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c13e0caec13c | B24EE1A93A0B | Its would be amazing if NASA could get samples of the rock, gas, and other things on Venus. | Claim | Adequate |
76835d0b7f58 | B24EE1A93A0B | The reason it would be amazing is so that we can know how Venus is just like our earth they call Venus Eath's "twin" so it would be amzaing if they had a lot more in common. NASA is willing to send people there but the only problem is that it is to hot there for people to go there and land there and take samples. The o... | Evidence | Adequate |
759ea53edc50 | B24EE1A93A0B | "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. | Claim | Adequate |
ad724d09bbb7 | B24EE1A93A0B | For example, some simplidied electronis made os silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulatiing to chaos of Venus's surface and hahve lasted for three weeks in such conditions"(7). Nasa finally thinks they have found somethng they could use that was made a lon time ago. it is called the mechanical computer th... | Evidence | Adequate |
ce8c2e0fe330 | B24EE1A93A0B | After all would you decide to help out and figure out more about Venus? Scientist are doing a great job so far with everything they are figuring out about what could be more helpful to them. They also know that is can be safe for them to hover over Venus instead of landing on it and having a horrible tragidy. | Position | Ineffective |
45c1a1b24528 | B24EE1A93A0B | They have a lot of leads of what they can use and lets hope he can find more out about Venus in a couple of years. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
b8d7a8967d65 | B295BC411B70 | There are a lot of advantages on why we should limit car usage | Position | Adequate |
0bff7f714193 | B295BC411B70 | Limiting car usage to save money will help alot of families out | Claim | Adequate |
c8173a935563 | B295BC411B70 | you dont always have to spend your money on buying a new car everytime it brakes down haveing to buy a car when it stops woking is a lot of money like $40,000. You can be using that money to buy food for your house or buying new parts for your car. | Evidence | Adequate |
873dbf36ef70 | B295BC411B70 | you would probably have to find a place that you can put your car like a garage at work or a parking lot that will have to fit millions of cars at a time. | Claim | Adequate |
92a35c6b1f95 | B295BC411B70 | In Vauban,Germany 70% of the people do not own cars and 57% sold a car just so that they can move to Germany. They have only sold them because in Germany there isnt alot of room thats why they have to descrease the usage of cars too. In the united states some people dont have cars because of the gas price or because th... | Evidence | Adequate |
afaa6f4339e1 | B295BC411B70 | It is also a good way to take away stress | Claim | Adequate |
cd73e152226f | B295BC411B70 | air pollution tyo help the earth out. | Claim | Adequate |
c9927fd9c760 | B295BC411B70 | Also not a lot of people care about getting a listens because they find it better to walk or car pool with friend or use public transpotation so that is really helping out our planet because on less person means less on polluting the earth. | Claim | Adequate |
4fe86116dedd | B295BC411B70 | the only bad thing is that when they have children they are going to have to buy cars so they can beable to take their children were they need to get to like school or some kind of sports practice | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
f19a46f24402 | B295BC411B70 | So limiting car usage is good for the community and pedestrians, bicycle can be a good way to get places it saves time , lowers emissions and improves safety so there are no more traffic jams. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f95065d37e90 | B2D57A646363 | Since the invention of automobiles, cars have become a neccessity in the world. They have shaped our society today and are used by virtually anyone you see nowadays. However, car usage has had its toll on many aspects of our life today. Some places in the world have even gone as far to ban cars to promote a better life... | Lead | Adequate |
38b5922ecc7b | B2D57A646363 | Limiting car usage is a great idea | Position | Adequate |
9a138e49c29b | B2D57A646363 | it helps the environment | Claim | Adequate |
9c76ce935338 | B2D57A646363 | the intrigue of having a car is slowly degenerating. | Claim | Ineffective |
a988fb2641ce | B2D57A646363 | Cars are part of the reason that our environment needs constant monitoring. Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, only behind power plants. Our polluted air is mostly made by all of the smog that cars create. Even every-day citizens have taken a step in helping our environment. According t... | Evidence | Adequate |
