娃的第一個debating

昨天晚上參加了娃學校的open house。最後是一個debating的game，

前幾天的一個晚上，我們參加了娃的enrichment班的open house。最後是一個debating game，要家長參與。說得是兩個名人在一個氣球裏，由於故障其中一個人要先跳下去。每個人要說明自己對社會更重要，所以要留下。娃是steven jobs，另一個同學是john locke 精彩部分是娃先問家長們知道jobs嗎，都知道，又問，知道john locke嗎，無人知道。所以locke的影響力小於jobs，應該先跳下去。有家長說，iphone 不unique，三星也有，娃的反駁不是很有力。但畢竟這是娃的第一次debating，表現還不錯

 

Constructive Speech:

Today, we decide who will stay in the balloon, and who shall not. Perhaps this can be considered as an unjust solution, but is it not better to save one life than none? For this reason, I, Steve Jobs, present my character and life’s accomplishments for you to willingly deem worth saving.

I am an Entrepreneur, Marketer, Industrial Designer. But most importantly, I am an Inventor.  I innovated the way people use technology in their everyday life with my company, Apple. I am the founder, CEO and chairman of Apple, the multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. My company changed how people all around the world use technology everyday, with my innovations such as the Macintosh personal computer, Mac App Store, IPhone, IPod, IPad, ITunes, IOS App Store, and ICloud.

The first reason that I deserve to remain in the balloon is that I had started the Personal Computer Revolution. From Engineers Doctors, Students and Teachers we all use computers to perform specific tasks. With greater precision and accuracy, computers can do a lot in a short time while that task can take a lot of time manually.

Computers have taken industries and businesses to a whole new level. I had a vision, a vision where everyone could afford a PC and use it on a regular basis. If I were to be thrown off the balloon, would we have had this PC revolution? Sure there were many other great technological leaders in my time, like Bill Gates and his company, Microsoft. But my innovations were so great, even HE had to copy them. Microsoft would not be what it is today without Apple. The foundation of the Apple II not only allowed my company, but other companies to make further technological advances, that brought us this ground-breaking PC revolution.

Additionally, I have also changed the way people all over the world can communicate, interact and entertain with a revolutionary device that is always a pockets away. Released in 2007, the IPhone is a multi touch device that can connect to WiFi and cellular networks, shoot videos, take pictures, play music, send and receive emails and messages, follow GPS navigation, record notes, perform mathematical calculations, and receive visual voicemails.

The impact on society that the IPhone has had is unimaginable, and has changed the world for the better. If I were to be thrown off this balloon and the IPhone were to vanish, many would argue that they could be using a phone from another brand such as Samsung. Well even Samsung, one of the largest phone brands, had to copy MY company and MY sleek and cunning edge designs. I was the man who changed and innovated the way people communicate all around the world.

My final reason that I Steve Paul Jobs deserve to remain in the balloon is that I revolutionized the film industry forever. I am the man that saw the potential in Pixar, the American computer animation film studio. The film studio that created the first full-length, 3D computer-animated movie, Toy Story. It's unfeasible not to acknowledge the importance of Toy Story in the history of CGI, as it was the point at which the impossible became possible. It was a milestone for animation, possibly the most significant since the introduction of color.

If I were to be thrown off this balloon, the movies today would be very different. It was MY 10 million dollar investment in Pixar that revolutionized the film industry forever.

It’s unfair, and naive, to suggest that the rest of the technology world wouldn’t have got here themselves without me. According to Moore’s Law, which suggests that if we observe the history of computing, the number of transistors in a circuit doubles every two years, so it would be fair to say that digital evolution would have led us to similar technology in the end. But the minimal design that dominates mobile devices today – the app icons, smart gestures and beyond, are central because of my presence. Public demand and other designers and innovators would have produced similar creations, but they would be covered in buttons and have complicated interfaces.

In a world without me, we would be frustrated by technology, and less amazed by it. So, like or loath Apple and the legacy we have created, denying the impact that I have created would be denying the rival products you do love. Because the chances are that just by me being around as a rival, a competitor or a mentor, I made an impact and sparked a reaction.

 

Refutation:

 

Leonardo da Vinci:

Leonardo da Vinci, you are a great man. You are universally hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of all time and celebrated for your art, inventions, science, and being multi-talented. But let's be honest, you’re overrated. Da Vinci’s inventions have also been grossly exaggerated. Da Vinci drew drawings and people have interpreted his drawings to mean different things. This has been the case for many of Da Vinci’s drawings, like his supposed calculator. Objectors claim this device wouldn’t actually work and isn’t actually a drawing of a calculator, but people personally interpret it to be so. This is also the case with Da Vinci’s supposed helicopter. It’s not really a helicopter, it’s just an aerial screw. Helicopters are closer to Chinese bamboo toys than they are to Da Vinci’s sketches! The media portrays Da Vinci as a genius so much that they decided to call it a helicopter. Da Vinci never actually built or tested most of his inventions and at least half of them failed when tested. The vast majority of the models of Da Vinci’s designs that really do work are modified versions or strange interpretations of what Da Vinci’s designs could mean.