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4b9b679d9112 | 7D59699BB70F | When people drive or even crank their cars that gac or diesel is goin up into the air causing our air to become filthy ans cloudy. Diesel or gas is dangerous because it harms the air, people, animals and other things. For example ''It's a good opportunity to take awat stress and lower air pollution'';said business man... | Evidence | Adequate |
de938e0c18f0 | 7D59699BB70F | But a good thin about this article is that it says that president obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states ' greenhouse gas emissions unveiled last week will get a fortuitous assist. So basically wat it is trying to say is that eventually a end to cars will come. Since 2005 the number of miles drive have drop... | Evidence | Adequate |
72a42207034c | 7D59699BB70F | As april 2013 the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and eqyal to where the country was in 1995 | Evidence | Adequate |
a739cbe8298c | 7D59699BB70F | Me myself personally think that people should stop driving cars and start walking or using bikes thats one reason why people are becoming obese because they are relying on cars to get them everywhere they need to go | Evidence | Adequate |
794277b27361 | 7D59699BB70F | Just imagine that cars were never invented i bet there would be fewer people who would be obese than there is now. | Claim | Adequate |
77013d9e8f6d | 7D59699BB70F | people should stop relying on cars to get them where they need to and depend on themselves because eventually the end to cars will come. | Position | Adequate |
c62156b58549 | 7DA8E80C2FAF | Dont get me wrong cars are a good thing for but we do not need them to live. We use them to get around but look at how much money it costs us in gas and just to bye the car. Plus it is destroying are ecosystem at a alarmingly high rate. Why use cars when we can just walk or bike where we need to go.
So ya we use cars ... | Lead | Adequate |
d22c3f05bfd3 | 7DA8E80C2FAF | ""after five -days of intesifying smog...[the smog] rivaling Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world.""paris enforced a partial driving ban to clesr the air of the global city." and with all this "paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (pm) per cubic meter compared with" "... | Evidence | Adequate |
4ce035d11680 | 7DA8E80C2FAF | Imagine how mutch cleaner are air would be if we got rid of all are cars for just a week. | Claim | Adequate |
bc8ae853d3ad | 7DA8E80C2FAF | By then we would be used to it so even bring the cars back that right there would keep making are air clean. | Evidence | Ineffective |
cb7bc8fc27af | 7DA8E80C2FAF | getting rid of cars for one day "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" | Position | Adequate |
6214238d6e7a | 7DF12B42AB72 | Should these summer projects be teacher designed or student designed? I feel they should be more favored to being student designed. Why would I think that? Why can't teachers determine the design of summer projects? Im going to tell my opinon why. | Lead | Effective |
38743f2f76d8 | 7DF12B42AB72 | I feel students should be favored in the designing of their summer projects | Position | Adequate |
12c36fdeb46d | 7DF12B42AB72 | they know what type of schedule they have. | Claim | Effective |
7614255947ce | 7DF12B42AB72 | During most summers, students are going with families, going out of state, even sometimes they are going out of the country. If they have their own designed summer projects then they will know when to try and complete the projects on their own time. Plus, students take the summer time to have fun, and if teachers were ... | Evidence | Effective |
e3b76d501384 | 7DF12B42AB72 | Maybe most teachers feel that if students really cared about learning and school, that it doesn't matter when the project is assigned to you, you should just do it. Also, teachers may think with all the time during the summer, students should have plenty of time to balance managing their summer fun with their summer pr... | Counterclaim | Effective |
963e65433760 | 7DF12B42AB72 | What's the problem with students designing their summer project? It's not hurting anybody, it's at their own type of pace, they are not being rushed into something they may not be ready for, and I could go on and on about it. In the students' mind, they probably think if they design their own time to do the summer proj... | Rebuttal | Effective |
1c2874a2e491 | 7DF12B42AB72 | To me, I felt that students had the better argument because at the end of the day, it's really all bout what they think and how they feel. They are the having to do these assignments and a certain time, and actually be expected to put everything to the task. For the familes point of view, knowing that their kid can't h... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
