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43568970fe23	15F80BF4B3C9	this method is also less complicated, leaving less room for many problems.	Claim	Effective
d0854807279f	15F80BF4B3C9	Initially the Electoral College voting method sounded like a great idea	Counterclaim	Adequate
c8192ccaffcc	15F80BF4B3C9	but over recent study some people are beginning to become more fond of the popular voting method.	Rebuttal	Effective
f959be3232bc	15F80BF4B3C9	The popular voting method is directly controlled by the people and their vote is sent directly to their desired candidate. On the other side, by using the electoral college method voters vote for a select member of the state's electoral college votes and that member is elgible to vote for any presidential candidate of their choice. According to the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to keep our Despised Method of Choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner, " when you vote for a presidential candidate you are actually voting for a slate of electors." Further evidence from this article (quote on quote) claims there is a " lack of democratic pedigree." Electoral voting also only benefits the larger states because of there is a larger amount of members of the electoral college for the larger states.	Evidence	Effective
0e11ebb7dadb	15F80BF4B3C9	Popular voting provides a more direct way for votes from the people to reach their desired candidate as opposed to someone who may not vote for a candidate of their choice.	Claim	Effective
60823b007888	15F80BF4B3C9	In addition to many down sides of the electoral college voting method, there have been incidents in the past while using this method of voting.	Claim	Effective
6963f728a977	15F80BF4B3C9	For example, evidence in the article " The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, in 1960 there was an indicident pertaining to the election of John F. Kennedy. In his case, segregationists from Louisiana were planning to (and just about succeeded) in replacing the Democratic electors with electors to whom opposed JFK. This article also brings up another problem with the elctoral college votes in the year of 2000 listing it as the "2000 fiasco" and "biggest crisis of the century."	Evidence	Effective
8e490697ea47	15F80BF4B3C9	While the electoral college holds many faults I'm sure in the past there have also been pop-ups of downsides to the popular voting method also.	Counterclaim	Adequate
b2c7feaedb8e	15F80BF4B3C9	Through reading a select amount of articles I have picked up more recent and destructive faults within the electoral college voting method.	Rebuttal	Adequate
590f843e5aa4	15F80BF4B3C9	In conclusion, the popular voting method should be applied as the designated process of electing the United States President because it guarantees a direct vote towards a desired candidate of your choice. As our country is listed as a democracy, the votes towards the President should lie in the hands of the people. The electoral college is prone to many more problems and is a more complex method of voting. With votes in the hands of the people, voters can get a full " hands on" voting experience. As to not repeat myself, in this way voters can really understand the voting system and get the idea in their head their vote is going towards their chosen candidate. Popular voting has not only been proven to be the more preferred method of voting, but in my opinion, shall be the established method of voting to use in the future elections.	Concluding Statement	Effective
2b4c75e1da27	160060CC2418	Community service: an assignment that many students detest. Many say that it's too time consuming, that they have better things to do. Others just don't see the point of providing a service to their community. Whichever side you're on, it all comes down to one question: Should students be required to perform community service?	Lead	Effective
16f3443184da	160060CC2418	In my opinion, yes.	Position	Adequate
3b4e5e9a250d	160060CC2418	As a young mind in a world diverse opinions and perspectives, I have seen that the generation I live in has become a "me" generation. In other words, this generation of students has become so selfish and absorbed in their own personal needs, they've forgotten that there are other people in this world who have greater issues that they must face. For example, when students are requested to give money for a charitable cause, such as helping the less fortunate in third world countries, they choose not to. The sad part is that this refusal to help others in need is not because they are uninformed, but because they are so caught in themselves that they are too selfish to even provide for someone other than themselves. As a matter of fact, 87% of students in middle school stated that if they ever had the chance to give back to their community in a simple way, they would not.	Evidence	Effective
