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df29aebf9b87 | 352CEEDDF08C | That is the reasoning behind the fact that I agree with both sides here | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
012804dd845a | 3544D0B1BCDB | I am writing you in concern of the new policy which you have been considering with the school board. In case you have forgotten, and I mean so in the utmost respect, it is just that people have a tendency to forget things, the new policy which has been suggested is to change school policy so that students are not allow... | Lead | Effective |
0213e105a8c9 | 3544D0B1BCDB | In my opinion, this change is immensely unfair to the student body, will cause disarray among the different clubs, and will hurt the school much more than it will aid the school. My understanding is that you are considering this policy change so that students will work harder to retain a B average and so the student bo... | Position | Effective |
9cbb5f640412 | 3544D0B1BCDB | First however, I believe some background knowledge is required. As you know already, a C grade average is considered average in most of our country, where as a B or an A average are considered above average, and outstanding, respectively. Also, as you may know already, most of the student body retains a C average. Your... | Evidence | Effective |
f304562cfa82 | 3544D0B1BCDB | Such a change is not fair to the student body because the student body usually only maintains a C average! | Claim | Effective |
88d852d7e180 | 3544D0B1BCDB | people's grades are not always constant. | Claim | Effective |
d8bc0fe1bd19 | 3544D0B1BCDB | A student may get straight As one term but in the next term may get straight Cs. That would mean the activities would have an inconsistent flow of students for every term. The students who had improved their average would join their respective clubs but the students who had not would be forced to withdraw from their ac... | Evidence | Effective |
a237f64f5292 | 3544D0B1BCDB | A person who might spend a huge amount of time practicing their sport but who was not the best academic wise would find themselves in an incredibly bad spot. They would not be allowed to participate in the sport which they loved until they academically improved. | Evidence | Adequate |
7a33b6ab16b8 | 3544D0B1BCDB | And this change might cause them to much stress to be able to improve. | Claim | Effective |
35831da4fd34 | 3544D0B1BCDB | Students would easily find themselves in depression when they are unable to retain the correct grade average and such a thing would never be good for a school. Also people would have to deal with the stress of knowing that if they do not do well enough in school, they will not be able to participate in the things which... | Evidence | Effective |
4548d54f0740 | 3544D0B1BCDB | this would thoroughly disorganise after-school help due to the fact that after-school help falls under the category an "other activity." Students who needed help would not be able to get it through conventional methods within school. | Claim | Effective |
5380501e632b | 3544D0B1BCDB | And what about the special education children or the less intelligent students who struggle just to pass? What about the people who can only get a C if they try their hardest? They would find themselves isolated, neither able to do well in school, nor able to do well in sports or other activities because they wouldn't ... | Evidence | Effective |
88301bb07ebb | 3544D0B1BCDB | Certainly you cannot think that such a change would be a good thing for the school! All it would bring is chaos and stress and the amount of people who improve would also find themselves always under pressure, always struggling to be above average. There are various things that could go wrong under such a monumental ch... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
20b929ddef5f | 3583374DF150 | Electoral voting is a voting system that is trash. No one likes it, its not fair for the people to have somone else (The Electors) vote for them. How do we have freedom of speech if were not the one's who are voting? Electoral votes are not what we need if we the people what a good president. | Lead | Adequate |
43477c4b573f | 3583374DF150 | The majority of the popular vote in the united states should determine who sits in the
White House | Position | Adequate |
d62e196a6c86 | 3583374DF150 | Abolishing the Electoral College is the best thing the the United States could do. Under the Electoral Cololege system, we the voters (people) vote not for our president but for a slate of electors that hopefully elect the president you want. | Claim | Adequate |
