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5031277 | 4 | Smog, backed up traffic ways, and stress seem to be the main factor contributing to the decrease in car usage. Although these seem to be very negative factors, there are many advantages to limiting car use including helping our Planet Earth and less costly factors.
To begin, when we look at studies we find that when 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 | Hispanic/Latino | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000101260 | 3 | I think that creating "Driverless Cars" should not be done. It can become very dangerous. What would happen in the event of a cyberwar. How about if everyone converted to "Driverless cars" what if there is some type of electrical surge that
and destroyed everything that is using electricity then none of the cars would... | 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 | 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 |
5213160 | 4 | Zroom! Cars have been developing for hundreds of years all over the world. They have become very dangerous to the environment and there are many advantages to limiting the use of them.
There is only so much space on earth and alot of it is taken up by parking. No matter where you go there will always be parking spots ... | 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
... |
5342129 | 3 | There are many advantages of limiting car use. The advantages are less pollution, less stress, and benenifical implications for carbon emissions and the environment. These advantages are good for the earth and they benifit us as a people.
The first advantage is less pollution. If the cars were limited then, there woul... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000114843 | 3 | Imagine yourself taking a gondola ride in Italy. Maybe instead, you want to visit the
famous Panama Canal. You can do all of these things if you join the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys program helps horses, young cows, and young mules that were shipped overseas. It may sound like an unappealing job, bu... | 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 | 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 |
5161330 | 4 | Dear Florida Senator,
I feel as if we, as Florida citizens should be able to change election by popular votes rather than Electoral College. I understand that The Electoral College is a process that consists of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President and so forth; but... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000149987 | 4 | Driveless Cars Are Coming
So you know how in the movies that take place in the future and they have really high tech cars that run on there own and fly in the sky? Well the world probably is going to have them type of cars. So companies/car manufactures are creating a such thing called driverless cars. Google have eve... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000037530 | 3 | Driverless cars are a seemingly fast approaching concept. Sergey Brin had the idea and invisions them as a supposedly more fundamentally acceptable. Although he states many pros of driverless cars, there are also many cons that make the cars seem like a very bad idea to proceed with.
Personally, I am against the idea ... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000026580 | 2 | Venus is the second closest planet to he Earth but yet one of the biggest mysteries in th universe because we are never truly able to see the planet entirely. The big reason for that is because of how harsh the climate is on Venus. There are hurrincanes, tornados, and lightning storms daily there which make it hard for... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000137910 | 4 | The author says that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, the most convincing thing is that the astronomers are highly fascinated by Venus because it was once most likely as the planet Earth in our solar system. Astronomers and scientists have discovered that Venus was probably covered largely with o... | 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 | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000050484 | 1 | Venus is very dense and very thick with carbon-dioxide and because none of our spacecrafts can reach Venus because of the extreme temperatures of 800 degrees fahrenheit , it also can melt our spaceships like its nothing , it has volcanoes ,earthquakes , lighting because of all this our scientists can not get through th... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000020911 | 2 | The reason you should join Seagoing Cowboy Program because they get to travel around the seven sea on a boat Luke thinks it's fun because he is having the time if his lifetime, and he likes it because he work at a gas station and a grocery store
If Luke want to go to a place thats far a way then he can pick his boat 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" | 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 |
AAATRP14318000317156 | 1 | In this article i read about "Making Mona Lisa Smile" was about the creator of the art frew how she normally felt which was not so cheerful but more like what she's a normal act she was as half as happy as she was she always was more in a good mood more than a bad. but as i look at the art created by Leonardo da Vinci'... | 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 | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000181824 | 2 | The article is asking whether , we want the Driverless Cars to come , my opinion is no for the Driverless Cars .There are many reasons why I said no . The first reason why I said no was because , it is really gonna make me feel less of a human bein . I've grown up knowing about self driving cars . Its really , just not... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000103618 | 2 | I think that having this idea is the worst because someone will get hurt. The fact that GM is a great company it would look bad having millions of people injured and
millions killed on there brochure. The thing is that I don't get is how is it going to stop wrecks. Many people hurt in car accident. I think there would... | 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 | 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 |
5185136 | 3 | Passenger cars are a standard method of transportation. Although, it is not the most affordable; nor is it easy to maintain. This method carries numerous disadvantages. Consequently, if citizens limit their car usage, it would be very advantageous.
