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06e97fe2dbdd | CA12A5A210FF | If you really really want to play basketball, try to get a B average to aim higher and higher in life. | Claim | Adequate |
7675dde0285f | CA12A5A210FF | I think your policy will give us students a lesson to learn to aim for your goals and learn to know if you really want something, you must try your hardest to aim for it. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5059135797a4 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | Hve you ever been in an argument before? | Lead | Adequate |
fa2db2fa655b | CA2A9DBBA0BC | Well I am goingto try and persuade you that the face are a natural land form. | Position | Adequate |
c622a0ae90d7 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | First I will talk about the way I know that the face are not created by aliens or something. So lets get to it
| Claim | Adequate |
9276e6bd44c6 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | So now in the paragraph I am going to provide you with facts and details from the rticle of why I think it is a natural land form. First If this really is a face made by aliens or something where is the rest of the body? Also We as on earth NASA says that they have never seen or recorded a real life alien.
| Evidence | Adequate |
eb4045926934 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | If aliens did make this | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
14509387266a | CA2A9DBBA0BC | it would be in the news because come on how many aircrafts are sent into space a day most likly about one ever day. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
3f04a33bfd94 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | And we also have a satilite up in space and I bet you Countries like Russia, Canada, and probaly even the British have one up in space. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8894781d42a1 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | And if something like that happened I would hope one of those satilites would see that happing.
And for all you and me now is that are moon has craters in it. Right? So craters happen ever day so could something like this happen I would think so.
And NASA also said that they did there reserach by pictures taken by th... | Evidence | Ineffective |
a523703d2af8 | CA2A9DBBA0BC | In conclusion Those were some of my best argument reason of why I think the face is a natural land form not a face that was made by aleins. So thos eare my reasonings. So what do you think it is? | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ceacca39ec80 | CA2C96F5B3B7 | Hello, my name is Lisa, and i'm a scientist here at NASA. I have heard that you claim that aliens have created this landform we found on Mars.
| Lead | Ineffective |
d61e2a9887e6 | CA2C96F5B3B7 | There has not been any life found on Mars at this momment. | Claim | Adequate |
37fb7b4a2018 | CA2C96F5B3B7 | It does look like it could be from another living organism, but it's just a rock on the planet. In our newest image of the rock, it turns out that the face has dissapered. There is no evidence of this being created by aliens, rather it was created by wind and water that has been found on Mars. The reason you might beli... | Evidence | Effective |
735d4c1968a4 | CA2C96F5B3B7 | all i'm trying to say is that it cannot be aliens, it's just a rock on Mars. | Position | Adequate |
ab9312dc87d1 | CA4E39042770 | I agree with that, because some student's would not come to the school, this a huge opportunity for us, | Position | Adequate |
5456081953f9 | CA4E39042770 | we have some reasons to take classes in online because we missing to much classes for us graduation | Claim | Adequate |
9769cde2a362 | CA4E39042770 | it's easy organize our own time | Claim | Adequate |
8ad6e5a08318 | CA4E39042770 | It's important to study because all of us, want to be a professional. | Evidence | Adequate |
d57185700307 | CA4E39042770 | In some cases the student's prefer to come at the school, but I believe that for mejority of us, is preferable to take classes in online, because we don't have troubles with anyone and we can do the classes in anytime. | Claim | Adequate |
db3809cd3583 | CA4E39042770 | For example; Many of students had job, and they have to work sometimes in the night also in the day, but they make an effort to complete their study. I am working really hard in my classes, and manytimes is very stressful. I want to take the advanced diploma, but I miss one class, so here I have the opportunity to take... | Evidence | Adequate |
2bd41aab69d8 | CA4E39042770 | In addition; is good to come at the school but for the senior students is more preferable to take classes in online beause we begin to work in restaurants or another places | Claim | Effective |
6b98ba4d1d94 | CA4E39042770 | I want to have this experience of not coming at the school and take my classes in online and I want to learn new things to develop my abilities. It's a good idea to know that we have more options to take classes when we take classes from home we have the advantage to sleep more. Students would benefit in this way becau... | Evidence | Ineffective |
d9cbf15e3de9 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | The Electoral College is used in the United States to elect a president, yet it is higly debated over whether it is needed or not. The Electoral College was founded to compromise the election of a president between the people and Congress, to try to avoid problems between both parties. Many people allign themselves wit... | Lead | Effective |
7633d06e4347 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | The Electoral College should be kept in use | Position | Adequate |
79a49180b8fe | CAE2A78F6FF2 | it provides a fair representation and campaign for all regions | Claim | Effective |
d475255bb5ae | CAE2A78F6FF2 | allows votes from states with fewer population numbers to have significance | Claim | Effective |