63ccb21dba4e	160060CC2418	The point I'm trying to make is that requiring community service of students will push them to lay down their pride and conceit to assist someone else.	Claim	Effective
44ede99f7d41	160060CC2418	To reiterate, students should be required to perform a community service because it will give them a chance to put their "self love" on low by helping others. The way I see it, students are on one side of the fence, and because they've never left that one side, they have been led to believe that it is all sunshine and rainbows. However, by requiring of them to take the fence down, they will realize that the grass is much greener in the other side. Don't you want to lead your students to greener grasses?	Concluding Statement	Effective
b296669495fb	160552DF7DBA	electoral college is a process not a place.	Claim	Ineffective
697061e01867	160552DF7DBA	the Electoral college work on the selection of the electors where they vote for president and vice president couting each voter by congress. large populations in states lose by virtue in the mal-apportionment in Senate decreed in the Constitution. popular votes were mostly in florida but in the year 2012 when obama was just beginning to be president, he got 29 eectoral votes it was a success in the same margin in wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes. other things being the same alot of large states get more attention from the presidential candidates in a campaign than some small states do. the electoral college is supossed to be a procces for the electors to vote for president and vice president and every 4 years theres gonna be someone new thats facing the president to be voted for the new president of the united states but when the electors come and vote if the president will still stay the president then he,ll become it for another 4 years but if the guy facing his way to be our new president mr. obama will have to stay as vice president. in columbia the district is allocated 3 electors and something like a state for purposes because of the electoral college. the reason in the following discussion the word "state" is also refered as the district of columbia. each person who is running for president your state has his or her own group of electors they are generally chosen to the candidates political party but the state laws vary on how there electors get selected on what there	Evidence	Ineffective
6748da99457c	16180FD0AEF8	By my own opinion i really consider of having the votes based off popularity and also facts	Position	Ineffective
2c4b80691296	16180FD0AEF8	I belive that some of the people that do want to become president someday will not become that because their votes mainly deals with the electoral colloges and what they really when the counts of the votes should be really counted off what the people of the united states really think or who they think our president should really be. Some people think we should have a black president or a white president green,purple,or blue it really doesnt matter in my opinion i think i am speaking for everyone when i say that wewant a person that would make great descisions for the umited states a person that is welling to go above and beyond to make our countrymore better and a safe place to all . And at the end of the day people in america doesnt want or think that it is right to have a female president sitting in the seat of a president,i say simply because the people of the USA doesnt think women have enough power or orders, or authority i think women should have the same rights as men. But at the end of the day i think that the people of the united states should have a right to choose who they want to serve as or president , someone who would make change and make the USA a better and safer place for everyone. Someone whois very well educated and have a outlook or reach of things.	Evidence	Ineffective
99f0eea843e8	16180FD0AEF8	It shouldnt be based off the electoral colleges because america might disagree with their descison and cause a whole lot of chaos	Concluding Statement	Adequate
5e42e051b85a	1627A070AEBB	Hello my name is Mr. Baker with NASA, and we are discussing the landform that looks like a face on mars.	Lead	Adequate
493bda9c260a	1627A070AEBB	This is a landform not an alien marking.	Position	Adequate
da2b0da886f4	1627A070AEBB	There are known to be little life of aliens. In fact this landform looks a lot similiar to a natural landmark in Idaho. But over the last eighteen years scientists at NASA has been studying this landmark for all of this time. There is no more evidence that it was an alien. Because there is not a body for this creature unless the planet covered it up and made the body into ashes.	Evidence	Adequate