14bf19fecf96 | 7E2EF53A56BC | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author describes why putting a man on the moon seems like a walk in the park compared to the horrendous obstacles preventing humans from pushing the frontier with visiting one of Earth's neighbors, Venus. The thick atmosphere is toxic to us. The clouds of sulfuric acid, the in... | Lead | Effective |
c85c79e6dac7 | 7E2EF53A56BC | Yet, the author sees that mankind cannot be afraid of the risks when the rewards are so great. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents | Position | Effective |
72c87e1a5221 | 7E2EF53A56BC | is supported through Venus' vast similarities to Earth, | Claim | Adequate |
95be1b629b36 | 7E2EF53A56BC | Venus' proximity to Earth, | Claim | Adequate |
6741f9ff5451 | 7E2EF53A56BC | and the innovation in machines by researchers that could make them work long enough to expand mankind's knowledge on Venus. | Claim | Effective |
56c257772002 | 7E2EF53A56BC | The idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is supported through Venus' vast similarites to Earth, which is why humans have such interest in this particular planet. | Claim | Effective |
a071b0f065ab | 7E2EF53A56BC | The author explains points in Venus' history that have intrigued astronomers, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largelyt with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, " (4). Besides having been closer to Earth's "twin" many years ago, Venus may be more similar than humans thought, shown through "The p... | Evidence | Effective |
80f202be826a | 7E2EF53A56BC | The idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the presented dangers is supported through Venus' proximity. The author conveys the usefulness of having Venus so close, | Claim | Effective |
6b617dac7cb6 | 7E2EF53A56BC | "Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world," (2). Time and distance can be very influential in making groundbreaking decisions, like pursuing the exploration of Venus, as can be seen through, "...Venus can be sometimes be ou... | Evidence | Effective |
1917ccbd0a31 | 7E2EF53A56BC | The idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it brings is supported through the innovation in machines that could make the close-up exploration of Venus possible. | Claim | Effective |
7a46bc9b8d1c | 7E2EF53A56BC | NASA's advancements for Venus exploration are promising, "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such chaos," (7). Humans would not be able to use the most advanced technology, but durabili... | Evidence | Effective |
af0caef7923f | 7E2EF53A56BC | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is supported through Venus' vast similarities to Earth, Venus' proximity to Earth, and the innovation in machines by researchers that could make them work long enough to expand mankind's knowledge on ... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
cc51202d50b7 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | Today, the effect of summer break on students is debated as frequently as politics. Many are convinced that this long break causes students to forget material that they have just learned. Schools have tried to combat this issue in various ways; one way is to require summer projects. This would assure that students cont... | Lead | Effective |
59308eee94ea | 7E54AA9ADF2B | Certainly, these projects should be left to the teacher. | Position | Adequate |
c3bbc5e9c74e | 7E54AA9ADF2B | reduce the unnecessary amount of time spent on the project and stress on the students, | Claim | Adequate |
b95d308daaaa | 7E54AA9ADF2B | insure the relevancy the project has to the course, | Claim | Adequate |
a267a40ad723 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | guarantee the teacher's help and structured guidelines. | Claim | Adequate |
4013b732e787 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | The time needed to plan and form a project would be solely on the teacher, not each individual student. This entire process can be very stressful and overwhelming, especially for a student who does not have a degree in the subject. The stress and frustration would continue, especially if a student cannot get approval. ... | Evidence | Effective |
53a18d352ed7 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | Students would be unaware of the topics related to the course they are going into, for they have not studied it yet. It would be impossible for them to form a beneficial project related to the subject. A teacher could use this project as a precursor to the unit they will study first, beginning to teach right when they ... | Evidence | Effective |
