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739458e85875 | DC02852088A0 | but how will you be able to get to work faster if your job is many miles away? It surely will tire you out by then. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
ab0336d78bb4 | DC02852088A0 |
In
Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog, forces have banned cars from common usage and ordered the residents to leave their cars at home or suffer a $31 fine.
"Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters." | Evidence | Adequate |
3d445ee31526 | DC02852088A0 | This lets me know that many people disagree with the idea of not being able to have their own cars within their reach | Claim | Adequate |
1ccdae07ed05 | DC02852088A0 | In certain weather conditions, such as the cold, harsh winter, just the thought of traveling on a bicycle or walking does not do any good for us! And in the summer when the humidity conditions are so high and hot, we would be too exhausted to move a muscle and refuse to walk any more than what is the seven-eleven down ... | Evidence | Adequate |
a9b4e9a3a09c | DC02852088A0 |
The End of Car Culture
(also by Elisabeth Rosenthal) it is discussed that President Obama agrees with the abomination of car transportation. The opposing argument may say,
"
Observations show that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..." | Counterclaim | Adequate |
826d727e0da3 | DC02852088A0 | But I can certainly disagree and state that not only is transpotation through cars a great way to get around, but it's also entertaining. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
fcbfbee8de23 | DC02852088A0 | In the car, you can listen to the radio, whether its news or listening to music on the way back home from work, (which is sometimes stressful.) Atleast you know you'll be sitting in your car comfortably, while listening to music. | Evidence | Adequate |
71246fafa2fe | DC02852088A0 | Also, traffic jams may be problematic; but for some people, the overpopulation of many people being crammed up into your personal space in the outside air may be a real pain. | Claim | Adequate |
71b6a9f39d21 | DC02852088A0 | Even excessive crowdedness that occurs on the bus may very well be a daily struggle for people who dislike crowds. | Evidence | Adequate |
8fdf3d6355e4 | DC02852088A0 | Cars will only continue to grow in a positive way in the future, and I believe that is something our past has brought to us, and only for the good of it. So why not use it? Driving is better than walking/bike riding. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
cbc5b40cfab0 | DC02852088A0 | We shouldn't be working our way backward, but looking to our future, | Claim | Adequate |
78e1175c03a5 | DC02852088A0 | and that calls for the better and more advanced technology that the people have brought to us, that our nation shall continue only to improve--and cars would be one of them. | Evidence | Adequate |
613ae76eee5c | DC4E11A259D8 | In 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author gives suggestions as to why studying Venus is a worthy persuit because of the little details as to how Venus carries a great amount as to how scientists can study to bring actual life to that planet. However, along it comes some safety hazards like extreme temperatures a... | Lead | Adequate |
ab3b40546ecf | DC4E11A259D8 | The author does a good job of these statements because they give some examples to both sides as to why or why not there should be a study on life on Venus. The author seem to have thrown in a few claims to create an arguement for both sides if its a good idea or not. | Position | Ineffective |
b50de619d83c | DC4E11A259D8 | I have two exampes as to why sending Scientist off in to space would be a bad idea. | Claim | Adequate |
ce00e34eb1aa | DC4E11A259D8 | no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." Having that said if we send them off into Venus it would be a problem because they would'n't have any time to experiment and do research up there sinc... | Evidence | Adequate |
256fbcbde66f | DC4E11A259D8 | On the other hand I also agree on having this study happen and here's why. | Claim | Adequate |
95e227c7c725 | DC4E11A259D8 | There's research on from the past that from long ago "Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life, just like Earth." There's other features that Venus similar to earth. "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains,... | Evidence | Adequate |
7b081af31479 | DC4E11A259D8 | In addition, NASA has came up with an idea on how to send the scientists that are willing to study for life on Venus. | Claim | Adequate |
a018182942c9 | DC4E11A259D8 | "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." | Evidence | Adequate |
d744a5bea1be | DC4E11A259D8 | In conclusion these were my claims as to how the author stated that the study of life on Venus should or should not happen. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f2f5cc1bb90a | DC5BBE514ECE | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author is presenting and explaining the new technology that has been made on human an computer communication. In the article he talks about technology that has been created to alter the learning curve in our new generations children | Lead | Adequate |
d8335e8e97c5 | DC5BBE514ECE | The new technology could completely change the way that our new generation learns. By taking a little movement in your face and mathematical putting your face into numbers.
