discourse_id stringlengths 12 12 | essay_id stringlengths 12 12 | discourse_text stringlengths 4 4.1k | discourse_type stringclasses 7
values | discourse_effectiveness stringclasses 3
values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1c08f477efd8 | 312C1164A2D4 | This will help out teachers with how to teach a lesson | Claim | Adequate |
bd9da2daa8a5 | 312C1164A2D4 | improve how engaged kids will be in class. | Claim | Adequate |
957abe7311c7 | 312C1164A2D4 | First, classroom computers could use this program to recongnize when a student is confused or bored. | Claim | Adequate |
22400585ff71 | 312C1164A2D4 | The computer would then modify the lesson so the student will hopefully become interested again. This program could really get kids to learn and become interested about what is being taught. This would ultimately lead to higher passing rates and better futures for kids. | Evidence | Adequate |
e0bb0eaed1a9 | 312C1164A2D4 | Secondly, this technology can make video games or video surgery alot more expressive. | Claim | Ineffective |
cf5941af289f | 312C1164A2D4 | Some faces in videos are really bland and boring. If the faces were better detailed and more expressive the viewer will be interested and will pay more attention. Expressions on animated faces are really important, these features draw the viewers attention and will interest them. | Evidence | Adequate |
7abc764c1f2e | 312C1164A2D4 | All in all, this new technology is very valuable in a classroom. It would durrastically change how kids learn and would make them way more interested than they currently are. Most kids do not learn the same, this technology could change that so each student can learn the way that best helps them. This application will ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
1ff7245ccb8f | 313229323B6E | "The day that mankind realizes that their creations destroy the true beauty of mother nature it will be too late." This quote by one of our nations greatest political and environmental activists, Irvin Green, directly applies to the topic of reducing pollution. | Lead | Adequate |
08f43f5d7083 | 313229323B6E | One simple, yet extremly effective way to reduce pollution is limiting the transportation methods we travel by. | Position | Effective |
7972b1493721 | 313229323B6E | Limiting car and vehicle usage can reduce pollution, | Claim | Effective |
d228a0aaa4d4 | 313229323B6E | nearly eliminate accidents, and makes the road a safer place. | Claim | Effective |
ab4347877ace | 313229323B6E | In the article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", it is stated that in Vauban Germany, 70 percent of families do not own vehicles. The other 30% that do, do not have a place to park them, making them basically useless. Residents in Vauban have stopped their need for transportation, making malls and stores ... | Evidence | Adequate |
4c0c843c04ab | 313229323B6E | The usage of vehicles are a double-edged sword. They may get us to where we need to go with plenty of time to spare, but what are we really loosing because of it? What we are loosing is the environment and also our health. In Paris, the pollution rate almost reached a new record high, thus forcing the partial driving p... | Evidence | Effective |
f1d994b60ac5 | 313229323B6E | Despite the benefits that come along with transportation, there are more disadvanges then advantages. Pollution is the second largest source of America's emissions just behind power plants. Many sociologist have seen these statistics and have also noticed that American transportation usuage has slowly been declining si... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
b912f26c6c56 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | Most people you know probably participate in some form of an extracurricular activity. Whether it be sports, a school club, theatre, or something else, almost all of us have participated in an extracurricular at some point in our lives. Extracurricular activities have many benefits, such as an opportunity to do somethi... | Lead | Effective |
ba114284d972 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | I agree with the principle's decision to have everyone participate in an extracurricular activity because there are many benefits that come from participating in them. | Position | Effective |
acef3a6cd4e0 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | Extracurricular activities are a great way to do something you enjoy. | Claim | Effective |
f5811496b3c2 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | There are many different things to do which means that there is something for everyone. Having the opportunity to be participating in something you enjoy will make you happier. It has been proven that when you're happier, you have lower stress levels. When asked, 9 out of 10 students said that they felt stressed by sch... | Evidence | Effective |
54ab425f034a | 317C1C9BCDA0 | Extracurricular activities are also a great way to meet new people. | Claim | Effective |
