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You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program it one chance oppurunity.
Position
Adequate
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It allows you to travel places you have not seen before and experienece new things.
Claim
Effective
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You will be able to take care of animals like the horses,young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. You may be able to go sight-seeing on you spare time. "And your able to have fun onboard after unloading your able to play games such as baseball and volleyball gamesin the empty holds where animals had been hous...
Evidence
Adequate
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If you participate in Seagoing Cowboys program you wont have to have two jobs and it gives you a future job for after your highschool graduation.
Claim
Ineffective
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"You can be more aware of people of other countries and their needs." And that awarness stays with you". The more you travel the more you learn about all kinds of new things you might not have covered in school. Not only are you able to take care of animals you are able to help people.
Evidence
Adequate
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My overall thought on becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is amazed by all the good you would be doing for the world.
Claim
Effective
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Espcially since there is a lot of ways that Seagoing Cowboys program change the world. Being in the Seagoing program there is a big resposibilty because you have to make sure everything is in order, you are not forgetting anything, and everything is going as planneed.
Evidence
Adequate
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There are many car free cities. Germany suburb life goes on without cars, Automobiles are the linchoin of suburbs. They to to say that it is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas. In Paris driving has been ban to clear...
Evidence
Ineffective
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I think we should use that technology to see students emotions
Position
Adequate
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we would be abel to see how they really feel in that just one picture. we could see how they felt towards someone.
Claim
Ineffective
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when they lying too, becuase some students dont like to show or describe how they feel. not just on students we should use it on we should use it on friends and family too. we need to know how to help people if they upstet to cheer them up, or if there happy we need to know what made them happy.
Evidence
Ineffective
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some students/people dont like to express their emotions becuase they think it lame. especially men becuase they dont want to seem weak
Claim
Ineffective
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everyone should know how they feel that day or how the felt becuase we might be able to help them. it can also see mixed emtions for example in the artical it said " the software can even identify mixed emtions". it saying we can see if they are feeling happy and mad or sad or mad together. it can identify what feeling...
Evidence
Adequate
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it also very cool how just a computer can tell you the percentages of how somebody feels
Claim
Ineffective
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like it awesome becuase you can maybe find out how somebody feels when they see you. it can let them know " oh he/she gets happy when they see me" and it might make them happy too. the crazy part of this invention he bulit is thta it parts they use for videogames. it can tell if your really feeling that way or just fak...
Evidence
Adequate
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I wanted to inform you that there is a limit for driving a car there has been some changes during this few years. Its not only in America that is going on its in other cities and also in states, where people have been droping there adavantages to drive around and dicide to walk instead or to ride a bus to get to other ...
Evidence
Ineffective
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There are several ways the author suggests studying venus is a worthy pursuit desite dangers along the way.
Position
Ineffective
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how close Venus is from the sun
Claim
Adequate
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how it is very similar to Earth.
Claim
Adequate
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Also Venus may have had forms of life on it
Claim
Adequate
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The author gives examples for each one of these claims and how they would give a positive effect. These are just a few reasons we should explore Venus and figure out more about it.
Evidence
Adequate
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The first reason to learn more about Venus is how close it is from the sun.
Claim
Ineffective
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One example for this is when the text states,"Venus is the second planet from our sun." Which means that it is not very far away from earth.
Evidence
Adequate
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Another reason to study Venus is how similar it is to earth.
Claim
Ineffective
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An example for this is when the text states,"Venus is the closest planet to the Earth in terms of density and size."
Evidence
Adequate
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A final reason is that Venus may of had forms of life on it.
Claim
Adequate
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Evidence for this statement is shown when the text states,"Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This statement shows how Venus could have been very, very similar to earth.
Evidence
Adequate
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In conclusion the reasons for exploring Venus include how close it is to the sun, how similar it is to Earth, and how it could have supported life forms long ago. Yes, it is very dangerest because of high temperature and pressure. But if we come up with a way to lower the temperature and pressure it will be surely wort...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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What this story is about is a boy named Luke that helps get animals on and off of the ships that he is one this job is called "Seagoing Cowboys". Wha twould you think is hard about this story? not getting sea sick, not falling off the boat, or getting along with the other crew mates? the answer is trying to clean the s...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In this article i read about "Making Mona Lisa Smile" was about the creator of the art frew how she normally felt which was not so cheerful but more like what she's a normal act she was as half as happy as she was she always was more in a good mood more than a bad. but as i look at the art created by Leonardo da Vinci'...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Every summer break, students are given projects in certain classes to make sure they continue to improve over the break. These projects handed out to the students are always made by the teachers, but what if we change that?
