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AAAOPP13416000002170 | 2 | I believe that they should not have driverless cars. The people who drive cars need to be more responsible and not rely on driverless cars where they dont have to do anything.
"This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. " what if they arent alert and ready? The... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000541532 | 3 | I agree with this new technology that can read students emotional expressions. Many students today especially high scholors are more emmune to depression. With this new technology being able to recognize students emotions can be useful. It should be used the same when students get their vision and hearing checked. Ever... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000115100 | 3 | Many today are so concerned with driving safely. There are so many things that could go wrong while behind the wheel. But can having a machine drive you around that you have little control over be less hazardous? No doubt cars that have an automatic driving system will be less work to do on our part but is that really ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000285174 | 3 | The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is all about a new technology that has the ability to read peoples emotions using special algorithms . And the inventor believes that it could be help to a student when he is bored or confused on a lesson .
But would this really be helpful or not? The answer to that would be it wou... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
5074833 | 3 | There are many limiting car usage, through out the world, many are in the suburb of germany. some are also in Bogota. And many more countrys like the United states.
In the first passage, it has some car limiting usage. the country that it resigns in the suburbs of germany. For an example " automobiles are linchpin of... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Two or more races/Other | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAATRP14318000177719 | 3 | I think the that use of this technology in the classroom is valuable to students. The technology would be helpful to all students.
This computer software is the latest to date. The computer is able to determine emotion based off of facial expression. This would have good affects on students because it would make worki... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
5349182 | 3 | The limiting of car usage can be very useful in todays society. The emmissions of gas and diesel vehicles are at the top of the chart when it comes to pollution of the atmosphere. But not only pollution, it could cause a lot of people to become a little more healthier if we walked, ran or biked somewhere in stead of ta... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | White | M | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
5030291 | 5 | Society has made the car industry accelerate rapidly and over the years the amount of money these automobile company's make only increases. However, its time to look into the advantages of limiting such car usage in our communities. Studies have shown that the use of cars only increases the amonunt of stress we have. W... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Black/African American | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
5161658 | 4 | BOOM! CRASH! BANG! "911, what's your emergency?" "HELP! we've been in a terrible accident, please get here fast!"Sirens and horns is what you hear after a terrible car crash. By limiting car usage, we could prevent less car accidents/traffic jams, pollution/greenhouse gas and we can get more exercise.
To begin with, p... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | White | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAATRP14318000921721 | 2 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The new technology is called the Facial Action Coding System, It can read the emotions of actual human beings. "This new software has promising applications for a variety of industries." This new technology is good for ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000040752 | 4 | Emotions are apart of human nature and are expressed through every day situations. They help us express how we're feeling, rather if we're sad, happy, angry, ect. However, some peoples emotions are harder to read than others. That's why new software called the 'Facial Action Coding System' was created to read emotions ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000104708 | 2 | A new hom
whould you send someone to explore venus with the technology that we haave
right now? the author of the article
the challege of exploring venus made some
very import points about
why
we sohould explore venus.
the author believes that even. that is worthy exploring venus using old tecnology and new tecn... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000134953 | 2 | The author claims that
"Venus is a simple distant from earth, that its proven to be a very challenging place to explore". the author explains Venus is very close to earth, other planets for example earth venus , mars orbits at the sun differently. Those speed mean we are close to mars then venus. There were pleny of s... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000111628 | 1 | Luke just got offered from his friend Don Reist to go to Europr on a cattle boat. He couldn't say no because it was an oppertunity of a lifetime so he decided to go anyway. He wanted more people to go to Europe with the others that are already going. So wherever Luke went he would always ask people if they wanted to go... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000136627 | 2 | There are many advancements in our future, that we will benefit from. However I do not feel driverless cars are apart of our benefits.
I feel driverless cars will rob people the experience of actual driving, and that could be dangerous. The cars could easily make a mistake while on the road. The problem with an driver... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000102328 | 4 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worth-while task. Although Venus poses many risks to humans and technology, the information and resources that can be taken from Venus are overwhelming.
