Ibnul Chusna Abdul Hamid A (1420302174) as debater (affirmative)

Shafira Adhelia (1420302179) as moderator

Nova Haidar Haq (1420302196) as debater (negative)

“SMK Is Better Than SMA”

Moderator : “Good afternoon. Welcome to the English Debate at Tidar University . I’m
Shafira Adhelia as moderator for this debate. Our debaters today are Ibnul Chuzna as
affirmative speaker on my right side and arguing the negative case is Nova Haidar on my left
side.”

Moderator : “Before we start the debate, i will tell the rules. Each speaker will deliver 2
minutes constructive speech. Each debaters will get at least 1 minute reply speech. For each
speech, fifteen seconds grace will be allowed. After each speech, I will immediately call upon
the next debater to begin his address”

Moderator : “Today’s topic is “SMK is better than SMA”. SMK and SMA have different
purposes. SMK or vocational high school’s purpose is to prepare the students to become
freshmen that have both skills and knowledge and ready to work after graduation. And SMA
or general high school’s purpose is to develop students’ knowledge to continue their study
to higher level to find and develop their interest wider. Both are good high school in
Indonesia. So, now, I call the affirmative speaker to deliver your remark.”

Affirmative speaker : “I strongly believe that SMK is better than SMA. SMK is a school in
Indonesia that focusing on its major to create new freshmen that have both skills and
knowledge in their majoring. SMA is a school in Indonesia that focusing only in the
knowlegde in their majoring. So that is why SMK could get more easier job by their majoring
basedon its peupose and motto “SMK Bisa”. But SMA students need to continue their study
to college level to focusing on the majoring and than they could get the job by it. The
implicative of SMK can rechanged the new high and fastest level on education in reaching
the best solution on jobless in Indonesia.”
Moderator : “I thank the Affirmative Speaker for his remark and now we shall hear the first
negative’s speech.”

Negative speaker : “I don’t agree with the motion that SMK is better than SMA. By seeing its
quality of education SMA has higher level on quality far from SMK. SMK is a new sistem
program created by goverment to make a ready-freshmen worker. But in fact, the its quality
is opposite to their mission. But you can see the sistem of SMA in Indonesia. They focus on
only knowledge, but the school can create a good quality of its purpose so they take 85
person quotes in the University level.”

Moderator : “Thank you for your remarks. We will now hear a 1 minute reply speech from
each debater, starting with the affirmative speaker. I now call upon the affirmative speaker
to present your rebuttal.”

Affirmative speaker : “No, i don’t agree with you. You can’t compare the persentages of the
number of students that accepted in University with the persentage of freshmen woker of
SMK in knowledge. You must see how big the number of freshmen from SMK that being
accepted to be employees in company! SMK took an unique education sistem that they do
acceleration on how student after graduation from school can directly get a job and
qualified. If you see that SMA, they need 4 years more to get a job after the graduation. It
means that SMK get effective way on create new qualified worker than SMA.”

Moderator : “Thank you for your remark. Now, it’s Nova’s time for his objection.”

Negative speaker : “I don’t agree with the material on delivering of affirmative speaker. He
doesn’t know how big freshmen from SMK who failed on applying a job. SMA also can
directly get a job after they graduate from high school. It means the effectiveness of your
delivery still non sense. SMA is a doubled degree of graduation. You can easily continue to
the university level easier than SMK and you can get a job as you want. It means, if you
failed from the examination of application on university and you need a money, you can
make a money to apply in the company. So many company accepted from freshmen of SMA.
So this proves to us that SMA is better than SMK.”
Moderator : “ It’s your time Ibnu for your remark”

Affirmative speaker : “All the materials that negative speaker talking about is silly and can
not be taken as fact. He doesn’t see why the goverment make the 60:60 SMK:SMA in the
future by 2008. It just because the SMK is the new hopes to Indonesia and applicable on
education to create a new freshmen and worker on company without taking first college
level degree. Let’s us imagine that Student of SMK from automotive engineering can work as
mechanic. But the student from SMA cannot work as mechanic even just apply to the
company by its requirement. It means it is so effective.”

Moderator : “Nova..it’s time for you to present your rebuttal.”

Negative speaker : “If yes the SMK is better, why the image of good quality is taking by SMA
level. Does it proven you? So all the your rebuttle is still can not be proven. The higher level
is the higher qualified. So when SMA student took higher level on college degree. They
would have good qualified on working. So that is why the student from SMK if work in the
company just can be a low level position like mechanic, shop keeper,etc. But then student of
SMA graduate from University they applied to company they work as manager of workshop
(Leader of mechanic), and Manager of Shop (leader of shop keeper). So this proves that
SMA better than SMK.”

Moderator : “ Okay..now is final rebuttal for each debaters”

 Negative speaker : “ I straightly go to the red line on how effective of SMA levels on
creating better freshmen.”

Affirmative speaker : “I still absolutely believe that SMK is better than SMA because of its
sistem, how effective to create qualified worker after graduation.”

Moderator : “I thank the debaters for concluding your rebuttle. We can conclude that both
SMK and SMA are good highschool. It depends on the people how they see the positive or
negative of each highschool. Thank you for your attendance in this debate. Good
afternoon.”