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cc54009dbd7c | CB774DEF3A4B | The author says even if they could get a spacecraft close enough to Venus and for it to be survivable for humans, there would be only limited insight on ground conditions: "... most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" (The Challenge 6). The author does not support her claim even further because after proposing a solution to the problem, there would not be any valuable data gained from a journey that is already very dangerous | Evidence | Effective |
66b55efb7104 | CB774DEF3A4B |
Numerous dangers have been listed on the exploration of Venus. | Claim | Adequate |
18b5e20227f6 | CB774DEF3A4B | The author mentions that no spacecraft has survived on Venus: "...no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours" (The Challenge 2). Since these missions have been unmanned, there is not much loss except for the spacecraft itself, but if there had been a human aboard, the loss would be tremendous and nothing would be gained from the mission. The conditions of Venus simply will not allow manned missions for closer examination of the planet. | Evidence | Effective |
9f80fa8bdeb7 | CB774DEF3A4B | The author goes on to list the physical dangers of Venus: "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" (The Challenge 3). On Venus, the temperature alone could liquify many metals and completely destroy spacecrafts that were sent there. Also, the pressure of the atmosphere could crush a submarine fit for diving to the deepest parts of the ocean. | Evidence | Effective |
18f0718f53ac | CB774DEF3A4B | The author does not support her claim that Venus is worth studying despite the dangers it presents. First, the author only mentions support for her claim in the last paragraph of the article. Second, the author presents a solution to the problem, but says that no data can be gained from the experience because of the conditions of Venus. Third, the author presents the dangers of exploring Venus, and those dangers outweigh the benefits of exploring the planet. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
5b74ea57d087 | CB86688CF491 | Using this technology is valuable to read peoples emotions. | Position | Adequate |
625378f41a41 | CB86688CF491 | The doctors and prof. say that the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-d computer model of the face;all 44 major muscels in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit. Also Dr. huang observes that artists such as da vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. | Evidence | Ineffective |
10dd8204ce6e | CB86688CF491 | Dr. Huang also stated that most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication. Dr. Huang also gave some examples of what movments to do in front of a mirror. For example raise your lips at the corners of your mouth. second squint your eyes slightly,to produce wrinkling ("crow's-feet") at the corners of your eyes. Holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks up,toward your eyes.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
6a045a316eec | CB86688CF491 | They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one. In the real smile, the Zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth. Meanwhile,muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the Zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. | Evidence | Ineffective |
73216bf87cdc | CB86688CF491 | So based on what i put down on this final draft my claim is that this kind of technology is valuable. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ada10be56c76 | CBA185D3B277 | I think that the "Facial Action Coding System" may actually be valuable. | Position | Adequate |
6a9617835610 | CBA185D3B277 | The machine detects emotions from using a picture and that can help with knowing how a person feels. | Evidence | Adequate |
61b843beccda | CBA185D3B277 | The machine uses the muscles in your face to detect your emotions, | Claim | Adequate |
b98e41dc5f64 | CBA185D3B277 | it calulates all emotions found | Claim | Adequate |
63b282053424 | CBA185D3B277 | has most of the common emotions so the FACS has a very good chance of being accurate and valuable. | Claim | Adequate |
2bf300840aec | CBA185D3B277 | The machine uses the muscles in your face to detect emotions | Claim | Adequate |
a9fe88c864ff | CBA185D3B277 | This is useful because different muscles makes different emotions, In the article the athour explained how the machine can tell if someone was happy or not. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." That explains that even if the person tries to change their emotion the real one will still be seen because of the muscles that they are using.