4368d6a37c28 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | With the teacher designing the project, they could make a clear and distinct rubric. This would inform students exactly what the teacher is looking for. It is very difficult to complete a project when you are not sure how it will be graded. Teachers would be able to help students and answer any questions they may have.... | Evidence | Effective |
a21f5079d2f6 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | Some may argue that student-designed projects allow students to have creativity, individuality, and freedom. As a result of these things, students would be more inclined to complete the project; | Counterclaim | Effective |
3858580d6d33 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | however, these self-assigned projects could easily be swept under the rug, especially in the midst of an exciting summer break. More time, thought, and preparation must go into a student designed project, discouraging students from setting aside appropriate time to devote to the project, because they view it as too cha... | Rebuttal | Effective |
d668757b1a61 | 7E54AA9ADF2B | , summer projects should be designed by teachers. This would be more beneficial to both students and teachers. The teachers would be able to assign projects that are relevant to their lesson, relating their summer work to the unit they will be studying first, allowing them to be able to start learning as soon as they g... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
646034466f6a | 7E6236F28B06 | Venus, as the author talks about, was a worthy pursuit becuase they had found very good and ineresting findings | Position | Adequate |
c671ec58335f | 7E6236F28B06 | The author believes them because they have such good outcmomes of the new findings | Claim | Ineffective |
013b56c50525 | 7E6236F28B06 | As the author talks about in paragaph 8 it says,"Been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of Venus. " This meaning to this is how many things had been tested and seen. Therefore they are dicovering new stuff in this century | Evidence | Ineffective |
9400c146c322 | 7E6236F28B06 | Another reason is on paragrpah 8 it states,"Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value." | Claim | Adequate |
2cb95282574b | 7E6236F28B06 | This is explaining how the person doesnt liked the job or does. They are passionate able the stuff they do. As they look into more of Venus, the more excitement is shown and shared. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8b4e712f411d | 7E6236F28B06 | Overall, the author knows how harmful these stuff could be, but they just love how they make a discovery, which is worthy. They feel as to being one step ahead by testing them and keep testing them so they are able to come out with an outcome of something more epic and worthyly of Venus and its dicovering which made it... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a6cadedf037f | 7E873F1E93C2 | Whether it's playing sports, participating in student council, school plays, or just painting in art club, all teens and students need that extra confidence, and adrenaline boost that extracurricular activities provide. Principle of Generic_School, Generic_Name, is proposing a new, controversial school rule that states... | Lead | Effective |
aeee8b065f4e | 7E873F1E93C2 | If you were to compare the pros and cons, the answer is yes! | Position | Adequate |
cefebf240bd2 | 7E873F1E93C2 | Not only will this rule be beneficial to all of the students physical and mental health, | Claim | Adequate |
cd2f0a48e4ce | 7E873F1E93C2 | but forcing kids to branch out and do extracurricular activities will bring them out of their shell and mold them into a better person. | Claim | Effective |
a6e874b31d0c | 7E873F1E93C2 | By forcing students to participate in activities that they may not have signed up for on their own, they are forced out of their shell and meet new people who share similar passions. | Claim | Effective |
024224b137a6 | 7E873F1E93C2 | In a pole taken at Southern Utah Middle School, the students were asked approximately how many friends they had and generally how they met. The study discovered that most students who were involved in clubs, student council, sports, and etc. answered with higher numbers of friends, many of which they made through their... | Evidence | Effective |
56f65dc1ef51 | 7E873F1E93C2 | Another meaningful reason for the students to be forced to enjoy extracurricular activities is because of their mental and physical health. | Claim | Adequate |
caadf83ab5e2 | 7E873F1E93C2 | World renown author of several New York Times awarded self-help books, doctor, and psychiatrist, Leonard Steigerwald explains, "Getting involved in clubs, sports, and other extracurricular activities can not only boost your physical health, but mental too." Steigerwald is stating the obvious, when students participate ... | Evidence | Effective |
