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AAAVUP14319000036794 | 4 | I think venus is worth studying becuase you see many things about it.There are many things about venus.My main 3 examples on why they should study venus are they are just like earth,compelling and sending humans off to venus ,simplified electronics there.NASA is going to study about venus and mabey one day they will be... | 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 | Two or more races/Other | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000045896 | 3 | This object on Mars has been theorized to be a face, but there is no way this could represent life on Mars. There are many pictures of Mars and nothing else showed that there could be life. There are many reasons why this is not a factor that shows that there is life on Mars. There is not enough resources, it was shown... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
5352235 | 5 | Limiting car usage could have many advantages on our planet. Many cities, such as Vauban in Germany, have given up on using cars to help the world around them. "Vauban's streets are completely car-free, except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the communit... | 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
... |
AAAVUP14319000110267 | 1 | Striving to meet the challenge to go into venus. It is every challenging to examine venus closely. Venus has a think atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide, whats even moer challenging is the clouds. They are highly corrosvive slufuric acid in venus's atmosphere. The planets surface is over 800 degrees fahre... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000012150 | 2 | I am mainly for the idea of driverless cars because of many reasosn that I will exolain in this open space.
One of the reasons I am for it is because it will help the envirorment, like think of how much polluted air we can terminate with this product.
Another reason I support this idea is because it will more than li... | 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 | American Indian/Alaskan Native | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000028254 | 4 | Technology has become so advanced that we are able to get places without touching the wheel. Or that is what people envision of when they think of driverless cars. In reality, the driverless car still needs a driver. Driverless cars shouldn't be implemented on the streets until we are certain that they are safe. Switch... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318001039909 | 4 | The use of the Facial Action Coding System can be valuable to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because we can know how that person is feeling at the time. Would you like to know if a person is feeling sad,happy,bored, or even angry? Of course,not only do we know how they feel but we can also ta... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000115124 | 3 | In this article the author tells us about Venus. He tells us that it is called the ¨Evening Star¨, that it is known as Earths ¨twin¨, and then he explains the attempts made to study and learn more about the planet. He also explains how those attempts were unsucsessful and that the planet is dangerous. But, despite the ... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000038685 | 3 | Humans have adapted throughout their lifetime to many things, and in this century alone we have made many technological breakthroughs that our ancestors would never have forseen.
There has always been the idea of a "future car" weither it be a flying car or a driverless car, but that idea was almost always science fic... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000043932 | 4 | The author claims that exploring Venus despite the dangers is a worthy pursuit. Which it may or may not be. They tell us about the dangers in pressure and heat on the surface of Venus and how it may stop us from getting to there physically. The author also explains how we could explore our sister-planet, Venus in a cou... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000825859 | 3 | Facial action coding system
Facial coding symstems cant find out what every body feeling are because people can fake them. It states in the text "we could find out what someone feeling are just by looking at the in there face expression". It aslo state in the text "we human can perform this same cauculation everyday".... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000387681 | 4 | Imagine walking up to a computer and having it tell you your emotions at that very moment. Sounds pretty futuristic right? Well, its not. Prof. Thomas Huang, of Beckingham institute has developed a machine that reads your emotions.
I believe this machine is not valuable. I dont see the point in having a computer to te... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000426837 | 2 | How could you not want that type of technogly in your life? Using this technoglohy could change the learning in classrooms. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
By using thisd technology you can always learn in an effeicent way. the article states"A class... | 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 |
AAATRP14318001023890 | 3 | I believe that the Facial Action Coding System is quite useful because it could keep the students interested and more willing, plus it could help students learn to become more happier.
This could detect how you're feeling and keeps you in interest. It could change the topic you're looking at or it could stop showing 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 | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000064182 | 4 | Has everyone heard of the mysterious face on Mars? There has been a face discovered on Mars that no one really knew about untill 1976, when the NASA scientist let out a Viking 1 spacecraft that was monitering Mars and taking pictures. The pucures soon appeared to be a gian face on a planet. This head was nearly 2 miles... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000013516 | 2 | Well first if i go back to paragraph 3 Nasa states that they thought from sending the pictures to the pubic it be a good way to atract public attention to fund mar's missions.
"The face" became very popular when Nasa first sent it to the public. Also on paragraph 7 the author states that when the Mars Global Surveyor ... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000004830 | 3 | Driverless cars were a thing of the future, but now they are a thing of reality. There is a population against driverless cars. Driverless cars are good for the whole population.
