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They say that they could use hovering vehcles such as a blimp to fly over the planet, somewhere around 30 miles high. While 30 miles is a long way abover the planet, the temperature would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, which is not ideal for reseachers. "Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." If stud...
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The author does explain that Venus may have been previously similar to Earth-like conditions, including oceans to support forms of life
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He states that it has similar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains, and craters. While this may be too, Venus has come a long way in that it is no longer able to sustain life. Even if it previously was similar to Earth, that means that it has gotten worse over time, which says that from here on, it will continu...
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Proven by the author, Venus's conditions are far too extreme for the technology we have today. This planet is increasingly too dangerous to be explored, therefore the research toward it should be abandoned, and pushed more toward studying other plants, or even other solar systems in order to find another sutiable plane...
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I think its ok so you can know how the person is feeling
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If you know how a person is feeling then you can react to them in a way.
Claim
Adequate
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The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. If your in a classroom and you don't have one of those (FACS) then one day a...
Evidence
Adequate
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First,Professor. Thomas Huang of the beckman Institute for advanced Science at the University of Illinois working with Professor. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate which the proces begin when a computer constructs a ...
Evidence
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Second,The Facial Expressions of some individuals often show varying degrees of expression and the new emotion-recognition software tracks facial movements in a real face or in the painted face if Mona Lisa. Each expression of a Human is being compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion). In fact us Humans perf...
Evidence
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Third,Mona Lisa's Demonstration really intended to bring a smile on your face, For example: if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen a similar ad will follow but if your frown the next ad will be different,which makes the classroom computer recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored then it could m...
Evidence
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Last,Our Muscles called Orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's feet around your eyes, in a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorious. But, to an expert faces don't lie; the muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or cele...
Evidence
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In Conclusion, The Theory of Emotion is about moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions,but it also may help produce them, And empathy may happen at some point of time when we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions.
Concluding Statement
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Nick D'Alto's article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" describes the capabilities of new software called the Facial Action Coding System, and provides a few examples of its possible uses. In the text, the author states that the technology, which evaluates the movement of facial muscles to determine emotion, could be beneficial...
Lead
Adequate
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Using software such as the Facial Action Coding System could be valuable in a classroom setting as it could improve the quality of learning for students.
Position
Effective
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The new emotion-reading technology could help in the classroom as it could make sure students stayed engaged in the lesson.
Claim
Effective
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Often in school, students become bored easily, due to lack of attention long attention spans, uninteresting lessons, or boring teachers. This technology could help eliminate bordom. In the article, Dr. Huang states that "a classroom computer could recognize when a student... [is] bored" which would be beneficial, as it...
Evidence
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The technology could also help improve the quality of students' learning because it can make sure students are not confused
Claim
Adequate
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Often, when teachers ask if everyone understands the material, students who do not understand, will be too emabrassed to ask for help, or the teachers, with such a large class, will not notice if one or only a few students are falling behind. Furthermore, in the article, Dr. Huang states that "'most human communication...
Evidence
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The quality of learning in a classroom setting could be improved by teachers knowing the emotions of their students, which would make new technology such as the Facial Action Coding System, valuable in a classroom setting. This technololgy would be beneficial because it could identify whether students are confused or b...
Concluding Statement
Effective
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The facial action coding system has many promising applications
Position
Adequate
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, Mona Lisa has 83% of happiness 9% disgust 6% fearful and 2% ssanger. According to some new computer software that can reconize emotion the sofware is the latest innovation from prof. Thomas Huang, of the beckman institute for advanced science at the unversity of amsterdam. The process begins when the computar constru...
Evidence
Ineffective
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I think i like the new technology that the person invented it can detect your emotins and feelings. And i doubt others can invent something like that
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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The author believes Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers. There is lots of evidence to support the authors claim. I personally agree with the author that we should look into Venus more.
Position
Adequate
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Venus could be suitable for humans
Claim
Ineffective
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The author shows this by telling "temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy condiotions but survivalbe for humans." Venus can be suitable for humans...
Evidence
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Venus could have to be humanities future if we keep polluting Earth
Claim
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Venus could be suitable yet harsh, but still needs to be learned about a lot more. We still know only the bare minimum of Venus.
Evidence
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Venus is very hostile
Claim
Adequate
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Humans would not be able to survive on an atmosphere that is 97 percent carbon dioxide. It's clouds are highly corrosive with sulfuric acid, and temperatures are averaged over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. It would take a very great amount of effort to make Venus a new home. But if it is studied more we may be able to make i...
Evidence
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Overrall I think it would be smart to learn more about Venus. It could potentially be a new home. Venus seems to be almost as promising as Mars does right now, but still we need lots of information. The author had very good claims, and I agree with them. If we put more into studying Venus I believe it would help humani...
Concluding Statement
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"All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change" (Rosenthal source 1) said Transportation of America official David Goldberg in Elisabeth Rosenthal's article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars." With air pollution, smog, and greenhouse gas emissions rising...
