TED Talk Topics
1. Television Violence
A. Identify the growing desensitization of America's youth to violent stimuli
B. Change minds of parents upon what they allow their children to watch and play and make others aware once more what is truly acceptable behavior in public and at home as children along with adults observe by watching.
2. Bilingual Education
A. Other Countries around the world begin teaching English among other languages within the first few years of school and are fluent in at least 2 by their teenage years.
B. In American schools foreign languages are often not required and are rarely offered prior to the high school level.
C. As an 18 year old student I am fluent in only English and have a rudimentary knowledge of two other languages, but only by choice.
D. Language opens many doors in the ways of communication, understanding of words and their origins, and languages allow you to take upon the mindset of a culture as you immerse yourself in the nuances of meanings within their speech.
3. Organ Donation
A. Identify the uses ones body can provide once deceased, the benefits they provide to those in need, and the information they can provide to those in scientific fields.
B. Possibly persuade people against archaic and harmful practices such as cremation and casket burial.
4. Cloning
A. Inform people of the implications and benefits cloning provides such as the ability to right the wrongs humanity has made in the forms of resurrecting animals from forced human extinction.
B. Change the minds of those who find moral or religious conflicts with the subject.
5. More or Less Military
A. Identify and elaborate upon the sheer amount of money America is spending on defense
B. Point out the numerous uses for the money spent on defense and the implications of the money we are spending versus the money we are making
C. Show the astronomic amount we spend each year on defense versus the next 15 highest spending countries and show the amount our adversaries and enemies are spending.