| Evidence | Adequate |
255b142f2d12 | CBA185D3B277 | The "Facial Action Coding System" calulates all the emotions found in the persons face. | Claim | Adequate |
f1802180af69 | CBA185D3B277 | Since the machine can calulate all the emotions it has a better chance if getting the right exact emotion the person is feeling and get all the emotions. This machine would be about to detect how any person is feeling and can show up at 6 emotions.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
74dc2722ccbd | CBA185D3B277 | With the machine being able to caluate your emotions its able to detect up to 6 different emotions that people use everyday | Claim | Adequate |
4d345e4ef609 | CBA185D3B277 | "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. That was a discription of the Mona Lisa painting that the FACS gave. This shows how many differnt emotions she had and the machine was able to pick them all up.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
d1c524290360 | CBA185D3B277 | The Facial Action Coding System is usefully when it comes to trying to figure out someone elses emotions. The machine uses the muscles in your face to detect your emotions, it calulates all emotions found, and has most of the common emotions so the FACS has a very good chance of being accurate and valuable. I personally think this device is a good idea and that it may be really accurate in finding emotions. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b7dbfd7c8072 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents | Position | Adequate |
2bde1ea42ec3 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | becasue people are intrested in how the solar system works today. Venus can be very intresting if it's something you like to learn about | Claim | Adequate |
b1057b61cad4 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | As the Article says "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet." Knowing we couldn't go there maybe people lose intrest in the planet, but there's a lot more to learn about it. There are some positive things about the planet that you might know or maybe you could learn. Venus is one of the hottest plantes we haveand it could be very dangrous, but it also has some futures just like earth does. | Evidence | Adequate |
9073d609a668 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | Venus is the second planet from the sun and knowing that it's so close must mean that it really is hot. But also, as i have said it's really simmular to Earth | Claim | Adequate |
ce2694968b1a | CBBDC9BB3F04 | As is says in the article "It may have well been the most Earth-like planet." Also they have said that Venus has some feature that are just like earth "The planet has a suface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features like valleys, moutains, and craters." Knowing a little about Venus you have so much more to learn.
| Evidence | Adequate |
ca4d88c9b2d6 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | If your looking a Venus from a far because you can't go on it, and neither could the spaceships...you can't really get a good look at the ground or the planet itself. So there may be something else that's intresting about venus that we don't know yet. | Claim | Ineffective |
7a1daedee855 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | As I have read in the text it was saying that NASA is working on new ways to study venus. NASA has always found a way to create something that will last on the planets that we want to explore. Venus is intrestiong because it so hot even some of the objects they want to use they can't. | Evidence | Adequate |
6c22accb1092 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | Reading about venus I have learned a lot, | Claim | Ineffective |
4f93065b5a94 | CBBDC9BB3F04 | like venus is one of the brightestv points in the sky and when it gets dark you coould see it. Something new as the article says they are trying to figure out whats strong enough to last in venus's conditions. Today they use powerful computers, as it says in the article "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible and quick." | Evidence | Ineffective |
84296725398e | CBBDC9BB3F04 | Today they are learing new ways and soon you'll know more about Venus. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
159ebf6feae2 | CC02E6A858C4 | Thomas Haung made a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model for the face. All 44 major muscels in the model must move like human muscels. | Lead | Adequate |
e53503bb87fa | CC02E6A858C4 | I think this system should be added in schools because during school teachers will know how their students are feeling. | Position | Adequate |
da7989368725 | CC02E6A858C4 | In the passage it states that a teacher points out that this system can recognize when a student is confused or bored. | Evidence | Adequate |
15f1d1828008 | CC02E6A858C4 | This system is really useful in my opinion, because you can recognize all emotions someone is feeling. | Claim | Adequate |
35b9d35765ef | CC02E6A858C4 | You can recognize by looking at them but only 1 or 2. with this new system you can find them all. | Evidence | Adequate |
15ec00db5aac | CC02E6A858C4 | Another reason why this system is a good idea is because even if the person is trying to hide their emotions you can still find it. | Claim | Adequate |
58849989a2a6 | CC02E6A858C4 | This new sytem is a great idea/invention. this needs to be known. mor people need to know about this amazing idea. | Evidence | Ineffective |
aef79e2a9c0f | CC02E6A858C4 | All in all, i think this is a great system and they should add it to schools. It will help teachers and students. You will recognize every emotion the student feels. It can help lots of people. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
66fd78682947 | CC06612E842A | I think having every student be in a extracurricular activity is a great idea and i completely agree with the principal | Position | Effective |
43b5554871bd | CC06612E842A | Students might not have any plans after school, but what would be better than being in a after school club with a group of your peers. Or for athletic students they could be on one of the sports teams. Having students be in a extracurricular activity is a win-win in every situation | Evidence | Adequate |
db09a80021de | CC06612E842A | I think students should be in at least one extracurricular activity because, | Position | Adequate |
9d8e2a9f11fc | CC06612E842A | it could help students with their school work, | Claim | Adequate |
616c79ed52a3 | CC06612E842A | it can be a opportunity for students to become more social and make new friends, | Claim | Adequate |
28a7afd3dcda | CC06612E842A | and it could help students get to know the school and staff and make the school a better learning environment. | Claim | Effective |
064020615fc1 | CC06612E842A | Some students might need help in some of their classes | Claim | Effective |
df4e04a39ed7 | CC06612E842A | So because of that reason they could be in an extracurricular club like study hall or homework club. Students could help each other master the material by reading it over with each other or quizzing each other on the material. If a student cant be with a teacher after school for whatever reason they could go to a student in their class for help. Sometimes getting help from one of your classmates can be better than getting help from a teacher. These are ways students could get help in school from having extracurricular activities and have more success in their classes.
