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15217314108e | 3B3A47EA684D | If the school policy was changed there would not be many students participating in sports or other activities. | Claim | Effective |
4ebbe176b4a5 | 3B3A47EA684D | Many students have a grade C average which would inconvenient them from participating in school sports and/or activities.
Not many students who have a grade B average are athletic to participate in sports but would enjoy participating in school activities such as clubs. But if there are not enough students to particip... | Evidence | Effective |
49d17d3e7b65 | 3B3A47EA684D | Changing school policy is also a bad idea because many students rely on athletic scholarships to get into college since not all families are lucky enough to send their children to college without having to worry about have financial problems doing so | Claim | Effective |
95a158240573 | 3B3A47EA684D | But since the prices for college tuition is going up not many students have enough money to attend college right after high school. Many of those students also have a grade C average. Also many students who are very good at sports but not very academically skilled may see that sports are what help them get by in life. ... | Evidence | Effective |
29612e365060 | 3B3A47EA684D | So I hope you reconsider of changing school policy so that students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have at least a grade B average because not many students do. Those students may also rely on baseball or football scholarships to get into college if they cannot afford it on their own. Als... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
acec9c3f24fb | 3B5EE97C7C53 | Driverless cars would be very beneficial to our society. It would make an immense impact on our culture and provide simple, fast ways to get around. In the article, many different positives are thoughouly expressed. | Lead | Effective |
98e891400f24 | 3B5EE97C7C53 | Because of these specific examples, I believe that driverless cars will be extremely important in America's future and greatly benefit our use of transportation.
| Position | Effective |
1c3da67869af | 3B5EE97C7C53 | The United States, as well as other parts of the world, experience oil and fuel issues. There are frequent shortages of these particular substances, which are extrememly important for our daily lives. In the article, it is said, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibili... | Evidence | Effective |
12109f010cc6 | 3B5EE97C7C53 | He says that these cars will use less fuel, which unfortunately tends to run short. Driverless cars will benefit the the world's fuel issues. | Claim | Effective |
b8c78732dd4d | 3B5EE97C7C53 | Another positive to driverless cars are the entertainment and noficiation aspects. Drivers will be able to get different things done while driving. | Claim | Effective |
cc0f69d890a4 | 3B5EE97C7C53 | They also will no longer need to worry about distraction factor of driving. Drivers won't have to worry about trying to answer a phone call, respond to a text, or change a song and drive at the same time. The article states, "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems th... | Evidence | Effective |
80d32a55a747 | 3B5EE97C7C53 | However, these driverless cars still do obtain some faults. These faults are included in the article. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human d... | Counterclaim | Effective |
b4d668c3c21c | 3B5EE97C7C53 | Although there are few flaws to the designs of driverless cars, these flaws should be fixed very soon. The article states, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. ... | Rebuttal | Effective |
c6c46df4ac41 | 3B5EE97C7C53 | Because of these specific examples in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," I believe that driverless cars will be very beneficial to America and it's many modes of transportation. Driverless cars will use less fuel than our typical cars we use today. They will also require an immensely small amount of attention. M... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
bdd9f54eea83 | 3B61207AD210 | I think driverless cars sound like a good idea on paper, but in the real world they just are not far enough advanced yet for me to feel safe being in or around one.
They are not even fully driverless yet, a person still needs to be ready to take the wheel at any given time.
However in the future when they become more... | Lead | Adequate |
7f1b5cfeba39 | 3B61207AD210 | I think driverless cars are still a thing of the future and not present. | Position | Adequate |
633e14a3fca9 | 3B61207AD210 | As much as I think they need work now, I am not against the development of them as they could bring many potential benefits. | Claim | Adequate |
b6e7a21b9197 | 3B61207AD210 | In the article it states how movies and television shows have been fascinated with driverless cars for a long time, seeing them as a thing of the future.
I think they still are a thing of the future because they still need a driver to be able to take the wheel at any given time.
The only way I can see them being the ... | Evidence | Adequate |
a2640393e771 | 3B61207AD210 | When the technology eventually becomes good enough to be able to fully drive without a driver there are still laws to be discussed.
| Claim | Adequate |
19603219678a | 3B61207AD210 | Only a few states allow them so far, and what good is a car that is only legal in three states and the District of Columbia if you do not live there.
