St. Michael's Regional High Speakoff

The School Speakoff is scheduled for March 18th at 7pm.
1 class representative from each class and an alternate will be selected to represent their class / grade. Time limits will be strictly monitored. Those outside the time limit will be excluded from the school competition. The overall winner in Senior high will be eligible to compete in both the School District and the Knights of Columbus competions. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be selected from both the Senior and Junior high category on Speak-off night.
Jr High = 4-6 minutes
Sr. High = 5-7 minutes
There will be a question posed to each speaker.

Topics for Junior High are listed below:
1. Pressures faced by teens today
2. Global Warming- Fantasy or Reality?
3. The War in Afghanistan
4. Are schools safe?
5. Are Guitar Heros really losers?
6. Substance Abuse and teens
7. Teens and Crime: the impact on our community.
8. Discrimation: Sexual, Racial, Gender, Age, or Ability.
9. Eating Disorders
10. What has happened to the moral fabric of our society / community?
11. To assign homework or not to assign homework?
12. The shrinking population of our province.
13. Is thre really NOTHING for a teenager to do on Bell Island?
14. Child Pornogrpahy laws.
15. Teenagers and substance abuse

Topics for grade 10, 11, and 12 are listed below:
1. Caring for Aging Parents
2. Global Warming- Fantasy or Reality?
3. The Role of the Canadian Military today.
4. Steroid use and performance enhancing drugs in sports.
5. Paper VS Plastic: the impact on our environment.
6. Homelessness and Social responsability... Global Hypocrasy.
7. Today's youth - Tomorrow's citizens
8. Use of public funds and public accountability
9. Lifestyle - Health Risks
10. How do you see Canada's Immigration Policy?
11. Have we lost the Art of Conversation?
12. Airline Industry - Customer Service
13. Volunteerism and its impact on our community.
14. The current state of Provincial - Federal relations.
15. The changing face of rural Newfoundland & Labrador.