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c9721069aa84 | 11D0BB882C79 | Why would you want to get reid of it if the founding fathers established it. | Position | Adequate |
e15212e811f4 | 11D0BB882C79 | It helps people with an education of like law schools and stuff like that. It helps people in the long run so they no more about the president and the history. | Claim | Ineffective |
206a9603ad45 | 11D0BB882C79 | Over 60 persent of citzens want to have a electoral college so we can start having to vote for more stuff than to just let it be up to the president and people with a hier power. They say that the electoral college vote was was one of the biggest election crisis in a while it all happened in 2000. Wouldnt you want the... | Claim | Ineffective |
acdc68c53103 | 11D0BB882C79 | Wouldnt you like to help call the shots in your state and in your country so your state does turn to crap. So are country stays the stongest to. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
a42b00115bf7 | 125B2995B3D0 | Technology has improved immensely just in the last sixteen years. According to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", before 2000, a rover was " device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars". Now, humans are trying to create cars that does not need a driver. Though technology has gone far, it has not go... | Lead | Effective |
bde1f4c57197 | 125B2995B3D0 | The main issue with driverless cars is safety. | Claim | Adequate |
71fcb7da5795 | 125B2995B3D0 | Though there are numerous sensors surrounding the car and the driver is notified when they need to take control, there still isnt enough for a car to work on its own. Even if the car reached the technological point to ensure the safety of the passengers, another large safety concern would be other drivers on the road. ... | Evidence | Effective |
9bce3a6e8620 | 125B2995B3D0 | When it comes to the law, texting and drinking while driving is illegal. If driverless cars were created and used, humans would be breaking two laws that harm drivers the most. Yes, the driver will be notified when they are in need by lights and a vibrating seat, but if they are under the influence they will not be abl... | Evidence | Effective |
724e06f9a72d | 125B2995B3D0 | Creating a heads up display would add to this distraction and would take on the role of texting and driving. | Claim | Effective |
a4c1f39a4fe4 | 125B2995B3D0 | Though there are many negatives, the reader understands that there are positives. Using less gas would be extremely nice and would help economy. If driverless cars got to the point where it was only public and no one bought cars, then money would be saved by all. And, with the sensors, the car can drive very well on it... | Counterclaim | Adequate |
1c9fd3e019a7 | 125B2995B3D0 | With the positives, though, it is not enough for the driverless car to save someone's life. It does not have the technology to avoid other drivers. And, driverless cars will never cancel the use of regular cars because not everyone will trust them. Driverless cars will create controversy, just as the passage brought up... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
37b282ab74fd | 125B2995B3D0 | Though driverless cars have come a long way and have very good ideas, they need much more work before they can be trustable. | Position | Effective |
95c124121bc0 | 126F954995E7 | i would make cars to use for transportion but i would not let everybody paid 500 for the car notes. then telvison have a long been fascinated cause it been there longer so when i get done i would make my cars and telvison. we got make alot drive way and it going be alot traffic. some people dont crash that mean it alot... | Evidence | Ineffective |
58c263f49c71 | 127670CABA7C | I believe that if you have a 75 and higher you should be able to play any peculiar sport you want. | Position | Adequate |
a22abe9956ae | 127670CABA7C | The reason is that, because i understand that you feel that if a student has an F then they shouldn't be able to play. Ok , but if they have a 75 or higher they should play . They have a mid class grade. Now 74 and under you know should not be allowed to play because you need to focus more on your schoolwork than any o... | Evidence | Adequate |
0ac7e24e44d8 | 127670CABA7C | Kids That Have A' s And B' s have the right to play ,but I think you should let kids with a high C such as 75 and up play as well and if it goes down then no you may not play | Claim | Adequate |
b2b0d4b6d973 | 127670CABA7C | Your grades and education are very important in your life besides your friends an d family. You should be focused on them more than anything else besides your family cause family is important to. Maybe if you brought your grade up sure will let you try out but i think kids should try out if they have a high C cause the... | Evidence | Adequate |
e1fcd73b08c3 | 127670CABA7C | I understand your concern about students grades and education, but being unfair to students that have a grade C average is unexcitable | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