I think eventually the laws will change enough to allow them to function as long as they are safe and can pass certain tests. | Evidence | Ineffective |
b472d1cfeb60 | 3B61207AD210 | Then the question comes up about blame in the event of an accident, whose fault is it if a computer is controlling the vehicle? | Claim | Adequate |
cacd2c6bae4f | 3B61207AD210 | As of now driverless cars seem to be more trouble than help.
With time I feel that they could become very safe and reliable vehicles with advancements in technology.
There are many manufacturers trying to make driverless cars, at least one of them is bound to make something good eventually.
In conclusion, I think dr... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
7f6a30db37d0 | 3B6B5DF452D6 | I say that we keep the electoral college because it was the way that the founding fathers found out how to balance out how the peope should decide. | Position | Adequate |
1d76b5a5fe1c | 3B6B5DF452D6 | But they were only allowed to vote if they had certain papers to allopw saying they are citizens. The way that it works is that each person running has a group of electors and is counted by the congress to find out who is winning in the campain. It consiswts of 538 electors ,majority of 270 of the electoral votes are r... | Evidence | Adequate |
ae6f47a5db73 | 3B6B5DF452D6 | I think that keeping the electoral college is what we need nothing is wrong with the system since our fore fathers were around so why change it now | Claim | Adequate |
63bf3e93d6e5 | 3B6B5DF452D6 | It says that each canidate has the option to pick his/her electors to be in for the election. Then on every fourth year after the first monday in november on tuesday the president is elected. But before they get there they go to each state saying there speeches and hopin that the majority of that state votes for them b... | Evidence | Adequate |
633c2428e60e | 3B6B5DF452D6 | But if thats not enough then maybe this is why we should keep the electoral college. Even if Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole,and the U.S chamberer of comerce say its wrong and Al Gore. | Evidence | Ineffective |
3dc7322f11f3 | 3B6B5DF452D6 | i think it should stay because it was the best and easiest way to figure out who should be elected for president/vice president | Claim | Adequate |
bb03b6f4a81d | 3B6B5DF452D6 | But these speculaters dont understand that they are choosing the president and the electors before the vote of the president. | Claim | Ineffective |
e3e239a3faa6 | 3B6B5DF452D6 | They only see it happen one time since 1888 and everything goes crazy becuase gore was more popular and bush had more electoral votes and bush won even if gore was more popular. In 2012 when obama was elected over romney with a 61.7 to 51.3 because that almost all the states were using the electoral college all or noth... | Evidence | Adequate |
845f3e02a6e2 | 3B6B5DF452D6 | Thats why i think the elctoral college deseres to stay. Not because al gore got mad cause he was favorite and still lost but over all i think that just because thats omething bad happend one time does not mean that the whole thing has to go down in flames. Like i said we need to keep it we have had it since the 1800's ... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
4aab8c964a2a | 3B93FA6833FA | I believe that your possible new policy could really help the students who want to play sports also focus on their studies. | Claim | Adequate |
3bd91fdd17f9 | 3B93FA6833FA | I believe that some of the reasons that you should change the policy is, for one reason, the students can focus on their studies, for two, they can play sports and they also must make time for their studies as well as extracurricular activities such as sports and lastly, they will be able to focus on getting above a B ... | Evidence | Adequate |
bb1533955ff0 | 3B93FA6833FA | I am also a little against the idea because some gifted students in sports are not academically gifted. | Claim | Adequate |
c17364c44bfb | 3B93FA6833FA | This wouldn't give them the opportunity to be as best they can be in sports if they focus upon the negatives of not being on the sports team they are on. If you change the policy, then some kids who are great at their sport won't be able to help their school win any sporting competitions. | Evidence | Adequate |
af1d149fe7e1 | 3B93FA6833FA | While the kids can focus on their studies, they can make a larger and brighter future. | Claim | Adequate |