60993ef39fdd	1627A070AEBB	This landform is very unique. It looks like a face but over the years the picture does not look the same. Perhaps it was a alien or something extraordinary. But over the caorse of time the landmark has built up to look like a face. The pictures from 1998 look way different because of the technology of then and now.	Evidence	Adequate
0b46b0f9fe80	1627A070AEBB	If you look real closely to the pictures you can tell that over the time period that the landform turned from a bunch of scattered dust into a pile that looks like a face, but it is actually not.	Claim	Adequate
58a24a9dc05c	1627A070AEBB	Reaserchers say this could be an alien,	Counterclaim	Ineffective
5b20815108be	1627A070AEBB	but I belive not because not one person has found an alien that was alive. Aliens have been a myth for quite some time now and no one has really ever seen one.	Rebuttal	Ineffective
6a103e7fb8a4	1627A070AEBB	Mars is a landform that is made up of a bunch of different materials and minerals. Over time there could have been some solar wind and some of the landform blew away and made it look like a face.	Claim	Adequate
e21124aa8f43	1627A070AEBB	From what the photos show people is a face that looks like a human or some kind of life form, and in 1998 the photo shows that it looks like an egyptian pharaoh. But over time the land mass has changed so if we waited even longer it will change over time. And over the coarse of another decade or so it will be changed. Or if the land mass was touched it might break up the loose materials and the landform will be different.	Evidence	Adequate
a010c6c82352	1627A070AEBB	So at the NASA corperation they study the material and the evidence real close. It might be proven to be a land mass or another source of life somewhere else. But for all we know right now it is a landmark until someone has proof it is wrong information. So NASA will keep studying the information they have. Also NASA is trying to develop more information about this landmark. But until then this is known to be a landmark. So until then this meeting is pronounced over.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
b987f5f383f4	1638D2DC4FC9	I have read and heard your argument about all students taking place in community service by mandatory rule. No disrespect to you sir, but I have to firmly disagree with this idea.	Position	Effective
5b2ead458643	1638D2DC4FC9	If students should take place in community service, they should do it on their own terms on their own time.	Claim	Effective
03375f054306	1638D2DC4FC9	What is community service without the positive attitude to help somebody out? Instead of having this positive attitude in your students, what you'll receive is a bunch of poor attitudes and the bare minimum of effort.	Claim	Effective
e64643407ad7	1638D2DC4FC9	I have experienced community service before as I have fed the homeless a few times. Trust me, I'm no angel but I did enjoy what I was doing for others. My brother on the other hand, was lazy, disrespectful, and gave the absolute minimum effort needed to pass by. That does not sound like community service to me.	Evidence	Effective
42e423f7d1a4	1638D2DC4FC9	Honestly, the first thing that pops into my head when I think of community service is a bunch of people on the side on the highway with glowing yellow vests picking up trash.	Evidence	Effective
d0645cd7e74d	1638D2DC4FC9	Community service? Try a punishment. And that is exactly what these kids will feel like they're being if you demand that they take place in the community.	Claim	Effective
32e7326cca5e	1638D2DC4FC9	A large group of students would volunteer to get involved in community service, not all, but a good 30 or 40 kids. From a teen to an adult, students never like being forced into something they do not want to do. They hate having parents or teachers breathing down their backs telling them to do things. When you ease off the reins and give us some breathing room, there will be greater participation and overall success in what you're trying to accomplish in this case.	Evidence	Effective
5cc77238fcc9	1638D2DC4FC9	The kids who have brothers and sisters to take care of at home, practice for a sport, or just want to have a good time with their friends do not have time half the days in the week to do this	Claim	Effective
e89636a79154	1638D2DC4FC9	If you give them the time to make their own schedule or re arrange days to hang out with friends, you may see a better majority of kids who wish to help out in their community by giving back in the form of community service.	Evidence	Effective
b586ad1988ab	1638D2DC4FC9	The worst thing that can go wrong for you by giving them the option is that maybe just 10 kids take place in what you want them to do	Counterclaim	Effective
570c794eebe9	1638D2DC4FC9	And then all you have to do from there is just sit down and talk with them during an assembly or whatever just to get them motivated.	Rebuttal	Effective
