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241b89c78591 | 308E3A168F23 | A nother reason is it is stuiped you can have more people vote then a nother guy can get the state vote it cost more . | Claim | Ineffective |
701aa81ac9a2 | 308E3A168F23 | If you can get tmore then 200 and get litten the half you won. if you win the big state that have electoral vote you can win. you can get CAL, texas, and florida you got a lot of vote . | Evidence | Adequate |
3bc8585a8d45 | 308E3A168F23 | These are the reason why you it not faair and stupid. These are the reason why you should not letthe stae vote. You should let the peopel of the USA vote for the president then the state. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
4d667cb777ff | 30935D02377A | Community Service is a very important aspect of life. | Lead | Adequate |
7615b28cca82 | 30935D02377A | As a firm believer in this, I would ask you to consider that all students of SCHOOL_NAME take part in community service. | Position | Adequate |
0fdf88e01e5a | 30935D02377A | As Christians, we are called to administer to the needs of the poor, but if this school is not pushing for it than how are we fulfilling our duties as Christians?
Whether it's working in soup kitchens downtown or helping babysit a neighbor, we should be striving to answer our call from God. | Evidence | Effective |
55dbfed65043 | 30935D02377A | I have done community service with my peers and during my experiences, I have encountered many people from various ages, genders, races, and social classes.
From every trip I have gained a valuable experience. | Evidence | Adequate |
5669010d86f2 | 30935D02377A | During one of my experiences, I was working in a soup kitchen in downtown Cleveland.
Although intimidating at first, I helped by serving those who didn't have the same gifts I am blessed with.
Isn't that what we are called to do? | Evidence | Ineffective |
b5d3741e9d52 | 30935D02377A | I learned from this that every human person is valuable and should be treated with dignity and respect.
Wouldn't you like all of the students at SCHOOL_NAME to participate in such a great journey of faith and attempt to carry out what we are taught by Jesus Christ? | Evidence | Adequate |
bc4382de4955 | 30935D02377A | I believe by helping our society to become a better place is why we are put here on this earth | Claim | Adequate |
a31c1b287c55 | 30935D02377A | we shouldn't be wasting our time and talents by selfishly keeping our gifts to ourself.
We are called to share those gifts with others. | Evidence | Adequate |
1370a305500d | 30935D02377A | Simply, I am asking that you implement at least ten hours of community service for the entire school year. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
1681553aafda | 30935D02377A | That is only a little over an hour of community service per month. | Evidence | Adequate |
599f793435c6 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | I disagree with the idea of only letting students with B grade average or higher only being allowed to participate in schools sports. | Position | Adequate |
05cf8904269c | 309BE8E1DCF1 | It is unfair to all the other students that were one point off from a B point average or those who didn't get those A' s or B' s. | Claim | Effective |
fdb4335a6254 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | It will make all the other students fell left out, or feel like they're being excluded. | Claim | Effective |
c33bfd1c9ef2 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | "Don't exclude, you should always include." This is what teachers have told my fellow students and I for years. I think it is unfair to not let everyone compete in sports. These students that didn't get A' s or B' s may be the people who always wanted to compete in sports, but never had thought to join or never had the... | Evidence | Effective |
fd5dd4814486 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | not everyone is perfect in school, and not everyone gets all A' s and B' s. | Claim | Effective |
623a17a2374f | 309BE8E1DCF1 | One little C could ruin any students chances of competing in school sports and representing their school. I don't think schools should judge kids on their grades by letting the grades decide if a student can participate in sports or not. according to this new rule, a student can have all A' s and one C, but it's not th... | Evidence | Adequate |
91776b8a6879 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | sports provide any student with what they always need, confidence and exercise. | Claim | Effective |
0e7bc7e787e3 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | If you let a student's grade decide if a student can or can't compete in sports, you can be holding them back from healthy exercise and keep them from building confidence. Exercise keeps students healthy and when a student competes in sports, they are exercising. Every gym teacher I've ever had has always told us how d... | Evidence | Effective |
3d62f7fca9c9 | 309BE8E1DCF1 | Do you want to exclude students and make them feel like they're not good enough to participate in sports? Do you want to deprive us from healthy exercise and confidence? Please consider the consequences of keeping this new rule. I feel it is unfair and I strongly disagree with it. I don't want anyone to feel left out o... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
c1d028199a22 | 30B3A5EACADC | In this article it talks about how ''Driveless Cars Are Coming'' to the world soon.