In the beginning of the article, the author explains the many complica... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000042213 | 2 | i dont think that having driverless cars would be a great idea. i think this because there could always be something that could go wrong if your going at high speeds such as if you were to hit a bump then the steering wheel would jemp in a certain direction which could cause for an accident. also if there was an accide... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Two or more races/Other | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000074909 | 2 | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," says much about the challenge, and how we might be able to study Venus, but says little comparatively of why we should. The article only talks about why we should study Venus only once in the fourth paragraph out of eight others. Paragraph four mentions how Venus may have been like E... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000543422 | 4 | The advancement of technology has helped humanity a lot in several ways, such as comuters,phones or even, planes to travel the world. These advancements could help students to learn in school. The facial recognition mentioned in this article is amazing for the following reasons: it could give students an easier time un... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Two or more races/Other | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000604885 | 3 | After reading this article I have to a decision that I am in agreement with the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. In a classroom setting full of students there can be many emotions. Some are facially expressed. Some are verbally expressed. And some just aren't expressed at all.
In ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318001022261 | 3 | Whats the Facial Coding System you asked ? What does it do ? how does it help ? there are many questions for this new software that was invented by Dr. huang. The FACS is a software that dectect the feelings that a person have at that moment from their muscles. Many people have more questions to ask about the FACS that... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000134394 | 1 | Venus called (Evening Star), is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Is misleading since Venus is a planet, is the second planet from our sun and is simple to see from the distance; is the closet planet to Earth in t erms of density, size and occasionally in distance too.
On the planet's surface, tem... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000035789 | 4 | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" the author writes about a mesa on the surface of the planet Mars. This particular mesa recieved a lot of attention because the shadows resmbled a human face. Many conspiracy theorist believe this means there is alien life on Mars, but they are incorrect. The "Face" on Mars in... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000311542 | 3 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", it talks about a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. According to the article, the Facial Action Coding System tells what kind of emotions people are having. To me, I think the use of this technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
5206393 | 3 | As the world changes and humans present more and more issues involving the enviroment many things must change in order to survive. cars are a huge problem to not only the enviroment but to us people also. it has been proven by scientist that cars provide more stress to humans lives, cars are also responsible for a majo... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Black/African American | M | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAOPP13416000037682 | 4 | The topic of driverless car has been in the minds of many for years. Some companies have come a long way since the idea was first thought of. I strongly believe the topic of driverless car should be one to truely think about because it could help so many people in many different ways.
Although these cars have some pro... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000158891 | 2 | Exploring Venus is one thing poeple in NASA want to do, becasue it close to our plant.Venus was once the closest plant to be Earth.We know that if we study more about Venus and learn more about it we can make it like Earth. Just thinking that we can live in different plants and learning more about outerspace.
If we ca... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000086300 | 2 | It would be a good and worthy pursuit because it is what we call are "twin" planet due to size and density but yet it is to dngerouse to be able to travle ther because it is to close to the sun and you would ony be able to be on Venus for no more than a few hours on the plant and we dont have the resources to be able t... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000050999 | 2 | Venus is a very hard planet to work on scientists want to study this planet because it can be a place where humans can live in the future. This planet is very hard no landing has ever survived more than 2 hours on the surface of Venus. The atmosphere of Venus is made of 97 percent carbon dioxide, clouds of sulfuric aci... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000451243 | 3 | New technology called the Facial Action Coding System allows the computer to identify humans emotions. They say the process starts with a 3D
computer model of the face that has all 44 major muscles that they believe will move like human muscles. While Including the six basic emotions happiness, surprise,anger,disgust,... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000897770 | 2 | No I do not think this is a valuable.You trying to see how people are feeling.For some people they might be ok with that but for others they would like to keep that to themselves.It is like you invading there space.Its saying that we want to kmow what your emotions are.For example in paragraph 5 line 1 it says,'In fact... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000075639 | 3 | In 1976 a picture was taken by Viking 1 was taken that sparked up controversy. In the picture of the Martian surface there appears to be the shape of a face made from the rock. Although it was disproven that it was a face built by aliens it still makes some people subscribe to the consperocy theories surrounding this M... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000569447 | 3 | Have you ever wondered how students may learn better. Well what if I told you it is Facial Action Coding System? Does'nt it sound complex and difficult? This technology is able to read human facial expressions and determain if a person is mad sad angry or happy. This type of technology would be so benificial in student... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
5416307 | 2 | Dear State Senitor,
Imagine how it would be if citizens votes counted in electing the next president. Do you believe in freedom of speech and petition? You shall let qualified citizens vote than letting the Electoral Collage vote for the president of the United States. Citizens should be able to vote because they are ... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | White | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAOPP13416000109006 | 3 | I think that joining the UNRRA (the united nations relief and rehabilibitation administration) would be a wonderful idea. Here are a few examples of why it's so great.
