Public speaking speech: Bringing handphone to school

Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to the honourable judges,

teachers, parents and my fellow freinds. Today, on this fine day, I would
like to present a public speech about the advantages and disadvantages of
bringing handphone to school. It is an issue where it could be implemented
soon. Before it takes place, let's look the pros and cons of this matter.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Handphones, mobile phones, and tablets are becoming common in almost
everywhere in our society, even now, small children have it too. Today, It
has become a must have item to everyone. Even now, If I ask the
audience, whether they have a handphone, probably almost all will say
yes, isn't? Well, as for now this question exclude the students, because
students are still prohibited to bring handphone to school, but if students
are allow to bring handphone, most probably, all the audience in this hall,
will say yes.
But then, is it a good idea to allow students to bring handphone to
school ? In every story, there are two sides of contracting ideas, therefore, I
would like to take this opportunity, to let the audiences know the
advantages and disadvantages of allowing students to bring handphone to
school.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me start my speech by stating the first advantages of student bring
phone to school that is, to make communication easier, especially between
parents and their children. It will allow them to communicate with each
other at any time. In the past, parents often never knew where their
children were until they came home. With handphone, parents can check
up on their kids and arrange transportation or relay important information if
necessary at any time they want. Like for example, the children can tell
their parents what are their activities and thus make the parents less worry
about their children whereabouts.

Secondly handphones can be an invaluable tool in emergency situations.

For instance, if a student is severely injured or there is a crisis situation,
the phones can allow students to contact authorities or anyone for help.

Thirdly, with the technology available, it can help the students to learn
more. More easy access to internet, students can search information on the
internet easily. But it could also be the other way around. Students use the
internet to find fun instead of studying.
Now, I will focus on the disadvantages of student bring phone to school.
Firstly is about theft issue. With more and more attractive phones
available, there are good chances of phone being snatch or theft. This
happen because some pupils might not be able to afford it, thus, the only
way for them to have it, is by steal it. Students also can make extra money
too by stealing the handphone and sell it.
Moreover, students can at times be clumsy when keeping their things. We
all know that once the item is gone, it will be gone forever. The price of
handphone is not cheap, and when the theft issue arise, it can cause a lot
of other trouble.
Secondly, the phone can may cause distraction in lessons. Some students
that did not shut off their phone and suddenly get a phone call, will disturb
the lesson in the class. They can also play games in hiding during the
lesson. With so many students in the class, teacher could overlooked these
students. This is one of the instances of students misuse the purpose of
handphone.
By bringing handphone to school also will hinder pupils to study more as
they are much more prefer to play games than to read book. They only
used the privilege given for their own joy only. Thus, the passion for
learning for many students will be decreasing and this is bad because
study is important in life. Only With more knowledge we could be more
developed, but if these young generation do not like to study, it will hinder
our progress to be more successful.
Ladies and Gentleman,
I have line out the pros and cons of allowing students to bring handphone
to school. Now, it is up to us to decide and choose what is the best decision
on this issue. Well then, I arrived at the end of my speech, and thus I would
like to thank all for lending your ears. Therefore, I end my speech with
thank you very much and good bye. Thank you.

Friends
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you
when you have forgotten the words.
A very good morning to the panel of honourable judges, teachers and friends. On this
fine morning, I would like to talk about Friends.On this planet, who cant live without
friends? Everyone. Bart Simpson would have died of boredom with his sister, Lisa. That
would not happen because he has Milhouse of The Simpsons to tag along with him. We
need our peers to live our lives, to joke around, and to help us with our mischievous
plots. Who would dare to tell an adult about our plans? Friendship is a blessing, and a
friend is the channel through whom great emotional and spiritual blessings flow.

Friends will cheer us up when we are full of depression. With eyes full of sorrow, we are
bound to get attention the moment our friends notice. We usually just want them to hang
around with us, to have a good time, to act silly and just be ourselves. Remember the
guy you had a crush on? That oh so hot Edward Cullen in Twilight? With his delicious
sultry blue eyes and charming British accent that would make your heart melt the instant
he talks. During the days our favourite Hollywood artistes are famous, we tend to get
carried away to Day Dream Land .Students our age are most probably to tell our
buddies on how awesome they are. Im sure none of you would go screaming to your
mum and say Mum! Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen is soooo hot! Im going to read
the third book later. She would have said, Stop reading all those vampire stories and
get back to studying. Will your friends react the same way as your mum? Of course
not. They would sit down with you and say, Totally. I wish Im Kristen Stewart. I would
get to act and hang out with him off set. Acting as Bella would be so cool.This settles it.
Our spirits would have been brought down if we didnt have any friends. As well as our
fantasy world, our buddies are on the job as our Fashion Police. We would be fined if
we wear bell-bottoms with a T-shirt, which your mum told you to, to our graduation
ceremony. With our friends, we could choose the appealing dress with stiletto boots
which would look awesome in front of a crowd. You can save a major fashion disaster.

Friends are like peanut butter and jelly. They always stick together. Who else other than
your best friend would help you walk to the infirmary when you broke a foot while
playing basketball? We always stick together anywhere we go. One of us never follows.
We walk side by side. We treat ourselves as equals. Always be humble and never brag
on things that you own. One would never treat the other like leaves on the ground.
Good friends are precious and rare like diamonds. Very hard to find. We should never
cast our friends aside
Friends are like angels without wings. Some may be devils in disguise. Exactly like the
song Fly on The Wall by Miley Cyrus. The song tells about a person whom you trusted
and thought he was nice. Actually, he was betraying the one he so called cared. We
should never betray our friends secrets to the world of rumour-hungry people. As well
as secrets, we shouldnt cancel our get-together at the last minute. Theres only a few
minutes left until an exam starts. You realised that you havent memorize the important
facts yet. Who else other than your closest buddy will sit next to you and repeat the
words over and over again and hopefully remain in your brain for the next 60 minutes. A
lot of people go through life with only a few friends. It seems that some have less than
that. They have no one they can call in good times or bad. There is no one with whom to
bounce ideas around, or to talk about deep and troubling subjects. They have no one to
call in times of need or difficulty. They are standing alone, being an out cast. When we
are bored, we could SMS our friends with our fingers at the speed of lightning. Or even
go to their house to catch up with the latest gossip. For most tech-savvy people, they
prefer going to chat rooms on the internet and interact with people of different
experiences. Besides chatting, we are able to join networking sites such as Facebook,
MySpace and Friendster. On these sites, we are able to search for long-lost friends as
well as new people. These ways wont make us lonely as we could interact with our
friends in a different way.

As life goes on, we meet different people each time. Some turned out to be our buddies.
Friends come and go. We lose some and gain a lot more. Some friends stay right by
your side while others go the opposite way. There are times when one of your friends

becoming the matchmaker of your future life, and succeeds. Good or bad friends come
and go. But theres one thing for sure, we cant live without them.

Here is a poem on friends:A friend is someone we turn to

When our spirits need a lift,
A friend is someone we treasure
For our friendship is a gift,
A friend is someone who fills our lives
With beauty, joy, and grace
And makes the whole world we live in
A better and happier place.
With that, I thank you.