697d92d04fce | B2D57A646363 | excessive smog has become such an issue that now driving has to be banned in order to help our environment, even if just temporarily. | Claim | Adequate |
a1f7ff13534c | B2D57A646363 | Cars are not as ground-breaking as they used to be. In fact, the driving of cars has been steadily decreasing throughout the years. According to Source 4: The End of Car Culture, "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." | Evidence | Adequate |
eb55593dd8e5 | B2D57A646363 | The limiting of cars could lead to a variety of new possibilities. It could help better our environment and help make the world a better place for future generations. Also, cars just do not seem as appealing as they used to. New technology and forms of transportation has reduced the need for cars and one day, cars may ... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a8adb2049e20 | B3176BB24009 | In a school, there are clasrooms upon classrooms that are all teaching different, new, and exciting classes. When walking down a hallway, it is more than possible that the sounds of logorithmic functions could be taught to your left as Shakespeare might be being recited to your right. If you take a turn, one kid may be... | Lead | Effective |
d0ac49e31fd5 | B3176BB24009 | With this in mind, the idea that using Facial Action Coding Systems in classrooms would be valuable is not only true, but something that should be acted upon. (D'Alto). | Position | Effective |
ed36b80ce593 | B3176BB24009 | In the life of someone that is attending school, there is one idea that is always looming over their shoulder. Whether it be like a cloud on a rainy day or a shadow following them on a sunny one, grades are always an important factor in a school-goer's life. | Evidence | Adequate |
8854b9680a3d | B3176BB24009 | Therefore, if this porgram would be able to help kids to be more interested in a topic and be more involved, they may just have improved grades from this system. | Claim | Adequate |
d0df6ec73e00 | B3176BB24009 | In the text, the excerpt, "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming cofused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts," shows that student's attention could be analyazed. (D'Alto, 6). With this being done, if the computer would be able to recgonize confusion, the student could then be introduced to a better... | Evidence | Effective |
64ac5a317eb8 | B3176BB24009 | When a kid is sitting in a classroom for an hour, atleast, every day to every other day, there is seemable reason as to why and how a kid could get easily side tracked and/or bored. Despite this being true, the inclusion of this program into student's lives may have the ability to greatly improve student's engagement a... | Claim | Effective |
b068634ad1de | B3176BB24009 | In this article, the author includes, "'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional connection,' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too,'" shows just how the students may become more engaged and interested in their classes that take up so much of their week days. (D'Alto 6). If the c... | Evidence | Effective |
17ac54e1cc16 | B3176BB24009 | As science is an ever-budding field by it's own nature, there is no reason that a new technology wouldn't thrive among those interested in both science and technology. | Evidence | Effective |
12071c0e8897 | B3176BB24009 | Therefore, as this is something that is new and up and coming, the addition of this to clasrooms may spark a pasion for this subject and inspire a career to form. | Claim | Effective |
cceebcf21232 | B3176BB24009 | In the excerpt, "The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanvced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam," shows just how recent this technology is. (D'Alto 1). With this in mind, if student... | Evidence | Effective |
3c22624bf644 | B3176BB24009 | As kids are ever-subject to new and upcoming ideas, it is evident that the addition of recent techology could aid their progression in school and would be deemed as important and valuable to include. If a kid were someone that easily lost interest in a course or was not very interested in a certain class, they may then... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
486e80c0eb0d | B3388EF1E80C | Summer is a great way to take a break from school, but also to apply knowledge to the real world. In some areas, students are required to complete summer projects to ensure they continue to learn over their break. These projects are usually designed by the teachers, who want their students to be as prepared as possible... | Lead | Effective |
e47dcbefc306 | B3388EF1E80C | Summer projects should be designed by students | Position | Adequate |
b34a6eb22675 | B3388EF1E80C | they can create projects they want to complete, | Claim | Effective |