They have been in the world since 2009 but we have never seen them on the road yet because we live in Indiana.
California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have limited self-driving cars.
Manufacturers believe that in th... | Lead | Adequate |
b429c1817be4 | 30B3A5EACADC | In the article it sais that googles Toyota Prius are assisted with ''position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearveiw mirror, four automative radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor.'' | Evidence | Adequate |
80e2cf2b5fa5 | 30B3A5EACADC | They fully loaded the car to be very protected at all times but its not like they cant break or just not work. | Claim | Adequate |
88a5140d73ce | 30B3A5EACADC | The driverless car in my opinion should just stay away from the roads | Position | Adequate |
e9a347bdd421 | 30B3A5EACADC | In 2013 they said that they put a ''Traffic Jam Assistant'' on a 2013 BMW.
It can drive its self with the help sometimes of a human touch if in any trouble.
Manufactures sais that they will have a camera in a car and will watch the person as the person watches the road. Manufactures are also bring a system to where i... | Evidence | Adequate |
9bc5c97ee2a9 | 30B3A5EACADC | I agree with this part because if the car is driving and he human is faling asleep then the cars with cameras will notify them by vibrating the seats and waking the person up. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
69927ce769be | 30B3A5EACADC | The thing i disagree with is the car driving by itself because if that does evolve to regular society, then I think we will have something else to deal with. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
c477cfcc3249 | 30B3A5EACADC | Have saying this in 2016 it sais that ''Tesla is releasing a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time.
Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can truly drive themselves by 2020.''
What I think is that it will be far past in the future to where we finally see these cars on the road dr... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d0053de864e1 | 30C6A72F5821 | I am writting this letter on behaf of my feelings on changing the election by popular vote. | Position | Adequate |
3d5df46c57f3 | 30C6A72F5821 | The single best argument against the electoral collage is what might be what we (the american people) might call the disastor factor, We should consdier ourselves lucky that in the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a centry; the system can allow much worse. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Lousiana leg... | Evidence | Ineffective |
3d55d2b9e7f5 | 312812841AB3 | Whats up with the electoral college? Can we really trust it? Ofcourse you cant and all that apose can stand up and walk out the door .The presidental race is a fake!!! So the goverment wants to tell you that you need to be a citezen to vote but what are you voting for? | Lead | Effective |
3a89e21fdc73 | 312812841AB3 | The electoral college is a fraud, | Position | Adequate |
ebfebfbd8e66 | 312812841AB3 | your supposed to send your personal opinion to vote for the president of your country, not some lazy bum that sits in a chair all year and when time comes to put his vote in he overides yours and the peoples votes for you and not even care because they are getting paid to? | Evidence | Ineffective |
2eefe371d657 | 312812841AB3 | It only takes two hundered and seventiy votes from the electoral college to elect the president when theres over two billon residents in the united states? You mean to call this a demcracy when its really a underground dictator ship. I dont know how hard it is to bribe a person in a high postion but it is hard to bribe... | Evidence | Ineffective |
6960337f5789 | 312812841AB3 | I belive we should get to actually vote for the next presdent | Claim | Effective |
60e37919fc01 | 312812841AB3 | theres no trust into the peoples belifes | Evidence | Adequate |
88fe3c130b93 | 312812841AB3 | i mean yes theres alot of bandwagon fans and people who really have no idea of whats going on in their country | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
31215b081783 | 312812841AB3 | but i promise you we wont fool around and compirmise the whole system beliving in our own belifes | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
65cca8289450 | 312812841AB3 | these fancy bosos mignht thuink they know what their doung but they really dont there just a bunch money thisrty pigs and it isnt fair to the people to rely on theb electoeral college to pick the fate of our country as long as we live on it | Evidence | Ineffective |
8d8c4b8e0bfe | 312812841AB3 | The fact that we cant even pick the electors make it even worse | Claim | Adequate |