First things first, you have to know to know what you do in this job. Here's what you do: you go to different states and continents and give them food ... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000116833 | 2 | Twenty five years ago something happened on Mars. In 1976 we discovered that there was a unusual face on the planet of Mars. The landform was located 41 degrees north martian latitude.
The face on Mars is a landform because there was no alien monument. And also scientists believed that the face was an alien artifact. ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000072211 | 3 | Do you like animals? If you do you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Three reasons why I think you should join are, you get to have fun, you do something that envolves what you like, and you can also hang out with your friends or family. In this article I will break each reason why into different paragraphs.
O... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
5353592 | 4 | Dear State Senate,
The Electoral College is insane. There should not be an Electoral College, the vote should be by popular vote for the presidents. People feel less important when they know that there vote does not go to the entire 538 votes. If you are in a democratic state, like Texas, but are republican, then your... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | White | M | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAOPP13416000101007 | 3 | Have you ever been driving a car and wish that the car would drive for you? I wish that almost every time I drive. Some manufacturers say that there will be driverless cars by the year 2020. I think driverless cars would be a very helpful aspect in life. Driverless cars would benefit not only drivers but the world arou... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000638175 | 4 | The Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify 6 different human emotions: happiness, anger, surprise, sadness, fear, and disgust.
This program has been tested on Leonardo da Vinci's art of the Mona Lisa and has proven its accuracy.
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of studen... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000050780 | 3 | "The Challenge of Exploring Venus." The author thinks that Venus is a worth pursuite despite all of the dangours things that can happen and have had happen. In my own persnal opinion I think it is a horrific idea. Why send people to an unfirmilar plaent when a tiny space craft cant survive. I think even with ihs evdinc... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038193 | 4 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it discusses the possibility of cars that humnas do not have to drive are coming. Driverless cars are not a smart choice for drivers shoud make. There are too many risks of dangerous incidents that could happen that could caused danger to other drivers and the drivers would l... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000049614 | 3 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is presents. We shold study Venus more in my opinion because of the new discoveries that there could be and the information that I got from this article is very intresting. Venus is one of the biggest points of light in the night sky and Ve... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000147743 | 5 | According to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," companies have been working on cars that need less human control; earning these cars the moniker "driverless." In my opinion I am against the development and distribution of these vehicles. Having driverless cars would,promote the lazy characterists of drivers, be ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000146245 | 3 | The author has good points and good reasoning on his suggestion of "studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents." He has good evidence and shows that he really did look into it and did his research before saying his suggestion. He had more then enough reasons to support his claim.
In the text it... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000125716 | 4 | When it comes to knew things in technology usually everyone jumps on the bandwagon but in some cases you shouldn't just because others will. When it comes to your safety and peace at mind you should make careful decisons of what potential danger you might be putting yourself in, especially when others are involved. Whe... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000110664 | 3 | What exactly is the Face on Mars? Well that is easy, it is a natural landform. Natural landforms are unique therefore it can look like anything and are common on Earth so why can they not be on Mars as well? Many other scientists have studied and looked at pictures of the Face on Mars and they believe that it is a natu... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318001022979 | 1 | Back in the day they did'nt have technology. They telephone to call they friends and mother & father. They couldn't not even go outside to see they friends they mother where so hard on them. Some would let them go over there friend house to have fun. Some had to stay home and clean up cook dinner and watch there little... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000273899 | 2 | This technology of reading student emotions in a classroon room is unvaluable .I dont know why ANYBODY WILL MAKE THIS UP.Some people dont want nobody to know how there feeling. Im so against this creation i would not like my classmate to know how im feeling i dont care is i'm happy or sad .
The article stated that a c... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038494 | 3 | Are driverless cars the next big thing?
Yes, yes they are.
I, for one, am for the the new and improved cars.
Just image how easier it will be to drive in the near future.