ab388371a8d9 | 129427624B81 | I profoundly believe that the United States should not keep the Electoral College | Position | Adequate |
36ccae166bd7 | 129427624B81 | the person who has the popular vote may not win presidency, | Claim | Effective |
aa595c659cb2 | 129427624B81 | the "winner take all" system causes voters in certain states to not feel like they are creating an impact | Claim | Effective |
e2854b8e3005 | 129427624B81 | The electoral college is a process that the founding fathers established in the constition. The electoral college consits of 538 electors and a majority of 278 votes. | Evidence | Ineffective |
f53860f21612 | 129427624B81 | In our voting system even if a candidate receives more votes than their opponents he or she still could lose the election because of the electoral college | Claim | Effective |
9e059fa25474 | 129427624B81 | Here is a prime example, in the 2000 election Al Gore won the popular vote but because he had less electoral votes than Bush he unfourtunetly lost the election. According to Bradford Plumer "over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." It seems rather logical that if somebody gains the mo... | Evidence | Effective |
a2177e160948 | 129427624B81 | Additionally the winner take all method in some states makes voters feel unimportant. | Claim | Effective |
108df573d657 | 129427624B81 | Some may argue that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president but regions do have the power to swing an election in an enourmous way. An effect of the winner take all system is candidates not going to certain states if they know they can not win it. This can basically stop some voters from wasting time ... | Evidence | Effective |
0fece2c3fb24 | 129427624B81 | In conclusion it is official that the electoral collage is unfair, out dated, and irrational. With that being said we should abolish it because it stops the voter who has the majority of votes from winning, and can undoubtably make voters feel unimportant. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
42e83c898767 | 12C119C37C62 | America's government was inspired by the Athenian republic, therefore giving the United States their way of governing today. In a republic government, it is said that the people of the country hold the power of electing their leaders to make decisions for their nation. In the United States of America, the presidential... | Lead | Effective |
435368f4402b | 12C119C37C62 | The way in which a president is selected should be altered to the most popular vote because it produces a more accurate vote of the people and it provides the opportunity to directly select an individual's desired candidate. | Position | Effective |
3095bb02382e | 12C119C37C62 | Initially, the process of which the president of the United States is elected should be changed from the Electoral College to the most popular vote because it will produce a more accurate percentage of votes. | Claim | Effective |
b643fbb075ee | 12C119C37C62 | In the article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," Bradford Plumer states, "And if an electoral tie seems unlikely, consider this: In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occured is a mere 5,559 voter... | Evidence | Effective |
171fc48083d0 | 12C119C37C62 | Aditionally, the process in which the President is elected should be changed to the most popular vote because it will provide the opportunity to directly select and individual's desired candidate. | Claim | Effective |
ee25a6010121 | 12C119C37C62 | In the article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why event the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," Bradford Plumer quotes, "Under the electoral college sytem, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." This is not how a republic is supposed to run. Peo... | Evidence | Effective |
c10c652b695c | 12C119C37C62 | In summation, the way in which a president is selected should be altered to the most popular vote because it produces a more accurate vote of the people and it provides the opportunity to directly select an individual's desired candidate. The Electoral College does not provide a fair result nor a clear winner. The most... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
d803f00136e1 | 12C8F1E791D6 | I am againt the development of driverless cars. | Position | Adequate |
94e423093c98 | 12C8F1E791D6 | Driverless cars need a whole lot of sensors. Radar was a device on a hiltop that cost two hundred million dollars. We should be investing that money on things that are important. For example help people in need, feed the hungry ect | Evidence | Ineffective |
db502ee8aa56 | 12C8F1E791D6 | Why woukld anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? | Claim | Adequate |
3903ce4566d8 | 12C8F1E791D6 | Wouldn't the drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive? we are becoming lazier by the time. | Evidence | Ineffective |
