Social Voice Discussion

A social voice does not need to be a place of conformity, where the whole group collectively shouts out one idea in full agreement. Nor does it need to be a lone, solitary voice speaking out for society. Instead, it can be a dialogue, a conversation between multiple people on a similar issue. For this reason, we have a discussion board and a discussion blog, where students can join an ongoing, online dialogue about the issues that are important in their world.

Social Voice Discussion Zone

Controversial Discussion Topics

  • Should we bother learning history if it's just going to repeat itself?
  • Who should be allowed to move to America? Who should not be prevented from immigrating?
  • Which is more powerful: love or hate?
  • What is the biggest issue we face in our immediate community? Why don't more people do something about it?
  • Which is more important: freedom or safety?
  • Is it your responsibility to change the world?
  • Why is school so much like a prison?
  • What are the pros and cons of technology?
  • Where does racism come from? Will it always exist?
  • Is your generation selfish?
  • Why are the people who start the wars never the same people who fight the wars?
  • Will women ever have the same power as men?

Can we have an authentic dialogue online? Or does the fact that it is online mean it is not really human? Or perhaps is it possible that in the anonymity of cyberspace we can be ourselves and speak our minds without pretending to be the jock or the gangster or the preppy or the nerd? Perhaps, in being anonymous and going online, we are being more authentic and less authentic at the same time.

Discussion Topics (According to Subject)

Careers

Civil Rights

Immigration

Imperialism

Rights / Bill of Rights

Vietnam

World War I