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Electoral College can have electors go on the opposite canidates side so they lost a vote, which is just wrong.
Claim
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One may say that Electoral College is the best system for voting,
Counterclaim
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but then again that may just be the cheaters.
Rebuttal
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Electoral College believers think that having electors go on either side to let one canidate win, is right. "Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.."(Posner). So these Electoral College follower...
Evidence
Effective
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Even though there are people who support the Electoral College, there are many people who are against it.
Claim
Adequate
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In source three, Posner states "it is the electors who elect the president, not the people."If one has gone through an election, theres a long process and hassle of being able to vote, but if people go through the craziness to vote, why not make the vote count?""Faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for...
Evidence
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To conclude the argument, Electoral College should forsure be removed. Citizens favor popular vote over an electors vote. Candidates and voters enter a whole different threshold to express their political preferance. Why should the government even have voting if there really not truly being seen in the correct way. Cit...
Concluding Statement
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i think that we should keep the electorial college,
Position
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because it is more sufficient and we are used to it.
Evidence
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The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise Between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote.
Claim
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COMPROMISE is the big word of the day. Most compromises are the right way to go in many occasions. also, it says that it was in THE CONSTITUTION
Evidence
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Our founding fathers have already had this argument hundreds of years ago, and they agreed on something that has worked for many years, so why would we changte something thats working?
Claim
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The elecotrial 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 electorial votes by congress.
Evidence
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The electorial college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electorial votes is required to elect the president. Your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation : one for each member in the House of representitives plus two for your senators.
Evidence
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Do you think students should work on assignments from school at home?
Lead
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In this prompt I will argue about how students can study from long distance, not all schools approve the current subject
Position
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If students were to study from home it would be difficult for them to understand what the assignment that is being asked to complete at certain time. The students should be able to afford a device which is necessary to study any subject.
Evidence
Adequate
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Attending classes from home can cause for students to be able to work more and do their assignments on time.
Counterclaim
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Schools will not exist if students leave to study home which will make it hard for them to communicate with teachers when help is needed.
Claim
Adequate
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Students would not meet each other or talk physically which would be awkward, can cause them to not trust each other if it comes to a project that needs to be done. Physical education would not be a class since everything would be on devices which is a conflict, which is needed to graduate. In many short word students ...
Evidence
Adequate
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Typing online or video conferencing is not easy if the person on camera is shy and doesn't like video conferencing which can be very often.
Claim
Adequate
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Accessing to both subjects can not be trusted if the school will be monitoring every movement you take on your device. Testing online can be easy to cheat if the teacher is not around walking and watching what your doing. Students might not know many things but cheating and being sneaky are the two most known words we ...
Evidence
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In other words there are advantages to studying online, disadvantages online and it would be a big disappointment for students to fail almost every class that needs to be taken for graduation.
Claim
Adequate
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If they have a job they will consider work their first priority instead of school. Student's would not receive a scholar ship or diploma so that they can go to college and accomplishing the goal of having a better job.
Evidence
Adequate
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Some people say that school is very important for students, that they'll earn more money than their parents who probably dont have a well paid job and education.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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But I think it can benefit sometimes it can be a amazing idea for students to study home because they won't drop out of school. Students have different emotions that trigger them to want to leave school behind, since they start working more to pay bills that need to be paid each month.
Rebuttal
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All students should go to school to focus on what they want to be in life or do. Physical experience is not the same as typing online or video conference. Knowing that student's can succeed in different ways is not bad even so they will be expected to have any sort of education someday in the future. School is providi...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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In my opinion, I strongly believe that cell phones should be turned off and put into people lockers during the school day other than allowing students to have their phones at lunchtime.
Position
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In this generation, too many kids are using their cell phones in rule breaking, grade declining ways.
Claim
Adequate
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First off, if students are allowed to have their phones on at lunch, it would just encourage kids to take their phones into their class and text their friends while missing important information.
Claim
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We all know that this is already a big problem here. If the new rule is made, the no cell phone rule wont get any 'better'. In fact, the problem will just slowly get worse until texting in class gets out of hand. If cell phones are allowed in school just during lunch, it could be in one kid's mind thinking, "If its all...
Evidence
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Another reason why cell phones shouldn't even be allowed is the lingering question, "Why do kids need to text in school when their friends are there?"
Claim
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Sure, using your phone outside of school to contact your friend is reasonable.
Counterclaim
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But If you have the same class with your buddy, you don't need to pop out your cell phone just to get the buzz on who's dating who. In other words, cant you talk to your friends at lunch time?
Rebuttal
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That is the main reason why lunchtime was created in schools- to talk to your friends instead of using the alternative cell phone.