With driverless cars, the the person occupying the driver-seat could relax while tired. Decreasing the amount of accidents caused by falling... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318001016683 | 3 | Using this new form of technology called the Facial Action Coding System ,which is being used to identify human emotions, could be a good contibution to society. But, in my opinion technology that is used to read our emotional expressions would not be that valuable because there are not a lot of things we could use it ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000961826 | 2 | I am against it because, maybe people may be going through some things and are just depressed or sad but dont want anyone to know their personal business. I also feel like it is a violation of privacy. Everyone has bad moods and good moods and some days are not as good as the others, but i feel like it would be worse w... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
5071847 | 2 | The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as compromise between election of President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of a qualified citizens. Each candidate running for President has his or her own group of electors. T... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | Black/African American | M | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAOPP13416000049902 | 4 | You may think the Face is created by aliens, but it simply is not. You see, we here at NASA have been studying and researching other planets for years. Don't you think that with our intelligence, we would know if something that looks like alien evidence actually is alien evidence? We would not only let everyone know, 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000149911 | 5 | Self Car
In the today life, technology is a big part of the world. People don't evan have to walk anymore because, they have Hoverboards; a skateboard like device that moves off the sense of you. Now someone wants to create a car that will allow you not to have to drive. Technology is soon to change the world. Though,... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000038747 | 3 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming,"
the author presents both positive and negative aspects of deiverless cars.
Here's my take on them; I agree that driverless cars have both a postitive and negative aspects, depending on how you look at them.
Throughout this essay I wil state my position on driverless care,... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
5079646 | 1 | electoral college is a process not a place. the Electoral college work on the selection of the electors where they vote for president and vice president couting each voter by congress. large populations in states lose by virtue in the mal-apportionment in Senate decreed in the Constitution. popular votes were mostly in... | 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 | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000046086 | 3 | As one of the brightest points in the sky, so bright we see it on Earth, Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star." This is quite ironic since it is actually a planet.
So if we can see it all the way here, why don't we know more about it? Its such a dangerous place to go that landings only last a few hours. Then wh... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000145230 | 3 | The author in ¨The Challenge of Exploring Venus,¨supports the idea that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus is a planet in our solar system and the second planet from our sun but also sometimes referred to as Earths ¨twin.¨ Venus is close to Earth my density and size and occasionally by distanc... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000036716 | 1 | venus is the evening star is one of the planets of the space the light in the night in the sky , is a actually a planet
in the solar system
and is the second planent from our sun.
venus is the closest planent t earth . Earth , venus and mars our other planetary neighboor orbit the sun at different speeds. the humans... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000000183 | 3 | Driverless cars, good or bad? To me, driverless cars isn't the worse thing ever thought of but it isn't the smartest either. I'm against driverless cars. Technology does fail, who would want to risk that in a car?
Today, people are worried a lot about technology and driving. Having a driverless car could distract anyo... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000046995 | 1 | I see that you strongly believe in aliens on Mars. I have edvidence/facts to contradict that. Some evidence may include the time of year the pictures were taken, the conditions on Mars, and the fact that NASA could be hiding some valuable information from us. After these statements, I will check to see if you still bel... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | White | 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 |
AAATRP14318001028215 | 3 | Making technology that can identify human emotions would be important, but not very much in everyday use. If a student were not able to identify their emotions when seeing a therapist or school counsoler, then this device would work best their specifically because therapists/counsolers are trained to help with humans a... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000025365 | 4 | 5 seconds; 5 seconds is all it takes for a driver to make a crucial mistake the could cost you, or another driver's life. Every day, accidents occur that can leave automobile owners disabled or even lifeless. Many car manufacturers have realized this and have already made attemps to fix this issue. The creation known a... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000049628 | 4 | The author supports his idea pretty clearly about studying Venus is a worthy pursuit dispite the dangers.He gose on talk about how Venus is the "twin" to earth.He also talks about the make up of Venus's thick atmoshpere is made up of.The author also talkes about if the Venus is our sister planet why is it so inhospitab... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000706541 | 2 | I agree on the idea of this new technology being valuable in classrooms for students. This technology can help students in class if they are confused or lost. Also this technology can help teachers understand their students more.