1041b490ffc4 | B3388EF1E80C | they can incorporate their real-world knowledge and experience, | Claim | Effective |
f8533ca268b2 | B3388EF1E80C | they can design a project they know will be possible for them to complete. | Claim | Effective |
9c523a369299 | B3388EF1E80C | Despite the benefits of student-designed projects, those who favor ones designed by teachers point to the fact that teachers can base projects off the curriculum students will have to learn during the school year and thus help students feel more prepared. | Counterclaim | Effective |
1da59ea67a1c | B3388EF1E80C | However, students who design these summer projects can easily be given a description of the required curriculum to guide them while they design their projects. This will allow them to find ways they can incorporate the material into an achievable project. | Rebuttal | Effective |
d45242c5cdd1 | B3388EF1E80C | Additionally, teachers who are focused solely on the curriculum may end up assigning a project that students do not understand due to a lack of prior knowledge needed to complete the project. Students can pick a part of the curriculum they may already have some background knowledge about to create a project that will h... | Evidence | Adequate |
255c319cd639 | B3388EF1E80C | Thus, it is possible for students to create a project that addresses important parts of the material they will learn | Claim | Effective |
dcf3bcc5aa7b | B3388EF1E80C | Students who are able to design their own projects can create projects they are interested in completing, leading to a more engaging learning experience. | Claim | Effective |
ee6f184eda3d | B3388EF1E80C | When asked to complete a project they are interested in, students are more likely to complete the assignment and be enthusiastic about what they learn in the process. This elevated engagement presents itself in increased academic achievement, including higher scores on standardized tests, and better retention of materi... | Evidence | Effective |
c2e1c9f98e20 | B3388EF1E80C | Students are able to incorporate their knowledge and experience into projects they design, whereas teachers might assign one that they are unfamiliar with. | Claim | Effective |
348a6c5736e2 | B3388EF1E80C | Teachers do not know the experiences of the students they are designing projects for, so they may create one that students struggle applying their real-world knowledge to or one that only focuses on the curriculum instead of ways the learning material can be applied to life outside of school. Students can find creative... | Evidence | Effective |
755aebe1cbee | B3388EF1E80C | Students can be assured that they will have a project that they can complete when they design their own project, instead of one that may be too challenging or that they might not have the resources to complete. | Claim | Effective |
31c31b8cb71f | B3388EF1E80C | Teachers who are unfamiliar with the students and their circumstances may overestimate the students and create a project that is too difficult for students to complete on their own. They might also design a project that students do not have the ability to complete-if a teacher were to assign an essay on what a student ... | Evidence | Effective |
a7a1c0be6f1a | B3388EF1E80C | Students should design summer learning projects because they can create more interesting ways to learn, they can design ways to incorporate their real-world experiences to the academic curriculum, and they can make a project that will not be too difficult for them to complete over summer break. Students can design more... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
d8a2d68c7c4e | B371C925A2B2 | I think that using the techonogy to read student emotional expression of student in a class is valuable | Position | Adequate |
4f00bcace4f7 | B371C925A2B2 | because it help to see if a student is happy/mad/sad | Claim | Adequate |
e6b25e42b7d3 | B371C925A2B2 | Like in the passage it's talking about how they are using this new technology call ''The Facial Action coding system ''Which mean -a system enables computers to identify human emotions . They are aslo using the 3-D computer model of the face ,As they can aslo calculate the emotions . As because you can see what is wron... | Evidence | Adequate |
1cc77c962325 | B371C925A2B2 | One reason why I think it's valuable for technology to read your emontional expressoion on studnets is by the promgram ''Facial Action Coding System'' why because just by using a video as it sates in the passage 4 ''using video imagery the new eemotion recognition software tracks these facial movements | Evidence | Adequate |
fe03e89cb698 | B371C925A2B2 | ''they can see what kind of emontion you have and for them to help you out I am guessing or at less it can be valube for making them feel better | Claim | Adequate |