Lead
Adequate
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Students should one hundred percent be the ones who plan out and create their own summer projects.
Position
Adequate
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they know exactly what they need to improve on to be ready for the following year.
Claim
Adequate
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Students know what they struggled with and what they were good at during the school year. Teachers can not always grasp what a student may need in order to keep improving. In order for students to recieve any sort of benefit from the summer project, is if they make it themselves. If I was able to make my own summer p...
Evidence
Ineffective
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teachers tend to make assignments very long, hard, time consuming, and usually very boring.
Claim
Adequate
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Teachers can overstep because it may not seem like a lot of work to them, but to the students, it is. They can put in too much information which can make it less benificial to the students. Doing a project over summer break that is not productive, is a huge waste of time.
Evidence
Ineffective
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Students might be more willing and excited to do their summer projects if they create it themselves because it will be something they all enjoy doing.
Claim
Adequate
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Most people I know, including me dont start even looking at the projects that the teachers give to us until the night before schools starts, but if we as students create our own we already know what we have to accomplish. Due to the amount of excitment for their projects, there will be a large increase in the number o...
Evidence
Adequate
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Students deserve a long, stressless summer, but with the teacher's stressful assignments, that might not always happen for them. All students deserve a say in what they do with their time over their own break. It is fair to them and the teachers. The summer break projects created by the students will be more product...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Venus is a planet what belong the System Solar. Venus is the second planet from our sun. Earth, Venus and Mars our other planetry neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space term-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land ono this cloud-draped word. In the atomosp...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Driverless cars are exaclty what you would expect them to be. Cars that will drive without a person actually behind the wheel controlling the actions of the vehicle. The idea of driverless cars going in to developement shows the amount of technological increase that the wolrd has made. The leader of this idea of driver...
Lead
Adequate
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The developement of these cars should be stopped immediately because there are too many hazardous and dangerous events that could occur.
Position
Effective
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the driver will be alerted when they will need to take over the driving responsibilites of the car.
Claim
Effective
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This is such a dangerous thing because we all know that whenever humans get their attention drawn in on something interesting it is hard to draw their focus somewhere else. The article explains that companies are trying to implement vibrations when the car is in trouble. Their are some people out there who do not feel ...
Evidence
Effective
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Another thing that can go wrong with these cars is any type of techological malfucntion.
Claim
Effective
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Every person with any kind of technological device has experienced some sort of error. Now imagine if your car has an error technologically and it takes the life of one your loved ones. The article talks about sensors around the car that read the surroundings of the car and that is what helps he car to drive without a ...
Evidence
Effective
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who to blame for the wreck if there were possibly some sort of technological malfunciton or even some sort of human error when taking over the driving aspect.
Claim
Effective
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Should the manufacturer of the car be blamed or should it be the driver? No one knows because there is so many different factors that attribute to who to assign the blame to. Some of what will have to be made is a judgement call. When it comes to insurance and having to pay for any damages you do not want someone to ha...
Evidence
Effective
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With all these things that could possibly go wrong with these driverless cars there is no way that the developement of them should continue any further. In today's society if something bad COULD happen or something COULD go wrong, it WILL happen, and it WILL go wrong. There are just way too many safety hazards that com...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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I am arguing against the policy change
Position
Adequate
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even though there are some children out there that really needs help with their academic work
Counterclaim
Adequate
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that does not mean that only because they have a c average that would not let them enjoy their sports or other activities unless they've a B average.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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Sometimes teachers or even principal needs to consider that we should give the help that any student should have
Evidence
Adequate
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consider student self as steam. Meaning student would start to feel sad nervous, and not wanting to go to school
Claim
Adequate
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because of the reason they have a low averages and they can not participate in other activities or sports. The fact that there are children that would want to enjoy many good things the school is actually giving it to them.
Evidence
Adequate
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We would want to make changes as, "like to be a better person for a better tomorrow" This supports the idea of having have many good thoughts and incasing your work as much as possible.
Claim
Ineffective
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we should make a vote to see if kids would want to have a school policy of change and having to participate in fun activities but they first need to have at least a B average.
Claim
Adequate
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you would feel ashame and then many bad things could happen meaning, you would be angry etc.
Claim
Ineffective
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I think that student should have sports
Claim
Adequate
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it helps them with their health, and problems that they would have personal.