Lead
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The advantages of limiting car usage
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fuel will no longer pollute the air,
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alternate transportation is available and cheaper,
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it would enforce goodwill and communionship.
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With President Obama's issue to decrease the amount of air pollution caused by cars, many have realized that car usage is not as common as it used to be. If the number of cars on the road continues to deplete- "and many sociologists believe it will-it will have benificial implications for carbon emissions and the envir...
Evidence
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By using alternate means of transportation such as buses, trains, and car pooling services you are saving gas money and supporting community business'. There is a rise in car pooling that has "facilitated more flexable commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work" (Rosentha...
Evidence
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a benifit of limiting our car usage can be found in the better communionship that will result as cities will make their stores closer together and communities more closley knit.
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In Bogota, Colombia people are practicing "car-free days" and relying solely on public transportation. As this happens author of article "Care-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," Andrew Selsy, says "parks and sports centers [are] bloom[ing] throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by...
Evidence
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The advantages of limiting car usage include fuel will no longer pollute the air, alternate transportation is available and cheaper, and it would enforce goodwill and communionship. With greenhouse gasses rapidly circulating and polluting the globe it would be acceptional to decrease this by not driving as often. Furth...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Summer break is the biggest part of the year that students look forward to. Students want to have fun with friends and just relax, however, students are still required to continue learning throughout their break in order to retain information they've learned over the school year. Consequently, students are assigned tea...
Lead
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Some people may say that teacher-designed summer projects are effective, however, student-designed projects are better
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it would be more enjoyable for the students
Claim
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it will have more diverse topics.
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First of all, having students design their own projects would be a lot more enjoyable for students because they have the freedom to choose their own topics
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. For example, the famous filmmaker and entrepreneur Walt Disney was not always successful with his work. At the start of his career he drew little art work pieces for a small local newspaper company, although he wasn't able to profit from his drawings that much, he still loved his job because it was something he wante...
Evidence
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Secondly, letting students design their projects will lead to more diverse topics.
Claim
Effective
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Students are always taught to follow a rubric which can be stressful; consequently, students are limited when it comes to expressing their thoughts and opinions. In fact, during my English class, students were split into groups and we were all assigned the same topic to debate about and we were also assigned which side...
Evidence
Effective
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Some say that teacher-designed projects are better because teachers are more experienced and know what's better for the students
Counterclaim
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however, that reasoning is flawed due to the fact that every student is different and some students need more freedom in education.
Rebuttal
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For example, studies have shown that when students are given work that's confusing or not enjoyable; they procrastinate until the due date and the scores and grades are often lower. However, when students are given the opportunity to choose their own topics and work on what they want to do, they take more responsibilit...
Evidence
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In conclusion, students should have the freedom to choose and design their own summer projects because it'll give the students a chance freely express themselves. Students today have a lot of information thrown at them during the school year and having to retain all that information throughout summer is very difficult,...
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I agree with the author because it its one of our closest planet and it is most earth- like planet in our solar system
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the autor says venus long ago was most likely covered largely with oceans and could of supported various forms of life. if we ceould visit venus we could probably find fossils from there.
Evidence
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NASA is making a silicon carbide that could last for up to three weeks in such conditions that meaans eventually we will be able to visit venus and learn about how the planet turned into gas and NASA is trying to make parts that would be more resistant to venus as it states in the passage." we are creating a system of ...
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in conclusion i do not the think the author wants to visit venus because it is way to hot to even try to land there if we did land there you would melt it says in paragraph 3 that the enviorment would crush a Submarine that is accustomed to dive in the deepest parts of our oceans. venus has erupting volcanoes, powerful...
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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In the article the author trlls how a new technolgy called the Facisl Action Coding System that identify human emotions. The software is used to "calculate emotions". They can caculate six basic emotions "happiness, suprise. anger,disgust,fear, and sadness". It can tell all of thoes things by your face movements and ho...
Lead
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The tecnology could help the student
Position
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becuase it tells them whenthey are looking bored or sleepy.
Claim
Adequate
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Dr. Huang is predicing that the tecnology could have a "effective human instructor
Evidence
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the tecnogly is very smart it could also make computer animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery
Claim
Adequate
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In the passage they gave an example of a real face painted of "Mona Lisa" becuase in the picture she has a stright face and she shows "no emotion". But it is also made to put a smile on your face. The computer model of the face technology has to have a 3D face model and has to have "all 44 muscles in the model must mo...
Evidence
Ineffective
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In conclusion the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in the classroom is valialbe becuase they all need to know how there emotions are and how they are looking in a classroom or jsut on the daily basic. And they can also see what emotional are meaning at that tiem when they didnt. It as...
Concluding Statement
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If i was a NASA scientist discussing the fase with someone who thinks it was created by aliens i would tell them that the face was not mad by aliens
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because it could of bin made by dust and wind or a deid person from milions of years ago also it can be a rock formed as a face .
