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1bbcbbf926e2 | F6F4D85648D6 | The electoral college has many ways that can help a candidate win the election and it might make things more easier for him/her. | Claim | Adequate |
6faf7dca4f75 | F6F4D85648D6 | The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. This means if the voter is from the south, they have no reason to campaign heavily in those sates. Instead they can spend more time in states that need a little more convincing fot the candidate to gain their vote. It also restores... | Evidence | Effective |
2a4a7e92e8bb | F6F4D85648D6 | Some may say that the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote is something to worry about. | Counterclaim | Effective |
40a7f0f55e4f | F6F4D85648D6 | But the Electoral College avoids the problem of there being a run-off election. If there was no Electoral College, this would put pressure for run-off elections, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, which it invariably produces a clear winner. | Rebuttal | Effective |
dda63361cd9f | F6F4D85648D6 | So all in all, the Electoral College should be kept and stay the way it is. It isn't complicated and makes the election run more smoothly. It provides multiple ways for a candidate to win the vote of a certain state and avoids major problem during the election. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
34b67c4eca4d | F6F60CA6E983 | I think we should keep the electoral collage | Position | Adequate |
9ea3658c2eec | F6F60CA6E983 | beacause it has worked this long for us so we know its gonna work so why not keeep it going. | Claim | Adequate |
9a711b89d942 | F6F60CA6E983 | It keeps a steady stream when it comes time to vote because aslong as someone had 270 votes you know thats who will get picked. so why try changing that and have a whole new system put in and then not know what to do when it comes time to vote. And what if the new system dosent work, what if the new way of the voting p... | Evidence | Ineffective |
c92e7d62bfbd | F71A1E42E4B5 | Driverless Cars is becoming the most advanced invention the world right now. The new project that every car company is producing is trying to find a way that there could be less accidents if a car is driving itself than the driver. | Lead | Adequate |
f6cf1bf74a9d | F71A1E42E4B5 | Many have suggested this idea to go on. It would be good for the safety of the people on the roads. | Position | Adequate |
9dc7019e71ad | F71A1E42E4B5 | Imagine all this cars driving on their own while the person can enjoy doing something else. This is what a producer or a person thinks of during a car like this made. In this state, many companies have made programs for the cars to drive on their own when nothing bad is going on. When an accident happens,the car will a... | Evidence | Adequate |
554362522d08 | F71A1E42E4B5 | There would be less accidents when driverless cars than the actually driver. | Claim | Adequate |
d24227a89c7f | F71A1E42E4B5 | In most cases most of them are depending on the law and if these cars are sent out without any law for those types of cars, people could sue the company. Thats why google has a few just in case if anything happens like that cause. Thats why they wait and see what could hurt the law and what doesnt hurt the law. The big... | Counterclaim | Adequate |
2d91f7c8f341 | F71A1E42E4B5 | In result of this big idea these cars will not come out depending on the company. The first one would be from tesla that can drive 90 percent of the time with autopilot. Other car companies plan to have these types of cars around by the year of 2020. Everyday something new has been made or to the world. We get closer e... | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
1811334ef1a3 | F73601F409A5 | The face on mars is most known as a alien creation , however people don't know if its a natural landform or a alien creation. People who would actually try to look in to it to find facts if its a alien creation or a natural landform. | Lead | Adequate |
efb6f0977381 | F73601F409A5 | People don't always think that creations like that can be made by a natural landform | Position | Ineffective |
65b929d62ecd | F73601F409A5 | If you see in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" they give ecidence showing that the face on mars was actually a natural landform. | Claim | Adequate |
73aa5608f5af | F73601F409A5 | It states " A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see . The caption noted a "huge rock formation ... which resembles a human head," The qoute is saying that when they out the image closer it looks like a human head made by rocks " | Evidence | Adequate |
19ec4058129e | F73601F409A5 | "The image first appeared on a JPL website, reavealing ... a natural landform , there was no alien monment after all." According to the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars". This qoute is saying real evidence that there was no alien monument the face on mars was a natural landform. | Evidence | Adequate |
572b50c2fda2 | F73601F409A5 | Although few scientists believe the face was an alien artifact, a scientist named Jim Garvin proved them wrong by saying "What the picture is actually showing is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms comman around the Amercian West." Scientists Garvin is proving that the face was a nautral landform. | Evidence | Adequate |
0e446fe334d3 | F737FB396F2E | I Think that no matter if you are taking online classes, or going to school, you always going to graduate you can loarn alot if you'r taking online classes. | Lead | Adequate |
7f5ad2a33697 | F737FB396F2E | Like if i were on the position of taking online classes, because im working and i don't have that much time i would loved to study when ever i could. | Position | Ineffective |
2ca57c80ee35 | F737FB396F2E | For Example:
some people that are here in the United States they have to go to school and work after school, and they got to pay rent, send money to their families back in there Contries.
