Internet Has Done More Harm than Good to Students

1st Speaker Opposition Thank you Mdm/Mr. Speaker .Mdm/Mr speaker of the
House, the respected panel of adjudicators, the ever-precise timekeeper, my
worthy opponents, ladies and gentlemen members of the parliament, good
morning/afternoon to all. As the Opposition Leader, it would be my duty to
refute the motion for today

Internet Has Done More Harm Than Good To Students.

We believe that Internet Has Done More Good than Harm to Students

The government team, ladies and gentlemen may throw the sand of confusion
and untruth in your face to hide the actual fact. However, Im confident after
we are finished, everyone will be convinced and had to agree with us on the
contrary. On the whole, it seems that the definition offered by the government
tis compatible with ours. However, I would still like to speak a little on the
matter lest there might be misunderstanding over what we are debating on.
According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 2001,

Internet means, a computer system that allows millions of computer users

around the world to exchange information.

Harm means inflict physical, mental or moral injury means having the right
qualities. And lastly,

Students mean someone, who is studying in as school, college or university. So

the topic means internet has inflicted more physical, mental or moral injury than
providing good qualities to students, which we believe is not true. Before I
proceed any further, let me rebut on the point put forward by the Prime
Minister. Therefore we, the opposition team once again refute the motion for
today and we believe that

Internet Has Done More Good Than Harm to Students.

Members of the parliament, As the Opposition Leader, allow me to provide you

with the outline of my teams case. I will elaborate on how internet can increase
students interest in learning. My Deputy Opposition Leader will elaborate
further on how internet can develop communication skill and how it can breed
independent learners. And before the concluding speech our senior Opposition
Minister will rebut all the untruthful points and allegations made by the
government team so that you will see with definite clarity why we believe that

Internet Has Done More Good than Harm to Students

Having laid bare the definition and our case outline, allow me to present our
first argument. Ladies and gentlemen in this IT era, we must always alert on the
rapid changing of information or we will be left behind. Internet as a new
technological tool does not only keep us up-to-date with what is happening
around us, it also provides us with vast amount of resources which is extremely
beneficial for students. How can anyone accuse internet as harmful when it
presents its users with a multitude choice of information? Ladies and
gentlemen, it is well-known that the resources offered in the schools, colleges,
universities or even in the state libraries are quite limited. Students can easily
become demotivated when they have to go through the hard way to acquire
knowledge. Access to the internet removes this hindrance faced by students.
Through internet students could find many beneficial resources from historical
to scientific data. Moreover, internet also makes the process of acquiring
materials much quicker than the traditional method. Students can browse
numerous sources in just one sitting instead of flipping through books in the
library for hours which is not only boring but also tiring. Thus, students can
spend more time on studying. Members of the House, Furthermore, Smith
Lawrence, a professor, in his research stated that students are learning better
and faster with this new technology. It has boosted students problem-solving
skills and thinking skills. Is this what you call harmful, my worthy opponents?
Please think again. Ladies and gentlemen In addition, the quick change in sites
and the difference in looks, presentation and organization of materials also
offer new excitement every time the students access anew site. Thus, it will
increase students interest in learning new things every day. Even influential
people as Thomas Edison, William Leven son, B.F. Skinner and many others
proclaimed that new technological devices such as internet would vastly increase
students interest in learning. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, it is undeniable
that internet brings lots of benefits to students because it provides them with
a quick access to the vast amount of resources that could attract them to
study. My colleagues will further convince you that

Internet Has Done More Good than Harm To Students

With their concrete arguments. With that I bow, thank you.

Internet Does More Good Than Harm To Students

2nd Speaker Opposition Thank you Mdm/Mr. Speaker. Mdm/Mr speaker of the
House, the respected panel of adjudicators, the ever-precise timekeeper, my
worthyopponents, ladies and gentlemenmembers of the parliament, goodmorning
/afternoon to all. As the Deputy Opposition Leader, it would
be my duty to continue the battle by refuting all the misunderstood facts put
forward byt he government team and convinced you that

Internet Has Done More Good Than Harm To Students

The government team, ladies andgentlemen, has made all of hereconfuse by telli
ng us that...(Rebuttal)Therefore, ladies and gentlemen,bear with us and after w
e arefinished I am convinced that you will agree that

Internet Has Done More Good than Harm to Students

Now let me proceed with our

secondargument which is Internet canimprove students communicationskill.Ladi
es and Gentlemen, if you think that students are alone when they
sitin front of computer, staring at thescreen, you are absolutely wrong.
Actually, these students are communicating with friends all
around the world. By using the internet, communicating with friends
around the world is as easy and cheap as communicating with
friendsacross town. There are manyservices offered in the net thatactually
aides in developing studentscommunication skill such as websites, email, instant-
message andchat rooms. When using internet to communicate, students
can expand their social network. Their friends
notonly limited to those at school.Furthermore, Lenhart, Rainie, andLewis, profe
ssors from UCLAreported in their research thatinternet plays an important role
inmaintaining and improvingrelationships with friends, familymembers and teach
ers or professors. Moreover, bycommunicating with friends all over the world, s
tudents will alsounderstand the importance of learning foreign language. For stu
dents who already know foreign language, internet offers
exceptionalopportunities for practising their newly acquired language skillthroug
h communicating withstudents who are native speaker of the language. Ladies
and gentlemen, besides, internet also can raise childrens cultural awareness.
Through communicating with friends all over the world, students are now able to
learn about different parts of the world without even going there.
They can learn about others cultures, customs, and geographical location and so
on. Of course it will help them when they want to further their study in the
country. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, if you can view this intelligent tool (as
it is called) positively, you can see
howour students can gain lots of advantages that can help them in this ICT
era.Now, I come to our last argumentwhich is internet has done moregood than
harm by breeding independent learners. Members of the House, As the
information age is arising into our society, students no longer depend on
teachers to provide them with information. Internet, does not only connect
students to the world, it also expand time for learning beyond
the school hours. The process of learning is still continues eventhough they are i
n their homes.Consequently, students are able tolearn different kinds of thing
ontheir own. With this global classroominternet provide us, students cannow lea
rn from the net that their teachers might not know of andexpand from this kno
wledge. It actually benefits students and teachers alike. Members of the
House. According to Parker, a researcher in his survey, The Internet and
School, he found that, the use
of networks can be a motivator for students and it can encourage thekind of
independence and autonomy that many educators agree is important for
students to achieve in their learning process.
Another researcher, Tripp Doepner, stated that independent knowledge and
learning often gives an individual an unquenchable thirst in pursuing of how much
more they do not know. The internet will help the educators
to reach their elusive goal of developing lifelong learners. This is
what we want all this long, right? Students who have interest in study and
students who do not depend on teacher to spoon feed them with all the notes
and information Ladies and Gentlemen, the need to keep students interested
in acquiring knowledge is a priority to help students in living in this
challengingworld and internet does helpeducators to breed the kind of students
who can learn on their own. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen,
members of the parliament, I am sure now you believe that

Internet Has Done More Good Than Harm To Students.

My senior opposition members will further convinced you with his arguments.
With that I rest my case.