Big Debate Club helps pupils to take part in a short, guided debates to build better speaking skills. To find out more click here

If time travel was possible, would it be best to go to the future or the past?
Participants: 808
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Is graffiti art just as worthy as classical paintings?
Participants: 677
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Who is a better support system, teachers or friends?
Participants: 247
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Should the amount of fast food people are allowed to eat be restricted?
Participants: 1,368
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Is the best way to make friends to join school clubs?
Participants: 329
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Is homework essential in the learning process?
Participants: 1,034
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Should homework be banned?
Participants: 501
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Should there be a legal age for teens to drink energy drinks?
Participants: 766
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Do you grow more as a person in primary or secondary school?
Participants: 582
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Does social media improve or impede communication?
Participants: 635
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Should the death penalty be abolished?
Participants: 429
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Is change always a good thing?
Participants: 262
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Is student voice heard enough at school?
Participants: 881
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Should people be able to freely move between countries?
Participants: 630
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Does an MP need to be a certain age or from a certain community to be a good one?
Participants: 818
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Is Earth big enough for human population?
Participants: 891
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Should we impose curfews on under 16s?
Participants: 1,324
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Should all children be given pocket money?
Participants: 1,665
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Should we have a four day work week?
Participants: 1,353
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Should people have to attend parenting classes if they have a child?
Participants: 813
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Should we say Happy Holidays rather than Merry Christmas?
Participants: 933
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Is being an only child better than having siblings?
Participants: 734
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Should companies be forced to hire 50% male and 50% female employees?
Participants: 1,094
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Is doing a job you love important?
Participants: 859
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Should politics be kept out of schools?
Participants: 855
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Is it better to live in the countryside than the city?
Participants: 1,460
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Does the media content you consume change your behaviour?
Participants: 1,172
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Should shops stop selling bottled water?
Participants: 739
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Should foreign countries intervene in the politics of other countries?
Participants: 997
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Is food delivery a blessing or a curse?
Participants: 1,280
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Are core subjects more important than others?
Participants: 835
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Should we prioritise British History in schools?
Participants: 549
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Is money the root of all evil?
Participants: 1,640
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BHM: Is Black History Month effective?
Participants: 1,160
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BHM: Is there ever an excuse for prejudice?
Participants: 931
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Should you separate the art from the artist?
Participants: 1,076
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Is the freedom to say whatever you want always good?
Participants: 1,004
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Should all young people be made to play outside more?
Participants: 1,056
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Should some dog breeds be banned in the UK?
Participants: 1,297
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Do protests ever achieve anything?
Participants: 1,031
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Is Barbie a good role model?
Participants: 555
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Should babies under 2 get their ears pierced?
Participants: 1,130
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Should you have to attend summer school if you are underachieving?
Participants: 682
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Should beauty companies be punished for testing on animals?
Participants: 714
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Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Participants: 984
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Should actors be allowed to play characters, which are a different race to their own?
Participants: 784
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Can TV be as educational as reading?
Participants: 580
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Do dogs make better pets than cats?
Participants: 1,230
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Is it ok that there are more female teachers than male?
Participants: 875
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Should doctors and nurses be paid more than politicians?
Participants: 1,205
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If you had a superpower would you use it for personal gain or to help others?
Participants: 528
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Transition debates: Homework
Participants: 27
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Transition debates: Bullying and Mental Health
Participants: 3
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Transition debates: Friendship
Participants: 7
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Should students be allowed to read graphic novels and manga alongside books without pictures during school?
Participants: 755
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Is it ever ok to lie?
Participants: 685
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Should repeated bullying be punishable by law?
Participants: 980
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Is space exploration worth it?
Participants: 231
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Should everyone give 20% of their wages to charity?
Participants: 1,074
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Is it better to be a teacher or a pupil?
Participants: 1,399
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Is Anime better than other types of Animation?
Participants: 290
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Should people who commit minor crimes give back to the community rather than go to prison?
Participants: 617
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Are there more pros or cons to the British Monarchy?
Participants: 496
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Is there more that unites us than divides us?
Participants: 495
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Should we allow a government to change PM without the public voting?
Participants: 169
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Should you have to use your real name on social media?
Participants: 1,160
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Should Scotland have independence from the UK?
Participants: 322
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Is it better to donate to UK charities instead of ones in other countries?
Participants: 1,466
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Should Donald Trump be able to run for President again?
Participants: 310
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Should female footballers be paid the same as male footballers?
Participants: 1,128
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Should parents and carers be legally responsible for children who commit crimes?
Participants: 504
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Should men and women have the same amount of time off from work when they have a baby?
Participants: 1,457
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Should there be an International Men’s Day?
Participants: 311
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Should parents and carers take away young peoples phones until homework is done?
Participants: 1,349
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Were The BBC right to ask Gary Lineker to take a “step back”?
Participants: 801
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Should all school dinners be free?
Participants: 1,538
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Should we change Roald Dahl’s books?
Participants: 327
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Do video games make people more violent?
Participants: 310
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Should people use animal as clothes?
Participants: 726
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Should every nation get free healthcare?
Participants: 1,140
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Should parents be able to get into their children’s social media?
Participants: 1,601
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Would a year in the army create better citizens?
Participants: 1,511
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Is it better to be honest and poor or dishonest and rich?
Participants: 1,306
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Should education always be free?
Participants: 1,537
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Should we ban fancy dress in schools?
Participants: 1,534
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Should only well behaved young people get presents?
