Big Hill Primary School students share their discussion pieces on national issues

Should kids wear school uniform by Will S.

Ding! Ding! Ding! The school bell is ringing, all the kids are running to class itching themselves, waiting for their teacher to let them in, all day wearing school uniform.

This is bad having to wear school uniform every day. If we didn’t have uniform everyone would be wondering who was who and where they were, if nobody knew who was who, would that effect excursions? We would lose everyone, you wouldn’t know where to go or anything.

“AAHH! This is so comfortable in casual clothes.” He said as he got dressed getting ready for school. Going to school is great in casual clothes, I feel more comfortable, so comfortable that they are ready at 5:30am.

“Itchy clothes got to get them off so itchy”. Students are complaining to their parents “I hate wearing school uniform every day.” “Casual clothes are way better than school uniform.” Kids will complain over and over again because their clothes are too itchy. Would you like your child to be uncomfortable in school uniform? 

“Miss can we go to the zoo today please?” “No you're all out of school uniform, we can’t go, I won’t know where you are. No we can’t go to the zoo.” Kids love to wear casual clothes but they wouldn’t be able to go places like the zoo. In the end kids should wear school uniform. To be able to go places.

Should there be a women's League in every sport? by Mikayla G.

Foomp as the ball went across the girls field. There still should be a women's league in every sport but there still should be a men's league in every sport.

How would you like to play in nearly every sport but you don't get paid? Therefore girls play in every sport but don't get a league and don't get any money.

However when the grand finale is on everyone is watching it and it's on every channel on TV and it's on all the time. For example, they would have to share the leagues on TV because if there becomes a women's league. Did you know if there becomes a women's league in every sport, boys won't think that girls aren't as good at sports than them, such as boys think girls aren't good at many sports if it doesn't become a women's league. 

Especially because the girls would have to get use to the routine, or instants some girls wouldn't come to training and wouldn't be able to play the next game.

I especially think there still should be a men's league but there should become a women's league.

Should there Be A Woman’s League In Every Sport? by Jazz R.

Women are wishing to go in the boxing ring and have a match, at a competition. But they're not allowed to, what are they going to do? Should there be a women’s league in every sport?

Women have heaps of skills, just like men, but some people think that women are not better than men at sport. That’s why they only have men's leagues. Only some sports like football, but it should be all sports. In football they give ladies 9 points for a goal, instead of 6. Do they think women can’t get a higher score than men? This is unfair for woman. 

Women have talent as well, let them show you. Should women be able to play the same sport as men? Women should have the same right as men do. Women should be able to play in a women’s league in every sport. Men do, so women should too. Men are only a little bit different to women, that doesn’t make them better at sport.

Why do they make men's leagues but not women's leagues? There is some really sporty girls out there, who want to play in a women's league. Let them try, I know when I am older I want to play in a women’s league. So don’t take that it away from all the other girls out there there who want to do the same.

I believe there should be a women’s league in every sport. It is unfair for the women who want to, so why stop them?

Boxing ages across Australia by Mitchell P.

Did you know that every state has different rules for how old you have to be to fight as a boxer? Should all of the ages be the same? What do you think about it? 

I think that all of the ages should be the same! It can be very difficult to travel all of the time. When I went to Queensland to fight, we could barely afford it even with the entire family’s support and donations! 

There are lots of benefits to this however, in some places people can be harsh or racist to others. When one of my friends went to Tasmania to fight, some people were saying things and spitting on him. 

Most people get homesick so, another one of my reasons why the ages should be the same is that you can be away from family for long amounts of time. If the ages were the same, you wouldn’t have to travel as far. 

Travelling can be amazing and fun! My last reason is that some people might not experience fighting in as many places as they wanted to, lots of people love to travel places whenever they have a chance!

Overall I think that the ages should be the same for experience, convenience and saving money!

Kids Should be able to drive cars by Elliot P.

“BROOM! BROOM! Look mummy I’m driving the car and I just turned ten!!!"

Kids drive go-karts and real cars on farms and private land so car manufacturer’s should make power-downed versions of their cars so kids can drive to the skate park without their mum and dad annoying them.

Kids watch Top Gear and other car shows and see them drifting and then they want to try it themselves. Also cars like Lamborghini’s and Ferrari’s of some sorts of cars that they might want to buy when they’re older. They might not be around when they’re older and when they get their proper licence, so car companies should make less horsepower and a bit smaller versions of their cars.

Car companies should make a couple hundred less horsepower of their flagship models and maybe some other models as well. Kids shouldn’t drive cars because they will crash trying to show off to their friends and other pedestrians walking and driving around. 

Kids driving cars is dangerous because when they see people drifting, if they had a car they had a car, they would try it themselves and get hurt.

There is a car on the market  and it’s called the ‘Renault TWIZY’. It has an electric motor and it has range of 100kms (62 miles) and it has a top speed of 50kph and that would be more suitable for kids. There’s another version at 80kph.

“So do you think your kids should be driving your car?” “Probably not” But I disagree, I think it would be good early education for kids to learn the road rules and have some fun doing it and learn not to crash and learn common sense.

Formula one and Motorsport are great sports and kids that get an early education on driving, could, when there are older kids, in those sports or racing and there’s also NASCAR in America.  

To wrap it all up kids should be able to drive cars at a younger age.

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