Thursday, 20 October 2011

Room 101 Speech

Shakespeare in books:
-Plays were intended to be performed, not read out of a book at a desk.
-Students struggle to understand.
-Students may lose respect for Shakespeare’s work and/or William Shakespeare himself.
-Students lose interest and therefore fail to try as hard as they should have.


Child abuse:
-Scars children physically and/or mentally for the rest of their lives.
-Children are at an age where they are too young to understand, defend themselves or even know any better.
-It is often found that people who were abused as a child become future abusers towards others.
-Statistics show that, in March 2011, approximately 46,700 children were known to be at risk of abuse. They also show that one in four young adults were severely maltreated during childhood.

Louis Walsh as a judge:
-Puts through contestants that are humorous and not talented, not giving a chance to the people that deserve it.
-It has been noticed that, if another judge criticizes one of Louis' acts, he criticizes that judge's acts for the rest of the night.
-It was also noticed that Louis can be biased in the sense that he prefers singers from his home country, Ireland.


Cuts on disability benefits:
-Someone may seem to be getting on fine, however you don't know what's going on with them behind the act.
-Everyone is equal and needs to be treated equally (this is mentioned by the Bible, the Human's Right Act etc).
-It is not special treatment if the disabled are given money, as 'equal' means everyone gets the amount of help that they need and deserve.
-This means disabled people will have to get jobs in order to care for their family and, for some, there aren't many jobs they are capable of.