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fa227deecff2 | 2AE0D00CAD7D | Since this planet has a rain season and has a very windy winter, it could've been made by weathering and erosion. Another thing that makes me believe that the face is just a rock is because the dark eyes, nose, and mouth look like shadows from the camera and the sun. One last thing about the face is that if alien lifef... | Evidence | Adequate |
fc602069b48d | 2AE0D00CAD7D | I think that this face is made by alien lifeform because it really looks a face. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
4c817b9b32bd | 2AE0D00CAD7D | This face could've possibly been a temple or worshiping place for these lifeforms long ago. It could've been a tomb for their leader or king that might've died. If these aliens were going to make a rock this big and that wide it would be for someone or something to catch it's eye. So aliens could've made this or they m... | Evidence | Ineffective |
fded7955c084 | 2AE0D00CAD7D | I think that ultimately this is just a coincidence because if aliens are real or were real we would have got aa picture of one or saw some remains of one. And the rock is probably just a mesa or a big landform that was made by weathering and erosion. The face of the rock is most likely just shadows from the camera angl... | Rebuttal | Adequate |
d92729a7e1b0 | 2AE0D00CAD7D | I think that the rock is a mesa. | Position | Adequate |
20833d69c6ee | 2AE0D00CAD7D | The proof is in the article and it would have been noticed in the pictures if there was aliens living on Mars. So the non-alien side wins this argument over this one. The rock is not a face it is a normal rock. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
8e01080ba55d | 2B1C42B1F534 | Would you keep the Electoral College how it is or would you keep it? | Lead | Adequate |
7517875891ab | 2B1C42B1F534 | I would want to keep it how it is. | Position | Adequate |
d863083c5f22 | 2B1C42B1F534 | why i think that we should keep it how it is because is concissed of it concissed of 538 electors and the majority of 270 elector votes is required to elect the president. your state is required to allotment of the electors to equal the number od members in its Congerssional delgation. Under the 23 Amendment the distri... | Evidence | Ineffective |
93cc581e8b9f | 2B1C42B1F534 | Althoe there are some reasons why the Electoral college should change. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
116d3b7be5b7 | 2B1C42B1F534 | Richard Nixon, Jimmy carter, Bob Dole, and plenty of oothers think that it should change because according to a gallup poll in 2000 taken shortlyafer Al Gore he wonn the popular vote but lost the presidency dur to the quirks of the electoral college. in the Electoral College system people vote not for the prresident bu... | Evidence | Effective |
b731454cf9ac | 2B1C42B1F534 | So as research shown ther are som eflaws in the Elecoral College. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
9a57f78ae853 | 2B3DBFA4579D | I believe that we should keep the Electoral college for our compromise between the election of the president. | Position | Adequate |
ce3feb4fe940 | 2B3DBFA4579D | I argue this because with the Electoral College we get to vote for who we believe is gonna help us out during thier years as President not the choice of the president who we might not believe or trust in anymore to vote for us or the other side. | Claim | Ineffective |
369cd3296b56 | 2B3DBFA4579D | So I argue to keep the Electoral College to select our presidemt for the U.S. | Position | Adequate |
fe833609c610 | 2B3DBFA4579D | The Ellectoral College lets us People who are able to vote vote for who we want | Claim | Adequate |
088f53b13291 | 2B3DBFA4579D | In "Does the Electoral College Work" Source 1: What is The Ellectoral College? written by the office of the federal register states that"by a popular vote of qualified citizens". This displays that we the peoplewho are suppose to be here in The U.S qualified and a citizen are allowed to vote four our people because tho... | Evidence | Adequate |
acdd7a7567da | 2B3DBFA4579D | If we are voting for president the majority of thr votes goes to the president who earn it which says that these people of the U.S need the president they voted for which is the president who won | Claim | Ineffective |
fa88f3fc1a8a | 2B3DBFA4579D | In "source 3: In defense of the electoral college:five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" it shows in2. Everyones President that" The ellectoral college requirs a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal". So it not possible for a president to cheat its what the people choose for ... | Evidence | Adequate |
7f9e5529403b | 2B3DBFA4579D | In "source 2: The indefensible Electoral College: why even the best laid defenses of the sysem are wrong" they tell us wee voting for someone we dont want. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
eb7bfc9de99f | 2B3DBFA4579D | But that is why you learn about your electors and who they want so you choose the one whon is going for you which is your president. Its as easy as doing a little research to find out who your really electing for as president of the U.S. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
99b2e5d02551 | 2B3DBFA4579D | I believe that Us americans should keep the Electoral College so we can keep our rights as our nation for the people. That is what we fought for for our freedeom and our rights. So I argue Mr. Senator to favor in keeping the Electoral Collegeso we can get our electedpresidents for majority of people in the U.S. SO lets... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
3d0fc89a59f1 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | sould we keep the elecoral collage or should we change it to election by how many popual votes for being the president of the unioted states | Lead | Ineffective |
fab06816788c | 2B4A794ED0D8 | what is the callage electoral ?