More indiviuals will be able to hit the roads, they just need to know the basics of driving.
Also, driverless cars will assist many and cause fa... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000102914 | 3 | "Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents". The author supports this idea when he starts speaking in paragraph three saying, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus". While all that carbon dioxide covers the planet, its too dangerous for humans to explore Venus. ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5156966 | 3 | Dear,state senator
The Electoral College voting method is a very debated subject among the people. That is why I am here to explain to you my opinion on it, and why i think that the whole process needs to be stopped. As you can probably already tell, I completely dis like the whole process all together but anyway here... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | White | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAVUP14319000119831 | 2 | The Author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests that Venus would be a worthy pursuit even considering all of the dangers that it poses. And yes, Venus would be a worthy place to research, the only downside is how dangerous it can be. Venus poses to be very challenging to study from the plant itself being hard... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318001077899 | 2 | The claim for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions are amazing, and could benefit a low risk of suicide and bullying of other students or people. The technology could keep peoples mind focused and maybe make them more open minded. Like if you were sad and the computer detected that ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000081191 | 1 | It was the first time that I was able to come home it was right after our second trip. I was asking my friend if he could sign-up that we could use the extra help. When I told him I craked some ribs he said he was out. The next day I tell him that I sliped down a slippery ladder after reporting my hourly report to the ... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
5171830 | 1 | The Electoral College
Dear Senator of the state,
I am a former citizen of the state writing to you about my regards of changing the electoral college system. The electoral college should have it's own individual vote to the president. It is unfair that the vote of the people goes towards electors who then decides who... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | Black/African American | M | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAOPP13416000007799 | 2 | Help wanted!
The Seagoing Cowboys program is in need of help from other herders.
Why would anyone want to do this? With the program, you are able to help out other people, do things you typically would not do, and have fun.
I think it is beneficial to join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you are able to help ou... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000048918 | 4 | The author in this article supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by providing a lot of good things that could happen if we do try studying Venus, he talks about how we can innovate and travel and do so many other good things by studying Venus and this good things beat all the dan... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000020137 | 2 | I Think you should join the program if you like cowboys and the sea. it will fit you perfectlyyou can tell Luke really wanted to be a SeaGoing Cowboy because when his friend asked do you want to come with me he could'nt say no. And you know he likes it because when he cracked his ribs he just got right back to work in ... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000103520 | 3 | Driverless cars have both positive and negative things about them. They are supposively supposed to drive on their own, without needing any human assistance in the future. At the moment there are some cars that can drive at certain speeds or do certain things on their own, but still need a human to be there when the as... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Two or more races/Other | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000109294 | 3 | I think that its a good idae to send more probes to venus even despite the cost. i am totally on bourd with this. The author made some good points and suggestions why we should send more things to venus.
first scientists are researching a way to last longer to get to venus and land on it because it is the closest plan... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000105916 | 1 | Have u seen aliens before well neither have I, thats why i think the face is a natural landform. Just like the earth have plates so does mars and I would think those plates move just like the earths plates move. Thats called an earthquake and earthquakes can make landforms.
The reason I came up with for the reason it ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000004374 | 2 | My position on driverless cares is against it ill explain why in the next few paragraphs.
One reason im against driverless cars it's because that it uses to much techenology meaning what if a terrorist group some how hacks the cars and then we'll have a majior problem. Next another issue is that when it's navagateing ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000638144 | 3 | The technolology to scan your face and tell your emotions is kind of creepy. Having a machine in class to tell teachers how the students are feelling is just a little weird to me but it also could be very usefull. In the text it states that the software in the computer could see if you are confused and will change the ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000114691 | 4 | Should cars drive themselves? This might be the dream of many who think of the future, but reality is driverless cars are more trouble than they are worth. Although car companies argue that driverless cars are becoming safer and safer, they fail to see many serious shortcomings. Cars shouldn't drive themselves because,... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000036170 | 3 | In my opinion driverless cars will be useful in the future. I think they will help out alot of people in the world. Driverless cars will change the world in so many ways. Im sure that if companies are thinking of making driverless cars, they will first will test them and make sure that they are safe to be on. Driverles... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000053781 | 3 | I am a scientist at NASA and I am going to be discusing the face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. I will tell you how the face on Mars is a natural landform.
