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World problems
/ current events
/ the future:
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What worries
you most? - Job / money
- Relationship
- Family
- Health
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Famine / starvation
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- Do you give to charities? |
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Environmental issues - SEE
HANDOUT - Global warming
- Skin cancer
- Air pollution
- Polluted water supply
- Litter |
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Big storms / floods
- Electrocuted by pylons |
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Mudslide / landslide
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Drought |
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Earthquakes |
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GM crops |
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Overpopulation
- In an overpopulated world, should people be
free to have as many children as they want? |
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Incurable diseases
- AIDS / SARS / bird
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- Quality / cost of healthcare |
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War / conflict = International |
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What is war? |
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When you see the
word "war", what do you think of? |
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What causes war? |
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Is war inevitable? |
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Is war always negative?
- Some people say war is creative for it advances
technology and makes people more economically active afterwards?
* Is
this true?
* Is it worth
it? |
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How can wars be
resolved?
- What would you consider to be a constructive
destructive approach to war?
- Can violent wars only be solved with violence? How? |
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Does there have
to be a winner and a loser of a war?
- Can both win?
- Can both lose? |
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What happens to
the civilians who are involved in wars? |
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What wars are going
on around the world?
- What do you think about them |
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What wars exist
/ existed in your life? How did they affect you? |
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You and war |
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Would you die for
your country? |
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Would you fight
for another country other than your own? |
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Would you be a conscientious
objector? |
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Which job would
you have in the forces? Army / navy / air / medic |
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Terrorism |
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Are the following
a problem in Korea? What do you think about them? Do you worry
about them?
- Bombing
- Plane Hijacking when abroad
- North Korea
* Kidnapping
* Invasion
* Nuclear
war |
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Conflict - Domestic |
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Political unrest:
- Coup d'etat
- Governmental corruption |
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Cowboy builders
- Department store collapse
- Fire in subway
- Electrocuted by pylons |
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Civil unrest
- Riots
- Looting
- Martial law / curfews |
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Homelessness
- Catch-22
- Shanty towns / cardboard cities
- Begging
- Busking
- Poverty |
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Inflation / recession
/ unemployment / economy |
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Company downsizing |
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Ageing population
- Who takes care of the elderly when they are no longer able
to care for themselves? |
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Road safety / drink
- driving (SEE "THINGS
THAT MAKE YOU ANGRY") |
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Crime (SEE CRIME HANDOUT) |
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Gun control (SEE CRIME HANDOUT) |
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Graffiti
- What is graffiti? Where do you see it? i.e.
walls, trains
- What messages do you see? i.e. political, love messages, funny, personal,
poetic?
- Does the government punish those who write graffiti? Should it (is it a valid
art / expression?)
- Should the government reserve places for those who want to write graffiti?
- If you were allowed to write something, what would you say? |
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Drug trafficking
/ Drug problems (SEE DRUG HANDOUT) |
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Education system |
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Teaching of creationism
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Affordable child-care |
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Affordable housing |
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Alcohol abuse |
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Marital issues:
abuse / Divorce rates / single mothers / abortion |
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Sexism
- Problem in Korea?
- Ever experienced / done it?
- Are there any anti-sexism laws?
- Know of any sexual harassment law suits? |
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Racism
- Do you think that minorities should be given
job priority because of their race? Why/why not?
- Do you have any views on inter-race marriage are they discriminated against?
- Have you ever experienced racism abroad? How did it feel? Did it change your
behavior to others? (become more tolerant after having seen what it's like?
- What are some things people can do to eliminate discrimination and prejudice? |
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Homosexuality /
same sex marriages |
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Suicide rate
- Is it growing?
- Negative stigma?
- Required (Hari Kari)? |
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Corporal Punishment
- Do you agree that teachers should use corporal
punishment as a means of discipline?
- Do you think it's acceptable for parents to use corporal punishment as a
means of discipline? Why/why not? Death Penalty
- Should be allowed? Why / Why not?
- Does it work?
- Is it legal / moral? |
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Fertility Treatment
- Do you think in vitro fertilization should be
available to parents so they can choose the sex of their
child?
- Are "designer babies" going to be a reality?
- Is designing a baby 'wrong'? would you choose to do this? Why?
- What about cloning? Should it be banned? |
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Stem cell research
- Should it be banned?
- Would you change your mind if you got sick? |
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Noise pollution
- A problem in Korea?
- What types of noise pollution do you hate the most?
- Are there any laws against it? |
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FUTURE: |
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What's the future
of the Internet? |
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Will people ever
live in space?
- When? Which country will do it first?
- Will there be wars in space?
- Will there be new 'countries' in space (mars becomes more than a colony etc)
- Will aliens be discovered? |
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Will we lose our privacy to
a Big Brother style government?
- Does it matter if the government watches/records
everything you do?
- Does government have a right to watch you? What about watching criminals?
(Who's a criminal though? US Patriot act makes everyone a suspect including
people who disagree with the government). |
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What happens when oil
runs out? |
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Will there be a
3rd world war / nuclear war? When? With whom? |
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Will global warming
destroy the planet? (SEE ENVIRONMENT) |
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Will they find the
cure to ageing? Or incurable diseases. Will this cause more
trouble (gap between those who can afford treatment and those
who cant)? |
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Will cyber technology
ever work? (Cyborgs) Would you like/dislike a computer attachment? |
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Will "The Matrix" ever
exist? |
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What's gonna be
the next big invention? |
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What 3 pieces of
recently developed technology will have the greatest effect
on our lives in the next 20 years? |
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What are the 3 most
important changes that will have occurred on the earth by 2050? |
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What 3 jobs will
people NOT be doing in 50 years time? |
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Do people learn
from history? |
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What will you
be doing a year from now / 5 years from now?
- living in same city?
- Same job?
- Same partner? |
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What are 3 things
you WILL have accomplished in next 5 years? What WONT you
have accomplished? |
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