Internet Has Done More Harm
So the
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, I’m
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
is 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.
Whereas, good means having the
right qualities. And lastly, Students
mean someone, who is studying in a
school, college or university.
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
team’s 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.
every time the students access a
new site. Thus, it will increase
students’ interest in learning new
things everyday. Even influential
people as Thomas Edison, William
Levenson, B.F. Skinner and many
others proclaimed that new
technological devices such as
internet would vastly increase
student’s 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.

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 organisation of
materials also offer new excitement
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 worthy
opponents, ladies and gentlemen
members of the parliament, good
morning/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 by
the government team and convinced
you that Internet Has Done More
Good Than Harm To Students
The government team, ladies and
gentlemen, has made all of here
confuse by telling us that...
(Rebuttal)
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen,
bear with us and after we are
finished I am convinced that you will
agree that Internet Has Done More
Good Than Harm To Students
Now let me proceed with our second
argument which is Internet can
improve students’ communication
skill.
Ladies and Gentlemen, if you think
that students are alone when they sit
in front of computer, staring at the
screen, 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 friends
across town. There are many
services offered in the net that
actually aides in developing students’
communication skill such as web
sites, email, instant-message and
chat rooms. When using internet to
communicate, students can expand
their social network. Their friends not
only limited to those at school.
Furthermore, Lenhart, Rainie, and
Lewis, professors from UCLA
reported in their research that
internet plays an important role in
maintaining and improving
relationships with friends, family
members and teachers or
professors. Moreover, by
communicating with friends all over
the world, students will also
understand the importance of
learning foreign language. For
students who already know foreign
language, internet offers exceptional
opportunities for practising their
newly acquired language skill
through communicating with
students who are native speaker of
the language.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Besides, internet also can raise
children’s 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 how
our students can gain lots of
advantages that can help them in
this ICT era.
Now, I come to our last argument
which is internet has done more
good 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 even
though they are in their homes.
Consequently, students are able to
learn different kinds of thing on their
own. With this ‘global classroom’
internet provide us, students can
now learn from the net that their
teachers might not know of and
expand from this knowledge. It
actually benefits students and
teachers alike.
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 challenging
world and internet does help
educators 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.

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 the
kind 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
The Internet is the world's largest
library. It's just that all the books are
on the floor. ~John Allen Paulos

The Internet is becoming the town

square for the global village of
tomorrow. ~Bill Gates

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak

English and is incapable of using the
Internet is regarded as backward.
~Al-Waleed bin Talal

We have technology, finally, that for the first

time in human history allows people to really
maintain rich connections with much larger
numbers of people.
Pierre Omidyar - Technology - People -
Internet

I agree completely with my son James when

he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter
lights up everything, while the former lights
up knowledge'.
Kerry Packer - Internet - Knowledge -