194427ddcb23 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | There are people that come from all different backgrounds, that you may not have classes with at school, that may be in different grades, or that you may have never known without participating in an extracurricular activity. These new people will share the same interests as you which is a great way to be able to do thi... | Evidence | Effective |
f01cd71bfd6f | 317C1C9BCDA0 | There are some people who may argue against everyone having to participate in an extracurricular activity. They may say that they don't have the time to participate and if they do then they won't get their school work done. | Counterclaim | Effective |
57676098bc2f | 317C1C9BCDA0 | However, other people who participate in extracurricular activities get their work done on time which means that there are ways to do so. | Rebuttal | Effective |
fd846b606185 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | You also won't have that activity every single day which means that it won't inflict on your everyday life. If you're worried about not having time to get work done, you can focus really hard during your study hall period to get more work done, you can get up earlier in the mornings to get extra work done, and you can ... | Evidence | Effective |
a302d8c9c7c3 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | You may also argue that there are no extracurricular activities that are offered that you want to participate in. | Counterclaim | Effective |
8214b4c17654 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | However, there is such a wide variety of things to do at most schools that there is something everyone can enjoy. | Rebuttal | Effective |
6cdb586f53a5 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | However if there isn't something you would want to participate in, most schools will help you create a new club that you can recruit people for and run with a teachers help. Even if people want to argue against this new rule, there are solutions to their complaints | Evidence | Effective |
34aecb0c2100 | 317C1C9BCDA0 | Overall, there are many benefits to participating in extracurricular activities. You get to do something you enjoy, you get to meet new people, you'll be happier, and although people may find ways to argue against the new requirements, the good outweighs the bad. There are plenty of options at most schools so that ever... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
2a4741306fcf | 318C3D719F7C | To maintain a healthy, active mind, many students are assigned an educational, summer-long project.
These assignments vary from science experiments to maintaining a reading log; anything that would keep kids busy on their summer-long vacation.
However, there is the question of if these summer assignments should be cr... | Lead | Effective |
4de905cb0850 | 318C3D719F7C | To create the optimal educational experience, summer projects should be self-administered | Position | Effective |
ed4c1aea5a43 | 318C3D719F7C | so that they are individualized for every student | Claim | Adequate |
b5ea92ecc61e | 318C3D719F7C | so they are easy to manage, | Claim | Adequate |
485b2a511093 | 318C3D719F7C | and so students can learn how to be self-sufficient. | Claim | Adequate |
2a622edb810c | 318C3D719F7C | Providing students with the opportunity to take control of their own summer project makes the assignment more individualized. | Claim | Effective |
dc507774dc97 | 318C3D719F7C | Compare the idea of assigning a summer project to the scenario of a student choosing their classes; they are much more likely be perform well in a subject of their interest than in a random class enforced upon them.
Relating this back to summer projects, students tend to better commit to a project that aligns with the... | Evidence | Effective |
ded3cfcb0c0f | 318C3D719F7C | As students are away from school for a long three months, there is no other person better than the students themselves to manage a personal project.
Teacher are not aware of the responsibilities or vacation plans of their students, so the expectations they would set might not be attainable for some students.
For exam... | Evidence | Effective |
2d02e6a9d304 | 318C3D719F7C | If students were to create their own parameters for a summer-long project, it would be easier to manage because the students would be more knowledgeable of the requirements than if the project were assigned by a teacher. | Claim | Effective |
900d9b608a2f | 318C3D719F7C | Leaving a student to create and complete their own summer-long project would instill responsibility.
At an age of maturation, students need to learn how to be self-sufficient.
| Claim | Effective |
d45fe6ca8640 | 318C3D719F7C | The responsibility of a summer-long project is comparable to that which is handled in the regular education students go through the other three seasons of the year.