654dcded37e0 | 7E873F1E93C2 | Having a clear head space has been proven to help with academics, and participating in extracurricular activities has proven to help clear your mind. | Claim | Effective |
7ecd00d367f8 | 7E873F1E93C2 | In 2017 students who are active in their community and school were proven to have better SOL, SAT, and just overall grades. GPAs in Colleges have been harder to meet as far as the 110% of all the valedictorians from high schools around the globe. Getting involved in out of or in school activities can look good on job a... | Evidence | Effective |
ddbc04f4989c | 7E873F1E93C2 |
Although it's pretty clear that Generic_Name's rule should be passed, it was mentioned earlier to be controversial. This is because several parents and students at Generic_School say that this rule is infringing on their right to pursue happiness. The Constitution clearly states, when listing the rights of all U.S. ci... | Counterclaim | Effective |
f84f0c265de4 | 7E873F1E93C2 | however there are certain exceptions to this law. In schools, students are required to take SOLs and other tests. Do SOLs make students happy? No. Unfortunately though, it is required in schools. Requiring extracurricular activities is quite on the contrary. Instead of going home and "pursuing happiness" on their phone... | Evidence | Effective |
75127b7887fe | 7E873F1E93C2 | This means that when students participate in activities with others, they are actually happier and mentally healthier. | Rebuttal | Effective |
0b96d7992f86 | 7E873F1E93C2 | In the end, the rule should be passed and all students should be required to participate in extracurricular activities. It will not only be beneficial for their mental health, happiness, and social life, but also for academics and physical activity. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
3f2b65a57257 | 7E97F03304F1 | The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom IS valuable. | Position | Adequate |
f0a0288c61a8 | 7E97F03304F1 | it is valuable to read students emotions expression because if a student is sad and just wants to be left alone, or if a student is so mad and will go off for any reason then the teacher will know to leave those students alone. | Claim | Adequate |
fd1ffab0e27b | 7E97F03304F1 | Another reason why the emothional expressions is that if they are in a play and you want they to actually feel those feelings. | Claim | Adequate |
01ef29d4bb25 | 7E97F03304F1 | you can tell if that person is being truthful or not. | Claim | Adequate |
b05edd84a204 | 7E97F03304F1 | First off the reasion you can use this technology to read emotional expressions is that Dr. Huang and his clleagus are experts that developed a new emotional - recongition software that tracks these facial movements, with characteristics movements of the facial muscules. For example is the text it states "your frontali... | Evidence | Adequate |
6e3b5fa9317d | 7E97F03304F1 | If they did have the emotional expressions inside of the class room then you will be able to tell if the student is telling the truth or not. | Claim | Adequate |
fed66f0c115d | 7E97F03304F1 | By that you will know for sure of the student is lying to you or not and you'll figure out a way to punich them. | Evidence | Adequate |
b19b7faece09 | 7E97F03304F1 | Second if you want the kids to really feel something and want to make sure they feel it then you'll know. | Claim | Adequate |
c5d8998ff2bc | 7E97F03304F1 | So this is why I think this technology to read emotional expressions of students inside the classroom. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
1891b819e9a1 | 7EAB25FDB984 | The face on Mars is just a natural landform | Position | Adequate |
14ebfeb79031 | 7EAB25FDB984 | I think this because the face reminds someone of middle butte in the snake river plain of Idaho. | Evidence | Adequate |
eae975a6a373 | 7EAB25FDB984 | Just becuase the face is in movies and magazines do not make it true their is lots of story in magzines that is not true.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
25c3096093f2 | 7EAB25FDB984 | If this was a face,The face would have been gone after 25 years later. The picture may look like a face but its just a landform.
| Claim | Adequate |
91fdaf840238 | 7EAB25FDB984 | I think the face is just a landform bacause the picture is actually showing is a mesa lanform that can be mistaken by a face.
The face on mars can be related to some things on earth like the middle of the butte in the snake river plain of Idaho. | Evidence | Adequate |
b6c88a7be0bd | 7EAB25FDB984 | When someone had made the picture larger the face just looked more and more like a mesa or a butte landform | Claim | Adequate |
6bc239638f6e | 7EAB25FDB984 | Micheal malin went to take more pictures which was more clear and he found out that it is just a natural landorm.
