You are a speaker in an inter-school debate on the topic: “It is better to attend a school near your home than one outside your neighborhood”. Write your speech for or against the proposition.
Explanation
A SPEECH AGAINST THE PROPOSITION: "IT IS BETTER TO ATTEND A SCHOOL NEAR YOUR HOME THAN ONE OUTSIDE YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD."
Good day, Mr Chairman panel of Judges co-debators ladies and gentlemen and my most attentive audience. My name is Temilola Adekanbi a student of Okeira Grammar School, Okeira. I am here to oppose the motion which states: "It is better to attend a school near your home than one outside your neighbourhood".
I believe strongly that it is better to attend a school outside one's neighbourhood. First, attending a neighbourhood school will limit the outlook and the perception of a person as a student. A student needs to go outside his neighbourhood so that he can be widely accepted and recognised. It makes a student to be more cosmopolitan in outlook, comportment and behaviour. There is a tendency for a student who attends a neighbourhood school to be parochial in outlook and thinking. As a student, one must not be restricted or limited to one's environment alone because there is a lot to learn outside one's immediate neighbourhood.
I am sure that my opponent would want to argue that a student who attends a school outside his neighbourhood would be tired and fagged out before getting to school every day. However, attending a school outside one's neighbourhood makes one more time-conscious and more organised than a student who attends a school in the neighbourhood. A student who knows that he has to go to school outside his neighbourhood would organise his schedule effectively to be in his class at the appropriate time. Of course, chairman, ladies and gentlemen, you would all agree with me that such a student would be more effective, diligent and able to manage his or her time more effectively than the other who settles for a school nearer home. Such a student would not allow people to waste his time and he would face his studies with all seriousness because he is aware of the efforts he puts in before he gets to school.
Furthermore, a student who attends a school outside his neighbourhood is unlikely to engage himself in trivial and irrelevant matters. He has his timetable which he keeps. He would not be bothered by irrelevant and trivial issues which would have bothered him should he attend a school near his home. He could not be on useless errands like his counterparts who are attending schools in the neighbourhood. He is immune to humdrum and mundane matters of the home and all his energy is channelled towards profitable ventures.
Mr. Chairman sir, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for giving me the time to make my points clear. Panel of Judges and my audience, I hope that I have been able to convince you that it is better to attend a school outside one's neighbourhood than to attend a school in one's neighbourhood. Thank you.