4c144d089e35 | 3583374DF150 | We can not controll who the elects vote for, plus we somtimes dont know the electors we are voting for. If the people of the state of Florida wants to have a Republican president but the elector wants a Democratic president then most likely thats who he is going to vote for is the Democratic candidate. | Evidence | Adequate |
ac176a652ea4 | 3583374DF150 | The popular vote is fair and is more likely to get sucessful persidents that people will like | Claim | Adequate |
ec6b75982199 | 3583374DF150 | It's like "
American Idole
" you have to perform good, you have to sound good, and u have to be sucessful. You have to get two out of the three judges to say yes in order for you to go to Hollywood. Same thing with the popular vote system, u have to get two-thirds of the popular vote in order to be persident. It's al... | Evidence | Ineffective |
844591cade38 | 3583374DF150 | Lets make a differnce as a country and not let people do things for us because thats takeing our freedom away. Lets get rid of the dumb electoral system and lets use the popular vote becasue thats when your voice is herd and your vote counts. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
3ce6bfd05589 | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | I think it is a good idea for the student's to be in community service. | Position | Adequate |
c33bb9f67948 | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | It will help the environment so the earth can be healthy. | Claim | Adequate |
ead8966d3a0d | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | I knew a friend that was in community service in 2009 he now lives in Rosemont, Illinois he picked up trash all over were he lives. But some of the students don't want to do something like this to prevent gases of pollution on earth. | Evidence | Adequate |
c5783ef6d7e3 | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | I have been trying to make people under stand what it mean's to help. They don't want to help because they just want to litter throw can's not recycle or any thing to help | Evidence | Adequate |
ea57b2f8dc64 | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | What I need are some people that care to do some of the community service | Claim | Adequate |
b27f13725cf6 | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | Take Disney's friend for change they are helping kid's unpollute there town's or cities. | Evidence | Adequate |
096753b4c10f | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | What we really need are some special people to help for this community service one's that care for there planet. | Claim | Adequate |
06d391da1bea | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | these crises on our planet need to stop all what they have done. i have received a letter from my friend that moved to Illinois has cleaned up the whole city with some help in just 1 month. If you know any one who can help with this call. | Evidence | Adequate |
255389f5e00f | 35DE2CC6BBD9 | This is my idea what we should do to help our community. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
a3543e94178b | 360F4E7D2631 | I strongly believe that community service is something good, | Lead | Ineffective |
df2e08aedadf | 360F4E7D2631 | that all the students should be willing to perform community service in some way. | Position | Adequate |
226f2ea729d3 | 360F4E7D2631 | Community service teaches us many valuable things. | Claim | Adequate |
23dd7cacb5d9 | 360F4E7D2631 | And it also gives us the opportunity to aid others that need it. | Claim | Adequate |
a0b9baa39376 | 360F4E7D2631 | First, is a way of helping, and growing together as a community. | Claim | Adequate |
d56faf369f3f | 360F4E7D2631 | we shouldn't expect someone else to do our job. We are the future of our community/country; and if we are growing up expecting we don't have to do anything, we will have very few chances of being successful. | Evidence | Adequate |
e5194bfedb24 | 360F4E7D2631 | Like if we like math, or are good at it, we could tutor those who need more help. Or if we are interested in justice, or working for peace, we could volunteer at places that do that kind of work. | Evidence | Adequate |
d7503b8027df | 360F4E7D2631 | Furthermore, community service doesn't have to be boring, we could take our friends, or siblings. Then they will learn from our example, we will have company, and our virtues will spread throughout our community. | Evidence | Ineffective |
41ce7423b8ab | 360F4E7D2631 | Finding ways to perform community service is very easy; just talk to your parents, neighbors, classmates, etc. Something else is that it doesn't have to be the biggest thing ever. Small actions will lead to great achievements.