Students must learn to make decisions for themselves in school as they would have to for a summer project.
A self-assigned project teaches many of the qu... | Evidence | Effective |
51e72e83a1f1 | 318C3D719F7C | Through a self-created project, students can best investigate their personal intersets by setting and managing their own goals while developing responsibility along the way.
When students can take it upon themselves to improve their education while on their summer break, they can find success and personal enrichment w... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
f5866424b136 | 31A3040F487C | I personally would prefer for my project to be a student designed | Position | Adequate |
6bdbe55d8a5d | 31A3040F487C | you can choose from a variety of ideas, | Claim | Adequate |
0e5b100fea79 | 31A3040F487C | it would show more creative projects, | Claim | Adequate |
85a91fa599cd | 31A3040F487C | it would be different ideas | Claim | Adequate |
250c887fa97a | 31A3040F487C | having a project to do over summer break is a great Idea to keep students brains functioning. If the project is teacher designed all students would have the same topic. | Evidence | Adequate |
fc712f903e58 | 31A3040F487C | with the project being student designed it would be more creative for students. | Claim | Effective |
b78a6c10d4a2 | 31A3040F487C | different students are going to do their projects on different topics, If I had to do this project I would be very creative, And show lots of neatness, Also I would turn my project in on time. | Evidence | Adequate |
56f336612291 | 31A3040F487C | with the project being student designed it would be a lot of different ideas students can choose from | Claim | Effective |
05e652297906 | 31A3040F487C | student would also have time on their projects. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d3cf74a7756a | 31A3040F487C | having a project over summer break is a good opportunity for students it wouldn't hurt to learn while on break | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
de15f954ca72 | 31B358884D0B | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditiond on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. If you image blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or more miles above the roiling... | Evidence | Ineffective |
1e64776a98da | 31B358884D0B | I think the autors statement on this is that when the temperature drops its very hard to communitcate with people going up there, but when it cools down its better for them. | Claim | Ineffective |
b85cd989864c | 31B358884D0B | The Earth and Beyond it should not be limited by dangers and douts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
There devices were the first envisioned in the 1800s an playedan important role in the 1940's during World War ll. The thoughts of computers in those days did caulations for t... | Evidence | Ineffective |
d35464cc8725 | 31F08BEA89C9 | I think the rock that landed in mars was meybe because it had came from a diffrent place or maybe because the rock was to old or to heavy. | Position | Ineffective |
ac09cdb477b9 | 31F08BEA89C9 | The rock may have move to Mars or landed in Mars maybe because something hit it and it just went to a diffrent place and it landed in Mars.
The rock maybe have laded and make or had a face shape from the way it landed. Im not so sure if it had landed like that to make a face shape. That's what I am thinking, is that i... | Evidence | Ineffective |
61e06d27d167 | 31F4831C794D | Student-designed summer projects would be more beneficial than teacher-designed | Position | Adequate |
d97e60ba7fd0 | 31F4831C794D | Students will have a wide variety of options to choose from | Claim | Effective |
1dd42b04a03e | 31F4831C794D | Freedom to expresss themselves | Claim | Effective |
5259b5f7c0bb | 31F4831C794D | their resources will be known. | Claim | Effective |
1374a2387e95 | 31F4831C794D | Back then when I was in 4th grade almost every other weekend my aunt would take my cousin,brother and I to this frozen yougurt place in Generic_City. The place was called frozen frog or something like that and we would just try all of the flavors when we got a chance it was amazing but we only could fill up the cup plu... | Evidence | Effective |
c601d8450db6 | 31F4831C794D | When I first started playing Mortal Kombat 11. I was so excited to try out all the new and old characters and see what new things they can do. I told myself I want to try and use different characters than the ones I use constantly. So I do so and realize that I never really play with Generic_Name or Generic_Name for so... | Evidence | Effective |
93d8fa69a102 | 31F4831C794D | Truthfully it is just another way to tell someone no to doing this or that or it is a continuation of limiting people on their creativity. Back in 6th grade most people had a problem with the art tecaher because she had such strict rules in a way it was either her way or the highway. No one could really understand why ... | Evidence | Effective |