the electoral collage is a compromise between electing a president by voteing in congress and election of the president by how many popalar vote for qualified as to be a president.
teh electoral has many process such as meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice pre... | Evidence | Ineffective |
923d684a4c7f | 2B4A794ED0D8 | the problem with electrola collage is that under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors who in turn elect the president | Claim | Adequate |
10dea2bcf7e0 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | thje singel best argument against the electoral collage is whtat we might call the disaster factor. | Claim | Adequate |
a4d5234d8e03 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | we consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electtors. | Evidence | Ineffective |
6c10f51e7612 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | perhaps most worrying thing is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote | Claim | Adequate |
134b67aedff5 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | and the election would br thrown to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. | Evidence | Adequate |
3286670759f6 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | at the most basic level, the electoral collage is unfair to voters | Claim | Adequate |
aeebcb850fcc | 2B4A794ED0D8 | because of the winner-take-all system in eavh state, bcandiadates dont spend time in state they know they have no chance of winninf-g, focusinfg only on the races in the swing states.
collage method of selcting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.
voters... | Evidence | Adequate |
21e279c25a34 | 2B4A794ED0D8 | we should change the election by who has most popular votes for the president of the untied states | Position | Adequate |
93c709717a0f | 2B4A794ED0D8 | because it make more scence the election always go by votes and who ever have the most votes is elected for the president of the untied state. the eletoral collage system wasnt that good to many things going on i mean like it was kinad of good but not better then election on popaler votes. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
1c80d831d78d | 2B53D5D29EAE | The idea of making school policy that you have to have at least a grade average of a B is a good idea, but you would have more of your star players ineligible to play because of grades. | Lead | Ineffective |
19915b6deb21 | 2B53D5D29EAE | Now if our school was known for its brains and not sports, then yes i would encourage this but it's not. We are known for our sports winning state championships in all of the sports we offer. Changing the eligibility level to having at least a B or better, could possible shoot down every thing our school is known for a... | Position | Adequate |
23655373a5ea | 2B53D5D29EAE | I believe though if you must make this a rule, then you have to get the ones who aren't as smart tutors or someone to help them get the grades to play their sport. | Claim | Adequate |
5cbc1214249c | 2B53D5D29EAE | For other activities the I can see where having an eligibility grade of at least a B could be a good thing like ski club, that's something that you can do by yourself bu the school provid | Claim | Ineffective |
37e33d84e6ff | 2B53D5D29EAE | I believe that it could be a good idea if our school was known for its grades but because it's just the opposite, we need to keep the eligibility level at a C average to maintain our reputation to those outside of school and those who may be thinking of coming to our school. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b8ac2aad9a95 | 2B557F0EF764 | In education we always have a choice to choose rather we get our education at home or through public and private school but which one is the right choice ? Throughout this essay we will explore the pros and cons on which one is the more beneficial choice. Many kids in life go to public schools since the start of their ... | Lead | Effective |
1690499703da | 2B557F0EF764 | I don't think that students would benefit from being able to attend classes from home | Position | Adequate |
2e26660e0454 | 2B557F0EF764 | it will have a negative effect on motivation, lack of support | Claim | Effective |
343fe2de5c03 | 2B557F0EF764 | prevent a student from learning valuable lessons in life | Claim | Effective |
1cad7c32394b | 2B557F0EF764 | prevent them from learning about their identity.