Doing small actions every day, sometimes without even planning, will help our community grow... | Evidence | Adequate |
2bf6befd28ee | 360F4E7D2631 | When we need help we will know that our neighbor or classmate will be there to help us and will take care of us. When we are older, the younger kids we showed all those virtues, will keep passing them to their family, friends. Soon we will see all the great things we achieved. | Evidence | Adequate |
c4d5eef6f862 | 360F4E7D2631 | Please help us develop a great community, learn great things, and give us different | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
f6a9182ddb50 | 36403757FA10 | I personally feel that the electoral college is just plain unfair | Position | Adequate |
47d35ee79352 | 36403757FA10 | I don't think it's necessary to even have it at all because what's the point if the votes aren't equal for all states? it's a very irrational process. | Claim | Adequate |
40c6cd544321 | 36403757FA10 | It isn't right if a president wins the popular votes but doesn't win by electoral votes and it results in him/her not becoming president. If someone votes for a slate of electors and they end up not even voting for who they're "supposed" to be voting for then what's the purpose of electing them anyway? There is no purp... | Evidence | Adequate |
0301e35023f8 | 36403757FA10 | The amount of electoral votes that your state gets depends on your states population and not the size of it. I somewhat understand why they do this but at the same time it doesn't seem very fair. | Claim | Adequate |
554b7f1a3284 | 36403757FA10 | Yeah, i know life isn't fair but for something like this that has a possible way of being fair doesn't make sense not to be. Alaska with only 3 electoral votes should be able to have the same amount as california with 55 electoral votes. Since it isn't actually equal like that i feel that they should just choose who wi... | Evidence | Adequate |
80306634c9ce | 36403757FA10 | Another reason electoral votes aren't right to me is because if a president wins the popular votes but not the electoral votes then it almost seems likes one of the types of votes is useful | Claim | Ineffective |
88aac0a1c84a | 36403757FA10 | It seems like this because then he/she may not win and become president even though they won the popular votes. The canidates shouldn't have to rely on 2 different types of votes because obviously one isn't fair. I feel that in a situation like this having popular votes is just a watse of time because it seems that the... | Evidence | Ineffective |
da377dc20b85 | 36403757FA10 | The voting is done by the party's nominee that then elects a slate of electors to vote for the canidate but the problem is you can't always trust that they will actually vote for the canidate that they're supposed to be voting for. | Claim | Adequate |
4dff2b0675f2 | 36403757FA10 | This isn't the only issue, sometimes the voters get confused and accidentally vote for the wrong canidate resulting in more votes for the opposing side. This is a another reason why i feel that the electoral college should be abolished for good.
| Evidence | Adequate |
f2d997daf6d7 | 36403757FA10 | In conclusion, the electoral college is just really not needed in our goverment. It is equal for all states which affects the vote. Also the canidate doesn't win based on only popular votes, they must win they majority of the electoral votes. Lastly but definetly not least, the voting by the slate of electors isn't cer... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
7f66b18a5559 | 364FBA0A27EA | Driverless cars are another one of the world's technological marvels, that not only take away the prevalent nuisance of driving for long periods of time, but in terms of safety and efficiency, prevail. | Lead | Effective |
89d0c6805adc | 364FBA0A27EA | When flexibility increases, | Claim | Effective |
e3cf223a3617 | 364FBA0A27EA | prices decrease | Claim | Effective |
727f8ebc48a7 | 364FBA0A27EA | the safety of consumers is protected, | Claim | Effective |
acfe4328b666 | 364FBA0A27EA | then there is no reason that semi-autonomous cars should not replace the commercial vehicles that we see today. | Position | Adequate |
dd5331b8de0b | 364FBA0A27EA | One of the key issues that consumers have today in terms of purchasing a vehicle is the fuel consumption. Sergey Brin, the cofounder of Google, provides evidence that suggests that these vehichles would use around half of the fuel that the vehicles today consume | Evidence | Adequate |
0fd4bee485ac | 364FBA0A27EA | . Not only that, but Brin continues to state that the flexibility is increased as well, surpassing that of a bus. | Claim | Effective |
26900b60ffc4 | 364FBA0A27EA | Safety is also increased as a result of these vehicles. | Claim | Effective |
1c4a304d3ec3 | 364FBA0A27EA | The fact that these vehicles are semi-autonomous and not completely autonomous enables a human driver to take control whenever they deem it necessary to do so. For example, Google's semi-autonomous creations are "not truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways and whe... | Evidence | Effective |
1744feab88c1 | 364FBA0A27EA | There is a common misconception that by implementing the production of these vehicles, drivers will "get bored of waiting for their turn to drive." | Counterclaim | Adequate |
bffa821b367d | 364FBA0A27EA | Although this is an issue that many psychologists are considering, some manufacturers are working to eliminate this issue. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
8f5317e816a6 | 364FBA0A27EA | For example, the article suggests that there are a few car manufacturers that are hoping to rid of this anxiety by bringing in-car diplays and information systems that use heads-up displays. Not only is it a source of entertainment, but also an additional safety feature, which is also a major concern that is alleviated... | Evidence | Adequate |
4ed0f04929bc | 364FBA0A27EA | The fact that so many automobile companies, such as Tesla, BMW, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi, are striving to integrate the idea of semi-autonomous vehicles into their production vehicles, provides even further assurance that the benefits undoubtedly outweigh the harms. Furthermore, this article explicitly states th... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
f9254699c214 | 3671DB5110C0 | I think students who have less than a B average should be able to do sports, because doing sports teaches us students responsibility, and self discipline | Position | Effective |
83da78ca7728 | 3671DB5110C0 | It might not seem like it to you, but coming from a student who enjoys sports, I know how it makes most students act, and feel.