Using an automobile for transportion is unethical for middle-class fam... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000111281 | 2 | This face is not because of aliens it was just a landform. "Nevertheless on April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Sureyor drew close enough for a second look. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degress to center the Face in the field of view," said Garvin. "Malin's team captured an extraordinary ph... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
AAATRP14318000731667 | 2 | In my opinion the use of Facisl Action Coding System is not valuable on a classroom because that is something dumb to do or have in a classroom.
A teacher can tell when a student is boring or when he is not paying attention the student might feel embarrased if he gets to take that test becuase, it will be in front of ... | 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 | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000711586 | 3 | In my opoion I think it would be kind of cool if a computer were to read students facial expressions. If a computer were to actually do this, it would be to detect how a person is feeling and that would make everyone else curious of how the computer can real people's emotion and make them want to see hoow it works.
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 | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | American Indian/Alaskan Native | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000050342 | 2 | It is just a landform, I mean we find so many of these things and usually we think nothing about them? What makes this one so special? The fact that it's shaped like a face? That's really the only thing that makes it so special is its shape. We have proof, we have photos, good photos, extrordinary photos of this, and t... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000440788 | 2 | How i feel about this article talking about having a piece of technology that could show and tell you what people are feeling is pretty crazy.
Ok with starting this off i would say that i am against this because yeah it would be cool to see peoples emotions and see how people are feeling but i think it is bad because ... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000036688 | 5 | People over the years that have been talking about cars that drive themselves have found this topic very interesting because of the phrase" Cars that drive themselves". Yes it sounds interesting and very cool and far into the future but there are downsides to this idea and there are some good sides. It depends on the p... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000708844 | 3 | The computer software is in schools would be a great thing for many different resons. The software could help the kids become more in volved in lerning,
It can release some stress on kids, and it can help its over all better grades within the class. The computer software can help people not just students in many ways.... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000020768 | 2 | There are many reasons to join the program . Today im gonna convince you that people should be able to join.
I think it would be a great idea to join the seagoing cowboys program because... It would benifit them, they would be able to explore the world & i honestly think that would be great for them to experience 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000107897 | 3 | Driverless cars are coming. There's no getting around it. But is it safe. Is the technology reliable. Can you trust the vehicile to tell you when danger is near. I believe that
driverless cas are safe.
These driverless vehicles are a thing of wonder. The vehicle can take over and sesne things from traffic jams to car... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000108908 | 2 | In 1976 a spacecraft was orbiting around Mars capturing photos, and realized there was a shadowy spot that looked like a face. The the people in the spacecraft were very surprised and figured it was just another "Martian messa". They took pictures and thought it would be cool to share and attract the public to Mars, si... | 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 | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000037267 | 2 | This author really wants to explor venus despite all the dangers there are. I feel like the author did have his own opinion of still exploring Venus, but he makes the danger sound so huge but tells it to us like it is not a big deal, and also came up with the idea of using technology to find out more about Venus.
Alth... | 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 | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | 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 |
AAATRP14318000707641 | 2 | Technology to read emotions is a pretty amazing invention. This type of technology can be very valuable it can be used in schools or anywhere that it can go to read peoples emotion to see how they are feeling. It can also be used it a mental hospital to see how the patients really feel and see if their is a better way ... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000020430 | 3 | How werid would it be to go to another planet just like Earth? Well in the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author goes into great detail of how NASA is trying to make that thought possible. Even though this idea of visting another planet is somewhat dangerous, the author seems to believe that we as a hu... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000817948 | 3 | The technology on todays standpoint is extraordanary, the things that technology can do is oustanding. The facial action coding system is just a start on what we will be able to do. I believe this coding system will be less valuable than we think. The system can read emotions big deal, humans precieve emotions at an 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 | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000070294 | 5 | Have you heard of the photo taken in 2001 that revealed a strange, unusual, "Face on Mars?" In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars in search for a landing spot for its sister ship. During the look for a site, the spacecraft noticed something that resembled a human face. This discovery brought up a huge d... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000386529 | 3 | Technology to read students' emotional expressions could be the new way to help communicate with people and even with our technology. With the new software, the Facial Action Coding System, we can advance in so many ways with the way our lives function. Our computers could be able to detect what we like and what we don... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000028069 | 2 | From the article, "The challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it pesents. This paper will show how the author provided evidence in supporting this idea.
First, Venus might have once been a fertlie plant like Earth. There in evidence of Venus being... | 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 |
5188539 | 5 | The Electoral College?