5a1a9eace519 | 12C8F1E791D6 | Imagaine how much money the driverless cars will cost in the future. | Claim | Adequate |
8f6bac98b6c1 | 12C8F1E791D6 | If technology failed and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or the manufacture? | Claim | Adequate |
a258f3bd4fc2 | 12C8F1E791D6 | We shouldn't trust in techonolgy, failure could happen. | Evidence | Ineffective |
690a3497f6b7 | 12C8F1E791D6 | hese werer some reasons why I am againt the development of driverless cars. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b5e16b9816a0 | 12D4F74D6E4B | i think we should NOT keep the Electoral College, | Position | Adequate |
041c2f7179bf | 12D4F74D6E4B | we the people may vote, but it doesnt mean the person that is most voted for is chosen | Claim | Adequate |
89b96defeafb | 12D4F74D6E4B | we dont get to vote for our candidate's electors | Claim | Adequate |
eeb4c3226ce3 | 12D4F74D6E4B | Lastly when we vote by Electoral college the citizens dont get to have the full call on who is elected | Claim | Adequate |
92b2c82a31f5 | 12D4F74D6E4B | We the people may vote with Electoral College, but the vote that is chosen is not only made up by the citizens, but the vote may be changed by the Congress. Now thats not right! The Citizens should have all the vote like popular vote. | Evidence | Adequate |
c41a3fb75f85 | 12D4F74D6E4B | The Citizens should choose who is voted for because they are the ones who are going to help us | Claim | Adequate |
f24fd056d20f | 12D4F74D6E4B |
We dont get to vote for our candidate's electors. | Claim | Adequate |
cecebe7fb172 | 12D4F74D6E4B | The citizens of the United States sould be able to vote for who we want our candidate's electors to be. This is because if something goes wrong we will have the right to change the electors and be happy about who they are going to be. We cant do that with Electoral Voting. | Evidence | Adequate |
621aae42b0ad | 12D4F74D6E4B | Lastly when we vote by Electoral college the citizens dont get to have the full call on who is elected. | Claim | Adequate |
87c6ac347e39 | 12D4F74D6E4B | If we dont get the full call on who is elected then why even vote.
"We the people
" means the citizens not over ride the citizens votes and just do what they want. | Evidence | Ineffective |
98170ac86cad | 12D4F74D6E4B | Now this is my statement on the Electoral College. I disagree with most of everything the Electoral College has to offer not just me but everyone in the United States. Now lets make the election of our president by popular vote of qualified citizens.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5db85766200d | 12E285708DA2 | Are you kidding me, you actually think that figure on mars was created by aliens?'' ''Yeah I do, if it isn't aliens then who or what made that face on mars.'' | Lead | Adequate |
66aa128311bf | 12E285708DA2 | I dont know how that got there, but i'm telling you now it wasn't made by aliens | Position | Adequate |
d029cdb92fd3 | 12E285708DA2 | As you can see the three different photos showing the figure on mars was just a misunderstanding. | Claim | Adequate |
ff8046d9e860 | 12E285708DA2 | In the 1976 photo it looks blury, but in 1998 and 2001 photos you can see it more cleary. In the article it states '' The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face.'' So that means the clouds made it look like a face | Evidence | Adequate |
a703446ecba3 | 12E285708DA2 | Also during 1976 the pixels on the camera could have been bad so it could't take clear pictures. | Claim | Adequate |
c478425ce7c5 | 12E285708DA2 | In the image 3 it shows it more clearly, so that means technology has gotten better. According to the article it says ''Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. That proves that the camera in 2001 was better then the camera in 1976. | Evidence | Adequate |
d21002c9a3ea | 12E285708DA2 | Nobody will ever know if aliens made that figure on mars that looks like a face. | Claim | Ineffective |
9d1123d9fe77 | 12E285708DA2 | It could have been a butte or a mesa. For example in the passage it states ''There must have beem a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had u... | Evidence | Adequate |
192494f2d995 | 12E285708DA2 | ''So there, I proved to you that the face on mars was just a mesa.'' ''I don't care what you say im sticking to my opinion.'' ''Okay what ever, I know i'm right and you're wrong.'' | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
aecd90522922 | 133299B36ADF | Why do you think ther is a face on Red Planet called Cydonia. Well ther is not the olny thing that is up ther is a wast land of nothing. Dont let consperisetheres out ther fool you. I will show you the facts and prove to you ther are no aliens up there. | Lead | Adequate |
0d83d7f18dc1 | 133299B36ADF | In the story it states that the faces up there are olny land forms | Position | Adequate |
c3d39e80f6d7 | 133299B36ADF | Land forms are shaped over thousinds of years. As the years go on the land form gets smaller and smaller. | Evidence | Ineffective |
143dd44b3b76 | 133299B36ADF | Also the planet can not suport life.