Evidence
Adequate
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I am against this policy change.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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I heard you are considering changing the schools policy so that the students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have at least a grade B average.
Lead
Adequate
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I think that's crazy! If kids don't have and opportunity to play a sport because of their "C" that's no reason to take away their dream. What if they want to become a professional swimmer? You're just going cut down their dream tree just because of a "c'?
Position
Effective
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I have a "C" in math, and swim is coming up-you're just going to take away my chances to beat my times from last year?
Claim
Ineffective
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I could grow up and become something amazing and thank you one day for the opportunity of being able to swim, but now you have taken my-and other swimmers "the ride away". I am appalled.
Evidence
Adequate
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I know if you do intend to proceed in changing the policy we students will try to get better grades to play the sport
Counterclaim
Adequate
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but not every kid has a GPA of 4.0
Rebuttal
Adequate
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. So their for i propose my idea to keep the policy that you just have to have a 2.0!
Claim
Adequate
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Seriously, as my 6th grade teacher told me, "something is better than nothing". Sure you want us to have good grades but us kids,(teens) want to be involved in school activities but with or with out good grades i think if they strive hard enough they deserve the right to be involved
Evidence
Adequate
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i hope you rethink about changing the schools policy so that students MAY participate in sports and other activities even if we have a "C" average.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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I agree 100% with you. i think in order to be on a team sport you will have to have you grade up to a B
Position
Adequate
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I think that because its not fair to the teachers if all you think about is sports and your grades are going down in school but you are doing sports. That telling the teachers you just don't care. Also i think its unfair to the other students that you are on the soccer team but have grades that are failing and you miss...
Evidence
Adequate
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You should do a activity i agree with that but only if your grades are high.
Claim
Adequate
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So that's why i think its important school before sports. and have an A or B for grades so you can do sports
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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Our school should have a community center.
Position
Ineffective
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The reasons why, are so students can learn what our community needs,
Claim
Adequate
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how to make our community better place
Claim
Adequate
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why is community important for students to know
Claim
Ineffective
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Students think community center takes their time away.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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but they have to learn what our community needs.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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students will participate in a group of students making a list what our community needs, therefore students will learn what our community needs! students will present their list of things our community needs
Evidence
Adequate
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due to that students will be giving extra credit for the ones who have low grades!
Evidence
Adequate
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Some students don't participate because their friends say its waste of time.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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it would not be waste of time when you get to know how our community can be a better place for us.
Rebuttal
Effective
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students should know that the program is about our own lives, because if our community is bad well our lives are going to be bad. due to that students will want to participate and will want to make our community a better place for us.
Evidence
Effective
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some student might say why is the community important anyways, were fine nothing is wrong.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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but when get to know what our community is, they would want to know about and would want to participate and know why is our community important
Rebuttal
Adequate
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tudents will receive a good grade if they participate in this community because is like an extra credit.
Evidence
Ineffective
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due to that their friends would want to enjoy the program because their friend told them about it.
Evidence
Ineffective
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so principal the community center will be a great place for students to learn lots of things. so i guess this will be a good idea for our school. students will learn what our community needs, how to make our community a better place, and why is our community important!
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Millions of students from various cultures and locations have a common distaste for school. Many of them confidently argue that learning from home would be much more comfortable and conducive to their learning, for they would not be limited by the pressures of an academic atmosphere, which include intimidating teachers...
Lead
Effective
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Although many believe that students would benefit from attending classes from their homes, students would, in reality, be negatively affected by distance learning,
Position
Effective
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for they would be deprived of social interactions
Claim
Effective
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hands-on experiences
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Effective
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personalized guidance from teachers.
Claim
Effective
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Through online schooling, students would not be allowed opportunities to interact with their peers, inhibiting the development of their social skills. Instead of collaborating with their classmates, students enrolled in online schools would have to complete assignments independently, limiting the sharing of ideas. With...
Evidence
Effective
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Without physically attending school, students would exhibit delays in social development, severely impacting their future affairs.
Claim
Effective
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Additionally, distance learning does not allow for the same hands-on experiences as physical schooling does.
Claim
Effective
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In traditional science classes, for example, students participate in laboratory investigations regarding pertinent aspects of their studies. Through such activities, students are allowed to apply their knowledge and reasoning skills to create memorable understandings of the investigated topics. Online schools, however...
Evidence
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Furthermore, online schooling deprives students of personalized experiences with instructors.
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