Evidence
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Also, if cell phones weren't allowed in school and teachers really cracked down on the new rule, it would stop kids right in their tracks from attempting to get their cell phones out while they're learning about the Louisiana Purchase. Overall, this rule would set a great example for kids and teach them that cell phone...
Evidence
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In the end, cell phones are really meant for outside of school and immediate emergencies. At best, i recommend that students should have their cell phones off and in their locker during the school day.
Concluding Statement
Effective
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Our community probably doesn't look as mush as perfect as you see it. There's a lot of people out there that throw trash around or don't cut the grass from abandoned buildings.
Lead
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I've been thinking that is maybe the time to step it up and get all the students to at least to an hour of community service.
Position
Adequate
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You should probably require students to do community service. I mean, it's for the community to look better.
Claim
Adequate
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I did that in sixth grade and I can do it my last year here too. It's not a really fun experience but I'm going to do it for other people to be thankful of me too. We should probably start by a Saturday instead of being at home bored not getting you anywhere. Starting by groups seems like a good start I would enjoy th...
Evidence
Adequate
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Please, get us students to that job.
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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It doesn't take time away from me, I could see my friends another time.
Claim
Adequate
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I think everyone would agree that community service can get a little annoying
Lead
Ineffective
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However, doing community service, whether you like it or not, makes everyone a better person.
Position
Adequate
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It's always nice to help someone out or make our community a better and nicer place to live in.
Claim
Adequate
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Community service can be anything from picking up trash that you see lying around to visiting a nursing home just to brighten someone's day
Evidence
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I understand that not everybody has a lot of time on their hands with sports and all different types of activities
Counterclaim
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but sometimes missing out on things that might be fun to you is worth it in the end.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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For example, my Mom Mom is a clown. One time I went with her to the nursing home and I can not even tell you how good it felt to see those people smile. With my Mom Mom and I visiting I could just tell how much it meant to them. My Mom Mom would pop one of her corny jokes ... but the patients in the nursing home absolu...
Evidence
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The feeling you get when you see these people's faces are priceless. It's amazing how contagious a smile is. You can not get that feeling of accomplishment... or that feeling that you actually made someone's day that much better any other way other than performing community service. Yes, it sounds like a pain. I do not...
Evidence
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Whether it is walking a marathon to raise money, picking up trash lying around, visiting a nursing home, feeding the poor, donating food or clothes to a charity, or simply just making someone smile, community service is so easy to do and makes our society a much safer and nicer place.
Evidence
Adequate
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community service does everyone good. Not only does it help our society but it also makes everyone a better person inside and out.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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I heard that you were deciding on whether we should or shouldn't do community service as a requirement.
Lead
Adequate
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I don't think that you should make students do community service. I have some reasons on why you should not make us.
Position
Adequate
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Those hours of community service could be spent doing homework or studying.
Claim
Adequate
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Someone who does sports barely has enough time to get their stuff done as it is. Let alone adding some more hours to that of being away from your homework. Some people might have other things in their life that takes up plenty of time. Someone with broken bones needs physical therapy. Some people might have parents who...
Evidence
Adequate
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People who don't do community service will find it hard because they have never done it before.
Claim
Adequate
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They can be taught, yes, but if you are trying to do something nice, it should be a kind act on your own.
Evidence
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Actions without meaning do nothing.
Claim
Adequate
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If you graciously take time out of your own day on purpose to help others, then you are doing a very kind act. If you are doing it because someone told you to, it has no meaning. It is just a chore.
Evidence
Adequate
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If I was a scintst at NASA discussing the Face. I whould have to prove to the person i was discussing with that it was made by it,s self not alien to do that i need facts about mars.
Position
Ineffective
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In paragraph 3 the passege stated that a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to to see the caption noted a huge rock formation. Which resembles a human head form by shadows giving the illusion eys nose and mouth. the authors resoned it whould ba good way to engage the public and attract attetion to mars. Li...
Evidence
Ineffective
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The peope of American should let their voice be heard. Why should we rely on the electoral college to pick our prisendent? In fact if you're going to rely on the electoral college to pick our next president why let civilized American citizens vote?
Lead
Adequate
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I would say it is time for a change and let the American people's voice be heard.
Position
Adequate
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It seems as if the passage is more in favor of elections based on the electoral college votes. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. At the most basic level,the electoral college is unfair to voters because it's a winners takes all system. The electoral colllege consists of 538 electors. A majority...
Evidence
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Instead of relying on this piece of history lets rely on bring cheap clothes,food,and gas prices back.
Concluding Statement
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All or most of the students like to be involved in a lot of things and do something that they enjoy doing or like to do.
Lead
Ineffective
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I think that the students with average of a grade C should be able to participate in sport and other activities.
Position
Adequate
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Students with grade C should be able to participate in sport and activities
Claim
Adequate
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because C is not bad of a grade! It is still considered as a passing grade in all the grades. If most of the students have a grade C as an average and they wouldn't be able to participate in sports or activities, then there will be almost no students involved in anything!