Some would say this way of voting is a lack of democratic pedigree and should be abolished. The Electoral College is when the people vote for the elector who are declaring the canidate who recieves the most popular vote. This act is not only unfair but injustice as well. The people should be ab... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000003485 | 3 | Who likes driving? Everyone has once though of cars that drive themselves. Although it sounds good, Im against the development of driverless cars. Driverless cars can be risky, expensive, and its against the law. Its not worth fighting for.
First, driverless cars are too risky. It is dangerous to be in a vehicle that ... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000009314 | 2 | The reason why Luke joined is becuase Don asked if he wanted to come with him to Europe on a cattle boat. So luke could not say no its the most thing he wanted to go to. So Luke said YES!!!!! Then Luke got to go to Europe on a cattle boat.
Then when he got to actualy go he was so happy that he could even go to Europe ... | 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 | Yes | 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 |
5265328 | 1 | Well i think we should chang them becuase some people can get confussed about who they vote for. I think it be good to chang them becuase a president could get a lot more votes but when the other voter get one or two more Electoral College votes then they would win. I think they should be chang becuase there could be ... | 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 | American Indian/Alaskan Native | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000004142 | 3 | Honestly I am all the way against driverless cars. I think it's very crazy and unsafe thing to create. There are beifits to driverless cars but I belive there are way more harmful things you could get out of this than benificial.
The article states that the driverless cars would use way less gas than the cars we drive... | 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 |
5177384 | 5 | Work. School. Party. No matter what you have on your to do list you still have to get there, so why are car sales going down and how is it benificial to our society? Teens and young adults can often be heard discussing what brand of car they one day hope to buy and all the modifications they will make to 'trick it out'... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000039366 | 3 | The topic on driverless cars and be very controversial and tricky, and there are many different views on it. And this is rightly so, as there are plenty of possible positive outcomes from making automated cars, but there are plenty of issues regarding safety, laws, and money as well. As for my opinion, I think they can... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000516996 | 3 | New technologies are being created to detect what one may have thought was impossible before. They can range from upgrades a on a phone, to a mood detector. However, are these really as accurate as they are intended to be?
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," there is a new technology called the Facial Action Codi... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000984769 | 3 | The use of technology to read students' expresions is good. It could help students focus in school, and help teachers help student with subjects they don't understand.
When students are aware they're not paying attention in a subject they try to pay more attention or at least make it seem like they are. The text state... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000017602 | 2 | So you know that face on mars right? You do, good do you thing that it was made by aliens? You do, well let me tell you something it was not made by aleins it was made by comets they hit mars and they made the face because aliens are not real they are fake, so they coundn't of made them. See the comets hit mars in 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000147923 | 2 | The Face on Mars
Have you heard about the Face on mars? Well if you haven't the Face is a picture Nasa took on Mars, this figure looks like a humans face. People agure that's possibly aliens did this, others agure that it's just part of the
natural landmark on Mars. I believe that it's just part of the landform and t... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000006255 | 3 | I think driverless cars will be a good invention for the future. I don't think we will have to pass a driver's test to get to drive one. This will save time out of our days that we spend studying and practicing to pass those permits and tests. Although these cars aren't completely driverless yet, I believe we will get ... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000993394 | 4 | Use of technology has been changed over the past decade. Technology has been grown a lot. People use technology in regular basis. The article, Making Mona Lisa Smile by Nick D'Alto introduces a new idea of technology to read peoples emotions. This idea is very helpful and can use in any places like hospitals, schools, ... | 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 | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318001045263 | 3 | There is a lot of technology being made to try to help human communication. Computers can read the emotions on the face of a human. Isn't that awesome !? This could help out with things that some humans dont want to say. Like depression or worriness ect. However some people still say that this technology will not be us... | 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 |
5342325 | 3 | Dear. Mr. President,
I feel that we should change the Electoral collage to a direct vote. As the author states in source 2 "Under the Electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors.." I believe the people should have a better say in who gets to run the USA. We should aboilish ... | 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 | American Indian/Alaskan Native | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000219723 | 2 | My position on this situation is that it would help a lot of people out. In my opinion, I believe driverless cars would be a great idea. They could help with the flow of traffic, help people who are not the best at driving, and help prevent crashes form occuring.