| Evidence | Adequate |
59afdc42ef5c | 3671DB5110C0 | I think you should at least give the students a chance to show you that they would be able to get their grade up so they could play on teams and show their pride for their school. | Claim | Adequate |
835344700ed8 | 3671DB5110C0 | I know I enjoy getting out there, and just playing what I want to play. It motivates me to do my homework, study for tests, focus more in class. That seems to be one of the problems why you don't want students doing sports, because you want them to focus more on their work, well, I'm not sure that would be the best ide... | Evidence | Adequate |
2c71fe4d2cc6 | 3671DB5110C0 | A lot of students find it irritating that they can't play because of their work, or grades, or something like that. And It makes them not want to do any other work. I'm sorry if this sounds rude, but I am just trying to let you know how the other students would probably feel about this. | Evidence | Adequate |
8a7d4a43feff | 3671DB5110C0 | I just don't think it's fair that some students wouldn't be able to play because of a grade. | Claim | Adequate |
cd0f06871ed3 | 3671DB5110C0 | Yes, some students might not be as devoted as other students to get their work done | Counterclaim | Adequate |
d4e9675a3b99 | 3671DB5110C0 | definitely most students would think that if they can't play a sport then they better get their work done. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
4ca281e399b2 | 3671DB5110C0 | It's just depends on the kid, but I know most of us teenagers would definitely try for that spot on the team if we just got the chance!
| Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
9c6ec2b7eef2 | 36929B945E29 | Do you believe in life on Mars? Well I don't and here is why. There is no evidence what so ever of life on Mars. What about the Face on Mars you ask? Well I was hopeing you would ask about that. You see that is what this essay is about. The Face on Mars. | Lead | Adequate |
357768449822 | 36929B945E29 | The Face on Mars is just a naturel land form. From 1976 to 2001 People have been taking pictures of the Face on Mars and every time they took a picture of the Face on Mars they got closer to it and as you look at the pictures you can see that the space in which the Face on Mars is located you can see that it is just a ... | Evidence | Adequate |
71cb548db1fe | 36929B945E29 | So in conclusion the Face on Mars is just a naturel land form created by god when he made the universe. | Position | Adequate |
31e883a3b888 | 36929B945E29 | Oh! You are an atheast? Well then looks like we will have to have a nother conversation some time? Well until then, bye. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
5df739dac0e2 | 3697185C117D | When election day comes and you finally drop your vote in the ballet box after waiting in line for the past hour, you walk away knowing that you have helped the candidate of your choice to rise to the top of the voting pole. Oh how wrong you are. The United States works on a voting system called the Electoral College. ... | Lead | Effective |
205238e53970 | 3697185C117D | This system has stood the test of time, however it has masked its flaws for long enough. "60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." (Plumer 9). The people have spoken, | Position | Effective |
fb4c6d58d218 | 3697185C117D | In order to understand the flaws in the electoral college, you need to know what the electoral college is, and how it came to be. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral vote... | Evidence | Effective |
0ef005c748c0 | 3697185C117D | The founding fathers reasons for forging this system where justified in their day and age. However the world has changed since then. | Claim | Effective |
c14d2a4adf41 | 3697185C117D | Another large issue with the electoral college is its favoritism towards larger states. The United States was founded on federalism and democracy, giving power to the people instead of an over-arching central government ruling everything. So any policy that goes against our right to equal say in politics ought to be ab... | Claim | Effective |
437cd82c3aa3 | 3697185C117D | The number of electors per state under the Electoral College is determined by the number of representatives the state has in congress. "... one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your senators..." (Office of the Federal Register 3). Since this system is based on population, bigger states get a... | Evidence | Effective |