| Claim | Adequate |
e2efe97f667a | 133299B36ADF | All the consperisetheris out ther dont know what they are talking about | Claim | Ineffective |
df7ee2a3ac2c | 133299B36ADF | They dont have the evidens to provide like everone else hase. nasa is a groop of scintest the consperisetheris are a groop of craze people. | Evidence | Ineffective |
6c8254708509 | 133299B36ADF | thes is why you shud not blesve everthing you see on the internet. lisint to the scintest. leav them in charge | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
929cf6fb35b8 | 1357329AAA22 | The electoral college should be changed it is confusing to some and straight up a waste of time to everybody else. | Position | Adequate |
0548a7618829 | 1357329AAA22 | In soure two part "
What's wrong with the electoral college
" paragragh ten it says something that I think will help my claim a lot. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." | Claim | Adequate |
2f56018a59f7 | 1357329AAA22 | Now if this statment is true then how would you know what or who these people stand up for or even who picks out the electors in the first place?
| Evidence | Adequate |
85f40b17b49c | 1357329AAA22 | This qoute might be the think that I agree with the most. At the same source as last time but this time in one paragragh down. It says "the single best argument agianst the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. | Claim | Adequate |
db9ed16c621f | 1357329AAA22 | The american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse." Now just remeber when I said who elects those people anyway, well I did some reading and it said that the state legislature are technically responsible for picking ... | Evidence | Adequate |
f50d598ca182 | 1357329AAA22 | Now all of the evidence should make you want to get away with the electoral college, but if ot then this last paragragh should it will tell you everthing that i already have but in a diffrent point of view. In paragragh thirteenteen of the
"What's wrong with the electoral college"
source it agrees with every thing th... | Evidence | Ineffective |
05d71ccd2bc8 | 1357329AAA22 | It says that At most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. | Claim | Adequate |
4aa4d1649353 | 1357329AAA22 | Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning, foucsing only on the tight races in the
"swing"
states." | Evidence | Adequate |
327ab61bd8f9 | 1357329AAA22 | Now if am rght then every one who reads this exet mabye the electoral college will agree that it is unfair, outdated, and irrational. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
e215808d983d | 1361D5E04DC3 | Why do we have Vice Presient,Presidednt,ect..? Its because of our founding fathers. They decided that it would be easier if we had people controling the world that we live in. They also came up with a system for this its called,Electoral College. this system helps to decide who the President,Vice President,House of Rep... | Evidence | Ineffective |
7080eab637ed | 1361D5E04DC3 | After the Presidential election,your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. This certificate also declares the winning presidental candidate in your state and shows which electors will repres... | Evidence | Ineffective |
c3ef50be5c45 | 1361D5E04DC3 | Under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president,but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the presient .Voters sometimes get really confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. | Evidence | Ineffective |
3827ebd38717 | 1361D5E04DC3 | Voters cannot always control who they are voting for but that is ok. the state decides who to pick the elctors thats in first place. Its ok to make mistakes sometimeas. HEY were all human ,no matter what were will never change | Evidence | Ineffective |
2253029a1fbe | 1361D5E04DC3 | If uyou want to pick a person that you think is best for the job then go ahead and do it. Its your choise on who you pick, not your naighbors. So you decide,make the right desicons. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
929572441775 | 136441C81C1E | The electoral college is it right that you have speaker that deside for you? when we pick a presendent when have to think about the out come ad what will change and what is he planig on doing it we elect him. Everone in office basicly decides what where going to do nobody has a say in it. They tell us where we go in wa... | Lead | Adequate |