This technology can help students if they are lost by reading their facial expression
wh... | 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 |
5028178_cleaned | 3 | Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College should be kept despite it's lack of giving people a chance to speak up. Although, the Electoral College is a "non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner.. it is the elector... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
AAATRP14318000843621 | 3 | Technology is at an all time high, there is a new gadget called the Facial Action Coding System and it enables computers to identify human emotions. Although this is a very innovative and exciting software, it does not have a place in a classroom environment. There are several reasons why this software would'nt be bene... | 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 | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000088392 | 5 | Has a class or subject in school ever been difficult? Everyone has experienced a moment where they just can not figure out a subject or course they are taking. This can happen for many reasons. Maybe it is because of their teacher, their environment, or their lack of resources. The possibilities are endless. With the F... | 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 |
5353557 | 3 | Dear Floridian Senator:
It has been suggested by others, even b y vario u s presidents, but I sha ll say it too: I belive that the Elector College sh ould be elim i na t ed from the process of voting for the president of the United States. The election should be based on popular vote by the citizens of the United Stat... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000001352 | 5 | Driverless Cars Are Coming
As technology evolves, there are better things that come into this world. Not only are the positive effects from a great technology, but there is also negative effects. Some technologies have more negative consequences than positive. One example of this includes driverless cars. Although the... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not 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 |
AAAOPP13416000110152 | 2 | The Face is not created by aliens because it is a natural landform. It looks like a landform from Idaho. It is not made by aliens if it is like a landform that has been seen before.
If it was made by aliens then it would change. If it were to be used by aliens it would not look the same at all. It would look different... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000114732 | 4 | There is a face on Mars that resembles a human's head. It has been a discussion for over 25 years. Is the face an alein atifact much like the ones in Egypt? The answer to this question is no and there is evidence to prove it.
The formation is a type of butte or mesa. These formations can be obsurved verious places in ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | 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 |
AAATRP14318000200921 | 4 | Some people say the Facial Action Coding System is not valuable and some say it's not valuable. If would to ask me I would say the system is valuable in many ways and them ways can be very helpful in paticular situations. For example, the classroom computer can tell how you feeling by looking at your face, can recogniz... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000020679 | 4 | Ever scence the invintion of cars people have been making advancements and modifications all to revolutionize them and make them better than the last model. Well what if I told you that the next model you buy might even drive itself? With todays technology self driving cars are no longer just the fantasy of a persons i... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000020024 | 1 | I think you should join seagoing cowboys beacause its a great way to explore the world. Also because you get to help people around the world. So i think you should join keep reading for more information.
In this stoy it said that "besides helpng people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe an China." It also says "... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000039662 | 4 | Driverless cars sound like something that you could only see in a Si-Fi movie. They are here to chang the world and trying to make it a better place. Driving makes a hug impact in the human life. Ever since the first car was invented, humans have had to travel in a shorter way. The transportation way is heading a new d... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
5026309 | 3 | Cars in our society has been a benefical invention that we've had. Now that we are living in the 21st century people are worried about the negative effects that cars are contributting to. If we limit the use of cars it takes away stress from drivers, it reduces air pollution, and avoids many traffic jams we have on dai... | 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
... |
5164273 | 4 | Should we keep the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the President of the United States? We should change to election by popular vote for the President. "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL- CIO all agreed on Abolishing the Electoral College. Accor... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000146010 | 2 | Join in the Seagoing Cowboys program! We help countries recover thier food supplies and take care of horses, young cows, also mules that are shipped to us over seas. It will be a wonderful opportunity for small town boys (Luke's words). 44 nations joined together to form this group UNRRA (the united states Relief and R... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000930094 | 4 | Having feeling or no feeling?I agree with this new advanced technology being placed in a classroom setting because it is educational and beneficial to students because being in an educational setting,it may make it more entertaining and fun for students to learn about the expressions of one another.Students are able to... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000112316 | 4 | Driverless cars are more expensive and require more attention than what they are worth in and of themselves. Driverless cars will be expensive to manufacture, which will be handed to the consumer in that driverless cars will be more expensive than regular cars. Since driverless cars still require an operator to monitor... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000130208 | 1 | Venus is one of the most closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, it has provide a very challenging place to examine more closely. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more ... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000070659 | 2 | If I worked at NASA and someone I know told me he/she beleive it was created by aliens I would tell that person to look at the facts. It shows in the picture and article ''Unmasking the Face on Mars","hugh rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth." While o... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000118580 | 2 | Good Morning, the topic on today lesson would be how do the author support the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger in exploring Venus? However, we will find examples to support our claim by using deatils from the text. Lastly, we will discover more about Venus.