According to the article, the evolution of cars has com... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000000198 | 3 | Do you like the car you drive now? Pretty soon you might want an upgrade. Would you consider driving what they call a "Driveless Car"? Bewildered at the thought of this invention, i think driveless cars are a bad idea. In my opinion, I feel as if this car would cost a fortune and would only be used my the rich to brag.... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000027611 | 5 | As the years go by the world is becoming more advanced in many ways. One of the biggest changes is that cars are becoming more so that humans don't have to keep control of the car as much. There are many positives and negatives to this subject. Driverless cars should not be made because it would cause drivers to not pa... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000148261 | 4 | Driverless cars are quickly becoming something that people are interested in. These are cars that work in a public transport taxi system. Cars with the ablitity to do this have been in movies, television shows, and books. Now, our tecnology is advanced enough to where we can create these cars! Although they are not com... | 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 |
5149677 | 2 | I believe that the electoral college should be changed to a popular vote election. The current way of voting is electing the wrong canidate. The populrity way of voting is what the people want. It is less hoopes to jump through. Instead of having people that vote for the state why not just have the people vote then tal... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000560223 | 3 | The technology used in the article shouldn't be used to read students emotional expressions. They shouldn't because if a student is very sad or upset even angry you'll want to know why and probably ask them why they feel that way.
Some students might want to talk about it, but most probably wouldn't so it might make t... | 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 | Two or more races/Other | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000382261 | 5 | I think that the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom setting. While at first I seemed a little skeptical about the idea, as I kept reading I realized that having a software that can read emotions of students in the classroom could be great. It could be a wonderful teaching tool. If a computer can rea... | 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 |
5179178 | 4 | Is there any advantages of limiting car usage? Whether it's for the environment or even your health, there are some advatages that overall can help you. Lets be honest, cars aren't cheap and i don't really see them getting any cheaper but walking from point A to point B is free. It's kind of like killing two birds with... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000232985 | 2 | Driverless cars are the cars of the future. Humans are getting lazier and lazier and we need technology to fulfill our needs. Driverless cars are the perfect solution to our laziness. They are safer and more reliable than regular cars. Regular cars pose a threat to our safety. Regular cars have to be driven by drivers ... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000557708 | 3 | What would you think if technology was made that could tell every emotion someone has, at any time of day? Well, pretty soon you may know first-hand, as our current technology is actually well underway to reaching that level. As of right now, a new software has been developed that can percieve emotions in others faces,... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000583149 | 3 | As the years go by, people come up with new inventtion. From shoes to clothing to lifestly and even to sotfware. A group of people came up with something no one could ever think of. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. I think this new software is valuable to stud... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000099466 | 1 | In this article author argued about to use the auto drive system or not. Some people says it is dangerous but some people is not. Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will solved Teska has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopliot 90 percebt of the time... | 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 | Asian/Pacific Islander | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000045512 | 4 | The image of the "Face on Mars" was taken in 1976 on Viking 1 over, 40 years ago. The image used had technology that wouldn't be as useful as modern day. This landform couldn't be created by extraterrestrial creatures when there's no scientific proof of their exsistance on any planets. That's what I'm here to tell cons... | 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 | Black/African American | 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 |
5415707 | 2 | The Electoral college is a place were they elect the presidant of the united states and the congress choose if they put a vote in for that presidant and his people. The process is the selection of electors next the meeting of the electors and then where would they vote for the presidant and the vice presidant and the c... | 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 |
AAATRP14318001035354 | 2 | I think it is a good idea because if someone is feeling like he or she wans to kill their selves that the computer will pick it up and you can get help for that person. Then you can tell if someon is having a good day and you can joke around a little. If you could tell if someone was not happy you could try to do somet... | 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 | Yes | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000108114 | 4 | I believe that the Face is just a natural landform on Mars because no one has any reall proof that it is made by aliens and the astronauts might have just gotten lucky and taken the photo when the shadows were in the right place.
I think that there is no proof that aliens made it because even NASA said that is was jus... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000541585 | 4 | Someone takes a selfie, and sends it to their friend trying to make it seem like they are completely happy with no problems at all. However, what if you were able to tell if your friend is really happy or not? There is a facial coding system that can identify other's emotions. The use of this technolgy to read emotiona... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000116343 | 1 | "If Venus is so inhospitable, why are scientist even discussing futher visits to its surface"? That question is because astronomers are fascinated by Venus for the simple fact, it was a twin to eath.