60f5d96199fd | 3697185C117D | If the Electoral College does not seem like a flawed system now, allow me to open your eyes to one last variable in our little Electoral equation. The disaster factor. The disaster factor deals with the will of the people, and them doing anything to get what they want. | Claim | Effective |
07ccbf91e58d | 3697185C117D | "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that the popular vote for Kennedy would not actually gone to Kennedy.)" (Plumer 11). That kind of scenario could completely change a close call to a l... | Evidence | Effective |
30d9adac4396 | 3697185C117D | Case and point, the Electoral College is a flawed system. People are educated and can make a smart choice for a president, everyone deserves fair say in the political world, and people need to open their eyes to the corruption that the Electoral College allows for. It may have made sense back in the day of the founding... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
439a5888d007 | 36D263A9ECC7 | What Would Our Country Yet The World Be Like With Driverless Cars ? Having Driverless Cars Would Have Both Positive And Negative Aspects | Position | Ineffective |
9b41ffc9b7ac | 36D263A9ECC7 | Driverless Cars Would Be Positive Aspects Due To The Fact That They Use Half The Feul Of Today's Taxis | Claim | Adequate |
7c27f13038bf | 36D263A9ECC7 | They Offer Far More Flexibility Than A Bus Would | Claim | Adequate |
3f0304569512 | 36D263A9ECC7 | The Driverless Cars Can Not Navigate Work Zones Or Go Around Accidents Without A Drive | Claim | Adequate |
68b9d87c6857 | 36D263A9ECC7 | That They Use Half The Feul Of Today's Taxis , | Claim | Adequate |
4d4db479de4c | 36D263A9ECC7 | Is Because Who Wants To Keep Causing Global Warming By The Gases That Come Out Of Your Car ? In Order To Even Have Driverless Cars We Have To Have An Earth To Keep Them On . Global Warming Is Basically Over Heating Our Earth And Is Caused By Many Things Including The Gases That Come From Cars . Using Half The Fuel Of T... | Evidence | Adequate |
38a81179a89c | 36D263A9ECC7 | They Offer Far More Flexiblity Than A Bus | Claim | Adequate |
5845676208f1 | 36D263A9ECC7 | Is Because Buses Have Certain Routes And They Hold More Than One Person . I Assume That The Driverless Car Would Be A Mix Of A Bus And A Taxi Not Physically Though . Meaning It Would Pick You Up Wherever You Are Like A Bus And Taxi But It Would Drop You Off At An Exact Location Like A Taxi . Only Its A Far More Upadate... | Evidence | Ineffective |
3923e6c1bb16 | 36D263A9ECC7 | So If Your Riding In A Driverless Car It Doesnt Know Where Work Sites Would Be Causing Traffic Jams And Maybe Even Crashes . Everyone Wants To Know Whether Their Drive Home Will Be Safe Or Not . Because There Is No Way For You To Inform A Driverless Car That Work Zones Are Ahead If They Dont Have A Driver . | Evidence | Adequate |
3127227b629e | 36D263A9ECC7 | A Driverless Car Is Not Able To Go Around Accidents Without A Driver | Claim | Adequate |
64e3e8a88059 | 36D263A9ECC7 | . This Means That The Driverless Car Would Either Do Three Things If Confronted By A Accident . It Would Either Cause A Big Traffic Jam , Cause Another Accident , Or Even Cause Angry Citizens . Everyone Knows An Angry Citize Is Not A Nice Citizen. Then If There Is Already A Traffic Jam Due To The First Accident And A D... | Evidence | Adequate |
55373c9bafbc | 36D263A9ECC7 | All In All Those Were My Reasons Why Driverless Cars Are Both Positive And Negative Aspectd . The Positive Aspects Would Be That It Uses Half The Feul Of Today's Taxis And It Offers far More Flexibility Than A Bus . The Negative Aspects Would Be That They Cant Go Around Work Zones Or Accidents Without A Driver . | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
2c25fc7e70a2 | 37019C8C1ECD | The Electoral College has been here for many years. Over the past years many people think it is unfair to the voters. There are many conflicts that have risen about it. Without a doubt , the Electoral College is unfair and irrational to voters because they voters are basically voting for no reason. The president they w... | Lead | Adequate |
4387e3f82b8a | 37019C8C1ECD | a direct election would be much better | Position | Adequate |
9d7ac8692c39 | 37019C8C1ECD | everyones votes count | Claim | Adequate |
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