand sexshould be eliminated from movies? Why or why not?
- Should all education including college be free? Why or why not? (Similarly, should students be responsible for paying their college tuition, or should someone else pay, like parents or government?)
- Should people be allowed to receive government benefits/welfare? Why or why not?
- Should everybody who is “smart” enough get a college degree? Why or why not? (Similarly, should everyone get a college degree? Why or why not?)
- Should people maintain their culture when in a foreign country, or should they try their best to adapt and change to become more like the new country? Why or why not?
- Should religion be in schools? (Similarly: should religion be involved in government?)
- Should homosexuals be allowed to get married? Why or why not? Should they be allowed to have children? Why or why not?
- Should immigrants that commit a crime be deported back to their country?
- Should children of illegal immigrations automatically get citizenship if they’re born in the USA?
- Should an unmarried person be allowed to adopt a child? Why or why not?
- Should all healthcare and medicine be free? Why or why not?
- Do you think that men should take a more active role in household responsibilities (e.g. cooking, taking care of children, cleaning, etc.)? Why or why not?
- Which drugs should be legalized, if any? Why?
- Are men and women equal? Why or why not? (Similarly, should men and women have the same jobs? Why or why not?)
- How much television should children be allowed to watch? Why?
- Are there times that technology makes life harder or does it only make life easier? Why or why not?
- Which government model is better, capitalism or communism, or neither? Why?
- Should people with learning and/or physical disabilities be allowed to attend regular schools and classes? Why or why not?
- Should immigrant children be taught school in their first language, or just be taught ONLY in the language of that country? Why or why not?
- Which is better: to live with your parents until you get married or move out as soon as financially possible? Why?
- If you’re in a foreign country, is it better to spend most of your time with people from your own country, or with the natives of that country?
- Should Muslim women be required to remove their hijabs and/or burkas for their photo identification in the United States? Why or why not?
- Which is more important, to love your job, or to have a high salary? Why or why not?
- Can you be happy without money? Why or why not?
- Which would you prefer if you couldn’t have both: to be ugly and smart, or beautiful and dumb?
- Do you think there should be laws against smoking in public places? Why or why not?
- Is it better to live in the United States than your own country? Why or why not?
- What should the legal driving age be? Why?
- When getting admitted into college, which should be more important: grades, test scores (like SAT), or something else? Why?
- Should there be only one language in the world? Why or why not?
- Should people who are terminally ill be allowed to end their own lives? Is physician-assisted suicide OK? Why or why not? (Similarly, is there any situation when suicide is OK? Why or why not)?
- Should women with small children have jobs outside the home? Why or why not?
- 1) Ways in which English is harder than other languages. 2) Ways in which English is easier. Why?
- Should people be allowed to change their bodies and appearance with cosmetic surgery? Why or why not?
- Should a child always be raised by his/her own biological parents even if they are not good parents? Why or why not?
- Should women be allowed to have an abortion? Why or why not?
- Do ghosts and spirits exist? Why or why not?
- Do aliens/extraterrestrials exist? Why or why not?
- Is it OK to eat animals that are also pets (e.g. dogs)? Why or why not?
- Should transgender people be allowed to enter bathrooms of both sexes?
- Do you agree with eugenics? Why or why not?
- Is it OK to clone people and/or animals? Is bioengineering OK? Why or why not?