People want to know why Venus is worth it? All of this time,work, and effort researching it, yet some think to be usele... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000112530 | 4 | Driverless cars are a huge invention for the history of man kind. They will be well advanced for our time. But they have many advantages along with disadvantages. Driverless cars should not be in our society because they can cause humans to get distracted, we do not know how reliable they are, and the price for them wo... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000049761 | 4 | The Face of Mars was created by aliens! No
it wasn't because it was a common landform in Cydonia and it looked like a face because it had unusual shadows that made it look like and Egyptian Pharaoh. The landform was called a Martian mesa, they are well known for looking like faces and are very common in Cydonia. If yo... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000004569 | 2 | I am for the development of these cars. The development of these cars would save our ecosystem drastically. It would be a great way to travel or get transportations. There would also be a decrease in crashes and mistakes drivers make in their daily lifes.
The devolopment of these cars would be great for the future. It... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000009432 | 3 | I think you should participate in the seagoing cowboys prongram. There is a lot of fun stuff to do. I found lots of fun on board the ship, espeacially on return trips after the animals have been unloaded. We played baseball and vollleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. Table tennis tournam... | 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 | Yes | 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 |
5375993 | 4 | The world is facing incredibly drastic climate change due to car emissions and power plants, both are burning fossil fuels. Things may look bad, almost irreversable but the sun has not yet set, there's hope and it comes in the shape of a shifting world wide attitude towards vehicles. Governments are focusing on making ... | 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
... |
5172057 | 2 | In our modern age, cars have become one of the most widespread means of transportation in our world. They can provide reliable transportation from one place to another, but we could benefit greatly from limiting our drastic use of motorized vehicles.
While cars maintain their status as one of the largest transportatio... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000175905 | 3 | (SEAGOING COWBOY)
Do you want to be a seagoing cowboy? If you do please keep reading. Seagoing cowboys have many ups and downs.These are some.
The first good thing about being a seagoing cowboy is exercise.When your running around and feeding 335 horses 3 times a day, you would be pretty fit.
The next thing good is ... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000991077 | 2 | Is the Facial Action coding system a good idea to put it in the student classroom? I think not,its not a good idea to mein 2 ways. One is because the kids might not want you to know how they feel. My second one is becuase what if a kid gets picked to be mad or sad and he gets into a fit and he gets super ticked off bec... | 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 | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000295100 | 3 | It could help with many things in school. If you can tell someoned happy then you know how that student will act. If a student is really mad you could know that and leave them more alone or ask if they wanna leave to go cool off. If someone is upset you could leave them alone or ask if they wanna go to the counselors o... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000318955 | 3 | The usage of Facial Action Coding Systems will change the way learning has been viewed traditionally. Students will no longer be bored or destracted from learning. The requirements are simple, having a face and 44 major facial muscles. simple right? Anyone is able to benefit from FACS.
This software works based on its... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000030701 | 1 | Are you for or against the development of driverless cars? I am for the development of these cars. It sounds interesting to me. It can help those drivers who is unable to drive because of some kind disabilt in their body. It keeps a driver from falling a sleep behind the wheel and hurting someone because if the car is ... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000149928 | 4 | Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Driverless cars are computer-driven cars. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. However, how can you really call these cars "driverless"? These cars won't be able to handle road hazards on their own very well. The driver could possibly be bla... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000017720 | 2 | The challenge of Exploring Venus. Venus is the most like planet ou there Venus sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest pointes of light in the night sky, making it a simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. One day go outsaid in look up to the sky you can maybe see venus when the sky is clean.... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000036559 | 4 | The development of driverless cars will not be easy and it will probably take a long period of time to complete. In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", it is explained to us how the development of driverless cars is going and to point out to us all the pros and cons of these driverless cars. Should these cars 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000147746 | 3 | I personally think driverless cars would be a good idea. I think driverless cars would be a good idea because of how busy a person may be on the road. Driverless cars would also help in assistance with when driving long distances for a long period of time. Permiting driverless cars would also make the driving world a b... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000039062 | 3 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author clearly presents positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Comparing future driverless cars to today's taxis, the cars would only use half the fuel of today's public transportation. The cost of the driverless car may be expensive, due to the additional sen... | 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 | Asian/Pacific Islander | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000068847 | 3 | Seagoing cowboys are very helpful to animals and to people, and that is why it is important to sign up to be a seagoing cowboy. It was an awesome trip for Luke and it can be your awesome trip too, without Luke going he would still be working 2 jobs and trying to figure out what to do for his career. And Luke thought it... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000456030 | 4 | FACS