Participants: 1,554
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Can regular people stop climate change?
Participants: 799
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Should every pupil have to attend an after school club?
Participants: 1,459
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Would giving bullies detention stop bullying?
Participants: 1,649
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Is the rising cost of living making life in the UK too expensive?
Participants: 856
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Would more police working at night decrease crime?
Participants: 1,481
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Is the best way to reduce littering to add more bins?
Participants: 1,675
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Is autumn the best season?
Participants: 1,749
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Should everyone buy electric cars?
Participants: 1,543
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Is better funding for the police the way to solve crime?
Participants: 1,449
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Should we improve transport to prevent overpopulation of our cities?
Participants: 1,387
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Should flying be more expensive to fight climate change?
Participants: 1,124
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Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?
Participants: 2,046
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Should we give youth more free activities to end youth crime?
Participants: 933
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Transition: Is it hard to navigate a bigger school with more students?
Participants: 77
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Transition: Should I spend more time making new friends or hanging out with my old friends?
Participants: 124
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Transition: Is it safer to bring cash for school lunches or pay by card?
Participants: 34
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Transition: Is the best way to stay organised to turn in work online?
Participants: 48
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Transition: Is it better to defend people who are getting bullied or to not get involved?
Participants: 341
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Transition: Will making more friends in high schools improve mental health?
Participants: 49
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Should we travel abroad during the summer?
Participants: 1,069
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Should pupils be able to appoint their headteacher?
Participants: 1,933
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Should mothers stay at home and look after their children?
Participants: 1,557
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TLYA: Is immigration a good thing or a bad thing?
Participants: 0
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Should a country ever go to war?
Participants: 1,502
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Should young people go to bed at the same time every night?
Participants: 1,936
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Should we only eat food produced in Britain?
Participants: 1,919
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Should animals live in a zoo?
Participants: 2,423
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Should schools spend more time/money on arts education?
Participants: 2,061
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Should we give free homes to the homeless?
Participants: 2,854
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Is climate change the worst problem in human history?
Participants: 1,695
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Should NHS workers have more child benefit than us?
Participants: 1,064
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Should animal testing be banned?
Participants: 2,608
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Should schools offer more support in mental health services?
Participants: 938
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Is technology making our life better?
Participants: 3,428
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Should we force people to vote?
Participants: 2,152
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Can children make a big difference to climate change?
Participants: 4,191
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Should 10 year olds have a mobile phone?
Participants: 3,309
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Does reality TV do more harm than good?
Participants: 1,348
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Does everyone deserve to be loved?
Participants: 3,949
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Is January the worst month?
Participants: 9,329
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Should we ban uniforms?
Participants: 7,370
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Should boys and girls go to different schools?
Participants: 7,384
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In general, which is better? The book or the film?
Participants: 3,831
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Should everyone be vegetarian?
Participants: 4,185
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Are New Year’s resolutions a waste of time?
Participants: 2,053
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What would motivate you more in a job? Money or happiness?
Participants: 3,063
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Is it fair to punish everyone for a few students’ behaviour?
Participants: 3,956
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Should the Government focus their spending on health or sport?
Participants: 3,489
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Should we tackle pollution by banning paper?
Participants: 3,508
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Should people get the same pay for all jobs?
Participants: 4,271
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Should there be a population limit for cities?
Participants: 3,014
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Is Youtube a good or bad thing?
Participants: 3,674
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Should billionaires exist?
Participants: 2,733
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Should you feel guilty about killing insects?
Participants: 2,286
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What’s more important? Protecting the environment or exploring space?
Participants: 2,027
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Should teachers be replaced by computers?
Participants: 1,418
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Which would you prefer? Being scared of nothing or being scared of everything?
Participants: 2,082
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Should Britain have a Royal Family?
Participants: 1,210
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Should ESports be in the next Olympics?
Participants: 1,302
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What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Participants: 1,375
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Would you trust a self-driving car?
Participants: 1,326
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Is it better to have knowledge or imagination?
Participants: 1,888
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How important is it for people to be able to visit the Houses of Parliament building?
Participants: 1,909
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Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?
Participants: 1,712
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How important is it that the Houses of Parliament building sets an example for protecting the environment?
Participants: 2,817
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Should the Olympics be held this summer?
Participants: 1,461
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How important is it that the Houses of Parliament Building is protected and saved for future generations?
Participants: 1,675
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Can one person change the world?
Participants: 1,450
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Should children be allowed to vote in elections?
Participants: 2,007
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Is there too much money in football?
Participants: 1,959
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Should we continue wearing face masks after the end of the pandemic?
Participants: 1,497
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Is school detention a good thing?
Participants: 1,171
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Is it good to have a strict teacher?
Participants: 3,970
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Should you show empathy to everyone?
Participants: 2,707
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If you had a robot that could do homework, would you ask it to do yours?
Participants: 1,590
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Is it right that reopening schools is the number one priority?
Participants: 6,057
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Should having the internet be a human right?
Participants: 7,487
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Should the school day be longer to make up for lost learning?
Participants: 1,265
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Is the coronavirus and the pandemic being focused on too much?
Participants: 9,447
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Should everyone be forced to have a coronavirus vaccine?
Participants: 6,866
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Should you be able to buy a coronavirus vaccine?
Participants: 6,116
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Is lockdown easier or harder this time?
Participants: 5,927
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Is the national lockdown the right or wrong thing to do?
Participants: 1,639
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