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By allowing students to design their own projects instead, each student can individually design their project in a way that is compatible with the existing summer plans.
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some may argue that allowing students to design their own project encourages the design of lazy, easy, and uninspired projects. After all, why would a student intentionally design a complex project for a time span intended to be a break?
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However, both teacher-designed and student-designed projects open up the possibility of lazy work. Teacher-designed projects will inevitably suffer from lazy work while student-designed projects can suffer from lazy design. Either way, students will find ways to work less over their break
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However, this assumes that students can design their project without supervision. By requiring teacher approval of a project, teachers can ensure that students design a project that is worth completing, while retaining all other benefits of a student-designed project.
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While some may argue that student-designed projects will lead to lazy project design, this can be easily negated while also ensuring that students have an interesting project that they are able to complete over their break. By allowing students to design their own projects, they can choose, for themselves, an interesti...
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The author supports his idea by giving many examples towards the text. He provied enough support towards his idea. The idea of studying Venus is worthy despite the dangers.
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With the information provied we can determind that the author gave enough reasons. For example "These conditions are far more extreme than anything human encounter on Earth."(para.3.)
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What its trying to tell us is that Venus is a planet in which in life is nothing close to ours. The planet is buring hot due to the fact it's closer to the sun. Explaining that life in Venus isn't possible human.
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Scientists take a big role, they are the ones that plan everything. The amount of time and effort placed into their work determines if we get to travel to Venus. For example "scientists seeking to conduct a through mission to understand Venus would need to get uo close and personal despit the risks."(para.6.) Getting u...
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Everything around you looking brand new, thats what the scientists want,, To be able to look at the Venus in person, the authour supports this claim by supporting deatil.
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After reading the passage I am able to infer the main idea, which was the author supporting his idea of Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The infernace I was able to capture,"human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally imtimidating endeavors."(para.8.) This paragraph gives us the idea of us humans....
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Imagine you were forced to work on a topic you hated
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Although it gives the students a chance to slack on the project
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i think students should be allowed to design their own projects
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it gives them a chance to be creative
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it's something positive for them to do
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they will always be learning.
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The students have a chance to be creative and have fun with the project
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It gives them an opportunity to pick something they really love learning about and it helps the teacher get to know them better. They're most likely to put a lot more effort into the project. For example, you were just assigned a project and the topic on it was something you absolutely hated you're not going to want t...
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It's something positive for students to do during the summer.
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Kids are more likely to get into trouble whether it's because of boredom or they just like it them designing the project will give them something positive to do it'll keep them out of trouble and they'll have fun doing it. For example, one of the students i know likes to ride bikes everywhere even when he isn't allowed...
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The students will always be learning
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Them designing their own project is an amazing idea because it gives them the chance to be responsible and make desisons on their own. They would have to use their brain to create and complete the project all by themselves. Just because school is out doesn't mean the students stop learning the summer is all about growi...
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This project is exactly what students need it helps them be creative, it gives them something positive to do, and they're always learning!
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Some people may think that the Face on Mars was made by aliens
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Today I am here to share with you that scientificly it is just a natural landform.
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It is just a conspericy that the Face was made by aliens. The Mars Global Surveyor captured photos of what the Face looks like from above Mars. The image shows a landform on the planet that seems to look very much like a face.
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The Face on Mars is scientificly known to be a landform in the planet. This landform is much like the Martian equvialent of a butte or mesa.
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The landform just so happens to look like a face. That's why many people believe that the lanform is was actually made by aliens. Do you know how there are craters on the moon? If so the "Face" is almost like that but instead of the crater going in, it's pushing outward. That is the easiest way to describe it.
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So far NASA has not found aliens to be real.
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That doesn't meant that they aren't real. It just means that the face is highly unlikely to be made by aliens. But one day if NASA does discover aliens that might be a possibility that the "landform" was made by aliens. But until that day comes around it will just be considered a landform based on scientific facts.
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The first spacecraft to see this landform was NASA's Viking 1 in 1976. Then 18 years later, on April 5, 1998, the MGS flew over Cydonia for the first time. The picture that the MOC was 10 times sharper than the orginal Viking photos. This became very popular at that time in the past. The Face was used in a Hollywood fi...
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These things started all the talk about the face being created by aliens.
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So in all the Face was not made by aliens at all. It just happens to be a natural landform in the shape of a face. I can see where everyone got mistaken but the facts are that it was not made by aliens. So now you will be able to say that you know a lot of things about the Face on Mars! That is everything that I can ex...