| Claim | Adequate |
c6d58a5f0ee2 | DC5BBE514ECE | For example, in paragraph six the author says, "for example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow". The author tells how this new face decoder could change your learning path by choosing if you should slow down because your confused, or keep up if you follow with a lesson | Evidence | Adequate |
8d3a97e49305 | DC5BBE514ECE | The author is just supporting the claim that this new technology should belong in a classroom. | Claim | Adequate |
956733a27456 | DC5BBE514ECE | The author supports bhis claim once again in the first paragraph he says "she's 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." The technology the author has been talking about this whole time just put Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona LIsa face into one and zeros. | Evidence | Ineffective |
afc34a622b5a | DC5BBE514ECE | If this incredible machine can help our youth than I think everyone should agree on it. | Claim | Adequate |
e14c2c8613f2 | DC5BBE514ECE | The new technology the author talks about is the best helping hand to students. The computer could be the student own personal tutor. This is a revolutionary turn on the eduacation of students. | Evidence | Adequate |
f1e362daae3c | DC5BBE514ECE | The author also talks about testing the reader in this article by making you make a smiling face in paragraph seven and testing if you felt happier just by making the facial expression. By just tensing up the muscles for an facial expression can actually give the expressions of the facial movement. | Evidence | Adequate |
a0159e928a46 | DC5BBE514ECE | The article gives plenty of prove to show that the machine could be a benefit to are students | Position | Adequate |
79690e2e398c | DC5BBE514ECE | the article points are clear and strongly backed behind. The gives every expression that his new technology is good. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
10cf0aa3c295 | DC83F2FC879B | I belive thate the face is just a natural landform becouse of facts | Position | Adequate |
435162efed33 | DC83F2FC879B | One exaple of why i belive its just a natural landform is in the text it states on april 5th 1998 mars global surveyor flew over cydonia and snapped a photo ten times sharper than the original viking photos revealing a narural landform. | Evidence | Adequate |
12036d5cb0e1 | DC83F2FC879B | Another reson is in the text it states on april 8 2001 a cloudless summer day in cydonia mars global surveyor frew close enough for a second look. | Evidence | Ineffective |
6d6789754bd2 | DC83F2FC879B | Another exaple of why i belive its just a natural landform is in the text it stats thate they had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the face in the field of view. | Evidence | Ineffective |
c4882b227bf8 | DC83F2FC879B | In the text it also stats thate malins team captured an extraordinary photo using the cameras absolut maximum resolution. In the text it also stats each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo. In the text it also statses that it is equivalent of a landfor... | Evidence | Adequate |
46931aead342 | DC83F2FC879B | I would understand why somone would belive it was not a natural landform. one reson they may not is in the text it stats it was winter in april 98 it was clooudy time of year on the red planit. In the text it also stats that some pepoul belived aliens marking where hidden by haze. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
564ca8508b8f | DC83F2FC879B | And so becouse of facts such as it being equivalint to a landform commen around the american west i belive it is not alins. so i hope this proves thate the face is just a natural landform. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
e179771afef6 | DCABFA6AD5AE | Summers can be the best times of a students life. They get a break from the stress and anxiety of school and they are allowed to do any and all things they wish to do within the legal limits. Summer projects are designed to keep students engaged and learning. This can be a very good thing as long as the project is base... | Lead | Effective |
cc4739e22471 | DCABFA6AD5AE | If they want the projects to be successful they must set a broad topic and allow the students to chose anything they want under that umbrella topic. | Position | Effective |
275e10f39318 | DCABFA6AD5AE | Students will enjoy doing a project about a certain YouTube creator they have fun watching, a sports team they love, or even their favorite book they read during school or over summer break. These projects should not be based around a Shakespeare play that they struggle to even read let alone comprehend. Summer project... | Evidence | Adequate |
ccfc93e1a98e | DCABFA6AD5AE | Learning is very important and having the project is a good idea. The students must be able to choose exactly what they want to do. | Evidence | Adequate |
faa972bc798f | DCABFA6AD5AE | This will keep them interested in the project which will make all the grades of the projects go up compared to if it was a topic they have no interest in. | Claim | Effective |