NASA used their new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from Mars Global survey spacecraft reveal the face on Mars and the face was really a... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | White | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000089869 | 3 | Studying Venus has the good and the bad. You find out so much about your planet and others. Like whybdonthey call Venus an "Evening Star" when its actually a planet. With Venus being provern a very challenging place to examine, ist hard to find out more abiut it. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite that dangers.... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000098855 | 2 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that studing venus is a worthy pursuit desite the dangers. The author supports the idea of exploring venus but the author also understands how dangerous it is. In paragraph 8, it is stated that "Our travles on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000048596 | 3 | Would you ever dream of a taxi cab that has no driver and can drive you around? Google is making cars that require no drivers. Although this is a very neat idea, it is extremely expensive. This idea would work if all of America was urban land and not so many non urban areas. I think driverless cars are one of the bigge... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000414435 | 1 | i think that technology is valuable because you can tell when peoples expressions show they have a emotion like when their eyebrows go up their surprised or if their lips tighten up their angry so that's really cool because you can tell when their mad, sad,happy and thats how people can tell someone is having a bad day... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318001060837 | 2 | I think we should use this technology because it say in the article that "a classroom computer cand recognize when a student when a student is becoming confused or bored". This technology could make the lesson easier, some people don't like to ask for help from teachers for certain reasons, with this new technology you... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000900244 | 1 | The author describes "Making Mona Lisa Smile" and how a new technology called the Facial Action Cording System enables compures to identify human emotions. Because the author is trying to tell us how the technology can make us feel differents emotions. In this article we can find too many differents emotions that the M... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000363927 | 3 | In a classroom full of students, teachers don't usually have the time to check that every student is enjoying the lesson, paying attention while being productive in class. Many students might be tired from a long night of homework, and what would the teacher do if a student was mentally tired? The teacher could get the... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000045829 | 3 | I think that the Face is a natural landform not a sign of the aliens. Don't get me wrong, there is a possible that life on an other planet but I don't think this one. When we sent the photos out to the public , we knew it would be a popular decisions in the media. Yes, people are aloud to have an opinion on this topic.... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000106778 | 2 | Some people believe in different things such as aliens for example, but what about you?
We all heard about the "face on Mars" some might say it's real or others say is it NASA playing a trick on us? But it all started falling into place when we got some news about it.
I believe that this is real. No not the alien par... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000142988 | 3 | Would you like to discover Venus? I would. Venus is a planet. The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit to despite the dangers of Venus. According to the text Venus sounds very dangerous. The author wants to discover to see how it could be dangerous or perhaps what makes it dangerous.
So the author w... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000052812 | 4 | Traveling outside of our planet ,we call Earth, seems bizarre. Unless NASA sends a couple astronauts out to the moon, traveling to any other planet is not something a person would be used to hearing everyday. Imagine going to a planet where it is surrounded by a carbon dioxide atmosphere and a corrosive sulfuric acid a... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5411908 | 3 | Limiting car usage in america would be a great idea! For one it would make some of the pollution go away and for two our government can find ways for more buildings with walking space instead of parking spaces. This way we can have stores in walking distance instead of driving distance and we will be safe by doing so.... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | White | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAOPP13416000111438 | 3 | Some people think that the Face on Mars was created by aliens but that's not the case. After some research, here are the reasons why it's just another natural landform and not an alien artifact.
First, scientists figured it to be just another Martian mesa which was common enough around the Cydonia. There have been ple... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000093759 | 1 | Exploring Venus
What are the dangers of visiting Venus.Venus, is sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest of light in the night sky. It's nickname is sometimes misleading since
Venus is simple to see from earth.But don't let that trick you for, it's one of the most challenging place to examine mor... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000024504 | 2 | How do you feel about driverless cars? My position on driverless cars is i don't think it's a good ide, because it could potentinally be very dangerous for anyone inside or outside of the car.It could cause a lot of problemns in the court rooms. Do you think it's safe for children to sit in the cars by themselves. If a... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000110489 | 4 | Their are people that think the fece on mars was actually made by aleins. They athink that it is a alein artifact. There are beliefs that is like the Pharaoh of egypt, it is thought to prove life on mars. This is all false.