fc8abd37112b | CAE2A78F6FF2 | avoids the issue of trying to determine the president when neither receives the majority vote | Claim | Effective |
17351b2e2ffe | CAE2A78F6FF2 | To begin with, the Electoral College should be in use because it provides fair representation for all the states involved in the election. | Claim | Effective |
df16a7943ae7 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal." "This is a desireable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." This shows that it is beneficial because it makes a candidate who has only regional appeal, have to work harder in... | Evidence | Effective |
dab2dd2e3a8b | CAE2A78F6FF2 | The opposing side might argue that if a candidate has regional appeal, they should just let that win them the election | Counterclaim | Effective |
221ae60fd968 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | but a successful president should be able to sway the whole country into voting for him, not just a certain region. Thus, showing that regional advantages prove meaningless with the Electoral College, making it less unfair to other regions. | Rebuttal | Effective |
18c3a0f8be31 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | In addition, the Electoral College eliminates the unfair advangate of having a bigger state, allowing smaller states to have a significance in the election | Claim | Effective |
730ec0d92b18 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution." This shows that large states can sway the whole election, while small states don't make a dent on it, without the Electoral College in place. T... | Evidence | Effective |
17f3e1301341 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | People might claim that large states deserve more representation because more people live in them | Counterclaim | Effective |
8d0327bcfb4d | CAE2A78F6FF2 | this doesn't preserve the equality for other smaller states's citizens that the United States stands for. This makes it apparent that without the Electoral College only the "big states" would matter and the candidates wouldn't have to worry about the small states. | Rebuttal | Effective |
da7729b4c76e | CAE2A78F6FF2 | Finally, the Electoral College does its best to eliminate the issue of not being able to determine the winner when the majority vote does not differ. | Claim | Effective |
be3df8fc07c0 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | Most states have a winner-take-all system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate." This stops the problem that occured in 1968 with Nixon and 1992 with Clinton, and provides a clear definite way to choose the winner. If the Electoral College wasn't in use, lengthy recounts and much controversy ... | Evidence | Effective |
317b31913b35 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | It can be argued that even with the conflict it provides the people a chance to make their votes count | Counterclaim | Effective |
a151b1a16ac5 | CAE2A78F6FF2 | but it does more harm than good and it doesn't truly change anything. As a result, the Electoral College solves the issue of uncertainty and significance of vote. | Rebuttal | Effective |
6962b7ecb12b | CAE2A78F6FF2 | In essence, the Electoral College is necessary for the balance and order in the United States to remain. It provides a fair representation and campaign for all regions, allows votes from states with fewer population numbers to have significance, and avoids the issue of trying to determine the president when neither rec... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
c2ad1cab2ff4 | CB09A5442145 | The electoral college is where people go to vote for President and also our vice President. Each canidate has his or her own group of electors. Every elector is choosen by the canidate's political party. Also each elector is carefully selected and are aware of thier responsibil... | Lead | Ineffective |
fbe470c65f96 | CB09A5442145 | People may think when they go out to vote for our new president they are voting for that one person but they're not, you are actualy voting for a bunch of electors. There is a group of people from the goverment that get together and select each elector that is trusted to v... | Evidence | Ineffective |
f9963947fadd | CB09A5442145 | There's five reasons for the Electoral College. | Position | Adequate |
16c0624af2d4 | CB09A5442145 | One is certainty of outcome | Claim | Ineffective |
882380e3d17a | CB09A5442145 | everyone's president, | Claim | Ineffective |
416a69011a61 | CB09A5442145 | swing staes, | Claim | Ineffective |
be69b963a136 | CB09A5442145 | big states | Claim | Ineffective |
b9c2d2be30df | CB09A5442145 | avoid run-off elections. | Claim | Ineffective |
09373123f468 | CB2385831D75 | "Honey, could you go to the CVS and get me some nyquil.
I'm dying here," mom says.
"Yeah, I'll be back in a bit."
I grab my keys from my pocket and head outside. I unlock my new driveless car and climb in. "Take me to the CVS," I tell the car. It roars to life and backs out of the parking lot. It's been not even two... | Lead | Effective |
1e7cf4ced41e | CB2385831D75 | driveless cars are not safe | Position | Adequate |
00cfc958365c | CB2385831D75 | it can harm people, | Claim | Effective |
31fb9b9498fe | CB2385831D75 | it's new technology is very unfamiliar, | Claim | Effective |
b69b63af4452 | CB2385831D75 | it is not as driveless as you think. | Claim | Effective |
7b7bd38ee002 | CB2385831D75 | If you think harm is done only to you, then you are wrong. You can injure lots of people with only one lifeless car. A car with a mind that could turn into your enemy. It might seem a great idea to most of all over social media, but once they buy them then you will harm then. Not only will they sue the company, but hav... | Evidence | Adequate |
d71d5ff9b14c | CB2385831D75 | You won't know what is in this bizzare car that is being monitored with itself. And as the article says, it will also monitor you.