For Example:
Some of the people don't have someone that can take them to school and the school is far away that the buses can not... | Evidence | Ineffective |
cb775757a1e2 | F739195A9518 | The freedom to make a hot cup of coffee while writing a book report, or watch a television series while doing math, undoubtedly sparks feelings of content among students. Throughout the country, some schools have worked to make this a reality, offering students the option of 'distance learning', which is a means by whi... | Lead | Effective |
1a58ebe5ad4d | F739195A9518 | Distance learning should not be an option for all students | Position | Adequate |
275d2383fc8e | F739195A9518 | as it does not induce the same motivation as does a classroom setting, | Claim | Adequate |
3e10a015dfc4 | F739195A9518 | it creates the possibility for students to take advantage of the freedom, | Claim | Adequate |
7b9547a9255c | F739195A9518 | students would not be given the chance to develop certain social skills necessary for their success in the real world. | Claim | Adequate |
81c85cc6e92a | F739195A9518 | One's home is, oftentimes, an environment which establishes a sense of comfort. This setting, compared to a classroom, removes the aspect of healthy competition among students and inhibits a student's drive to accomplish tasks through peer-to-peer interactions. | Claim | Effective |
d320308d2ff9 | F739195A9518 | For example, to the student at home, his or her own grade is the highest, as it is the only point of comparison for him or her. However, at school, academic competition among peers allows for students to push themselves outside of their comfort zone, achieving their highest potentials. Additionally, the motivation of a... | Evidence | Effective |
8e52d5275d57 | F739195A9518 | Beyond this, distance learning allows for students to take advantage of their freedoms at home, which undeniably serve as a distraction to their academics. | Claim | Effective |
91889ce795ba | F739195A9518 | For example, at home, a student may be tempted to watch television, or take a nap as there is no teacher or administrator to effectively enforce certain rules and guidelines on the student. This situation makes a student's ability to stay on task extremely difficult, hence negatively impacting that student's success ac... | Evidence | Effective |
307220ae5c1a | F739195A9518 | Furthermore, taking classes at home hinders students' development of social skills, which are beneficial to the success of individuals in the real world. | Claim | Effective |
3ead42d02e2e | F739195A9518 | For example, students at school are frequently required to make presentations and connect with other students for group projects. At school, students can also ask their peers for help or advice on assignments. These opportunities at school sculpt a student's ability to develop imperative inter-personal skills, while pr... | Evidence | Effective |
5d2e21149942 | F739195A9518 | Although supporters of distance learning may argue against this point by claiming that taking classes at home could be made a possibility for younger students in elementary school as they are generally not required to give presentations, | Counterclaim | Effective |
3c80b5eb6ee7 | F739195A9518 | this claim is unsupported as several important social skills are developed at a very young age, according to several studies regarding brain connections. Through distance learning, a student is unexposed to opportunities for developing integral social skills, which are necessary for his or her success in the future. | Rebuttal | Effective |
333d310a4578 | F739195A9518 | Distance learning, the concept of making at-home classes an option for students, is unsupported due to the fact that it does not promote the same motivation as a classroom, allows students to take advantage of their freedoms at home, and does not allow student's to develop their interpersonal skills. These factors woul... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
021a19715ea2 | F73ADEA6A74B | I think it is a brilliant idea for us the students, to take on a opportunity to help out by doing community service | Position | Effective |