| Evidence | Effective |
4d6aadd40b13 | CC06612E842A | By being in a extracurricular activity like book club or yearbook, it could be an opportunity for students to become more social and meet new people. | Claim | Effective |
ffc7a9c425ea | CC06612E842A | Some students could be quiet and anti-social but, by being in these activities they could meet new friends and people to talk to at school. They could meet those who they share common interest like video games for example and could bond over those things. Or people who like sports and like to talk about sports. Extracurricular activities can be a great way for students to bond and get to know the people they go to school with. | Evidence | Effective |
56a7d489dcbb | CC06612E842A | Being in these extracurricular activities students can get to know the school and staff better and make their school a better learning environment for themselves and others. | Claim | Effective |
22f0fba0806d | CC06612E842A | Some students might not know a lot of information about the school they're attending. But with these activities students can connect with their teachers and staff on a deeper level and get to know them more. This could also help them in the classroom. By knowing more about their school they could contribute to making their school a better learning, safe, and fun environment to be in. This is how being in an extracurricular activity can help students get to know their school, the people that work there, and make the school a better environment. | Evidence | Effective |
e10f073e311e | CC06612E842A |
I think having every student be in a extracurricular activity is a great idea and it should be implemented into the school. There are a lot of great things and opportunities coming from this decision. It can help students more than just academically. It can also help them socially. They can connect more with their school and make it a better place. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
796b1bbd791c | CC3A5AD37340 | In my opinion i feel like the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable | Position | Adequate |
138eaac5ef73 | CC3A5AD37340 | I think its not a good idea of technology reading our emotions | Claim | Adequate |
e1cd067487bf | CC3A5AD37340 | Some people do have hard time showing their feelings but its either because they are hurt or scared. Others just show their feelings and emotions. Those are the kind of people that have been hurt but still move on with their lifes. Might take them a couple of days, weeks, months or maybe even years. This generation has changed there is a lot of technology now days. Us as humans we do what we like and work on what we like to do he express our emotions on what we do. | Evidence | Adequate |
d46881237937 | CC3A5AD37340 | On the other hand using technology is kind of a good idea for people that have trouble showing their feelings and emotions are the kind of people that would us technology | Counterclaim | Adequate |
7db1f7a2913a | CC3A5AD37340 | These kind of people that are scared to show their emotions would get this so they could get a little help to try to show their emotions. But for another reason the same people that have hard time showing their emotions are the one who would probably not use technology. | Evidence | Adequate |
562b0a313ccf | CC3A5AD37340 | For example using technology to show the Mone Lisa painting emotions would be 83 percent happy, 9 percent disguste, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. | Evidence | Adequate |
1ba3d5652016 | CC3A5AD37340 | All of that doesnt sound right why not just express what you feel your emotions, Just be yourselfs | Claim | Ineffective |
fcb2486e020f | CC3A5AD37340 | On the other hand another reason why people are scared to show their emotions and feelings is because the care about what other people think about them | Claim | Ineffective |
11678fafbdba | CC3A5AD37340 | That is one thing people should not care about do whatever makes you happy making good decisions. But happy is what everyone needs to be we only live once and why not spend it with the ones we love and that make us happy, | Evidence | Ineffective |
4f45edba6469 | CC54E936E3FA | This essay is on if I think the use of technlogy to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable | Lead | Ineffective |
4618b7f01487 | CC54E936E3FA | I believe It is valuable and heres why .