I think that this is not just crazy but scary too. And with this new technology you won't learn to handle a car by yourself, and I would want to.
| Evidence | Adequate |
621b5f848024 | CB2385831D75 | It will say that it drives itself. It will eventually come to some point where the car can't handle the heavy traffic and pass it on to you. Yep that's right, you get to control a car that does not want to be handled.
A driveless car is a facade for hidding the real truth. Because that's what it's doing.
Hiding the t... | Evidence | Effective |
e0441d1bd097 | CB2385831D75 | These driveless cars I've been telling you about won't make this world any better.
Imagine Earth being invaded by robots. That's right, the new apacolypse. You see these can be extremely dangerous to the environment and the people inside the car. This new technology can't be acurate. There can be some huge change in i... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
c8146330825e | CBC776495BE0 | Americans around the world gather around their televisions, frantically waiting to see who the next leader of the USA is. The first Tuesday of November is always an exciting time for American citizens. Citizens watch the number of votes go up, thinking their vote counted, when in reality, it did not. Many people are aw... | Lead | Effective |
3772d2bddf52 | CBC776495BE0 | While we may have had this process for years, it's time for us to take a vote to change the way we vote. Citizens of the United States of America should be able to vote by popular vote | Position | Effective |
192d1800eb7a | CBC776495BE0 | the electoral college is outdated | Claim | Adequate |
3c533557367e | CBC776495BE0 | ruins the American freedom | Claim | Adequate |
5c0146a6cc8e | CBC776495BE0 | The world we live in now compared to the 1800s is very different. We've upgraded, not only in our inventions, but our states as well. The electoral college was made when America was first established because it was fit for the needs of that time. The Office of Federal Register states, "The founding fathers established ... | Evidence | Effective |
5d6c9702d377 | CBC776495BE0 | This process is too old to keep up with the third largest population in the world | Claim | Effective |
f6914542f1d4 | CBC776495BE0 | Bradford Plumer of source 2 tells us that in 2000 "Al Gore--thanks to the quirks of the electoral college--won the popular vote but lost the presidency." If this is truly a land of democracy and of the people, how could we let such a mistake happen? How could we let majority of citizens vote but not get the person the... | Evidence | Effective |
beecd961474e | CBC776495BE0 | Another factor to this problem is the American freedom | Claim | Adequate |
58adf6ea2e30 | CBC776495BE0 | The electoral college imposes on the American freedom and right to choose their president. The United States of America is a representative democracy. The citizens choose who they want to lead but those votes aren't truly their own votes. According to Richard A. Posner of source 3, "...the Electoral College method is n... | Evidence | Effective |
2621fb1e1b38 | CBC776495BE0 | While others may claim that the electoral college is beneficial to candidates because of big states, small states, and swing states | Counterclaim | Effective |
39e921837712 | CBC776495BE0 | it's a one-sided deal | Rebuttal | Adequate |
3ea54909a2e3 | CBC776495BE0 | It may be beneficial to candidates but what about the voters? Source 2 reads "during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." If these candidates expect to lead ... | Evidence | Effective |
7ecf7ed740e7 | CBC776495BE0 | All in all, the electoral college is no longer needed to today. The electoral college is made for the modern world and also disrupts our representative democracy. Times are always changing, we, as a society, are always changing, and the electoral college needs to change as well. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
8d80836756e5 | CBD364987E2D | I believe that cell phones should be allowed in school around free time and at lunch periods. | Position | Adequate |
3b2f08a8cf95 | CBD364987E2D | I think that the kids at schools would be a lot happier with more freedom. | Claim | Adequate |
a65731bd6ca4 | CBD364987E2D | I also, think that with more freedom would become more responsibility, and i think that the students in the school could handle having their cell phones out during passing time and also during lunch periods. Many people would like to have that freedom of having our cell phones out. Also, i think that if we were able to... | Evidence | Ineffective |
dc4fb3aa6921 | CBD364987E2D | I think that in classes cell phones could be used a lot with different assignments. | Claim | Adequate |
e13c7832124b | CBD364987E2D | Such as we could be texting a teacher our answers or looking things up. Also, you could play the quiet game and then just have our phones and then we could be texting each other back and forth about question and other sorts of things | Evidence | Adequate |
825e6ef5348e | CBD364987E2D | I think that if we were allowed to have cell phones in school then we would only be able to have them outside of the class room and if had them any where else then we would have to get them taken away and also, then maybe cell phones would be band from schools. I think that the principal should be able to trust us to h... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b3b99fb84210 | CC4EEADA5262 | Driverless cars are very unecessary and will only cause trouble that can be avoided. | Position | Adequate |