The only reason the formation look like a face is becuase of that shadows. The angle that they ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000111513 | 3 | Driverless cars are very unecessary and will only cause trouble that can be avoided. These cars are unecessary, because driving is not one of the huge problems in the world. A lot of other issues should be viewed as more urgent to take care of, than the development of cars that do not need people behind the wheel and i... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000064175 | 2 | The author supports their idea that venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because every time the author brings up a reason for Venus being s dangerous planet to go travel to and study they have rebuttle for their own plrome within that paragrahp and not only taling about the dangers but including how. NASA has ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000348774 | 1 | Facial Action Coding System technology isn't nessacary for a student classroom. The text states that, "multiple professors worked on this technology to develope better ways for humans and computers to communicate." An example of how this technology works is when they tested it out on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000425474 | 3 | The idea of this technology is a genuine thought, but it can also be a little creepy, and uncomfortable. Never the less, it can be very useful in student work, as said in pragraph 6, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." which can be very useful in keeping student alert. S... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000003382 | 2 | I am for this argument of these cars. I would love to have one of these cars computer driven cars. I feel like alot of people would love to have these cars becuase you dont have to drive all the time.
this is a good development of cars becuase alot of people dont like driving all the time when they have to.
If we hav... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | null | White | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000001747 | 2 | Lukes point of view of convincing other to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program, is to tell about Luke Bomberger.
Luke Bomberger was participating in the Seagoing Cowboys program at 17, his friend Don Reist is a big reason why Luke is in the progam.
Don Reist invited Luke to go to Europe on a cattle boat he co... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
5299802 | 2 | Dear Senator,
According to an excerpt titled "What is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Federal Register, the Electoral College is a process established by the founding fathers in the Constitution "as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a pop... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | Black/African American | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAVUP14319000111985 | 4 | Did you know that Venus was maybe once like earth? And also maybe know that "Mechanical Computers" were used back in World War II that NASA may get ther idea for a invention to study Venus ? Sounds shocking right, well let me tell how and why these two questions may sound odd, but intresting.
NASA has been working on ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000707537 | 4 | I am against the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. Students should have the right to feel safe and alone, and not being constantly being watched by a computer like an overprotective mom. This technology is also something that can not be 100% accurate seeing how we don't have the ma... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000833333 | 3 | The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) enables computers to identify human emotions. This may or may not help students feel better or help them at all in school. But i think it could be helpful although it could be a little distracting.
I think the FACS could be helpful in a clasroom. Not only because it could help th... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000670915 | 5 | Boredom in the classroom is not rare. For many students, some lessons will be pretty boring and bland, making the the student less attentive and engaged. What if that can be changed with technology? What if the machine used to detect emotions in Da Vinci's artwork, the Mona Lisa, could be used to the students' benefits... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000046636 | 4 | Some people beleive the face on Mars was made by aliens but other beleive it is just a natural landform. I am writing this to tell you the face on mars was not made by aliens and the face on Mars is a natural landform. By reading this you will learn claims to support my argument and evidence to support my claims.
The ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | White | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000050780 | 4 | I am against the development of "Driverless Cars" because, we have been working on trying to get these cars up and going for ages now, and it is not only wasting a lot of our time, but it is also wasting a lot of money on something that we do not even know if we are ever going to finish or even be able to drive them wi... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000024969 | 2 | Automated cars are the future of driving.Driverless cars can be useful for several reasons like being safer,more efficient, and smarter.
Automated Vehicles should be part of the future. They should be part of the future because they are safe. In the passage it states that " Google has had cars that could drive indepen... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000023870 | 4 | Driveless cars should not be
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author gives positive and negative aspects of driveless cars, but the negative ones stand out more. There are just too much negative aspects we cannot overlook. These driverless cars are too expensive, still need a lot of human assistance, an... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000152950 | 3 | well lets talk about the cons first since were at it, first the cost for driverless cars are going to be out rageous and with that most people will not be able to get them. while that was only one problem the other is that taxi drivers would be fired as who wants someone they have to pay for driveing people around when... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | American Indian/Alaskan Native | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000500971 | 3 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions for students in a classroom can be valuable. When students are having trouble with their assignments it will show the teacher what they are struggling with. Although, some students would not feel comfortable sharing their emotions it can help them with their ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
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