| Position | Adequate |
37b27b782185 | CC54E936E3FA | I believe the use of tehcnology to read students expressions is valuable because as a studnt myslf i know how it feel to have to do a computer assignment and not get whats going on or its moving to fast so u get frustrated or angry | Claim | Ineffective |
1791992a6b9a | CC54E936E3FA | .If they were able to put that in school computers i feel more kids will do better in school . Like if my facial exprassions are showing a teacher some they cant really get it because they are humans ad they cant really read faces s good as a computer could . Now on the other hand you have this computer that when i look confused it is willing to slow down or break things down more simplier for me and me only . | Evidence | Adequate |
8957ce0b8d70 | CC54E936E3FA | I feel sometimes thats all kids need is extra help because honestly im a student that needs extra help thats only a little bit of the reasons why i think that is valuable | Claim | Ineffective |
38dae65b8c82 | CC54E936E3FA | Students facial expressions show everything you need to know you just have to get something to catch them . Of course they are going to have to make sure its spot on . What if i completely understanding everything and then they start to break it down then what ? Because tehcnology is not perfect .
| Evidence | Ineffective |
b92bf93e8ebc | CC54E936E3FA | That is a counter arguement someone can make . What if my facial expression is showing one thing but im feeling a different way | Counterclaim | Adequate |
78b31dafae99 | CC54E936E3FA | Technology always has a bug or something that nees to be fixed . So whoeer makes this needs to make sure that it is perfect . | Evidence | Adequate |
14ad50e5898a | CC54E936E3FA | Thats why i think this ablility to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable . | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ffcc610e8795 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | Actress and singer Audrey Hepburn once remarked, "Nothing is impossible. The word itself say I'm possible!" The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," agrees. They claim that although venturing to a planet that is seeminly un-explorable is dangerous, it is also a worthwhile and necessary mission. | Lead | Effective |
d883f16de285 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | By justifying why it is crucial to continue our efforts to explore Venus, and additionally through their explanation as to how this can safely be accomplished, the author of this article strongly supports their idea that studying Venus is a noble pursuit despite the many obstacles that it creates. | Position | Effective |
9b28d6323711 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | One way that the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports their claim is by explaining the sheer value and benefit of going to Venus. | Claim | Effective |
b346560f63b2 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | While it is true that several conditions on Venus' surface are inhospitable and unable to support or sustain human life, the author claims that "astronomers are fascniated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system," (para 4). This might lead to discoveries that could help us understand or predict Earth's future evolution patterns. | Evidence | Effective |
5305c67434d1 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | Besides this, Venus is at times the closest planet to Earth as "Earth, Venus and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus," (2). This could be extremely beneficial to both the inhabitants of earth and for future space travel because Venus will sometimes be our "nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel," (4). All of these statements and claims that the author make support his/her claim that the exploration of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it entails as they are quite literally explaining to their readers why exploration is as important as it is. This tactic has the ability to make audiences aware of the importance of such a mission, and hopefully persuade them to agree. | Evidence | Effective |
cb27ada367f8 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | Additionally, the author supports his/her claim by revealing how a mission to Venus can be carried out in a safe, mannerly way. | Claim | Adequate |
ef71033f539d | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | This, in turn, aids in convincing readers that might have originally disgareed with the author due to the fact that Venus' "conditions are fare more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine assustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals," (3). The author, after making this counterclaim, refutes it by talking of some solutions to this ever-looming issue: "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions of the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape," (5). The author talks of how the air pressure, temperature and radiation would all be survivable for humans. Some, such as the air pressure 30 miles above Venus, would be almost identical to Earth at sea level. | Evidence | Effective |
41bc80cfcd55 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | The author also disscusses other potential solutions, such as possibly using silicon carbide, a material that has "been tested in a chmaber simulating the chaos of Venus' surface and [has] lasted for three weeks in such conditions," (7). These all are possible ways to make a trip to Venus much safer and, more importantly, they all help support the author's claim. | Evidence | Effective |
fae9aa1dc391 | CC6CFE6D8CA8 | Overall, the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" makes a claim that although Venus has some exceptionally dangerous conditions, it is a planet worth exploring. They support this claim very well by explaining the importance of going to Venus, and providing a few solutions that might reduce the risk factor of this type of mission. All in all, this author, much like Audrey Hepburn, proves through this article that they feel that nothing is truly impossible, not even a trip to Venus. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
215009a5bac6 | CC82A1D80D1A | Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you did not have to drive as much. Maybe you didn't have a car at all. A small experimental suburb in Germany is tooling with the idea of a no car life style, along with many cities in the United States where a car is not a neccesity. Paris however has banned car usage all together, becuase of the amount of smog produced becuase of the automobiles. This could marke the end of car culture across many countries, exspecially the United States. | Lead | Ineffective |
a3a4dac484be | CC82A1D80D1A | There are many advantages to not owning or using a car, some of them may just cause you to get ride of your car. | Position | Adequate |
584df611db49 | CC82A1D80D1A | A small suburb in Germany on the France and Swiss border have given up on their cars. "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in the experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg." The streets of this small town are car free. The twon offers a tram that runs through the downtown, and a few small streets on one edge of the community. The town cannot bain cars altogether, but if you own a car the only place to store it is in large garages at the edge of the town. One space can cost $40,000, the cost of the space comes with the home. Only 70 percent of the population in Freiburg owns a car and 57 percent sold there vehicle before moving. Germany isn't the only country with this type of movement. The United States is promoting "car reduced" communities. This will cause increase demand of public transport to the suburbs surrounding big cities such as Chicago and New York.