904d592e4287 | 312812841AB3 | i mean how are we even supposed to trust them i dont know who they are do you? how do you know what the legislators a caplble of they could have been bribed and no one would even know i mean the goverment already has alot of secterts and they could be asdding on the them and you wouldnt evem knowwhy beacuse its the gov... | Evidence | Adequate |
43f6d1b782e3 | 312812841AB3 | When I read the title for source two i automaticlly agreed with the incredbly percise source because I have been asking myself the same question ever since i first learned about it in middle school. Every time i would ask the teacher I would always get the same responce "thats a good question let me get back to you on... | Evidence | Ineffective |
080115e2e0f5 | 312812841AB3 | Even in source three it dosent answer my question and its the electoral colleges defence | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8be81ffe4cac | 312812841AB3 | but their defense isnt that strong sorry to tell you that it gives me five reasons but there not strong reasons and I belive source two out battles the both source one and two. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
8092fdee2ccd | 312812841AB3 | So in conclusion i have stated in almost every pargargh DO NOT TRUST THE SYSTEM!!! | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f633b49f4bac | 312D8CFDF5DF | We should keep the Electoral College | Position | Ineffective |
70b6cf55c2d5 | 312D8CFDF5DF | its a good process and it keeps us from having the problem of elections in which no candidates receives a majority of the votes cast. | Claim | Ineffective |
f56164870ac8 | 312D8CFDF5DF | Like in 1968 with Nixon and in 1992 in Clinton were they only got 43 percent plurality of the popular votes but with the Electoral College which invariably produces a clear winner. | Evidence | Adequate |
2ce158e10a45 | 312D8CFDF5DF | The Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no chance of carrying their state Democrats in Texas, an idea of this is like a Republicans in California. The Electoral College needs a presidential candidate to have have trans regional appeal like South,Nort... | Evidence | Ineffective |
f2eaa6f37c45 | 312D8CFDF5DF | The Electoral College is widely regarded as a anachronism, a non demorcratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overpowered by declaring the candidate who get the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are right in debatingthat the Electoral College method is not democratic in a mod... | Evidence | Ineffective |
7acc501bf56b | 312D8CFDF5DF | The Electoral College helps with Certainty of outcome, Everyone's president, Swing states,Big staes, Avoid run off elections. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total of numbers of votes are 538 is an even number but it is highly unlikely. The new president will have no regard for their inte... | Evidence | Ineffective |
1d155f9c4101 | 3165FA4998BC | Senator, we should keep the Electoral College. The Electoral College establishes judgement and fairness by giving upcoming presidents a fair shot. People have voices and the popular vote can be biased from state to state. | Position | Effective |
84141aafbd5b | 3165FA4998BC | The proccess if mature because they chose unbiased electors, and there is a majority of 270 electoral votes. The Electoral College has 538 electors, which gives a good amount of unbiases people. They figure this amount by one for each member in the House of Representaties plus two for the Senators, which you could be o... | Evidence | Adequate |
10c3ffcbd552 | 3165FA4998BC | The Electoral College is one of the best ways to keep a fair election. | Claim | Adequate |
44d64e940157 | 3165FA4998BC | We people do not make the brightest decisions sometimes, and the Electoral College keeps us from making the wrong decision for who is going to be our next president. | Evidence | Adequate |
7bdc1378f4a3 | 3165FA4998BC | People can be easily affected into turning on a candidate. They could not realize that the candidate would be a great president. The Electoral College gives the candidates a fair chance. | Claim | Adequate |
08b8971c9693 | 3165FA4998BC | The member of the Electoral College are fair and know what is best for the country. The specific Electoral electors for your state vote what the state wants, and is not biased on what other senators or electors want. This gives the people a good amount of say in the election. | Evidence | Adequate |
d96e18937917 | 3165FA4998BC | Electoral Colllege keeps the people in line and gives the people a sense of establishment. | Claim | Ineffective |
fce1f09664ad | 3165FA4998BC | The election of the president is every four years. This gives people time to decide on a new president and who they want representing their votes. | Evidence | Ineffective |