| Evidence | Adequate |
490deab85599 | 7EAB25FDB984 | I'm not the only one who believes that the face on mars is just a lanform | Claim | Adequate |
8f9c8793674e | 7EAB25FDB984 | a scientist want more proof of this so went to take more pictures and he found out the true about this face. For the people who believes the face is real just go to JPL web site, you can find better picture of it and you will see what I'm see. Which is just a landform mistaken for an alien face. | Evidence | Adequate |
8f426f41cf4b | 7EAB25FDB984 | These are some reason why you should believe me when i said the face is just a landform nothing else not and alien face or an human face. I understand why someone would think this is a alien face because the first picture was not so clear and it did look like a face. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
6b287eabc2ef | 7EC34F21069A | As the years go by, so does the evolution of automobiles and the effect it carries in our environment. Technology changes the way we move and interact with one another, some for the better and others for the worst. | Lead | Adequate |
e8eee1856e70 | 7EC34F21069A | Limiting car usage will help individuals carry themselves in their environment | Position | Ineffective |
8b90c2d93113 | 7EC34F21069A | it will cause less pollution | Claim | Effective |
6aa7001f0b9c | 7EC34F21069A | less accidents. | Claim | Effective |
b2e3f9e095a4 | 7EC34F21069A | Earth's atmosphere is slowly starting to change due to the fact that chemicals and gases are being released from your very own car. As Amercia's population increases so do the risk of the the greenhouse gases, resulting in global warmming and the lost of some habbitats. "If the pattern persists .... it will have benefi... | Evidence | Adequate |
9c8a76948081 | 7EC34F21069A |
Imagine lossing your loved one in a car accident and never hearing from her or him again. As Amercia's population starts to increase so those it's migration stream, resulting in manufactoring and labor cost. If more cars are being released into our living, the lives of those in which we care will soon never be seen ag... | Evidence | Adequate |
b90b6abcebc2 | 7EC34F21069A | Limiting the usage of cars with help keep our enviromnet/society accident free and see those familar faces which we saw as we grew up. | Claim | Effective |
92f2c8745d49 | 7EC34F21069A | When technology changes so does our ideas and perspective on our surroundings. Congestion causes stress and reduces the chance of a clear sky. Car usage changes the lives of many as well as impacts in what we care about and what we don't care about. Limiting car usage will help individuals carry themselves in their env... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5f63b9a716e6 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | sports is better | Claim | Adequate |
a9de751be747 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | so you can have more fun and so you don't have to get more tired from staying home and playing video games all day i just want to go outside to play more sports and get some fresh air and lose some of your body weight. | Evidence | Adequate |
ea765263dd92 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | year book is a picture from the book | Claim | Adequate |
5e78d167f8f2 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | you where a little boy and a teen and a young age and see you in elemtrey school and middle school and high school and they will see you at collage and think about where you at now think when you where as a young age and think when you where famous. | Evidence | Adequate |
28cc7feefbb8 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | activity is for a after school clubs | Claim | Adequate |
21be54d062c8 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | there are good at clubs and so you can play soccer in there and they have basketball and they have computer lab that is for play video games that is just for fun and if you done after school clubs you have to find a way to go home. | Evidence | Adequate |
14f1baff4bf5 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | council is a video game | Claim | Ineffective |
c0b5cb4a813b | 7EDF56FCB4AC | so can everyone can join play video games and everyone plays online and play your friends and other people and some people don't play online because iit thinks it is so bad to play and it think is and for your eyes and it thinks you can get color blind and it has bad words on the council and they have other people abus... | Evidence | Adequate |
99ae9e342656 | 7EDF56FCB4AC | principal and they have nice atute and they have good teacher and they will check your grades and how will you do in your classes and they check on other teachers rooms. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
6d334c62d027 | 7EDFBE24CF70 | In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because Venus is interesting, helpful, and it is safe | Position | Effective |
891992f22604 | 7EDFBE24CF70 | The passage tells about how the planet Venus can improve and is useful. Venus could be dangerous, but there are many more reasons that Venus is a good oppurtunity to research on. There are many new discoveries not yet found. | Evidence | Adequate |
f0c6f17784ce | 7EDFBE24CF70 | There are many interesting things about Venus | Claim | Adequate |
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