Concluding Statement
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Do you use your cell phone while driving? More than half of car accidents that occur are caused by drivers who use their cell phone while driving. Maybe you should think twice about using it while you are driving. Drivers that put a hand on a cell phone while driving can cause them to get distracted and cause an accide...
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Even if the accident is not big it still could have been prevented by not using your cell phone.
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Car accidents are one of the main things that are caused by drivers who use their cell phones but it's not the only things that gets caused by using your phone while you're driving.
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Sometimes you might pull your phone out at a red light but you don't realize the light has turned green which means you're causing traffic. Traffic is something mostly every driver hates. What if the person behind you has somewhere important to be but thanks to you you're holding them back because you got distracted wi...
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Every day, every hour, every minute as we continue with our life's a car accident occurs due to someone using their phone. Using your cell phone while driving is a big no.
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Phone calls are not the only thing that get you distracted while driving but you got to remember your social medias are blowing up which means you're getting a notification every here and there.
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Just knowing your friends texted you or someone posted / sent you something you'll most likely want to take a quick little glance at your phone but then that's going to want to make you use it for even longer which gets you distracted. Maybe you don't like what's on the radio so you want to use your aux to you can put ...
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Stop using your cell phones while the car is on drive. Think about the people who are walking around you and driving around you. What if there's a baby in the car? Let's say you get in an accident you just hit someone's family think about what if that was your family who just got injured because you decided to pull out...
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Everything that just happened could have been stopped if you only would have waited and not let your phone distract you.
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Some people never realize how much a cell phone can actually cause. This because some people never stop and think about their actions.
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Yes, your cell phone might be small
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but the impacts it can cause are huge.
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Next time you want to pull your cell phone out wait till you get to your destination because a phone call or message is not more important than your own life. If someone important is calling your or texting just tell them, you were driving and they should be able to understand that.
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A picture, song, video, etc. is not worth you getting yourself hurt or hurting someone else is not worth or even making some have a bad because you made them get stuck in traffic. Maybe you didn't even hurt yourself but you did hurt someone else just because you're ok doesn't mean you couldn't have hurt someone else ba...
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In my own opinion I think that it is a bad idea to explore the habitat and enviroment of venus because the conditions just seem to unbareable but the author do make some good points on why we should explore it a little more.
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One reason the author wants to pursuit exploring venus is becasue it's the second planet from the sun and really close to earth its often referred to as Earth "twin".
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Long ago like hundreds or even millions of years ago venus have beeen the most earth like planet in our solar system. Venus have many and multiple things that are similar to earth for instance venus have rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys mountains and craters
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I think the author have a good reason to keep studying venus it is earth like with all the similar features besided from the high carbon dioxide and extreme storms and weather temperatures.
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Humans have sent numerouse spacecraft to land on venus but none have survived for more than a few hours. Every since then not a single spacecraft have touched down on venus since more than three decades. Venus have a thick atmosphere of almost ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide. Venus temperatures is really extreme th...
Evidence
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Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is closest to the sun.
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This reason being is because of the weather conditions venus have erupting like valcanoes powerful earthquakes and frequent lighting strikes that hits the surface. These conditions are far extreme then anything on earth. The conditions on venus could crush a submarine accustomed for diving to the deepest parts of our o...
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Scientist say that venus could have been covered in with largely oceans and had life forms on its planet similar to earth
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they say this because venus still have some features that are analogous to thoes on earth. They say that sometimes venus can be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Scientist is making a blimp like craft so that can float thirty miles above venus to study it better. Scientist wants to find out how much venus is li...
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The only problem with everything thats going is that being above and studing the planet give you limited insight on the ground to see whats going on. More importantly researchers cannot researchsample of rock, gas or anything else from that distance in the air. NASA is making electronic
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in VAUBAN,Germany executives are making a big leap on forbidden street parking,driveways and home garages. it costs $40,000 to buy a parking space becuse of the retricans on cars. The reason for this "smart planning" is becuse 12 percent of green house gases in Europe come from tailpipes. David Goldberg qoutes that "Al...
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Hi my name is Luke Bomberberg and I want you to join my program because it is a nice thing to do for the sick people.
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It may take a long time to get there and back
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hey its worth the wait to help the sick
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You also get to explore new places around the world with me and my friend
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it also gets you exercising because there is a lot of heavy things like the hay barrels.
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This programis also really really safe
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. annother thing is that there are about 335 horses, so if you are affraid of horses then this program isn't for you.
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In 1945 we went to New Orleans to get started with our program on the SS Charles W. Wooster. I turned 18 when we finally made it to Greece wich meant that I could be drafted for military servrice. By the time I was discharged in 1947 I had made nine trips,the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. It took about two weeks to cros...