Using this new technology in the classroom will not help the children learn. How can changing the lesson plan based on a students face even work. Most people dont enjoy doing worksheets in class, but thats how they learn. Teachers would have to make even more plans in case the student is sick or isn't enjoying 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 | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000069286 | 3 | Hello I am Luke and I am here to tell you about why you should particpate in the Seagoing Cowboys Programm. The Seagoing Cowboys Program helps people in Europe and other places by delivering animals, food supplies, and more. If you want to visit other places in Europe for tours well, if you join The Seagoing Cowboys yo... | 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 | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000047917 | 4 | In the artlicle "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about the good and bad things about Venus. The author suggest that studying Venus is worthy despite the dangers presents by showing us safe and scientifically producitve options that we should consider thinking about. It would not really hurt us if we ... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000178951 | 2 | The idea of driverless cars is a great idea humans have been thinking about driverless cars for a while now so why make them wait even longer. Think about wanting to go out somewhere or do something you don't have drive you don't have to pay for gas you just pay the cab fee and take your ride where ever you want to. If... | 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 | 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 |
5034954 | 3 | The advantages of limiting car usage is a good thing because some people might feel stress out when they are behind the wheel but thanks to the limitied usage of cars people can just walk and keep a calm mind and stress free. Also there would be more space becaues the car garge can used for somthing else like making s... | 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 | American Indian/Alaskan Native | 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
... |
AAATRP14318000959867 | 3 | This could be very vaulable. It could change the way things are being taught in class, when a student is bored the computer could pick up on it and find a way to make it more fun, also while letting teacher's know how their student's are feeling so they can find ways to make the class more upbeat and fun to learn 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 | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318001068656 | 1 | Mona Lisa Smile's
The new technology to read anyone facial expressions to how much would it take to identify a human emotion.
They use Mona Lisa smile's to see how its calcutlies, but its show she's 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. Identify the movements of the muscles, but a Dr. Paul Eckman classif... | 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 |
5214172 | 3 | As the world begins to grow and expand, many people have found that living without cars can be more beneficial. Cities and suburbs around the world, have found that reducing car usage has a grest number of advantages. This is reducing pollution, and is reducing stress. The world is shifting into a new way of life, not ... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000037140 | 3 | Driverless cars are not a good idea. The cars are too risky for us to be depending on. Relying on a computer that could easily mess up/lag out causing someone or something to get hurt does not sound like the best idea. The driverless cars are not always computer dependant, sometimes when there are bad traffic condition... | 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 |
5368154 | 4 | Dear Florida Senator,
There is a major problem in how we elect presidents. The Electorial College has to be replaced with a direct election because of how misrepresented many voters are, and how a canidate could lose the majority vote and yet still win the election.
The first problem of the Electoral College is that ... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000107485 | 3 | What do you thing about driverless cars? Driverless are can be a good thing for this world becasue it would save more gas, there wont be any more gas to polute the air slowly like cars are doing now. Driverless cars would be better on traffic cause it wont cause any accidents if the car is smart eneough to knoe its sur... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000092631 | 2 | The story "the challenge of exploring Venus" is about a guy who is trying to persuade his readers on why Venus should be explored despite its dangers, Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our soler system. Venus is a great planet and NASA should ... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000746608 | 3 | I feel like this new technology is valuable because its unique you can detect exactly how everyone is feeling . The computer detects evey face emotions you give.It recogonizes the emotions by the facial muscles you give there are 44 muscles in your face and it gives out each emotion personally by percentages.The moveme... | 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 |
5171437 | 2 | Dear state senator i really think we should keep the electoral college. I mean look at how far we have come in are lives were we have kept this system working for years and it has not faild us yet. If we try to change IT now we will probally screw every thing up and it will probally be to confusing because of how the w... | 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 |
5080605 | 3 | Do you think there are advantages to reducing car usage? There are many advantages in limiting car usage. Reducing car usage can decrease the amount of pollution and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It can increase physical activity and decrease stress. There can be numerous advantages when we reduce the amount ... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000047624 | 4 | There are many programs in the world around you. I know one certain program that I personaly love and think you would too. This program is called the Seagoing Cowboys. I think you should join it because there is so many sights that we can see on our ways across oceans on boat trips, it's an opportunity to work hard, an... | 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 | White | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000081287 | 3 | Have you ever been to Mars? Well neither have I and studies show that it is a great experience. There people who have different opinions about what is on Mars.
Some scientist say that on the planet Mars that there was a face created by aliens. Those people do no evidence which makes it hard to believe. They chose to b... | 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 | 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 |
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