be30447a6f07 | F73ADEA6A74B | . I think it is brilliant because it would be like a win-win situation where it benefits both the community and us. | Claim | Adequate |
63b40256e5ad | F73ADEA6A74B | If everybody gets a chance to help out the community I think we should take it! It would be great doing something to give back to our community seeing that not many people are interested in helping out. | Evidence | Ineffective |
53f86673b2cb | F73ADEA6A74B | Not only will the environment become a safer place to live in but, it will also become a healthier place. | Claim | Adequate |
f8f4f29c0f92 | F73ADEA6A74B | What would happen if after a while no one took care of our community? For an example It's like taking care of your room, what if one day you decided not to put things in there proper places and just threw things anywhere and left it untidy? It might begin to smell, or you might even discover things missing. So taking c... | Evidence | Effective |
a7fbffbecdb8 | F73ADEA6A74B | you should really think about this and decide to take part in it because it would make our community better and cleaner and it | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
663477b9eccd | F744ABAAC3FB | The Electoral College is a process not a place. | Lead | Ineffective |
841df5110f88 | F744ABAAC3FB | There's nothing wrong wit people voting for the president | Position | Ineffective |
c1c30769b943 | F744ABAAC3FB | Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO, in their time , agreed on? Abolishing the electoral college. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.
Who picks the electors? It depends on ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
36157da41b6b | F74C46C14E72 | I understand there has been some contreversy between keeping or changing the Electoral College by popular vote for the president of the United States | Lead | Adequate |
2f403150c294 | F74C46C14E72 | But We need to Keep the Electoral College | Position | Adequate |
fe617afea674 | F74C46C14E72 | First things first, the Electoral College is a process,not a place. Also it consists of 538 electors but a majority of electoral votes needs to be 270 votes in order to elect a president. So each Canident has a 50/50 chance of winning or losing. The elctors are chosen by the political parties, which i can see how peopl... | Evidence | Adequate |
da74bcd517a8 | F74C46C14E72 | if they dodnt choose the canadents for us we probably would even know which person to elect as a canadent. | Claim | Adequate |
cd07798a145e | F74C46C14E72 | The presidental election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, giving the citizens more than enough time to decide if they are happy with the president they have or if they should elect a new one, | Evidence | Adequate |
d99d44960dd0 | F74C46C14E72 | usually there happy with the president they elected which means that the Electoral College process is working | Claim | Ineffective |
356545319710 | F74C46C14E72 | Although the electorla college system is for the voters to vote for a slate of electors to elect the president the citizens still get a say in the election towards there president of choice. | Claim | Adequate |
c24754cae9ce | F74C46C14E72 | if the citizens could just elect a president from there personal votes then they would probably make the wrong decsion on who to choose, they might be fooled by the flashy ads on tv promising change when in reality, there promises are lies. Thats why having a slate of electors help to vote for a president if so importa... | Evidence | Adequate |
6ecb40ba9687 | F74C46C14E72 | Some say that the Electoral College system is 'Unfair' to the people but i strongly disagree. Infact, the Electoral College helper the people choose the right president for our country | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
88c06795122d | F77057DAD75B | I think we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. | Position | Adequate |
d5700d8f0a78 | F77057DAD75B | I have a couple reasons for saying that. First, under the electoral college system, voters don't vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors who ends up voting for the president. | Claim | Effective |
ce6bd678605f | F77057DAD75B | Second, you have to worry about the ties in the electoral vote.