Evidence
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I think that activities are not the distraction for students not to study very well to get a B,
Claim
Adequate
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it is most likely they don't want to or just spend time doing something else out of school.
Evidence
Adequate
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If the students wouldn't be able to participate in school sports or activities they are more likely to go and do things out of school, and be involved in something else as well. All the kids like different activities and I think that they should have an opportunity not just study everyday, but also have some fun and do...
Evidence
Adequate
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When a student would only be allowed to study and not to participate in anything else they wouldn't have any time to have a break or to relax from a long day that they had in school.
Claim
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Students participating in sports and activities helps them take down the stress
Claim
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that they might of had in school, with friends or in a family, by doing sports or being involved in other activities and being able to communicate with others. That takes their mind of something that had bothered them.
Evidence
Adequate
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I think that students with an average of a grade C should be able to participate in sports and activities. To have fun with friends and doing things they like. Also, taking the stress down and having something else to do out of school.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Driverless cars is the way the automotive industry is heading, and will be here sooner than people think. Many big names that specialize in different aspects of technology are working on driverless cars. Some of the biggest are Google, BMW, and Tesla. People have long dreamed of driverless cars, and in the 1950s GM tri...
Lead
Adequate
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Almost all the successful driverless cars have been producted by big successful companies that are household names. Google is highly respected and is working on a driverless cars, and in total those cars have driven more than half a million miles. In those half a million miles not a single crash has happened. BMW is al...
Evidence
Adequate
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The knowledge of how to design a smart car has been around for a long time, but the technology is just now letting us build our dream car
Claim
Adequate
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Improvments on technology and cheaper technology makes it easier to build a smart car. An example of technology that has under gone this transformation are all the different sensors in cars. This technology is also making cars safe like an antilock break.
Evidence
Adequate
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People have long dreamed of driverless cars, and the human race is known for making dreams into realality. For a long time driverless cars have only been seen in television shows and movies, but now big name companies are working hard to solve the probelms that face smart cars to make it come true. This dream is nothin...
Evidence
Ineffective
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Driverless cars are not to far away in the future and will help make our lives safer.
Position
Adequate
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With some of the best companies in the world investing time, money, and reseach on smart cars the only question is when. When it is a dream of not just a person, but millions that in it's self is enough drive.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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The electoral college is something that has been loved, hated, and debated on for some years now. We couold abolish it or keep it the way it is. Some say the electoral college is undemocratic and unfair to the voters and the candidates. But some say it is the best way to vote.
Lead
Effective
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I'ts seen both ways but is there anything we can do about it? Good or Bad
Position
Ineffective
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The Electoral College is a compromise between election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The group of electors for your state are selected by the cnadidate"s political party. So when you vote for a specific candidate you are voting for the electors he is supported by.
Evidence
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So why do people want to aboplish the electoral college completely? Because there are some serious things wrong with it.
Claim
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perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote" (Source 2, Paragraph 4). How can there be a tie in the election of the president? Perhaps because sometimes the electors get to thinking in another midset and vote for the wrong candidate...Yes that is poosible. When people vote for there candidate t...
Evidence
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But even know some don't want the electoral college there are some who prefer to keep it.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee, and that trust is rarely betrayed" (Source 3, Paragraph 2). So when the party selects their electors they are most likely to select the candidate of the party they were selected by. There is also regional appeal,if a president only has dise...
Evidence
Effective
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both sides have reasonable arguments to if the elctoral college will stay for good or be abolished completely.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Most people feel good when they help other people, and they do it as often as they can. They might be a volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate money, pick up litter, help someone put up their groceries, or any other community service. Volunteering is a great way to help the community and anyone can do it, however voluntee...
Lead
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You shouldn't force someone to volunteer for community service. Volunteering is a choice. That's why it's called "volunteer."
Position
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Some people might want to help out, but they don't have time.
Claim
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They could have a job after school, plus have to do all of the homework required by your teachers. If you force students to perform a service, they might not be able to reach there highest point academically because they're so bogged down with a to-do list. Students would get too stressed out with everything they have ...
Evidence
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Helping out the community is very important, but community service isn't the only way for a person to help out in the community.
Claim
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Most people recycle, or donate old clothes to a local charity. A recent survey showed that starting a recycling or donating program at our school would have a lot more willing participants than required community service would. In fact, 90% of the student population said they would love to help out with my proposed pro...
Evidence
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There is no need for you to require community service in our school. Don't force students to be a volunteer, because then it just wouldn't be volunteering. They wouldn't be as willing to do the service, and they might not do the job as well as they would if they did it by choice, and the community service would be a wa...
Concluding Statement
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