6873441251e3 | DCABFA6AD5AE | The students will use more of their time to perfect the project instead of waiting until the last weekend and just turning it in because they do not care about the topic and do not want to waste their time on something that has no impact on their future as soon as they finish the next test they have on the topic. Allow... | Evidence | Adequate |
efc60db93100 | DCABFA6AD5AE | Projects picked by a student may even result in more knowledge being gained than a teacher assigned project. | Claim | Effective |
c11542800fdf | DCABFA6AD5AE | Students could focus on a sports team and how they network their team to different audiences in different ways. For example, mascots are normally focused on the younger audience. Teams almost always have a promotion for the first certain number of people that arrive. The first one thousand people to go through the secu... | Evidence | Effective |
fae60a16b48a | DCABFA6AD5AE | Having a teacher assigned project does have an upside | Counterclaim | Effective |
c4db0e05b28e | DCABFA6AD5AE | This will give the students structure and something to base their project on instead of having all the options in the world and not being able to choose one. In school, students are normally more prepared if it is a topic they have been learning about and have background knowledge on compared to a project half way thro... | Evidence | Effective |
700d2135e5ef | DCABFA6AD5AE | A student lead project during the summer is a great thing it keeps the mind or a student engaged with out boring them. Students can research any and all topics they would like so that they enjoy keeping their brain working and focused on bettering themselves. Teacher based projects will give the students structure but ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
fd191ca53624 | DCC03D6E1A60 | Disagree, There are many reasons that we many not be able to go and do extracurricular activities | Position | Adequate |
93fd1c4f79d6 | DCC03D6E1A60 | we could not have the time | Claim | Adequate |
fa2aef459550 | DCC03D6E1A60 | they should respect that because we have lives to | Evidence | Ineffective |
771285625803 | DCC03D6E1A60 | so do our parent | Claim | Adequate |
544bd4713f2c | DCC03D6E1A60 | Our parents may have to go to work and the only time they can pick us up is at the end of the school day or our family can only pick us up at that time. | Evidence | Adequate |
025833e63de2 | DCC03D6E1A60 | another reason is medical problems or other forms of illness. | Claim | Adequate |
a9438f0e1add | DCC03D6E1A60 | A big reason is religions | Claim | Adequate |
d8c37b67fdcf | DCC03D6E1A60 | we could only be able to do specific thing. may we are not be able to stay so long but a lot of religions have to go to some form of temple or church to pray at a specific time.
| Evidence | Adequate |
6955842c99af | DCC03D6E1A60 | There are some people who just dont like do extracurricular activities and have problems doing them. | Claim | Adequate |
e5aff59cf3b5 | DCC03D6E1A60 | a lot of people need extra help with other things and making extracurricular activities mandatory is a real big struggle for them and just makes school harder. there are plenty of people dont want to, cant or struggle with them and that's not fair to make them mandatory. Why make things harder for a big group of people... | Evidence | Adequate |
62a150a20440 | DCC03D6E1A60 | Their are ways to get around the struggle of making them mandatory by making them optional or asking our teachers if we are ready for them. | Claim | Effective |
34463ea0fe55 | DCC03D6E1A60 | We will probably do better knowing that we are being treated like an adult by giving us more freedom and more choices on there education. | Evidence | Adequate |
51b93f43d523 | DCC03D6E1A60 | Why are you guys holding back on giving us educational freedom like the choice on if we do extracurricular activities. Why are you not giving us the choice on if we do extracurricular activities I can not tell you for shore but I think they dont trust the us to challenge our self to help our self to get better but I th... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5f69f64a9df9 | DCDE7152B94E | I think that fellow citizens should have the advantages to car usage, because not everyone would feel comfortable ridding around in a bus or a train with lots of other people | Position | Ineffective |
4d310e3143c6 | DCDE7152B94E | But then again you have some conflicts with the environment getting all ugly and nasty . | Counterclaim | Adequate |
6b8b79c75235 | DCDE7152B94E | Some people are different from others not everyone will want to go the same way meaning . They rather have their own privacy and not be on a bus or a train full of random people that might be sick with a flu or smell really nasty. Thats why 80 percent of transportation has been thruogh highways an only 20 percent to ot... | Evidence | Adequate |
02aca137ea9e | DCDE7152B94E | This is what I don't get about how things are being done to try an save our planet called earth . If you want to try an save some thing an make it better. Don't make a expensive invention an expect people to by it like for examlpe the hybrids or plug-in cars. People can't afford many things in life because money comes ... | Evidence | Adequate |
