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First of all, both debates presented their thesis very clear to all audiences. However, the first group was the most dynamic one because there was an interaction between people who were in disagreement that any professional can be a teacher and people who were in favor of this. These two teams showed a lot of important arguments trying to convince to audience which group was right. But, I think that it was lack of information about some arguments that some people said, this is one of the things that have to be improved. I think that the winner group was people who were against professionals could be a teacher in schools. I am convinced that a teacher has to respect his or her carrier as well as doctors or lawyers do respect their professions.

Unfortunately, the second group, which topic was voluntary votes, made a mistake because there was any team which was against this topic. For that reason, all audiences had to participate in order to create a real debate; this situation was very interesting and entertaining because all of us had the opportunity to express our thoughts about it. Nevertheless, there were some people who did not had good manage of the topic, so I think that some of them needed to prepare much better their arguments in order to convince that their were right finding more information about this topic. In this case, I think that any group won because it did not have enough information to support ideas.

Comments on Debates

First of all, both debates presented their thesis very clear to audiences. However, the first group was most dynamic because there was an interaction between people who were disagreement that any professional can be a teacher and people who were in favor of this. These two teams showed a lot of important arguments trying to convince audience which group was right. But, I think that it was lack of information about some argument that some people said, this is one of the things that have to be improved. I really think that the group which won was people who were against professionals can be a teacher in schools. Because of, I am convinced that a teacher has to respect his or her carrier as well as doctors or lawyers do it.

Unfortunately, the second group, which topic was voluntary votes, made a mistake because there do not exist any team which were against this topic. For that reason, audiences had to participate in order to create a real debate; this situation was very interesting and entertaining because all of us had the opportunity to express our thoughts about it. Nevertheless, there were some people who did not had good manage of the topic, so I think that some of them needed to prepare much better their arguments in order to convince to audience that their were right finding more information about this topic. In this case, I think that any group won because it did not have enough information to support ideas.

Cities equal Classrooms' Design

If only the Chilean government spent a lot of money creating new and better places where people could live or work in, their well-being would be improved. There are “good projects” which were made in order to cover the big hollow that Chilean society has “its poverty,” as Jane Jacobs, in The Death and life of Great American Cities, says, “Luxury housing projects that cloak their inanity, or try to, with a vapid vulgarity” (5-7). An example of this issue is all the great schools that government has built which have a problem with their classrooms' design, especially teacher’s classroom.

In fact, people can see marvelous buildings in their towns. But seldom are they unable to notice what is really happening around these. Most of the time, these magnificent buildings are settled into poor neighborhoods, where it is easier to find young delinquency and others social problems. However, inside these buildings also exist a big and important social problem, which is that they do not have places where workers can interact among them, provoking an uncomfortable work atmosphere. This situation is raised by Malcom Gladwell, in “Designs for Working”, who writes that people in their offices do not have a common place where they can share and talk about them.

This reality is perceptible in several professions; an example of this is teachers' classrooms in many Chilean schools. It is known that teachers do not have a lot of time because they have much to do. This is one of the factors that some of them do not have any contact with their colleagues. However, it is necessary that teachers’ classroom have to be a place where teachers can talk and analyze students’ problems in order to find better solutions. Besides, this place should be where teachers rest and have agreeable conversation in order to increase their relationships as colleagues, provoking a higher compromise with their profession and with their students’ learning process.

11 Techniques

“11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline" is an article where the writer shows different ways how teachers can improve students’ discipline. Using these techniques learning process can be more successful.

The writer says that teachers have to be aware of all students pay attention to their class. In that way they could give students good and clear instructions. Besides, it is also true that teachers’ movement around the class is necessary in order to clarify children's questions. Teachers are always models for their students; for that reason, they have to show an appropriate attitude in front of their pupils. Another appropriate technique is to express teachers’ feelings when a student misbehaves. Using this strategy, student should understand that his or her bad actions are provoking a strained situation.

On the other hand, this article mentions that teachers do not have to use a higher voice when they are teaching. However, there are some situations which are necessary to use it. For instance, hardly ever do teachers speak lower because classrooms are bigger and have a lot of students inside them.