7a42f20f7a13 | 31F4831C794D | some people might say that is not true and if we allow students to do whatever they feel like doing then how are we suppose to make them do anything educational and how do you think it is going to help them in life. | Counterclaim | Effective |
c2cf3bcdf424 | 31F4831C794D | allow some type of creativity in their life because you cannot tell me that you expect students to be told later on in the future to do this and this tep by step. That is never gonna happen no one is ever gonna hold another persons hand all the days of their life thta is why they need a bit of freedom =now so they can ... | Rebuttal | Adequate |
615ceef73c69 | 31F4831C794D | Allow studnets to have freedom in their life without having to be forced to do things,Students will have a wide variety of options and their limits are know through their experiences. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
5025f99999ce | 3245CF7D6A64 | Aliens, is this a realistic argument? On the serface of mars there is somthing impiticular. It's somthing that looks like a face. NASA decided that this would be a good way to get peoples attention. Now we are faced with the argument, could it have been aliens?
| Lead | Adequate |
b4549a430ea8 | 3245CF7D6A64 | the possibility of there being aleins is very unrealistic. | Position | Adequate |
b23048fd455c | 3245CF7D6A64 | the face could have just been another butte or mesa. | Claim | Adequate |
79ac3adefe6a | 3245CF7D6A64 | The face could have just been a coincidence. | Claim | Adequate |
9e1548117b94 | 3245CF7D6A64 | NASA, could just be saying this to get attention, but mabey not. Even if there was alein landform on mars, we will not be able to know for sure | Claim | Ineffective |
df9821b43464 | 3245CF7D6A64 | Like any history, we only know through drawings or writing,and the only evidence we have is this face. Hopfully there will be more to find in near future. Or mabey evcen drawings will appear that we can interpit. If not, then all of NASA still has evidence that there could be | Evidence | Ineffective |
5a0053b27740 | 3245CF7D6A64 | In conclusion, Mars will probably not hold anything else like this. The picture may look like a face, but its more like mesa or butte. or will there be mystirious things like this again? Proving that it was not a coincedence. Mabey NASA will find other things on different planets, or mabey not | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d796fc160a3c | 3254ADC7B428 | I am here because I am giving my opinion on whether students should have to participate in an extracurricular activity | Lead | Ineffective |
7f3a12cceea9 | 3254ADC7B428 | I think that it would be good for students in many ways, | Position | Adequate |
85e73e320241 | 3254ADC7B428 | they might make new friends. | Claim | Adequate |
c75bbecbe894 | 3254ADC7B428 | This could happen because they would find other kids in they're group who enjoy the same things. Having friends makes school a lot easier and more fun. An extra bonus to having friends is that it is less likely for you to get bullied because you will have people to back you up. Even outside of school having friends is ... | Evidence | Adequate |
62fb0a466c4c | 3254ADC7B428 | Another good reason for having to do activities is you could find out that your really good at something | Claim | Adequate |
e44cb1881126 | 3254ADC7B428 | Like, what if you could play a mean harmonica without even knowing it? You wouldn't have a clue unless you signed up for an extra activity. You might even be a good chess player. Im pretty good at chess and I wouldnt have known that unless I played a quick game with a friend. You could even make new friends with your n... | Evidence | Adequate |
c82a66871dc6 | 3254ADC7B428 | You could have a lot of fun doing some activities. | Claim | Adequate |
ad4c41cdeb7a | 3254ADC7B428 | Having fun is important because you dont want to have suicidal thoughts or depression. Being depressed could easily lead to bad grades and poor choices. Having fun is good because your life will just be better. You can do tons of things to have fun or be happy. Maybe your fun is reading, well then you could sign up for... | Evidence | Adequate |
4dbc89891b04 | 3254ADC7B428 | every student should be forced to do extracurricular activities. I definitely think it would help out tons of kids to do it. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
2472cd72a0f9 | 325B922888A7 | Although many may say that there would be nothing to gain by researching Venus. There would be something gained when researching Venus | Position | Adequate |
0d43adf75593 | 325B922888A7 | such as the history of Venus. | Claim | Adequate |
87b261a88fc0 | 325B922888A7 | Another would be the disigning of better stronger drone. | Claim | Adequate |
9a33f517d087 | 325B922888A7 | The last reason would be to learn safe ways to stay on planets simular to Venus | Claim | Adequate |
2724d55c2b1d | 325B922888A7 | The know history of planets can teach us what we can do to help our own planet and what to avoid doing | Claim | Adequate |
ded8e4e28a6f | 325B922888A7 | Stated in the article "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" the quote could teach us what not to do or we could end up near or similer to Venus.
