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That might not be a big problem in summer or spring. But winter is the worst time of the year for students. The sun rises later than usually and sets earlier. It gets really cold and there is frozen ice on streets. Nobody wants to get up early and go to school or work when the sun hasn't even risen and frezzing weather...
Evidence
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But in the other hand, attending to school directly is better for some students.
Counterclaim
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Leaning and teaching face to face is always easier than online. You could ask the teachers directly if you don't understand, and I think the teachers would be teaching and explaining in a better way face to face. Plus, you can meet new friends, socialize and participate in sports or any activities at school. So in the ...
Evidence
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I think it's better to combine both ways.
Position
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The students can attend school everyday, except for snow days. They can take classes online since they can't make it to school. Cut the students some slack on some Fridays. They can stay home and attend classes online. Or only apply on seniors. Because it's their last year and they have lots of work to do.
Evidence
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But in my opinion. Attending clases online or directly at school don't matter. What matters is that the students find their best ways to learn and relieve stress.        
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Do you think it is a good idea to succeed? I believe it is good to succeed in life, that is why seeking opinions from multiple people helps you succeed.
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I believe seeking help from multiple people can help you make better decisions.
Position
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It helps you succeed in life
Claim
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It helps when making a decision
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that I made a great decision In my life.
Claim
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seeking multiple opinions helps people succeed in life
Claim
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One way is when going to college. College is very important to people's life and people giving opinions to them is encouraging them that is will be fun. Another way is when a person is mad at somebody. People encouraging them to stop can help them stop being mad. The last reason is when somebody is taking a test they c...
Evidence
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getting multiple opinions helps when making a decision
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It helps when picking out what shirt or shorts or any type of clothing they want. When they dont know what type of clothing they want to buy multiple opinions can help a lot when not knowing what to get. It also helps when picking which shoe they want and which one is the best for them. Opinions from parents and the wo...
Evidence
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The last one is that I made a good decision.
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One day I was playing basketball and this guy got mad because i blocked his shot. After I blocked his shot he wanted to fight me. So he came after me, he laid a punch on my chest. It hurt pretty bad. I wanted to fight him and punch him back so badly because I wanted to stick up for myself. Then, my friends who we were ...
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I believe seeking a lot of opinions will help you make better decisions in life. Seeking multiple decisions can help you succeed in life, It can also help when making a decision and, lastly I made a very good decision in my life. Always seek a lot of opinions before doing things that they are not sure about.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Have you ever had a really important decision you had to make? Did you feel overwhelmed because you didn't know what you should do? Asking for help or advise from people such as friends and family around you can really help alleviate all that stress. Most people encounter big decisions often throughout their lives, so ...
Lead
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Seeking multiple opinions can really help someone make a better choice when dealing with decision making.
Position
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One way seeking multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice is that by asking more than one person, they can get more input.
Claim
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Asking numerous people can be a huge help when making an important decision. Not only are people getting different ideas of what they may want to do, they can also get advise from people who may be more experienced than themselves. For example, if someone was debating on which college they should apply to, they may end...
Evidence
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Another way seeking multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice is by not getting any biased opinions.
Claim
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By asking more than one person for advise on a subject, they can get more than one new idea that isn't one of their own. This way, they can get more than one person's thoughts on the decision, and have different ideas on it. For example, if someone were trying to make a decision on what sport they may want to tryout fo...
Evidence
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A final way seeking multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice is by being more prepared about the choice they're going to make.
Claim
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The decision maker can use all the advise they've gotten from different people to make their own choice, and feel better prepared. They will be more focused as they know what they want to do, and will feel more confident and less overwhelmed. Feeling less overwhelmed can be a big help as the person doesn't have to be s...
Evidence
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After getting advise from multiple people around them, the decision maker may be able to make the best choice possible, as they've gotten new thoughts and ideas. Asking for help or for some advise from those around you can help you make the best possible choice because you've gotten a lot of new information and opinion...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Did any of the schools you attended as a child offer distance learning? Would you be interested in participating in distance learning? Schools are now offering distance learning as an option for their students. Distance learning allows students to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing. Schools...
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Distance learning is not beneficial for students
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because it will not prepare them for the set up of college
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they are not going to be able to interact or learn how to work with their peers,
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and they are more likely to get easily distracted when learning from home.
Claim
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One way that distance learning would not be beneficial for students is because it will not prepare them for the set up of college
Claim
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In almost all colleges, the classes offered are in large lecture halls where you are face to face with the teacher and other students, and not separated by a screen. By participating in distance learning students may not be prepared for face to face interaction with their teacher and the other students. For example, my...
Evidence
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Another downside to the distance learning system is that students would not have daily interaction or learn how to work with their peers.
Claim
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In school you meet many new people from around your town that may have very different cultural or ethnic backgrounds. If students were to participate in distance learning, although they would meet various other peers through activities like sports, clubs, or their hobbies, they would not meet as many people as they wou...