97a358660dfc | DCDE7152B94E | The way Bogota is going is the best idea that I've ever heard of they couldn't of nailed it any better . They stopped a capital city of 7 millon people from using their cars . An look at the good effects it did, new restaurants where opened an upscale shopping district haved cropped up . The pitted an uneven sidewalks... | Counterclaim | Adequate |
1fd6781c05c6 | DCDE7152B94E | The last passage explanes what I've been saying less people are buying cars why invent new things . People are going unemployedment an things aren't going to get any better for our country . The governments are asking for to much plus you have taxes an the IRS right behind them waiting to grab your money that you worke... | Evidence | Ineffective |
37941760b579 | DD3F7252F887 | Facial action coding sytsem should be used because it is a good way to help students and people, | Position | Adequate |
1a9578304194 | DD3F7252F887 | First off i think if this is being used on students it is a really good idea because some students be needing help | Claim | Adequate |
9d14c4980c30 | DD3F7252F887 | and they are to scared to ask for help and in this way the computer can help and make the lesson easy for the students this might give the students moure confidence of doing something and trying. | Evidence | Adequate |
5c18a1d0f940 | DD3F7252F887 | Also if a student is bored this will make the lesson not as boring as it is for the student. | Claim | Adequate |
7ea83f71589d | DD3F7252F887 | This is a good way to help people to what if they are going through something | Claim | Adequate |
8aa392cbd5cf | DD3F7252F887 | and they need help or want to talk to somebody but dont want to tell anybody the facial action coding can let somebody know and friends or family can take action | Evidence | Adequate |
3456d51a26e3 | DD3F7252F887 | Plus it is cool because you can find out alot of things about old pictuers, Like if you want to find out or just see how somebody is feeling you can use that. | Claim | Ineffective |
9226dba19b2d | DD3F7252F887 | This is really cool beacsue you can find out alot of feelings on just a picture. Lets talk about the Mona Lisa , they used this on her and found out how she was feeling in that painting. She was feeling happy for the most part but a little bit of other emotions with that. This is a really cool way to communicate with p... | Evidence | Adequate |
08af4bafc820 | DD3F7252F887 | We have expressions every day but sometimes can be hard to tell how we are feeling. Most people dont know how other people feel but this can let other people understand what they are going through. This can also let people track the emotion they want to know if that person is feeling. Yes i do think that this system sh... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
29dd94d918f1 | DDA2A181F486 | I'm against this technology that reads your emotions | Position | Adequate |
ce988a660b08 | DDA2A181F486 | because I mean who really cares what other people are feeling, unless you're close to them. | Claim | Ineffective |
afdfffae3b51 | DDA2A181F486 | Some people might not want there feelings to be read because its a matter or privacy | Claim | Adequate |
72ed16c25f49 | DDA2A181F486 | It's also just plain dumb like instead of focusing on this technology, that reads peoples emotions work on something more important | Claim | Ineffective |
d1a41e6bd917 | DDA2A181F486 | like finding a better source of fuel, for the world thats good for us but also for nature or how to stop deforestation stuff like that | Evidence | Adequate |
97f5f80b2c72 | DDA2A181F486 | But I slighlty do think this is somewhat a good idea | Position | Adequate |
065a8b1d0d8a | DDA2A181F486 | like its says in paragraph 6 "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad". For example if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen a similar ad might follow. But if you frown the next ad will be different "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored "Most human co... | Evidence | Effective |
bde9d1cd5eb5 | DDA2A181F486 | The only part I agree with is that it would be good for school computers to see if you had gotten confused with a certain problem that has happened and it could offer help or request help for you. | Claim | Adequate |
fc9aa189f65f | DDA2A181F486 | There for I support and don't support this technology because we could use this technology for good things or just use them for dumb things like recognizing The Mona Lisas emotions like who really cares. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
25e31bb3ed52 | DE01C3FDCA0A | Driving while operating your phone can end in a very horrific way and has for a number of young adults. The number one killer of young adults is motor vehicle crashes. This is a major issue in the United States and it is shown because a law was made to prevent operating a phone and driving. For example, there are billb... | Lead | Effective |
a1adf0a48a89 | DE01C3FDCA0A | Drivers should not be able to use cell phones in any capacity while driving because in a matter of seconds you, your family or someone else's life could be put in danger or worse, taken away.