The author support the idea of ... | 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 | Black/African American | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000137040 | 3 | I think that driverless cars are the future. If today we have all of the necasary items to make a driver less car then yes, I do think it schould be done. I think that driver less cars should be masss producede because thay are heading towardfs be=ing much safe contrary to what a lot of people say. Things like driving ... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000676313 | 4 | Holy Avacadoes! A new computer software has just come out, and it is designed to insure that this software can recognize our emotions, feelings, and best of all... FACIAL EXPRESSIONS! You may think this is a good idea, or maybe even a bad idea. Never the less this was not intended to be a quote "AS SEEN ON TV" commerci... | 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 | Two or more races/Other | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000136558 | 3 | Driverless cars are cars that will drive on its own, but they still need a driver right now for problems that happen and that needs a human, but are quickly become less reliant on humans for parts of the driving. Many different companies like Google and Volvo are making and testing driverless cars and there are some th... | 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 |
AAATRP14318001017023 | 2 | It should be able to be used in the classroom because, people like themselves or the teacher should know how they are feeling today or want to know how they are feeling on certrain days, and what emotions they aren having. It also can be used in science so we should be able to learn this especially sincewe all have emo... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000123444 | 4 | More driverless cars are coming starting in 2016. The fact about driverless cars are starting to be invented more that can either be a good thing or a bad thing. The manufacturer can make any car they want but the thing is how many people would be able to afford the new driverless cars? Making the driverless cars cen 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 | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | 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 |
AAATRP14318000557512 | 3 | Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students is not a very good idea. We all have bad and good days. But there is no reason to use the technology to read students expression.
Some kids would perfer to be left alone when their feeling sad. Others dont want to be bothered when mad. When kids are sad or... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000728831 | 4 | Emotional Expressions
Professor Thomas Huang has created a revoluntionary computer that can read a person's or a picture of a person's emotions. For example the computer has decoded the expressions of Mona Lisa. She is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Computers that can se... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000614675 | 1 | This article show us many emotions that each person have, and how our face expressed emotions by any situation. Also explain the most common emotions that each person used more, they are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness. One example of this article is the art of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" that... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000108883 | 4 | Car accidents have become a growing problem around the world. Anything from drunk driving to texting and driving has caused people to injure and even take the lives of many people. The development of computer-driven cars have the purpose of using innovative technology to prevent these events from occuring while also al... | 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 |
5205669 | 3 | The Electoral college should be abolished. This form of voting is unfair to the candidates. The people that vote for the candidates they only vote for a chance that their candidate may have enough people that voted for him or her in that state to recieve a slate of pre-selected electors. there is also a very likely cha... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000067314 | 4 | I think you should join Seagoing Cowboys. I joined when I was almost eighteen, and it was a great experience for me. I am sure it would be for you, too. There are several reasons you should join.
First, it helps many countries, such as China and Greece. This program was formed in 1945, right after WWll. This means tha... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000013550 | 2 | I certinly believe that the "face" was created by natural landform. I believe that because earth was created by natural landforms. There is no way that aliens could of created the face. Besides the point aliens do no excist!
There is proof that it was a landform and not aliens. "Thousands of anxious web surfers were w... | 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 |
AAATRP14318000990907 | 4 | facial action coding system. you may ask what is that? well its a new computer system that can detect emotional expressions of students. some may ask how it works and other might be like that sounds stupid. well this system like in paragraph 3 stats it constructs a 3-D computer model of the face and detects your emotio... | 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 |
5299473 | 2 | When taking the action to limit car usage, that sets up many great advantages for you. It provides advantages in many different aspects in your life and also the community. Across the world states, countries,cities, and towns have all decided to limit their car usage and have found many great advantages in doing this.
... | 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
... |
AAATRP14318000707733 | 3 | The technology to read students' emotional expressions known as the "Facial Action Coding System" is helpful and valuable. The advanced technology could help modify a lesson on a computer when a student is showing signs of boredom, help with communication skills, and tell whether or not a person or celebrity is lying d... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000147436 | 4 | My position on driverless cars are that they are pointless. If a person to lazy to drive take a bus,taxi,subway. If a person isnt a good driver then this doesnt apply to them because they shouldnt have a liscense. Details that support my postion are legal troubles, like when the author says "If the technology fails and... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000027004 | 4 | What is, UNRRA? Why should I join it? I can answer that question! With so much destruction happening out there how are we going to keep this world stable?