d97ad03dd3e4	1638D2DC4FC9	If for some reason you do decide to pass this rule that all kids MUST participate, I guarantee you that it will make for a less happy, functional school in the long run	Concluding Statement	Effective
cd7fd95d6516	163A7C9FCF34	What is the Electoral College? Well the Electoral College is a founding fathers established by the Constition as a compromise between election of the President by the vote of Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens	Lead	Adequate
9992e86a864f	163A7C9FCF34	The Electoral College was created for Big States, Avoid Run Of Elections and Centainy Of Outcome.	Position	Ineffective
602df9bb17e5	163A7C9FCF34	The Electoral College will restore some of the weight in a political balabce that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution.	Claim	Adequate
7a2e4e5f7965	163A7C9FCF34	For example a large state get more attention from presidential candidates in a champaign then a small state would. The reason big states well get more attiontion than small states is because the biger the state is the more pepole there well be and thats like hitting a glod mine for the presidentil candidates.	Evidence	Adequate
343a0bb4e098	163A7C9FCF34	The dispute over the outcome is possible. As it happened in 2000	Counterclaim	Adequate
b34bd540ea5f	163A7C9FCF34	But it's less likly then a dispute over the popular vote	Rebuttal	Adequate
7897eb55d392	163A7C9FCF34	For example in the 2012's election with Obama and Romney' Obama received a 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Even A very slight plurality in the state creates a landslide electoral vote victory in that sate. Even a tie in a nationwide electral vote can happen because the total number of votes is 538 and 538 is an even number, but it is very unlikely.	Evidence	Ineffective
83e3a8084823	163A7C9FCF34	To Avoid Run-Off Elections The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in witch no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast	Claim	Ineffective
03c28468988e	163A7C9FCF34	There is pressure for the run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the elections of the cast and that pressure, witch would greatly complicate the presidentail election proess and is reduced by the Electoral College witch invariably produces a clen winner.	Evidence	Ineffective
2698a7569d35	164F2115421D	I argue in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states	Position	Adequate
0282f7d4866e	164F2115421D	The electon could have a bias opinion and go against what the people want	Claim	Ineffective
582f506ef45f	164F2115421D	"It's offical: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Also, in 1976 if a mere 5,559 voter in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii would have voted differently it would have been a tie. That would have been a catastrophe. In 960 segregationist almost succeded in replacing the democratic electors with electors who would haved picked John F. Kennedy's opponent. Also, during the 1960's in Hawaii Vice President Richard Nixon had been presiding over the senate, validating only his opponent's electors. Although, he had done so without creating a precedent. The Electoral College is a non-democratic method of selecting a President. The five reasons we have retained the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree. All are practical reasons not conservative and non-liberal reasons. With other things being equal other things are not. Also, larger states will get more political attention from presidental candidates in a campaign verse a smaller state.	Evidence	Ineffective
5a7ad4d63e7a	1669F1CC90D9	i think that this is a good thing and a bad thing mostly good	Position	Adequate
85f654293689	1669F1CC90D9	The good things are that it mite get some kids grades up and push them to do it to play sports	Claim	Adequate
9f33d558c0da	1669F1CC90D9	then the kids that get bad grades now will see u have to be a good student in the school to be a good player on the field, it will push them to see that if u spend all your time on sports your grades will drop and u don't have to worry about sports any more if this rule passes.	Evidence	Adequate
9c722ab8a166	1669F1CC90D9	The bad thing in this is that some parents mite think it is a bad thing because they know there kid is doing there best but is not making a B so they cant play sports, so you mite have issues with that.	Counterclaim	Adequate
e53ef6e79fa7	1669F1CC90D9	I also think if u do that some kids will not try and u would not have as many players so u will have a smaller team for every thing	Counterclaim	Adequate
f385a9cfa3b4	1669F1CC90D9	Over all i think it a good thing. They learn how to do good in school and sports and to be responsible.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