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The final reason that distance learning is not beneficial to students is because it allows students to become more easily distracted
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In a student's home they have access to toys and electronics such as phones, televisions, and computers that can take their attention away from learning. However if students took classes in a school building they would not have access to as many of these distracting things, and they would also have a teacher that would...
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Distance learning is not beneficial to students because it does not prepare them for the set up of college, they would not be able to learn how to interact and collaborate with their peers, and they are more likely to be easily distracted when learning from home. Although distance learning may provide some benefits to ...
Concluding Statement
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Imagine having a problem that no matter how hard you try, you can't figure out a way to solve it. Many of this have this issue often that it recalls to getting advice. Advice can help us in situations that we can't find an answer to our problems. Whether its asking a friend, a family member, coworker, neighbor, or anyo...
Lead
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Many people ask more than just one person for advice, seeking different ways to solve their problem, and that results to making good choices
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Seeking advice from multiple opinions can help people make better choices because they can view different viewpoints from others
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have a different understanding of the problem
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can find various way to solve the problem.
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Having advice from different viewpoints can conclude to various amount of opinions that the person giving you advice has. Talking to one person over and over again doesn't help with solving your problem, even many people do that today. Many people that I have known have gone through a similar problem, asking one person...
Evidence
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By seeking multiple opinions from other people, it can help the person get a better understanding of the problem, and help them find a solution that can hopefully can resolve the problem. When a different understanding is taken place, the person who has the problem can visualize the ending result, as one of my friend s...
Evidence
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This can benefit the person because it can help them find more easier ways to solve their situation. When people have problems and ask more than one person for advice, it can result into find more ways to solve the situation because the person can find solutions that can either cause more harm to the persons life by ma...
Evidence
Effective
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People asking for advice almost all the time when they have a problem to deal with. They can get answers from various amount of people, no matter who it is. Seeking advice from multiple opinions can help people make better choices because they can view different viewpoints from others, have a different understanding of...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Did you know that asking multiple people for advice will help you make a decision faster?
Position
Ineffective
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Asking multiple people for their opinions will also make you sure that you choice will be the right one.
Claim
Adequate
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You might be persuaded to change your opinion which could cause you to make the right decision
Claim
Adequate
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You can assure yourself that you are making the right decision because most of the people you asked had the same opinion or similar advice
Claim
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Asking multiple people for their advice will assure yourself that your choice is the right one
Claim
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Only asking one person for their opinion might cause you to make the wrong choice, and asking multiple people will give you a higher chance to make the right decision. A couple weeks ago, my civics teacher gave our class a project that was due the next day, but I had a basketball game the same day which would end at 8:...
Evidence
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People's opinions could change your decision. Asking more than one person who has the opposite opinion than you might persuade you to change your own opinion
Claim
Adequate
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Yesterday I asked multiple friends of mine for advice on what sport I should do. I could either do soccer which is every day from 4-8pm, or golf which is on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays for 5-6:30pm. I really wanted to play soccer, but most of my friends told me that I would be stressed since it's right after scho...
Evidence
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You won't be confused on what decision you should make
Claim
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Asking multiple people for advice will assure you that you are either making the wrong or right decision. A couple days ago I wasn't sure if I should go to the library to study for my science test during lunch, or study in civics class which is right before my science class. After asking multiple people for their advic...
Evidence
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In conclusion, asking multiply people for their opinions will cause you to make a decision faster. Asking more than one person for advice will also cause you to feel assured that you are making the correct decision. Other people's opinions could also cause you to change your own opinion. You also won't be confused as t...
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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When you go shopping or are picking something out you often ask for multiple peoples advice. Why do you do this? Well it's mostly because you want the reassurance from others. It is a natural thing that we all do. For instance last September my sister went homecoming dress shopping. She brought a bunch of people so we ...
Lead
Effective
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multiple opinions help someone make a better choice.
Position
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The first person my sister asked for there opinion was our Grandma. After a while of my sister coming out in dresses the first thing I noticed was my Grandma always asking "Well what do you think of it?" before giving her opinion. I think this is a very good way to give your opinion without hurting any ones feelings. Y...
Evidence
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even if I don't like to hear that they don't like it I would rather someone be honest with me then just lie and say they like it.
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The next opinion my sister asked for was my mom. I knew even before this trip started that my mom was going to have a very strong opinion on each dress. And I was not mistaken. Each dress came with a "thats too short" or "that shape does not flatter you and the color is to bright." I could easily tell this was overwhel...
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even though my mom can be brutally honest at least she can point out a lot of things you didn't notice and help you pick the right dress at the end of the day.
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The last opinion my sister got and the most important one was Beyonce. She has been a family friend for a while and my sister has always really loved her fashion sense. So when Beyonce heard that my sister needed to go dress shopping she was more then happy to come along. Her job was to help my sister pick out the dres...