b63659c1010e | 3B93FA6833FA | Many students who have a C average can try to focus upon their studies and maybe even get above the B average. The students can be great at juggling their time for their future lives as adults. This policy can help the students be the best they can be in anything. | Evidence | Adequate |
492b4d7afaa4 | 3B93FA6833FA | The B average,
I think is a little to high for some of my peers. | Claim | Adequate |
07fbd4ffc5a7 | 3B93FA6833FA | Many don't focus upon their studies and teachers are time and time again to get them above their showing level of academics. Academics must have several students who try hard for their goal for whatever it is they want to do with their life. If somebody wants to be a millionaire, they have to work on being that through... | Evidence | Adequate |
16acea5ae20a | 3B93FA6833FA | I also oppose this policy because the students who wish to be a sports star must have good grades in College, but if they get below a B average in elementary, middle, or high school, then so what? the students try to juggle social and academics and if your grade skips a little bit, then they can't be on their team. | Evidence | Adequate |
451e3ee9837e | 3B93FA6833FA | So, as you can see, I am of a spilt mind as to what I want you to do. | Position | Ineffective |
bd32d532ffc5 | 3B93FA6833FA | I think that it would be both a great idea and bad idea, but whatever you choose, I am sure that it will be for the students best benefit and for the parents' as well. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d6d427d32f23 | 3B9A70FC3744 | When the US Constitution was first made, the idea of equality between the states was made. This meant that the size or population of a state gave it no disinct advantage over another. They did this through the creation of the House of Representatives and the Senate, yet there was one more issue they had to solve. This ... | Lead | Effective |
b6eef81d3221 | 3B9A70FC3744 | The US should just remove the winner take all system and replace it with 'proportional representation" to preserve equality and functionality. | Position | Effective |
6599f6472276 | 3B9A70FC3744 | The first reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves equality | Claim | Adequate |
b88395150450 | 3B9A70FC3744 | As Source 1 states, this proportional representation is only done by Maine and Nebraska, but it makes it so that one party wont win the state, it is reigional in the state meaning that more people are represented through this. The winner take all system is too harsh, and can discount many people in swing and regular st... | Evidence | Effective |
9dc942d08857 | 3B9A70FC3744 | The second reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves functionality | Claim | Adequate |
fb1b227b490e | 3B9A70FC3744 | One of the main arguments for electoral college, is that it is more functional as compared to popular vote. This can be maintained through proportional representation. Source 3 stated that while the reguar electoral college has a chance of failing, it is not as high of a chance as popular vote is. Proportional represe... | Evidence | Effective |
de2f45f802dc | 3B9A70FC3744 | In conclusion, we should switch the rules of electoral college from "winner takes all" to "proportional representation" in order to maintain equality and functionality. showing that while the founding fathers did have the best on their minds when electoral college was made, a change in it can benifit America for years ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
b5eee852bf50 | 3BC989105A18 | Hello, Mr. Senator i'm writing this letter to you because i'm in favor of keeping the Electrocal College. | Position | Adequate |
b827dbd89d0e | 3BC989105A18 | I'm in favor of the Electroral college because "the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense". | Claim | Ineffective |
3fec7e3555b2 | 3BC989105A18 | One reason is the certainty of the outcome you wont win if you have more popular votes but less electoral vote | Claim | Ineffective |
cc813125319a | 3BC989105A18 | "It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes". | Evidence | Ineffective |
c99fa80f6cca | 3BC989105A18 | The second reason is Everyone's President | Claim | Adequate |
21d6f4d17822 | 3BC989105A18 | "The electroral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president."