There is just not enough people out there that are joining this organization and we need all the people that we can get. All of us people put together into a group ... | 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 | null | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000037899 | 2 | Venus is one of our good neighbors. Spacecrafts have landed on Mars and researched it, but Venus is our next destination. It's been 30 years since any Earth-based object has on Venus and we got to go back again. Despite the dangers of going to this planet, we should send spaceships and astronauts to Venus because it is... | 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 | Black/African American | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000147355 | 4 | As we head further into the future technology continues to develope,making our lives much easier.We have automactic vacums that clean up on there own.There are portable phone chargers that no longer need to be plugged in,these are just some of the things we have to make our lives easier.Now one of the newest developing... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000034797 | 6 | 'Space. The final frontier.' This is a very commonly used phrase that is the helm for space exploration. Since the beginning of time, humans have looked up to the sky and wondered what might be in that vast place above their heads. The problem is, there is simply no technology advanced enough for scientists to explore ... | 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 |
5077069 | 4 | The automobile was made a long time ago to help us move around faster and more efficient,however,have we really thought about the benefits that could come from limiting the usuage of cars such as:Saving money in gas and insurance,Less car crash related injuries and even because its better for the enviroment.
With limi... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000029543 | 3 | Driveless cars are coming? What is next? Cars that fly in the air? There are good and bad reasons to cars that can drive thier self. The author of " driveless cars are coming" explains these reasons why. In my opinion, driveless cars are very creative and im sure that it would bring a lot of futureized things into the ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000238274 | 4 | I believe that driverless cars it would be a positive thing to use. It could help out a lot with drivers today. It could help old people get around, less accicdents to worry about, and it will help traveling long distances.
Driverless cars would be better than cars you would have to operate yourself. I say this becaus... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000111641 | 1 | There are many resons that people should do that. #1 is that it it would be some much fun to go explor places that you havent been befor, and go see all the unic culters that many people dont ever get to see in their life. #2 is that you could get closer with some of yor friends and family if they go with you, or invit... | 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 |
5080436 | 2 | Some people may not like the fact of limiting car usage, but there are many advantages to this. Limiting car usage could help in many different ways.
Having a car is very tense you always have to worry about things but when you dont have a car its much easier on you. In Vauban 70 percent of people dont own cars, and 5... | 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
... |
AAAOPP13416000004189 | 3 | Driverless cars should not become a thing. Humans should continue to drive themselves around or walk to where they want to go. They do not need a computer to do all the driving for them as cool and futuristic as it might seem.
Although be driven by a computer in your own car may seem safe and trustworthy, but it's 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 |
AAAOPP13416000059959 | 1 | " It's 2016 and i still look young!" said Luke. he was the cowboy who rode waves "Ok dad since Forever ago!" said his daughter. She was in town for special reasons.
" Can you tell me a story of when you were young?" his daughter asked. " Oh all right,but just one. When I was young I was a wave surfer and-" he was entu... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000029052 | 3 | Would you be able to do what Luke Bomberger did? Just step right up folkes and sign up for free today! We cattle boat sailers don't give up we are resilient. I bet you are resilient to so sign up. You get to travel get to see some places you never seen before. Sometimes you might even go on a avanture. If you dont beli... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000045657 | 2 | Hi im going to tell an argument from lukes point of view using deatails from the artical.
Here are some reasons why you should come. First you should come beacause it might be the only time you will get to go to help other people from World War ll, so that would be a great opportunity to come.
Another reason is you w... | 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 |
5352059 | 2 | Some countryes do not have the right for vote for who they whant to be president, and the candidate who gets to be the president takes the freedom and security of any person who oppose to him.
It is not fair that something like that could star to thake place in the United States. This country is for the ones that are ... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
AAATRP14318000415619 | 1 | its stupid for kids rhese days to have technology at school it doiesnt help out at all this generation is straight up lazy we took away cursive we took away books and the technology is reading for us next thing you know we are gong to have robot teachers its stupid we need to go back to what it use to be just straight ... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000002266 | 1 | So when Luke came back to China he saw even more homeless people than before. So he thought he would have to make a change to that.