3590b2fb58aa | 3165FA4998BC | Overall the Electoral College is one of the brightest decisions that America has made. For one the Electoral College gives people a fair chance in becoming president. Also the Electoral College helps make the voting process a lot easier. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
6f32978c41fb | 318F40822873 | Along with the growing influence of technology in society comes the availability to use it to transform the way in which students are educated. With the use of technology, students could be given the responsibility and freedom to complete classes online rather than having to come into school five times a week. However,... | Lead | Effective |
3431306f53f3 | 318F40822873 | I think students would benefit from being able to take online classes at home, rather than at school, | Position | Effective |
52f401916c13 | 318F40822873 | it would give students the opportunity to learn at their own appropriate pace | Claim | Effective |
920a2d4b147f | 318F40822873 | it would provide a more comfortable learning environment with less distractions.
| Claim | Effective |
d44a4c8da57f | 318F40822873 | While in the classroom, it is difficult for teachers to go at a pace that isn't too slow or too fast for every single student since not every student learns at the same pace. I consider myself a relatively slow learner and writer. Therefore, there have been several instances where my teachers would be lecturing and giv... | Evidence | Effective |
e0e97caf091d | 318F40822873 | Although I understand that it is important to be able to complete assignments quickly for the future | Counterclaim | Adequate |
7a9bd93ad0d2 | 318F40822873 | I think that in a learning environment that should not be the case. Learning is not about being able to complete an assignment in an hour, but it is about being able to understand new information. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
5f81c7b68f82 | 318F40822873 | Therefore, I think learning from home provides the best learning environment for every student to do well in their education, since they don't have to constantly be overshadowed with the stress of time on important assignments. At home, students are able to ensure that they turn in quality work that will help improve t... | Claim | Effective |
8f881c1d5146 | 318F40822873 | In the event that students would be able to take classes from home, they would also be able to learn in an environment that ensures their greatest focus and success. | Claim | Effective |
07e8fb844201 | 318F40822873 | However, this can be difficult when there are constant distractions in the classroom | Counterclaim | Adequate |
cd008ae95327 | 318F40822873 | For example, in my Pre-Calculus class, there is a specific group of students who are constantly found talking over the teacher as she is trying to teach. Not only does this distract the teacher, but it also distracts me and the other students who are trying to learn the material | Evidence | Adequate |
1fe3b78f09bc | 318F40822873 | To avoid instances like this, students should be able to learn at home where they can sit in a room all by themselves, free from any outside noises or distractions that may hinder their learning | Rebuttal | Effective |
d647548b09f3 | 318F40822873 | Other students, and sometimes teachers, are simply just added distractions that make it even more difficult for students to focus on learning the information that the teacher is trying to teach to the class | Evidence | Effective |
b4bf2ce3b117 | 318F40822873 | Similarly, while in my AP Chemistry class, since I am usually one of the last students to finish the test, there is always a constant moving of students and whispering among the inconsiderate students who cause me to lose focus. It is very challenging for students to concentrate on their thoughts when they are followed... | Evidence | Effective |
0924368374ba | 318F40822873 | Furthermore, I constantly find myself being more focused doing my homework rather than trying to do my work in school because I am given an appropriate and quiet learning space that helps me concentrate on what I am doing. Allowing students to learn from the comfort of their home helps minimize the many potential distr... | Evidence | Effective |
547f88a44f97 | 318F40822873 | While trusting students to learn independently may not be appropriate for every student, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
e0b51e316e15 | 318F40822873 | it can be an important quality for other students to learn the importance of being responsible for their future. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