c0be32ddd215 | B371C925A2B2 | Also because is the system is what emotions that person has it can let other people know and just to keep an eye on them .I feel like it will work on other person as well it will help me out because sometimes my mom/daad get a serious face and I don't know if they are happy or sad . | Evidence | Adequate |
cce9946b81b3 | B371C925A2B2 | It aslo can be valuable for student's in school because in that way you can help them out to feel better | Claim | Adequate |
f4cba78aa2d6 | B371C925A2B2 | sometines you just don't know wehn that person is feeling happy or sad as it states in the passage 5 ''You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her/his face '' and the new technology can help you read their emotions the way they are feeling .Another reason why it can help on students with the... | Evidence | Adequate |
912603e9dc24 | B371C925A2B2 | A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored '' As Dr. Hiangs predicts then he could modity thr lesson because they want the student's to pay attion in the classroom for them to learn and not make the class boring or for student to get lost and never asking question but as that to t... | Evidence | Adequate |
afca6af2c4ec | B371C925A2B2 | This will help for many toher student in school by not causing hram if they mad and aslo by helping student not get bored or lose fouces | Claim | Adequate |
8780330838a1 | B371C925A2B2 | Now on my personal life I will say that the technolngy will help me by seeing how are people feeling | Claim | Ineffective |
eacbe6ace8a6 | B371C925A2B2 | when I see them walking around with there face down or just seeing them happy .Like for example lets say that I am walking around the hall way and see my freind wih a serious face or just them not talking to I will like to use the technolgy and see what is wrong with them and try to help them out with the feeling they ... | Evidence | Adequate |
76e2b08599fb | B371C925A2B2 | As you see I do valuable the technology to read the emotional expressions of student in a class because it can help in many way to see the way they are feeling in there emotion and in there way of learing .Just like Dr. Huang he doesnt want his student to lose fouces and doesnt want them to feel sad either .Just like i... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
c1cecf597bed | B37E64E1BE1E | For me I'm not okay by techonology called the Facial Action System because that can't tell that you can describe people's emotion, | Position | Adequate |
8f5a2c3a3166 | B37E64E1BE1E | For me i think we're the only one and are family who can tell what's are emotion we can't also tell what's other's people emotions and also if you really don't know that person you can't really say or red what's their emotions. Like example even we smile in front of people that doesn't express that we're really happy e... | Evidence | Adequate |
966a301088c1 | B37E64E1BE1E | "While looking in the mirror " By looking in the mirror can't really explain or say what's are emotion are becuase mirror don't speak and it doens't tell your emotions. People use mirro just becuase they want to see what's on their face or if it's dirty or what, how they look before they go somewhere. Mirror just copyi... | Evidence | Ineffective |
5450781ff454 | B37E64E1BE1E | "Dr. Huang predict that it could be modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. | Claim | Adequate |
32d73d646965 | B37E64E1BE1E | The same technology can amke computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery because of of human is nonverbal, including emotional communication. Dr. Huang said computer should understand that too becuase its really hard and different. | Evidence | Ineffective |
0f5ea88f0511 | B4025ED10B7E | Imagine if you saw a face on another planet what would you think? NASA saw one and thought it was a mesa others thought otherwise. | Lead | Adequate |
6d4d90e8b7bc | B4025ED10B7E | I think it is a mesa on the red planet. | Position | Adequate |
2032696acfd9 | B4025ED10B7E | In 1976 Viking 1 took a photo of formations on mars. The picture looked like a face so the people of the world thought oh my god. Aliens invaded mars and they will invade us run | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
4c107bf164c2 | B4025ED10B7E | But NASA kept saying other wise. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
2308303cbe2d | B4025ED10B7E | But two decades later (give or take two years) another picture was taken and to more and more people thought it was a face. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
d57bf68a69f8 | B4025ED10B7E | No matter NASA tried to say it was rock formations but no one lisitened. No one lisitened to NASA because the conspirasicy theorisits of the world were feeding the fire way too much. | Evidence | Adequate |