So when he was setting up a program for conviencing people to help the homeless Don tried to call and have him come to America and and Luke said, "Don, I can't I have to help the people i... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
5022553 | 3 | There is a presidential campaign being held. There are two candidates running. the decision depends on the electoral votes. The Electoral College are the votes that elect the President depending on the majority votes. The Electoral College should be kept because it induces the candidates, it restores some of the weight... | 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 | Hispanic/Latino | 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 |
AAATRP14318001045746 | 2 | I claim to go against the technolgoy because you can't just look into
a screen and have it say you're happy,sad, or angry that's not how it works. It all depends on the days because not everyone
will be happy, sad, or angry everyday of their life like tomorrow I can be very hapy,sad,angry I will not know until tomorr... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000044422 | 3 | I think driveless cars would decrease the percent of accidents we have a year. Driveless cars would make driving easier and keep a lot more drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe.Driveless cars have different
functions built in; a driver can benfit from the functions added to the car.The driveless car makes the dri... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000041973 | 2 | Luke wants to convince you to become a seagoing cowboy. I am here to tell you that no one has to listen to him but im going to write an argument about luke trying to convince you.
So luke is trying to tell you to become a seagoing cowboy but luke qutoes that he had experenced being a cowboy but some of you might not o... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000066521 | 2 | Venus is a planet that is impositble to discover the planet. Venus was also called the "Evening Star" in the brightest light in the night sky. Venus is the size of Earth but it also called Earth twin sister, and Earth neighbor is Mars. Venus is a powerful planet becaues, it had 97% of carbon dioxide, the temperatures i... | 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 | 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 |
AAATRP14318000707666 | 4 | Whoever thought that a machine could read a person's emotions? To our surpise, a highly advanced technology called the "Facial Action Coding System" is capable of reading one's emotion by calculating the movement of our face muscles. Some may say that this technology has no value and should be abandoned. However, it is... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000119670 | 3 | The authors experience and knowledge concerning venus was facinating ,However, i support the fact that'' studying venus
is a worthy pursuit despite the danger'' in a way that without taking risk concerning venus infiormation will not be passed across to others.
However, i support and agree with the author concerning ... | 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 | Black/African American | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000071767 | 3 | Have you ever been on a ship with alot of animals?If not, then come join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You can learn how to transport animals to different places. For example, Luke couldn't say no to his friend Don because it was an oppurtunity of a lifetime for him. Luke and Don were both happy that got a chance to go... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000157318 | 2 | Venus is one of the most unknown planets to exist to hot to land on to dense and to challenging to land rovers on heres my evidence. Also explaining
why this planet is so mysterious.
Venus is an extremely dangerous planet to study but well worth it because, little is known about it. "No spacecraft survived the landin... | 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 | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000124158 | 3 | Driverless cars is a really bad idea. Driverless cars can really be a risk in everyones lives, it has a huge safety issue. Even thought there may be little postive aspects there still not good enough for this to be a really good idea. Many people could get injured or killed. Even thought the car will notify you when yo... | 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 |
5076589 | 6 | To the state and the state's country, the election of our president must be seen carefully and wisely. As the citizens of the state, people must realize that choosing someone to take control of orders and regulations and the way the country evolves, is a process that needs to be thought of and taken fairly. The preside... | 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 | Two or more races/Other | 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 |
AAATRP14318000847651 | 3 | The Facial Action Coding System also is calles the FACS is a interesting solfware. The can be use for great things, but human emotions are complicated. The system emotion need to be bigger cause human have more emotions then happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. I think that the FACS is bad for studen... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000133715 | 4 | So it is the year 2016, the future is here, and Google is purposing the idea of a driverless car. They have done several tests, and have discovered that the cars can not drive them self, and they alert the driver to take over at times. However, it is still in test to perhaps be a truly driverless car one day. Sounds ex... | 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 |
AAAVUP14319000107934 | 3 | The studying of Venus is a worthy persuit despite its dangers. Theres is many good thing to come out of this.
The author states that Earth was once like our planet. In parragraph 4 lines 4-10 it states that perhappes Venus was like Earth. by being covered in oceans and could support various life forms. Still today it ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000004309 | 3 | With drivless cars on the road we could be in danger of car wrecks, but it would also benefit us in many ways. Google's modified Toyota Prius has sensors, a video camera, and GPS receiver. The sensors became more advanced to detect and respond to the skids and rollovers. The sensors can also cause the car to apply brak... | 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 |
AAAOPP13416000081316 | 2 | The face on Mars is only a natural landform and is not a face made by an Egyptian Pharaoh. it is simply a natural landform.
NASA says that it is "huge rock formation" meaning that it was made naturally. "on april 5, 1998 Michael Malin and his camera snnaped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos."... | 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 |
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