| Position | Effective |
38a76f3a5431 | DE01C3FDCA0A | First, ask yourself if the text or notification you received is more important than your life or than the people on the road with you | Claim | Adequate |
dcdfa2a09bc1 | DE01C3FDCA0A | If not, put down the phone and wait until you are at a light or until you get to your destination. No notifications are worth someone's life or yours. You can look at the news or on the internet and see just how many young adults' lives are cut short because they wanted to text someone back or make a snap, all of that ... | Evidence | Adequate |
fd946d59b5d6 | DE01C3FDCA0A | Secondly, "In 2018 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving was involved in 2,841 motor vehicle crash fatalities. | Claim | Effective |
5cfc1186e4f3 | DE01C3FDCA0A | Among those killed: 1,730 drivers, 605 passengers, 400 pedestrians and 77 bicyclists." All these deaths could have been avoided if the person could have just waited until they stopped or until they got to their destination. Your parents tell you to text or call before you start driving for a reason so they won't lose t... | Evidence | Effective |
3bd3cc3236a0 | DE01C3FDCA0A | Lastly, "Typing text messages reduces a driver's ability to adequately direct attention to the roadway, to respond to important traffic events, and to control a vehicle within a lane and with respect to other vehicles." | Claim | Effective |
8378c6cb35bf | DE01C3FDCA0A | This shows that the couple of seconds you take to text or look at your phone can take away the attention you are required to have on the road to ensure safety. Texting while driving could make you miss that there is construction going on, someone is walking, or etc. Parents should not call while their children are driv... | Evidence | Effective |
8ea1540fc2e9 | DE01C3FDCA0A | Drivers should not be able to use cell phones in any capacity while driving because in a matter of seconds you, your family or someone else's life could be put in danger or worse, taken away. No notification is worth someone's life. You can easily take someone's life young or old by a simple text. Before you start driv... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5a648d81f720 | DE20C186116A | Mona Lisa Smiles Again
Frown and smile, love and hate, but can you see a face
How was Mona Lisa redone | Lead | Ineffective |
702531702b37 | DE20C186116A | The simeple ancer is computers. Also, there is sicince to derturmin how female faces have change over the years. There is also talking to pefrenciles to recrate it. | Position | Ineffective |
bdd2e9e9967a | DE20C186116A | What determind this simple materpice.
This was not exantly come word for work but the wrighting shows it need to be based off older pictures. There is ovisely is estmation in the pargrafe. Unfortionly but not uncommon there was some gussing.
Why was the picture recoreted.
The lovely picture of Mona Liisa was to make... | Evidence | Ineffective |
56ef7b3079d1 | DE2BFF400952 | The face on mars is a natural landformation. People beleive it was made by aliens but it was not | Position | Adequate |
4cda6f5c54d7 | DE2BFF400952 | mars like earth has mesa's and they are huge rock formations like mountain and it was proven thanks to newer images with higher resolution. | Claim | Adequate |
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