Ministry of Finance Inter-School Budget Debate

Feel free to check out the Ministry of Finance Inter-School Budget Debate where students from 32 teams gather to role-play as ministers, environmentalists and business federations to simulate mock budget debates. You can watch the video streaming on RAZOR TV at the Straits Times Interactive website. Alternatively you can just click on the link above (entry title) and it'll take you there.

I watched the first 25 minutes of one debate on Short-Term Business Assistance vs Long-Term Business Assistance. I'm quite impressed by some of these secondary school students, not just in being able to keep abreast of current affairs, but going one step further as to effectively argue for and against each other's valued opinions.

When I was in secondary school, all I was interested in was playing football and counting down the days to the school holidays! I barely kept up with current affairs, much less participate in Budget-debates!