| Claim | Effective |
3dc575d9586e | F77057DAD75B | So that means you actually don't get to vote for the president you want, the electors get to vote for the president they want and their choice might not be the same as yours. Here's an example that was in Source 1, "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 ... | Evidence | Effective |
29655e64b56a | F77057DAD75B | Source 2 states that if a tie happens, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. The senate would choose the vice-president. The state delegations may not vote for the president you want and the senate may not vote for the vice-president you want either... | Evidence | Effective |
17495636cd1c | F77057DAD75B | I think the Electoral College process is a bad idea and it should be changed to popular vote for the president of the United States. Electoral college is unfair to voters and I think it should be gotten rid of. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
8c2f064a0829 | F772E0A3152A | People in the United states have a voice of opinion towards voting,but in the end it is the electoral college that has the final say. To many americans voting is a very important event. The united states is a democracy. A democracy is a form of government where people have the say, The United States does not follow tha... | Lead | Effective |
57caf09744ff | F772E0A3152A | I ask that you put a stop to the electoral college. | Position | Adequate |
0563d4907dd7 | F772E0A3152A | First of all, I believe that The United States is a corrupted democracy. | Claim | Adequate |
f8efd27d6ad6 | F772E0A3152A | The electoral college is a unbeneficial way of voting because they may be bias towards the people, for example, one might know what another so it can be considered as favoritism. In a sense this voting system can be manipulated in ones favor. How the voting system works is considered wrong to many Americans. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8c988490c952 | F772E0A3152A | Workers in politics such as Richard Nixon or Jimmy Carter also do not believe in the electoral college and they even wanted to get rid of them! | Claim | Adequate |
90aa84b1ff02 | F772E0A3152A | Most people want to get rid of the electoral college because of the "winner take all' system. If it wasnt for the winner take all system George W. Bush would of never been elected as president while john kerry would've taken the spot. Many politicians believe ingetting rid of the electoral college such as Bob Dole when... | Evidence | Adequate |
620964a16b34 | F772E0A3152A | In conclusion Senate, Citizens of this country and I believe that we should put an end to the electoral college. Politicians even disagree with the idea of giving specific people to give the final vote. As senator you have the power to put a end to this unconstitutional doing. The United States is a democracy where eve... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
06a71338aefd | F7E8813101B4 | Why do we vote? We vote so we can choose a candidate that we can trust to make the best decisions for our country. But what's the point of voting if we have an Electoral College. We are not actually voting to ellect a president, we are voting for electors, who elect the president. | Lead | Effective |
af6f6c389df7 | F7E8813101B4 | The Elecotral College should be shut down | Position | Adequate |
13cf96021d50 | F7E8813101B4 | because everyone should have their right to vote for who they they want to vote for, not have electors do it for them. | Claim | Adequate |
ff9837b5738f | F7E8813101B4 | "Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." This shows that more than half the voters, would rather just vote the president instead of having the Electoral College do it for them | Claim | Effective |
4c61d9301194 | F7E8813101B4 | "This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency." This means that the President who gets the most popular votes is less likely to win over the electors votes. It seems like the electors are never agreeing with people's votes because, usually the popul... | Evidence | Adequate |
f69a4e945aac | F7E8813101B4 | But the Electoral College should stay up for certain reasons. | Counterclaim | Effective |
cd2cd94f9ea7 | F7E8813101B4 | "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution." | Evidence | Adequate |
8d634970f910 | F7E8813101B4 | The Electoral College helps with a certain percentage of people who aren't giving the best decisions on the candidate they are choosing. | Evidence | Ineffective |
b909c6127d9e | F7E8813101B4 | But that still doesn't mean that people shouldn't have their right to vote for who they think is best candidate. It should be the people's decision on who they want to vote for, not the electors. There would be no reason to vote if the people's vote don't really mean anything. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
509e7d859e6d | F7E8813101B4 | People should have their right to vote for who they think is best. That is why people are given the right to vote. The Electoral College just takes that right away. Presidents who win because of electoral votes, are not fairly chosen because, not many voters agreed on him, the electors did. The candidate that won popul... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
0e3f39782ec5 | F7F9373BAEA4 | Today in society we have alot of disagreements on which president should be elected on the day all votes are finally counted and the votes are tallied up to the final result of who is going to be our new president of the United States, but what is our system for doing this?