| Claim | Adequate |
15fc287eca9a | 2B557F0EF764 | Many students in attending classes from home will face not being motivated to get their work done and also face a lack of support through difficult learning periods. Having classes at home would make being motivated to learn much harder than attending classes in school | Claim | Effective |
28b9bd4da98e | 2B557F0EF764 | We all at one point no longer want to continue trying to grasp how important it is to learn and be educated but with support from teachers and others we find it more insuring to continue learning and broaden our education. Learning certain lessons that are hard to comprehend without support is a difficult task. Student... | Evidence | Effective |
51be291db13b | 2B557F0EF764 | People will argue that some benefits of attending classes from home is better by stating that it prevents students from being bullied and gives students a better environment. | Counterclaim | Effective |
798dd876d649 | 2B557F0EF764 | Kids of all age face the chance of being bullied in their education years. There will be a chance of a student being pulled regardless of the learning environment. At home away from others may seem like it will prevent bullying but it won't. Through social media kids can be targeted and parents may not always know that... | Evidence | Effective |
9a71c37e4b7a | 2B557F0EF764 | Attending classes in school will teach students important lessons on what to do in these cases. They make students aware of bullying that can either happen in school or online and give them lessons on what to do and seek help. With classes at home kids will not know what to do and stay quiet thinking that there is no w... | Rebuttal | Effective |
7f6562a7808e | 2B557F0EF764 | A good environment is always wanted for a child who is getting their education but an environment at home even though it looks beneficial may not always be the case. Having a student attend classes at home takes their chances of learning social skills that are gained through public schools and interactions. Through cla... | Evidence | Effective |
e6a8ae186d61 | 2B557F0EF764 | Finally attending classes at home keeps a student from developing their identities and learning more about themselves | Claim | Effective |
19ca569e80e5 | 2B557F0EF764 | In life we always struggle to learn new things about ourselves and broaden who we are. Through challenges students face in school and the friends they make better help them understand who they are and develop their identities. Interactions in schools, different friend groups, and learning about the world in classes wit... | Evidence | Effective |
c36ae5c2de58 | 2B557F0EF764 | Attending classes in school gives students chances to better learn about themselves by providing classes in the arts, technology, cooking, management, and much more | Claim | Effective |
637c62549940 | 2B557F0EF764 | These classes in different areas help students learn about who they are and gives them a chance to explore and also give them social skills. Online classes restricts a student from exploring and learning what they like or dislike to do which will have negative effects when they seek a career. Attending classes from hom... | Evidence | Effective |
2e7304098032 | 2B557F0EF764 | Students will face many hardships in life but through going to school and attending classes in school they will learn valuable lessons and learn about themselves. A student will face being unmotivated but with help support from peers and teachers they will get through those times. Online classes are not beneficial to a... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
48d02eee771d | 2B568E2031B1 | Have you seen our earth? It needs help | Lead | Effective |
fc645dd11ebb | 2B568E2031B1 | That's why i think you should make kids do community service! | Position | Effective |
fadb350e65c2 | 2B568E2031B1 | It will make our earth cleaner | Evidence | Effective |
a101f6db8d99 | 2B568E2031B1 | Well to start off, i think kids should do community service is because all kids do when they get home from school is watch television and play video games | Claim | Effective |
fadb0113614e | 2B568E2031B1 | But with everyone coming together we could make this place a more efficient place to be upon | Evidence | Adequate |
8a6f9955ca00 | 2B568E2031B1 | I also know some kids wont be happy about this, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
5799c5db1af1 | 2B568E2031B1 | but when they realize they are working together to help the community they should feel better about themselves | Rebuttal | Effective |
2059eed29e1d | 2B568E2031B1 | Kids should get out of the house more often and help out with the environment. I hope kids start getting out more to help out our healthy world. | Evidence | Adequate |
a003ade88721 | 2B568E2031B1 | In addition, I think there are plenty of things to do outside! | Claim | Adequate |
18cb9b813689 | 2B568E2031B1 | A couple examples to do outside would be to pick up trash or tutor someone. If you pick up trash, people might notice and they will stop throwing stuff out of there car window. They also might help pick up trash. If you help someone else they other person will benefit with a better education, that will be needed for a ... | Evidence | Effective |
d0c6fc2e7f1d | 2B568E2031B1 | Last but not least, I think it is good to help out. You can get a lot by helping others! | Claim | Adequate |
3985c189c0a3 | 2B568E2031B1 | If you do sports or something in that category then you could be recognized at the end of the season for volunteering outside of school. This could be useful if you want to do something and you have a good back ground! Getting recognized for helping out is a great way you could be a better person! TEACHER_NAME if you l... | Evidence | Effective |
2f7085159c7b | 2B568E2031B1 | In conclusion, I told you it would be a good thing for the kids so they are not at home watching television and playing video games all day! Then i also told you there are plenty of things to do outside for the environment! Finally i told you it would be good for kids to help out with the outside world, not just in sch... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
14bfa393c7e0 | 2B683EE1691A | Students bring cell phones to school for either 2 reasons, 1 is for texting in class, and 2 is so incase something happens they can call there parents | Lead | Adequate |
3dd695f1b6c4 | 2B683EE1691A | I think it is ok for kids to bring there phones to school | Position | Adequate |
71be8481e18e | 2B683EE1691A | but if they are texting someone or playing with it in class you should take it right away because they aren't even aloud to play with it or text on it in class. | Evidence | Ineffective |