f13c9b6e6499 | 318F40822873 | Many high school and college classes have leaned greatly towards using technology for student's to complete and turn in assignments. Nowadays, teachers and professors are mostly used for lecturing which can easily be transmitted online. Therefore, as the years progress, and technology grows to be more influential on so... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
b40e1b5927da | 31F19F915306 | Hello i have a few thing to say about this whole thing going on hear. for starters i heard you are think that the students of this school mite have to do community work for a grade or something. are you out of you mind, | Lead | Adequate |
185499ef0f0e | 31F19F915306 | we should be able to chose to do that work | Position | Adequate |
345e885ffa68 | 31F19F915306 | some of the kids that will be doing it will not want to. | Claim | Adequate |
4ea339767995 | 31F19F915306 | if the kids really want top do it but some don't let the kids that want to do and let them have fun. the other kids that don't want to do it. leave them be they don't need to be like all the other people. maybe they want to be doing that work because there lazy or just plan don't want, too.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
337dc78d6a7b | 31F19F915306 | maybe one of the kids mite get hurt doing it | Claim | Adequate |
740a9ec3e5d8 | 31F19F915306 | like if they have to pick up trash to "clean the world" by picking up the wrong thing and they mite get cut and the parents mite sew or something and you don't want that.
| Evidence | Adequate |
672d30941043 | 31F19F915306 | now i know i was all into it at the time when we started with a few of my friends | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ad94f70f82d4 | 31F19F915306 | but i don't want to any more i cant stand it. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
67feb75e1154 | 31F19F915306 | some people have base ball or some other sport to go to | Evidence | Adequate |
30de0c5ef9a0 | 31F19F915306 | they don't have time to do all that work. | Claim | Adequate |
f3cc68957328 | 31F19F915306 | now do you she what you are doing your making it hard for some of the lazy kids that go to this school and i shall support that as long as i am going to this school i have a say in things. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
40b8652cd2ee | 3214BA8B26E6 | After reviewing information about the Electoral College, I believe that the Electoral College should not be used in deciding or electing the president of the United States. | Position | Effective |
5e9a128a4de4 | 3214BA8B26E6 | "Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for President, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the President." The sitation before states that it is not the President the voters are voting for, it is actually the electors that the people are voting for, who in turn will vote for the President. This ... | Evidence | Effective |
5b4834665bce | 3214BA8B26E6 | It is really in the hands of the electors who will become President. | Claim | Effective |
4796c5019c71 | 3214BA8B26E6 | Secondly, after realizing that the number of electoral votes decides if you beome President or not, the Presidential candidates are going to want to focus on obtaining the most votes as possible. | Claim | Effective |
b808c43e8205 | 3214BA8B26E6 | After determining which states they "have in the bag", the candidates are going to put their campaigning efforts toward the "toss-up" or "swing states". Here they will have to compete in a tight race between the other party to sway the voters of the state to vote their way. This method of campaigning in the swing state... | Evidence | Effective |
a434058d835f | 3214BA8B26E6 | Finally, the system of electing electors who then vote for the President can be considered unpredictable. | Claim | Effective |
6929967e9e03 | 3214BA8B26E6 | This being because the electors could at any time defy the will of the people. These shady electors, also known as "faithless electors", can deny to vote for their party's candidate and instead cast the vote for whomever they desire. This shows that it is not the people's choice, instead the choice of the elector. Also... | Evidence | Effective |
fc7396dbd014 | 3214BA8B26E6 | Overall Mr. Senator, I believe that the Electoral College should not be used to determine who becomes the President of the United States instead they should use popular vote. This being because the people are not directly voting, the candidates are just focusing on getting the votes and not on the people. And lastly be... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
4345b39f8b7a | 321FA7E39731 | I vote yes that we should keep the electoral college in. | Position | Effective |
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