16178a3e7941 | CC4EEADA5262 | These cars are unecessary, because driving is not one of the huge problems in the world. | Claim | Adequate |
35b28fae1b1a | CC4EEADA5262 | A lot of other issues should be viewed as more urgent to take care of, than the development of cars that do not need people behind the wheel and in control. They will only cause problems, because they can easily get into accidents, among many other issues. It was just spoken about this week in the news: Google's car go... | Evidence | Ineffective |
17c2415aeb6e | CC4EEADA5262 | In order to completely transfer over to driverless cars, a lot of things have to be changed and developed | Claim | Adequate |
9b8bb4baa776 | CC4EEADA5262 | Not only are the cars themselves problematic (they are not even able to react around an accident site), but there are no laws stating who is responsible if a vehicle with no driver causes an accident to happen. Who is held responsible in the end? A prediction some can make is that many lawsuits will be formed against b... | Evidence | Adequate |
5e4ae09788de | CC4EEADA5262 | Another problem that the cars could create, is a huge spending issue | Claim | Adequate |
d4bfcc989e03 | CC4EEADA5262 | In the article it is stated that a certain device "cost two hundred million dollars." That is a lot of money to spend on the system for one car. And the cars need many sensors in order for them to run smoothly, such as," a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive rad... | Evidence | Adequate |
fddc18c1c715 | CC4EEADA5262 | Another problem that could arise is the conditions of roads. | Claim | Adequate |
234d58febf41 | CC4EEADA5262 | Many of the driverless cars that the article states have been developed have needed specific conditions in order to function correctly, such as "a special test track" or "magnets with alternating polarity." How would those cars function in an everyday situation out on the open road? Not very well. So how would they be ... | Evidence | Adequate |
84b09f6adcfb | CC4EEADA5262 | An issue that should be brought up also, is that none of the developed vehicles have been completely driverless. | Claim | Adequate |
a805d1741baf | CC4EEADA5262 | They need humans to do certain things for them behind the wheel, such as navigating crash scenes. What happens if a driver who is bored while their car drives for them forgets to be paying attention? | Evidence | Ineffective |
6e708460cfb8 | CC4EEADA5262 | driverless cars are not something that should be stood for. They will only create trouble that is not needed in the world, and can possibly lead to way bigger issues, such as in our economy. The development and actual distribution of these cars would be something unprecedented and who knows what could come of unprecede... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
15b735b90844 | CC5894978F31 | The Electoral College is a cruel, pointless process that simply makes a percentage of votes, or all of them if you look at it that way, to mean nothing, and allows for circumstances like the 2000 election. | Position | Effective |
698410f61020 | CC5894978F31 | There are plenty of reasons, and plenty of contradictions in "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to kep our despised mehod of choosing the President."
| Claim | Effective |
56e27c713407 | CC5894978F31 | To begin, the winner-take-all system is very unfair to the voters. | Claim | Effective |
7cb5c9989b98 | CC5894978F31 | Voters in certain, dominated areas are supposed to know what they are voting for, yet get nothing to teach them? Not that it matters regardless, since every person within a state supports a political party, right, and, depending on your state's veiw, all Republicans/Democrats have no idea what they are voting for, corr... | Evidence | Effective |
4b2ec5c2f4e0 | CC5894978F31 | There is also the point countered Mr. Posner's article, which is that those in party-dominated states will have a feeling their vote doesn't count, and he sais that one vote will not swing an election. | Counterclaim | Effective |
1ad03cbf143d | CC5894978F31 | Then why do you beleive an upside of the elecoral college is that those in more neutral states will feel their vote counts? Or do those in party-dominated states not matter, since those in neutrals think way more about their votes, and are the only ones you should trust, according to him? In practice, they are the only... | Rebuttal | Effective |
6f8401ef42aa | CC5894978F31 | There are also the many unwanted results from electoral colleges, such as the 2000 election's outcome defying the people. | Claim | Effective |
3fc6d9db75fd | CC5894978F31 | What Is the Electoral College?" states you are voting for electors when you vote, but what is the point if they can simply defy you? It would be like if after the president was chosen, the Senate could overule him with a 1/5 vote. There is also the point in Plumer's article about the time Hawaii sent two slates, which ... | Evidence | Effective |
af9a8c52bae6 | CC5894978F31 | Now, there is the gregarious amount of contradictory statements that can be found within Mr. Posner's article. | Claim | Effective |
5c4685996e75 | CC5894978F31 | One has already been mentioned in the winner-take-all system paragraph. | Claim | Effective |
98d6c61da702 | CC5894978F31 | He also conveintly provides a dispute that had nothing to do with a close vote in the Electoral College, | Counterclaim | Effective |
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