1659cbd3ee32 | 2B683EE1691A | when they say to turn off your phones in class the students really don't turn them off | Claim | Adequate |
39ee5e438397 | 2B683EE1691A | they either hide it from you when it makes a sound, or they turn it on silent or on vibrate so when they get a text no one can hear it or if someone calls them. | Evidence | Adequate |
7d115d53d7fd | 2B683EE1691A | My opinion is to allow students to bring there cell phones to school and to turn them off when in class but they should be allowed to use them if they need to | Claim | Adequate |
211c60ebc16d | 2B683EE1691A | but would have to ask the teacher and they can only be calling their parents or any other close family members, or their guardian. | Evidence | Adequate |
2fd594e4e247 | 2B683EE1691A | If they are not calling their close family members or parents then take the phone away and call their parents and tell them about it and tell the student to com get it from the office after school is over. | Evidence | Ineffective |
fc25c987bb26 | 2B683EE1691A | The reason I want to be able to have phones at school is so that we can have a way to call are parents with are phone because there might be something wrong. | Claim | Adequate |
d4bad10899b8 | 2B683EE1691A | But If we call from the school then are parents might not answer because they might not know it is the school or they just don't want to talk to the school right now. | Evidence | Adequate |
c0d2d59ec401 | 2B683EE1691A | This is why we need phones at school. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
6f729e7a32bc | 2B7612A3D793 | Electoral College should be abolished | Position | Effective |
625d08f08bae | 2B7612A3D793 | because the electors may help ruin the president election | Claim | Effective |
d6f33374969a | 2B7612A3D793 | large states are not vistied or spoken to from the president other than small states | Claim | Adequate |
8562162b51ad | 2B7612A3D793 | Sources from source 2: The Indefensible Electoral college: why even the best - laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumet. Reason 1 explains that many electors could ruin the president campaign and Reason 2 states many elector go for big states to cast in more votes other than small states. | Evidence | Adequate |
77751aec634d | 2B7612A3D793 | Many may not realize but when they vote they're not voting for the president, they're voting for state electors | Claim | Effective |
fc1483e4f80c | 2B7612A3D793 | for example "each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee" although each party chooses a trusted elector many can betray the party and select the other party. Also the betray can cost the presdient election dearly for instance Bradford stated " back in 1960, segregationists in the Loui... | Evidence | Effective |
6067ffc4f9d8 | 2B7612A3D793 | The electors want to cast in more votes from big states other than small states. | Claim | Adequate |
c3149970e15d | 2B7612A3D793 | Source 2 quoted " Because of the -take- all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. Even though you would like to vote for your campaign the electors may not even visit other sates because they may thin... | Evidence | Effective |
d4614c4006f6 | 2B7612A3D793 | Electoral College should be abolished because the electors may help ruin the president election and large states are not vistied or spoken to from the president other than small states. Electoral college may seem an unfair disadvantage for most voters many of their campaign that they want to win can be rather at a disa... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
35e8c688eff3 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | To keep or not to keep the electoral college , that is the question | Lead | Adequate |
dab082909b22 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | Everbodys ansewer is different but my ansewer is to abolish it | Position | Adequate |
0e534968e7fd | 2B8301B2C7B7 | This system did work in the 17th to about the late 19th centrrey but now now in this day and age the old system is like the gamecube , it had a good run and serived it's purpose but now its time to move on to better and more up to date system . Now thats out of the way lets see what should the new system could possably... | Claim | Adequate |
a62c73fa9e80 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | First up , by the people of the U.S.A. . What I mean by that is the poplare vote . With this system everyone's vote matter | Claim | Adequate |
4bec76431c2c | 2B8301B2C7B7 | Lets say that to win the vote you have to have ten thusand ore votes than your oppint or something like that . I really don't know the best way to do the voting system but this could should be solved by the gonverment and not the high school student that is writing this . Other than that lets move on . | Evidence | Ineffective |
9ded1d5e3763 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | Next one up , Repesitives . I know there is something like this but do this base on population . Like for every 10,000 there is one repesitive or something like that . This could be a cleaner and faster system than the one in the first paragraph | Claim | Adequate |
8089d6feebb4 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | Both of the system mainly focus on the people so you can't do wrong with ether of this systems . Thatsall I have to say about this system . | Evidence | Ineffective |
ce76a51a4931 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | Now the moment you been waiting for , update the old system | Claim | Adequate |
ac1119b14643 | 2B8301B2C7B7 | Sometimes all you have to do is update the old system . The system is out datted but if you update it you could make it better . It may or may not work work but you do this right this system could last the U.S.A. a nother 300 years . | Evidence | Ineffective |
ad4e9b05a1ee | 2B8301B2C7B7 | In conclusion , this is what you could do to replace the system . There are many more but to me this are the three best systems I can think of so I hope you agree with me . Other than that I wish you farlwell . | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
c3003be1cefd | 2B8374B25171 | I think the Electoral Collage is unfair to the citizens of the United States of America. | Position | Adequate |
43bb6a2a37a1 | 2B8374B25171 | The Electoral collage resembles too much control by the United States government | Claim | Adequate |
5e9c754e9a71 | 2B8374B25171 | As said in Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. This dosnt even sound right does it... T... | Evidence | Adequate |
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