In the 2012 elections Romney was popular in the south "no incentive to campaign heavily in those states." He doesnt have to have to campaign that much ... | Evidence | Adequate |
be5c406b8ef4 | 3BC989105A18 | The third reason is the Swing States | Claim | Adequate |
f0f0e24bf68e | 3BC989105A18 | "The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012-to focustheir campaing efforts on the toss-up state." Voters in the toss-up states have to pay close attention to the campaign because they're the ones that are going to decide the election | Evidence | Adequate |
9f6326edb9b2 | 3BC989105A18 | . The forth reason is Big states | Claim | Adequate |
7ae0f01235fd | 3BC989105A18 | the bigger the states the more electoral votes they have and the presidential candidates pay more attention to those states "a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in campaign than a small state does..." | Evidence | Adequate |
300824c519ec | 3BC989105A18 | The fifth Reason is Avoid Run-Off Elections | Claim | Adequate |
cd00dfbd77fd | 3BC989105A18 | There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the preisdential election process, reduced by the electoral college, which invariably produces a clear winner..." that was my last reason i hope it stays the same to elect president... | Evidence | Adequate |
a88c86826e33 | 3BC989105A18 | There are alot of people that want the elctions to change but i think this is the best way to elect presidents | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
107f72643403 | 3BCA170070B3 | I think the Electoral College should be brought down and let the popular vote decide who the president of the United States will be. | Position | Adequate |
109c49914e54 | 3BCA170070B3 | First of all, I believe the popular vote should be kept and the Electoral College brought down. I think this because what if some people dont agree with the opinion of others. | Claim | Ineffective |
476f6e8ac1ed | 3BCA170070B3 | For example, lets say two people are running too be president of the United States. People vote and everything but then its up too the 538 electors. Then the 538 electors choose who they want as their president, 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President, as weeks go by, the new President is one of the two ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
27126e850648 | 3BD1B5A4F714 | I heard about your new requirements on community service and students in our school performing community service. I just wanted to give you my opinion on your expectation | Lead | Adequate |
2bd446da70c3 | 3BD1B5A4F714 | I think it isn't a very good idea for it to be mandatory to perform community service. | Position | Effective |
3bce612ea1cb | 3BD1B5A4F714 | It gives less opportunities for students to succeed in their goals, | Claim | Effective |
6c734e0985b3 | 3BD1B5A4F714 | it takes out our free time which gives us time to have fun and learn new things | Claim | Effective |
3afee6e4b58d | 3BD1B5A4F714 | For example, if a student wanted to learn how to play an instrument, they wouldn't be able to learn it because there would be no time for lessons. They would have to be doing community service which would take away the opportunity to learn. They also have many other responsibilities besides community service such as ta... | Evidence | Effective |
9e98d9c01cd9 | 3BD1B5A4F714 | Students wouldn't be able to have fun and enjoy their lives if they are stuck doing community service. They wouldn't have social time to hang out with their friends. They wouldn't even have time to be with their family as much. Children would be very miserable and would be very depressed at a young age. They wouldn't h... | Evidence | Effective |
1d35ca580323 | 3BD1B5A4F714 | Community service isn't a very good thing to make students perform at an early age. It takes away time and opportunities and gives too much responsibility to students. Students should be able to enjoy their childhood and not remember it as cleaning up litter. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
e261eb2a6a90 | 3C17ED55E3A8 | I think the idea of every kid having to do community service is a great idea. | Position | Effective |
693ae51f78af | 3C17ED55E3A8 | It would help show the kids that by helping your community you are helping out everybody. | Claim | Effective |
e2f30911ad42 | 3C17ED55E3A8 | It also shows the pride and character each student has in their community. | Claim | Effective |
2e34d9cd7aca | 3C17ED55E3A8 | If most kids don't help by doing something where they live they usually don't appreciate what they have were they live. Community service is a great way of helping give back what your city or town gives to you everyday.
| Claim | Effective |
8b831089d298 | 3C17ED55E3A8 | Many ways you could help give out community service jobs would be to say they were getting something in reward for doing this task. | Claim | Effective |
b6d92c76af1c | 3C17ED55E3A8 | There are many tasks you could give out each week. For example you could give tasks like going around and cutting peoples yards, helping clean up all the litter in the place, or helping repaint an old building or place that has been needing one for a long time.