Evidence
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it can be very hard to get lots of opinions and not be overly influenced and not listen to your own opinion.
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After this very long and tiring journey I came to the conclusion that ever opinion is important ans really can help you make the best decision. I would highly recommend getting an opinion from everyone you can but make sure that you listen to your own opinion too. It can be especially hard with really big decisions and...
Concluding Statement
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Have you ever asked your friends for advice on an issue or to help solve a problem? If so, did you take that advice, or throw it to the wind without ever looking back?
Lead
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seeking multiple opinions allows for better decisions to be made.
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it allows us to view an issue from multiple angles,
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allows for a more unbiased response,
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hearing several opinions can change our thinking on a certain subject for the better.
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Hearing several sides of a story or particular topic, can often have an affect on our decisions. Say you and a friend get involved in an argument and you aren't sure how to handle it. You ask some friends what to do. They explain that your friend is having a bad day and some family issues at home. Rather than be upset ...
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say a woman and her boyfriend have a disagreement. Asking her boyfriends best friend may not be such a great idea, seeing as he could be biased on the subject. Asking a group of neutral friends would prove most effective, therefore less biased. In more cases than none, one particular person may favor one side more than...
Evidence
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An example would be, a friend of yours pulls a ruthless prank on you. Instead of laughing along with your friend, you become upset and infuriated. You make a split second decision to retaliate. Several people encourage you to inform your friend that their actions bothered you, rather than getting even. Hearing the same...
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asking multiple people for advice is more efficient that asking only one. Hearing several opinions allows for neutral, unbiased advice. Receiving advice from several friends, teachers, peers, or family members can play a rather important role on our thought process on a given topic in a positive way. And viewing all si...
Concluding Statement
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Whenever there is a roadblock in life, many people feel limited to who they can ask for help. They do not know that there is a tremendous number of others surrounding them ready to put forth advice. There are always people somewhere who would be willing to help with a problem. Getting help is the smartest choice to mak...
Lead
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Talking to multiple people will never be the wrong choice, as it will almost always provide benefits for both parties.
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new perspectives are provided
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decisions are rethought
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new ideas are formed.
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There is no arguing that no two alike people walk on this planet. With different people, comes an uncountable number of differing opinions on topics worldwide
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When multiple opinions are acquired, a great sea of new perspectives begins to flow.
Claim
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In many situations, judgment can easily be corrupted. This can be caused by stress, deficient energy, or maybe just a busy schedule. With a corrupted field of judgment, decisions cannot be made with complete logic. In less then two minutes, someone's life can be changed. That is all it takes for a good or bad decision ...
Evidence
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By asking multiple people, the pieces of advice may start to persuade someone to not make a certain decision or to make a different choice
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In some of situations, the original plan is not always the best solution. Even if advice is given from multiple people, their advice might not be what is wanted
Evidence
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As advice is given, sometimes combinations of many different opinions is the best suited for a specific person and topic.
Claim
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To be more specific, if none of the advice given is liked, then new ideas begin to spark. For instance, someone is deciding whether to buy a big box of cookies or not and they ask two people for advice. One person says to buy it, and the other says not to. If neither idea sounds right, the idea to buy a smaller box sur...
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In conclusion, making the right decision is crucial for many aspects in life. Some of these aspects include happiness and success. In order to do that, advice from multiple people is needed. Advice is always beneficial from everyone when it comes to making the right choice. In some situations, advice can be more crucia...
Concluding Statement
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With the growth of technology, options, other than the traditional schooling, have developed, leaving schools to wonder if they should adapt to the new technologies by allowing classes to be attended online via video conference
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Although some may believe otherwise, students can benefit from being able to attend online class from home
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students can manage their time
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can work at their own pace.
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First of all, students will benefit from online class because they can manage their own time.
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For instance, my friend Generic_Name, who is a dancer and soccer player, takes classes online, so she has more time to attend her ballet classes and club soccer practices everyday. Because Generic_Name does not have to get dressed or commute to and from school, she can focus that additional time to dedicate to her inte...
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In addition, after my ACL and meniscus surgery, I had to take a week off of school to recover, which is a difficult amount of time to miss when being enrolled in all AP and honors courses. In preparation for my surgery, I asked all my teachers for notes and assignments that I would be missing, however, I only anticipat...
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Secondly, students will benefit from attending class online because they can work at their own pace.
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In U.S. History, for instance, my teacher Generic_Name would talk through the notes very quickly, so it was difficult for me to keep up, especially since I am a slow writer. Fortunately, Generic_Name makes the powerpoints available on blackboard, so I use that during class, but I am so invested in trying to write down ...
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Additionally, precalculus is a particularly easy class for me, so I often find myself sitting at my desk doing nothing after finishing the practice problems early. If I were to attend class online, I would be able to finish the lesson quickly and efficiently, shortening a 90 minute lesson to 30. Therefore, online cours...
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