Paris, however, is the first city to prohibit driving altogether. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial drribing ban to clear the air of the global city. Drivers where asked to leave their cars at home or risk a fine of 22 -euro ($31). Almost 4,000 drivers where fined. Diesel fuel was blamed becuase France has a tax policy which promotes diesel fuel. Almost 70% of drives have diesel vehicles. Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, but exceptions where made for hybrids and electric vehicles. The public transit was free of charge during the bane.
"President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emission, unveiled last week." American now is has fewer car sales, people driving less, and there are fewer and fewer liscences each year. Americas love of motor vehicles seems to be subsiding. People are driving about as much as they did in 1995 which is 9% lower then the peak in 2005. Some people may blame the lack of cars and driving on the reccession. On the other hand people were buying less cars two to three years befor the reccession even hit. If this pattern presists sociologist believe it will be eneficial for cabon emissions and the enviorment. This is becuase transpertation is the 2nd leading cause of carbon emission. This could have negitive effects on the automotive companies but they are already rebranding themselves as mobiltiy companies. This allows them to have a broder range of personal vehicles. Cities like New York have established a bike sharing program. This allows people access to bikes accross the city instead of taking a taxi. Many of the young people accross the country have not even bothered to get driver's liscenses. Driving decreased by 23% between years 2001 and 2009. They instead plan activites where they can walk or ride a bike.
| Evidence | Adequate |
449515628341 | CC82A1D80D1A | The age of the car may be coming to an end. Communities have started promoting a car free life style. Made othe ways of transportation avaliable. The younger people in the community have quit driving all together. Wether becuase it is good for the enviorment or a choice they had to make becuase of the city they live in. Transpotation is evolving into a public affair, not a personal one. The automotive industry may take a hit but in the long run this could be beneficial for our planet. There will always be car buffs, but sooner rather then later, you may not own a car altogether. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5043cb6711ef | CCF447CCADB3 | Imagine this: Rolling around in a field with your great friends, some you don't know, but some you want to meet. Having fun, laughing, enjoying life. Some people don't get to enjoy that experience. Some students don't want to push themselves for something they want to strive for. I think that it is important that students give extracurricular activities a try. | Lead | Effective |
9ec9464aee0a | CCF447CCADB3 | People can meet new people, | Claim | Effective |
4151f90fc07e | CCF447CCADB3 | students could have a really fun time | Claim | Effective |
b7009b532d2f | CCF447CCADB3 | it can be a great way to find a new activity that you are really good at and like. | Claim | Effective |
d3d349aca421 | CCF447CCADB3 | Students should participate in at least one extracurricular activity. | Position | Adequate |
ad142e813d38 | CCF447CCADB3 | Bill Smith from the Virginia Board of Education implies, "Lots of children don't love school, so I believe that if there is anyway to make it a little more exciting and have fun activities, then kids would like it better." I think that is a good point, lots of kids and including me don't love school so it would be cool if we had to do an activity because maybe that is something students would look forward to after a long day of school. Being in an extracurricular activity can be a great opportunity to have fun and not worry about school, which I think is important. That does depend on what activity you are doing. You want to be doing one that you love, because if you werent then it would not be a happy experience.