Claim
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first i think that the face could of ben made up of dust and wind along time ago
Claim
Ineffective
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because we do not know what was in mars for a long period of time untill we invented satelights, rocket ships and space shutls next i say it could of also ben a deid person. one of the resons i say this is because in space a deid bode can not row or reprodus .
Evidence
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last but not lest a rock could of den formed or a medeor crash thes are some of the things why i think it could not be aliens.
Evidence
Ineffective
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The use of the facial software in class rooms could be a vital aspect in stopping and preventing tragedies such as school shootings,bullying,and possibly fights.
Position
Adequate
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In todays society is a key element on being able to read people's emotion to be able to determine how to approach the said person.
Claim
Adequate
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Many people are able to tell when a peer is angry pr sad but some people just have a blank face. The use of the software could help teachers understand their students,which in turn can help elaborate people's triggers and can lead to a better day."In fact, we humans perform this same impressive “calculation” every day....
Evidence
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Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc
Claim
Adequate
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Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huang’s emotion algorithms are a different sort of “Da Vinci Code”)"...
Evidence
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A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,” Dr. Huang predicts. “Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.
Claim
Adequate
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The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive—for video games or video surgery. “Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,” notes Dr. Huang. “So computers need to understand that, too.”Eckman has classified six basic emotions—happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fe...
Evidence
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In conclusion the software should be implemented in todays classrooms .Althoughyour home PC can’t handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa’s smile.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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The author suggests that studying Venus is worthy enough even though it is very dangerous.
Position
Adequate
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The author mentioned that on the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet . His solution to survive this weather that is dangerous to us humans is to allow them to float above the fray. A "blimp-like" v...
Evidence
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So not easy conditions, but survivable enough for humans. So this would help make the mission capeable of completing.
Claim
Adequate
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He also mentions how peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penertrate the dense atmosphere making it hard to take photographs . They also cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, f...
Evidence
Adequate
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So many reaserchers are working on innovations that would allow their machines to last long enough to help gain some imformation of Venus
Claim
Adequate
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They are working on other ways to study Venus
Claim
Adequate
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such as simplified electrnics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface . So far they have lasted for 3 weeks in these conditions which is more than enough time hopefully for them to be able to grab enough information. Their other project that they are working on...
Evidence
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He feels that studying Venus even though its dangerous is valuable
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because of the insight they could gain about the planet itself but also becuase "human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."
Evidence
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I think the author supported his claim very well he explained why he thought it as nessary to go even though it is dangerous and he gave solutions to some of the dangers on Venus such as sollution to the heat and ways to actually help gain evicence and imformation on Venus.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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How would you like to do a boring project on your summer break? Doesn't sound fun, does it? Schools believe that during the summer students need to actively learn. They ensure students continue learning by giving them summer projects. The matter at hand is; whether these projects should be teacher-designed or student-d...
Lead
Adequate
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having the students design the projects assigned can allow them to take into account the time they have available.
Position
Adequate
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Teacher-designed projects are very intricate and the teachers expect too much from the students.
Claim
Effective
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Teachers have high standards. High standards can be good during the school year but for a summer project this can become very stressful. There are a plethora of components to a teacher-designed project, research, citations, outlines, rough drafts, and countless more. These projects force students to push themselves.
Evidence
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Many might argue that its good for students to push themselves
Counterclaim
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but it is summer break after all and students have been pushing themselves for about ten months. These students are tired and adding stress to their vacation is cruel.
Rebuttal
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Doing a project you're uninterested in can be very bland and boring. Teachers don't think about how uninteresting a topic or project can be to a student. Not having interest in a topic can be very detrimental to a students grade and the effort they put into the project. The same reaction can come from a boring class, s...
Evidence
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If a student were to designed the project they could choose a topic they were genuinely interested in. This would set them up for success and they could have fun learning something new.
Claim
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Summer break is commonly associated with spending time with family and going on vacations. This is the case for most students. Giving students a long, details, mandated project is time consuming and takes away from their vacation. As a child of a divorced couple, my summers are filling with traveling to see my dad and ...
Evidence
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Given the chance to design their summer project students can ensure for themselves that it will not take away from their own plans and it will encourage them to finish it in a more timely manner.
Claim
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Some schools assign students summer projects to assure they continue to learn during their vacation. These projects should be designed by the students. The projects should be student-designed because teachers have high standards. Due to these high standards their projects require students to push themselves when all ye...
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In 2006 a trend began to grow in Europe, United States, and other places around the world to seporate auto use and the suburban life in to a movement called "smart planning." Most of the greenhouse gases emissions are up too 12 percent and is climing to greater than 50 percent in the United States and in Europe. Most o...
Evidence
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Do you remember the space trip to Mars? Well, another debate is brewing: Should we go to Venus or not? There are two perspectives on this issue. They are the people that want travel Venus (the author), and the people that don't want travel to Venus. There are two inherant issues too. They are the need for futher space ...
Lead
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The author has provided enough information on both sides of the argument, but he thinks that studying Venus is a "worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents."
Position
Adequate