Guest post from student Ifan Bambury, Oakwood Park Grammar School
In October 2024, Debating Matters was invited to host a showcase debate at the Battle of Ideas Festival.
Teams from The Burgate School and Oakwood Park Grammar School debated the motion:
Smartphones should be banned in the classroom.
Here, OPGS student, Ifan Bambury, reflects on the debate and how being assigned a position he didn’t initially agree with made him think more widely about the issue.
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