| Evidence | Adequate |
ca14fd59f0f8 | 325B922888A7 | Disigning better stronger drones that survive harder condicions such as Venus is a good thing because there could be other planets that could require that type of drone. | Claim | Ineffective |
7e22eaa993e7 | 325B922888A7 | Stated in the article "coulds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. 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." Scientists could find a planet that could be similer or alike to ... | Evidence | Adequate |
4750643989d2 | 325B922888A7 | Suvival on different planets that a scientist is researching is important and learning how to survive on Venus could be the first step. | Claim | Adequate |
8a43f8d71fa0 | 325FE13C0550 | Can you imagine a computer guessing everyones emotions, and tell wether their sad, happy, confused, etc. Well a 3-D computer can model all 44 major muscles. | Lead | Ineffective |
7cd454583dce | 325FE13C0550 | Dr. Paul Echman the creater of FACS has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. using video imagery the computer can track these facial movements, the software can even recongnise mixed emotions. Inorder to identify all movements of one or more muscles is called an action u... | Evidence | Ineffective |
3d16e6116702 | 327077093C68 | This is an essay about Venus. In this essay I am going to tell you about the Venus an is it worth pursuit despite all the dangers | Lead | Adequate |
a65b46fe5f17 | 327077093C68 | Venus is to me is yes it is worth pursuiting despite all of its dangers to the human life form | Position | Adequate |
fbbcdf99c321 | 327077093C68 | I belive this cause how are we ever going to know the truth if we don't go and find it out for ourselfs | Claim | Ineffective |
37f58d4d3b99 | 327077093C68 | What really extist was there once life form on Venus. If so whendid they die or are they still there | Claim | Ineffective |
34b6bd35d362 | 327077093C68 | See we will never uncover the truth if we dont break out of our shell and go exporing to the unknown we have to do it. Nobody esle is going to go out into space and find out what is really up in space. | Evidence | Adequate |
fecfbf59111b | 327077093C68 | We have our theory about other life out in space, of the once vallys, mountains and the carter on the surface of Venus so that we have our theory that once a long long time ago there once were a form of life on Venus | Claim | Ineffective |
bef46e4d7f0b | 327077093C68 | Now we have to think about how they lived, how they got their food, how they did all the thing sthat we as humans do but on a planet that has low gravit pulling you down. On Earth we have a greater about of gravit pull us down to the ground than Venus does. Earth has also more water than Venus does now, but what if tha... | Evidence | Ineffective |
5995e1dddde4 | 327077093C68 | The only danger of this idea of going to the planet Venus is that what if they don't make it home. | Claim | Adequate |
c0a0beda0398 | 327077093C68 | Whatif ther are other life form living on Venus still but we just dont know what they are or how they came about there are hunders of thing that we as human we have not yet discover. An maybe will never discover about how we got to where we are today. How we have got what we have today. These are thing that we may neve... | Evidence | Ineffective |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.