00bc9ee759bb | 136441C81C1E | A dispute about the outcome an Electoral collage is possible but vary hard to because you may have other poeple wanting it but may not see it your way. Every electal vote needs a presdintal vote to so if we do the math you have a state and a country aginst you so the odds arent in your favor. Now there is a method call... | Evidence | Ineffective |
ad81918490bb | 136441C81C1E | Poeple like the presedent or the electoral collage. So you may not know where your life is headed but is it ok to have them choses your life off of some vote you had no clue you picked him. well then do agree whit the electoral college. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
27f17b888693 | 139B1A57D6A3 | In the article, I think that the image of the "face" on Mars is just a landform. | Position | Adequate |
252629c9e106 | 139B1A57D6A3 | The NASA workers think that that the face was created by aliens. I don't think it is so. | Claim | Ineffective |
4c97bada3b0e | 139B1A57D6A3 | When it says in the article "The camera on the board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." From the image they took, I don't see anything that has to do with aliens, and if they think the holes and landforms are made from aliens, well they are... | Evidence | Adequate |
f5d0431025ae | 139B1A57D6A3 | Also how I think the face is a natural landform, the mount next to it doesn't look like a face. | Claim | Adequate |
6e11eba3ebac | 139B1A57D6A3 | It just looks like a regular, normal landform, or it could of been from a meteroid that fell. If they think that aliens made those mount, they need to prove it with images of the rover going around Mars, | Evidence | Adequate |
19a69c01e372 | 139B1A57D6A3 | On the top image of the article, it shows the images throughout the years of 1976 (left), 1998 (middle), and 2001 (right). The first image of 1976 which was taken by Viking 1 does look like a face at first, but you never know, they probably used a camera that wasn't really good, and the image was blurry. I think that i... | Evidence | Adequate |
082bfdc735df | 139B1A57D6A3 | So that was twenty five years ago when they took that photo, so that proves that in that time, they didn't have all kinds of cool techology to take photos that are really clear. Unlike in 2001, they had really good technology to take clear images to take a photo of the mount or whatever you think it is. | Claim | Adequate |
90f919b7c173 | 139B1A57D6A3 | When they say that the aliens made the Face, you might not want to go with it because they might research it, but they also might assume what it is right away | Claim | Ineffective |
effee024b2f2 | 139B1A57D6A3 | And how they thought it was a face in 1976, they might of not had good technology in the 1900s. And they still believed it when they took the 2001 picture, and they even have good technology now. I don't know if they still believe it now, but if they do, that is suprising me. | Evidence | Ineffective |
934f2a4f1c9e | 139B1A57D6A3 | When people put anything online about how they think it something, don't believe it until you see it yourselve. Either on the computer, or a book. But you don't have to go with what everyone is saying just because they think it is that, go look it up yourself, and if you don't think the image is compared to what they t... | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
7eb41eaca038 | 13A4CE233CDA | If the principal is considering a new cell phone policy there are a lot of things she should know. | Lead | Adequate |
68183f967419 | 13A4CE233CDA | If she has a policy where students can use their phones during lunch and nution' but during class would be great. | Position | Adequate |
2f134212c08c | 13A4CE233CDA | Many kids would enjoy coming to school because they can talk with their friends but when class time came they would have to turn off their phones. If the other police that phones ant be used at all wouldn't be good.
| Evidence | Adequate |
cd9d19d6c8a5 | 13A4CE233CDA | With no phones kids would text during class when the teacher isn't looking. | Claim | Adequate |
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