| Evidence | Adequate |
a3d626936468 | 3C17ED55E3A8 | There are many different things you could get the kids to do to help their community. I encourage that you do make the students do community service. This can help them take more pride in what they do while in school and out of school | Claim | Effective |
ee4601ea6fd1 | 3C17ED55E3A8 | It would also make the school look better for encouraging community service. It would help give them more respect from the community. This would also help the whole community look better. It would give them respect from other communities and the state it is in. Getting respect from other places could help your town get... | Evidence | Effective |
670b7eb58c83 | 3C17ED55E3A8 | There are many things that community service could do for your community. It helps bring new ideas and ways of life, brings more respect, and brings more pride to your town. All these things help your community grow and socialize. They all affect you in many good ways to help everybody. These were just some ideas I was... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
3dc200ea7c2e | 3C1F9041C565 | Should our way of voting in the United States be changed? The way we vote today is through the electoral college. Each president get a certain number of electoral votes and that is how we vote on specific leaders. The Electoral College process was established in our Constitution as a compromise. This way we could elect... | Lead | Adequate |
a5b5ef9e99d7 | 3C1F9041C565 | Is it not time for a change in the Electoral College? | Position | Adequate |
1c780bcb3525 | 3C1F9041C565 | First off, the Electoral College is a specified process. This process consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is manditory to elect the President. The way this works is every state has a certain number of electoral votes, mostly due to population. For example, a larger state with a large population ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
6adaf2b76a17 | 3C1F9041C565 | The are even a number of Presidents that tried to abolish the Electoral College. | Claim | Adequate |
9f7b5bb019b9 | 3C1F9041C565 | Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, adn the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing it. It is proven that 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Most voters today are significantly uninformed. Some do not even know what or whom they are voting for. Some of... | Evidence | Adequate |
0c4ed155e3dd | 3C1F9041C565 | Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president they choose, but for a slate of electors, who in turn, elect the president. For instance, if you wanted to vote for a specific person you would vote for a slate of electors pledged to that person. | Evidence | Adequate |
90ab1003e8da | 3C1F9041C565 | This method of voting is curupt and should be abolished. | Claim | Adequate |
2345a53190ab | 3C1F9041C565 | The people in American should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the largest election crisis in a century; the system could have lead to much worse than that. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for choosing electors, adn that those electors could alwyas defy the will of the peo... | Evidence | Adequate |
d5e417893991 | 3C1F9041C565 | In conclusion, why is the Electoral college unhealthy? This system of voting is outdated and has many flaws throughout its system. Without this system being changed is could have a tremendous affect in the future of the United States. This irrational system lacks a basis in reality. The arguments against direct electio... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
a01bb337eada | 3C4368A07D88 | I've heard you are deciding whether to require all students to perform community service. I'm aware some students think that community service is a waste of time | Lead | Adequate |
31010269a8df | 3C4368A07D88 | I completely support this plan. | Position | Ineffective |
05d8fae3e0fd | 3C4368A07D88 | Community service is away to interact with other people and helping them out. | Claim | Adequate |
9daf6864299c | 3C4368A07D88 | Students will be able to learn new things that could help them out in the future | Claim | Adequate |
3f71be308df5 | 3C4368A07D88 | They will also be distracted with better things than getting bored and doing something irresponsible. | Claim | Adequate |
499d808854b1 | 3C4368A07D88 | Community service can help students with that by helping others and not feeling so alone. Like this one girl i knew was so caught up with her studies all she did then was go into her room and lock herself up. Later , when i noticed she'd gone too far i told her to help me clean up the streets that were covered in litte... | Evidence | Effective |
e2ff1505e1ec | 3C4368A07D88 | Next, do you the saying "you learn something new everyday." Well its true with community service you can learn things you never knew before. | Claim | Effective |
b6ae4d67ffe6 | 3C4368A07D88 | One time my aunt went to a park because of an oil spill and she helped out with cleaning the damage. While she was there someone who knew a lot about wild life taught her about the different species. Later in life we went for a walk and on the streets we saw a snake that looked like a very poisonous one, but my aunt wi... | Evidence | Effective |
1dfeb44d27b3 | 3C4368A07D88 | Well some students may get involved with something wrong while they are bored. Sometimes students get into drugs but instead of that they could do something useful. Community service can help keep kids of drugs and do something good.
Of course I get bored all the time but when i do i usually help other people like mow... | Evidence | Effective |
bc07b5571e47 | 3C4368A07D88 | So as you can I completely support your plan for requiring students do community service. It can help them for later on in life you never know. Learning new things and not getting into the wrong things is very important. Thank you for taking the time for reading my letter. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
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