ab18591632b7 | B4025ED10B7E | Then three years later
NASA relased another picture of the "face" but captioned "huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth". | Evidence | Adequate |
5d308caf9096 | B4025ED10B7E | Now no one thought anything of the "face" everyone but the consipary theorists said it was a cover story but science won the day. | Claim | Adequate |
8e4a02c4faf6 | B4025ED10B7E | But i think it is just a mesa formed by astroids. If this keeps happening every time NASA relases a picture i think were in trouble. Well you herd my thoughts what are your thoughts. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
236e2bd4baf5 | B40DD5822E7E | Not everyone likes to be in extracurricular activities or have or have to stay after school. Sometimes it can be tiring and it can put a lot of stress on you. That can really be hard on you as a kid | Lead | Adequate |
6d1896d57458 | B40DD5822E7E | I am here to tell you why we shouldn't have to be in extracurricular activities. | Position | Adequate |
215cb420a8af | B40DD5822E7E | One would be that other kids might have things they have to do after school | Claim | Adequate |
4ad100afcd42 | B40DD5822E7E | like dance practice or softball practice etc. so that would make it hard for them to be at both or have a miss one of their practices. | Evidence | Adequate |
a22635f5fd79 | B40DD5822E7E | Two maybe some students just don't want to do extra stuff for school maybe after a long day at school they just wanna go home and relax or watch TV. | Claim | Adequate |
d680fdbe38e4 | B40DD5822E7E | Another one could be that they just don't find it appealing and they can start lacking in it and not helping out in anyway. | Claim | Adequate |
36f7923864f1 | B40DD5822E7E | Some other ones would be that some students will do it just to act up in that class | Claim | Adequate |
30f695556b4e | B40DD5822E7E | I have seen people that has caused so much harm to a class or a sport because someone made them do it and they really don't want to be there. If I was the teacher personally I wouldn't want a student on my team or in my class that it there just to act up | Evidence | Adequate |
6c06516bd13d | B40DD5822E7E | some kids will do it because their friends are doing it. | Claim | Adequate |
80c821dc450d | B40DD5822E7E | You all want kids that are going to do it because they want to not because they see their friends doing it.
| Evidence | Adequate |
95be0f8cf0bc | B40DD5822E7E | Others might be that they could be doing just to waste your time | Claim | Ineffective |
ddd4876a328d | B40DD5822E7E | Personally if I want to do something I'm gonna do it but I'm not gonna waste your time but other kids don't ever think about that. | Evidence | Ineffective |
4e39ec6bb0ed | B40DD5822E7E | Another one would be that they might not be doing it for the right reason. | Claim | Adequate |
f26d6638a075 | B40DD5822E7E | Most people that I have seen have got into something just to say that they are in not because they want to help they, just want to make their self look good and thats not OK. We can't always force someone to do something they dont want to do. | Evidence | Ineffective |
297fe79e1cc2 | B40DD5822E7E | I honestly disagree with this decision because there could be a kid or a select group of kids that like to start fights or want to harm other students. I wouldn't want to work in that type of environment where I'm scared to even ask a question. You all should let the students decide for themselves what they want to do.... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
9fab210f31d3 | B437EB073109 | hey guys this is tyler, i'm a reporter, | Lead | Ineffective |
bd592bf9578c | B437EB073109 | today i'm going to give you three reasons why it's a challenge to explore venus. | Position | Ineffective |
91dfd855229b | B437EB073109 | my first reason is because venus is a very very hot plant | Claim | Adequate |
3aa29fa50b5b | B437EB073109 | if you so much as enter the plant, the atmosphere it will crush you do to the tempature and the extreme conditions on the plant.
| Evidence | Adequate |
fd527b7797b1 | B437EB073109 | - my second reason it has been claimed that it is more dangerous to see up close. | Claim | Adequate |
1cfaef7b0ec7 | B437EB073109 | it's the second planet away from the sun but it is also considered our planet, earth's, "twin" among other things the reason why it's considered our second planet is for density and size also distance. | Evidence | Ineffective |
84cde40cee4a | B437EB073109 | it's thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets venus for a even more challenge the clouds have a high corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere. the pressure is 90 times greater than what we exprience on our own planet. | Evidence | Adequate |
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