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When I was a little boy,helping out on my aunt Katie's farm had prepared me for hard work,but not from the dangers at sea.
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On my second trip I served as night watchman. My job was to check on all the animals every hour every night. One rainy night after making my hourly report to the captain I slid down a slippery ladder on my backside. My heart raced as I shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal aa...
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I found time to have fun on board
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The author suggests that studying Venus is important for a few reasons.
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The first of which is that Venus is one of the most Earth like planets in our solar system.
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The second one is Venus could have once been able to be compatable for life.
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Another thing that the author brings up is that Venus has powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning strikes.
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The final reason is that the author brings up the challenges that NASA is facing in trying to get to Venus.
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What the author is getting to is that when we finally figure out how to get to Venus this could help us get to other planets as well. That is why I think that the author wants us to study Venus.
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Venus has a rocky surface similar to that of Earth's. It also has valleys, mountain, and craters all of this is similar to that of Earth's and can be used to maybe help us more understand out planet. Another thing that the author brings up is that Venus is similar to Earth is that scientist believe that Venus was once ...
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this is something that we also share with that is also happening here on Earth. If we could go to Venus and study all of that it could help us understand how to know farther ahead of time when we may have a a earthquake.
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The troubles that we face is the atmosphere and the pressure. These challenges make it almost impossibe for humans to withstand becase the pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth. So what the author is getting at is that if we are able to get through all of these challenges and get boots on t...
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So that is why I think that the author wants us to explore Venus. The first reason being Venus is one of the most Earth like planets in our solar system. The second one being that Venus was once able to be compatable for life. Third is that Venus experiences earthquakes and lightning striks just like Earth does. Finall...
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There is a new software the has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of other. The Facial Action Coding System. They put a imagine of Mona Lisa Smile. In the applications called FACS knows how she is like how happy you are or angry. But with her they got a 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgues...
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I think the application is smart because it show's you how you are in the moment.
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The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents
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they have tried to explore Venus for many years and they can't succed
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because only they can stay there for a couple of hours before they can't be out on venus anymore however they do have a nickname for Venus it is called the "Evening Star" and why they named it that because it is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky but they said that nickname was misleading because Venu...
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Driving can be extremely dangerous for you or anyone else, especially if you're not careful and focused. While driving you must be sure that your taking every precaution you can to maintain safety for yourself and others as well. Many people believe that the use of cell phones can be very hazardous, and I strongly agre...
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The use of cell phones while operating a vehicle isn't the most ideal or realistic to ensure your safety as well as others safety.
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Cell phones cause late reactions, especially for those that are being held in the driver's hand.
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Majority of people have a habit of allowing their cell phone to influence their reflexes and reactions to certain death-defying situations. One of my resources states, "Not only are 27 percent of all automobile accidents believed to result from talking or texting while driving, but smartphone use has also been implicat...
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Even a two-second distraction - taking your eyes off the road to pick up your phone and see who's calling you for example- increases your risk of crashing
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The National Safety Council reports that, "answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. Traveling at 55 mph, that's enough time to travel the length of a football field." Anything can happen while you're driving, such as: a car could hit their brakes in front of you, a car could be merging into yo...
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It is statistically proven that the cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes with nearly 390,000 injuries each year.
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Even with those high numbers, people still choose to be on a cell phone while managing with a vehicle on the road. Some people believe that it is safe to use a phone while driving, or that "nothing will happen to them"
Counterclaim
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In 2017, there were 34,247 distracted driving accidents and 15,341 that were aged between 15 and 29 were involved in fatal crashes while driving with a cell phone in hand. Therefore, some people may believe that using a cell phone while driving isn't dangerous, but the facts say otherwise.
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In conclusion, don't operate a vehicle while using a phone at the same time because it can lead to some serious consequences. You are not only endangering yourself but your endangering others on the road, as well as passengers, or even any close-by pedestrians. Driving needs complete attention and focus so ensure the r...
Concluding Statement
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Do you think cellphones should be used while driving? Using your phone is the top ten ways of accidents
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I don't think you should use your cell phone while driving because it is very dangerous to you and other cars.
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You can look down for 10-15 seconds then look "BOOM" it's a crash. That should be one of the least ways you want to die even though it's not always your fault.
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Using a cell phone is a big distraction, not only to you but to others to.
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Everyone has to pay attention to the road just like you will have to. It can cause you to swerve; stop on brakes to hard, not pay attention to your surroundings, and last but you least it will cause a wreck. You can put others in dangers from your use to the road.
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