| Evidence | Effective |
d0b1e1bb0443 | CCF447CCADB3 | Sally Sue, secretary of the Bayview High Middle School say that, "Finding out who you are and your strengths is a very important thing for this world and who you want to become." That is a very good thought, I think that who you are is an important thing for you to figure out. Even from just doing a silly extracurricular activity you can find out what you are good at and what you can accomplish for life up ahead. I know a friend who is doing a yearbook and photography club, and maybe that is her way of finding out if she wants to do photography when she is older or not. It is a great way to find out if you want to do it in the future. | Evidence | Effective |
3ffc9ae5adc9 | CCF447CCADB3 | One thing PROPER_NAME from SCHOOL_NAME suggest, "Lot of kids are in different programs here, but not a lot of the kids know each other. We purposely put kids in different groups to learn about each other." That is a cool idea. I feel that at our school not everybody knows each other, having those actives, I believe could solve that. For example, I was in this club at my school and I had no friends in it and I didn't really like it because of that. Then I started talking to people and I started to become really good friends with some people that I am still friends with to this day. | Evidence | Effective |
2f78128a11a0 | CCF447CCADB3 | Some people believe that students may be to busy for these activities. Editor Jerry Ram from the Michigan Company says that "Students and teachers are busy a lot of the times, kids have homework and other things going on in their lives." | Counterclaim | Effective |
ab2181f56cd6 | CCF447CCADB3 | On the other hand, the activity does not have to be very long nor everyday and it could even be during school at the end of the day. For example, Timmy Lung from the Board of Supervisors argues "When people thing about activities they think after school, but that is not the case. Activities can be during any time of the school day." I agree with that, when we do Clubs at BRMS we do them at the end of the day. That way kids can go home and go and do homework and have time for their other sport. I know that if we had extracurricular activities after school then it would be hard for me because I have other sports to do and lots of homework on top of that.
| Rebuttal | Effective |
ddf30fb0f2e3 | CCF447CCADB3 | students should all try at least one extracurricular activity. Doing this, It can give kids a try on what they may want to do when they grow up and for the future, it also could be a very fun and exciting experience for the students, and lastly students could meet and talk to new students that they don't typically talk to. For this to happen you need to take action so you should go and write a letter to your principle saying and expressing what you think. Also if you are already doing an extracurricular activity then speak up to people you don't really talk to and be open minded to anyone. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
5aad35c19f7b | CD0A8E34A5C0 | it is important that we talk about the advantages of limiting car usage. | Position | Adequate |
94f1a8bb5b70 | CD0A8E34A5C0 | In the first story it says " there have been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking ..." it also says that " passenger cars are respondible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe ... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." David Goldberg said, an official of Transportation for America, a fast-growing coalition of hundreds of groups in the U.S....who are promoting new communities that are less dependent on cars, " all of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change".
| Evidence | Ineffective |
86a8b0bedd9f | CD0A8E34A5C0 | In the story "
Paris bans driving due to smog"
talks about how after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. It says that on Mondays motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day, I think that this should happen all around the world, so the world can be a better palce to live in. Here is a fact form the stroy, " Paris typically has more smog then other European capitals . . . [Last] week Paris had a 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London" | Evidence | Ineffective |
8acc87784521 | CD0A8E34A5C0 | The 3rd stroy was about how in Bogota, Comlombia they do a car-free day, now that should be done here in the U.S.. It says that millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during car-free day, that the streets of the captial city eerily devoid of traffic jams, and that the rain has not stopped people from participating.
The last stroy talks about how the car culture is coming to an end, but i really hope not and i think not. It is here ,in the U.S., the birthpalce of the Model T, a classic car that i love and i would hope so that a lot of more people do too; the home of Detroit, what i know is that they make cars up there; tha place where Wilson Pickett immortalized "Mustang Sally", I do not know what that is but it does sound important. It also says that " driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..." I mean the highest it went was 2009, we are in 2014, almost 2015, im a young person and i love to drive i think and feel like i can go as fast as light. | Evidence | Ineffective |
a9ea5502c1a3 | CD0A8E34A5C0 | What all four storys are saying is that cars will be gone sooner or later, i hope later, but the cars is what we need to go places. The car will enither be gone or be impovred some how, the fliying car maybe, but in till that happens, because i live in now, the car is what we have, i know that it's bad for the air, so instead of not using the car we can make it better, better for the world. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
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