One way is
Electoral College,
Electoral co... | Lead | Adequate |
a650df9cd2bf | F7F9373BAEA4 | Under the Electoral college, voters dont vote for the president, they vote for state electors who in turn elect the president. | Evidence | Adequate |
9ee4436c831c | F7F9373BAEA4 | There are many veiw points of the Electoral College, but most would decied that its unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions whithout much basis in reality. | Position | Ineffective |
e452c9962041 | F7F9373BAEA4 | People want to have their vocies hear for the country they live in, they want an opinion that matters! You can't have that when someone else is speaking for you... | Evidence | Ineffective |
fb3bc9dbc788 | F84CB4D0589A | I believe that it would be better to allow students to have their cell phones out during lunch or free time | Position | Adequate |
6b4d1f36db02 | F84CB4D0589A | because many teenagers think that their cell phone is an extension of their body or something that they need and can not live without | Claim | Ineffective |
35899eb05082 | F84CB4D0589A | If you let the students have their cell phones out during lunch or free time there would be less problems with someone texting in class. | Claim | Adequate |
c5ed9078ee0e | F84CB4D0589A | I think that the reason people are so dependent of their cell phones is because it is a quick and easy way to talk to their friends.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
e43e5f859ef6 | F84CB4D0589A | I think if you do not let them have their cell phones there would be more problems with them texting or calling people in class | Claim | Adequate |
0800fad619cd | F84CB4D0589A | because as teenagers we do not like being told what not to do or what to do.
So I believe that if you let them use their phones during lunch time or free time but not during class would be a better solution then taking their phones away completely. | Evidence | Adequate |
6d15cdc3015a | F84CB4D0589A | granted a cell phone can be very useful during an emergency situation | Counterclaim | Adequate |
38be5d59c4e4 | F84CB4D0589A | but not during the time your supposed to learn. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
6df330f8dfb1 | F84CB4D0589A | But there are some drawbacks to allowing students to have their phones is that they may think that it is ok to use their phone during class | Claim | Adequate |
5e38dd2e474d | F84CB4D0589A | so i believe that it would be best to put the student's name on the phone and place it in a bin in front of the class so you can know that the student is not texting or calling any one in class while the teacher is talking and you can see to it that they get their phone back after class. | Evidence | Adequate |
81b88ff15736 | F84CB4D0589A | That is why i believe that it would be wise to allow students to have their phones turned on during lunch or free time as long as the student has the cell phone turned off during class.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
aaa61731e0ec | F86616365497 | I am writing to you today on the subject of community service. | Lead | Adequate |
b0bb19da1e80 | F86616365497 | I do not support this requirement, not because i think it is bad, but the time it would take would be too much for some students. | Position | Effective |
49f6d5cabcec | F86616365497 | Some students are already very busy, and adding community service projects would just make it busier, and harder on them. | Claim | Effective |
f0fb3ac64cca | F86616365497 | Some students play sports, and have practices every night, others have band rehearsals. On top of all that, they all have homework, putting required community service projects on top of all that would confuse us students, we would have trouble focussing on our academics if we have to worry about getting so many things ... | Evidence | Effective |
494d5c7cbdc9 | F86616365497 | I myself am in many extracurricular activities, i play many sports, i play in the band, and i sing in the choir, i have a sports practice every night, and i have homework to do after that. To me, requiring community service would set me over the limit. I myself am already extremely busy every night, and having to worry... | Evidence | Effective |
171447c3c3f8 | F86616365497 | i also have many friends that play many sports, and other things. We are all very busy already, we barely have enough time now to do even our homework. | Evidence | Effective |
00b7a4207582 | F86616365497 | I cant imagine how crazy my life would be if i had to practice sports every night, practice my musical instrument, and still find time in a week to do community service projects. | Evidence | Effective |
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