96e954b43ae1	16D1A7B1BC84	There is a presidential campaign being held. There are two candidates running. the decision depends on the electoral votes. The Electoral College are the votes that elect the President depending on the majority votes.	Lead	Adequate
feba96e916fa	16D1A7B1BC84	The Electoral College should be kept	Position	Adequate
1b493bc8c49d	16D1A7B1BC84	because it induces the candidates	Claim	Ineffective
0dab2fc78e9a	16D1A7B1BC84	it restores some of the weight that large states loses	Claim	Ineffective
073f9040f4cc	16D1A7B1BC84	avoids the problem in which the candidate recieves the majority of the votes.	Claim	Adequate
a62c61a1fc52	16D1A7B1BC84	or example, to many of candidates are running for President. People don't know on who to vote on. The Electoral College eliminates most of those candidates.	Evidence	Adequate
837cdf271aec	16D1A7B1BC84	Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing candidates." (Source 3) People want to know what these candidates offer to them. They want to vote for the best candidate. When they vote, the Electoral College decides on the majority vote of the state.	Evidence	Adequate
4353f3e5f259	16D1A7B1BC84	Furthermore, the Electoral College should be kept since it restores some of the weight that large states lose.	Claim	Adequate
83f1bc923137	16D1A7B1BC84	For example, since there are big states, there is political problems in what the people want. Large states have a lot of voters.	Evidence	Adequate
e32cd463455f	16D1A7B1BC84	Finally, the Electoral College should be kept since it avoids the problem in which the candidate recieves the majority of the votes	Claim	Adequate
40c9fcb8b5d6	16D1A7B1BC84	For example, presidents may have the popular vote but not the electoral votes. The Electoral College avoids run-off elections.	Evidence	Adequate
9a751eb8bb45	16D1A7B1BC84	In conclusion, the Electoral College should be kept. It induces the candidates. It restores some of the weight that the large states loses. It avoids the problem in which the candidate recieves the majority of the votes.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
efc4ca807e8f	16E4FB7A2BAF	I am writing to you on the concern of requiring all students to perform community service.	Lead	Ineffective
40ad572fbfcb	16E4FB7A2BAF	I think that community service should be required from all students because, without help from the people of the community it will not be nice enough to enjoy.	Position	Adequate
165f5ef8db2c	16E4FB7A2BAF	Think about it, without the work of many who already participate in community service activities around the area we would not have the nice parks and clean streets to walk and drive on , etc.	Evidence	Adequate
a567c00ba983	16E4FB7A2BAF	Community service is a good way for the people to get involved in the world around them	Claim	Adequate
3a0173980476	16E4FB7A2BAF	sometimes the work is not always enjoyable	Counterclaim	Adequate
3f75c4774810	16E4FB7A2BAF	but its worth it in the long run.	Rebuttal	Adequate
ef7b1e252438	16E4FB7A2BAF	Some examples of community service activities that i would encourage you to suggest to the students are, cleaning trash around the school, planting new trees and plants in the park to help the environment, helping at many school sponsored events, and helping in the local soup kitchens around the community. These are some of the easier things that i recommend that you suggest the students to attend.	Evidence	Effective
e131bc170062	16E4FB7A2BAF	Of coarse not all students will want to participate in these activities but	Counterclaim	Adequate
5d77712a4474	16E4FB7A2BAF	there may be some that are and it would be a good thing to have these opportunities available for them to take in consideration of participating in	Rebuttal	Adequate
3b1c72c71a8a	16E4FB7A2BAF	Extra credit and rewards would be a nice way to encourage more students to participate in the activities.	Evidence	Adequate
8a74db06c1e0	16E4FB7A2BAF	Personally i think that community service is a very good idea for this school and community to take part in. It will help our cities be more enjoyable for the people living there now and for many others in the time to come.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
9e1bb5514a66	1715A8524539	I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ELECTORAL VOTE	Position	Adequate
dc0f87f37ed0	1715A8524539	T HELPS THE PEOPLE VOTING	Claim	Ineffective
500b078d34c5	1715A8524539	HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VOTE	Claim	Ineffective
c101c4a381fb	1715A8524539	THE ELECTORS STILL SHOULD BEABLE TO VOTE	Claim	Adequate
cd1ca8224441	1715A8524539	THE CANIDATES ARE ALL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND ONE PERSON HAS TO CHOOSE FROM THE CANIDATES HOW IT WILL WORK AND THAT THEY WILL PICK THE ELECTORAL VOTERS TO VOTE AND THATS HOW THEY WOULD VOTE THEY SELECT A PERSON EVERY FOUR YEARS AND THEY ASSIGN THEM FOR THE ELECTORS THEY ARE OFTEN CHOSE BY CANIDETS YOU WILL ALSO HELP THEM VOTE BECAUSE THEY VOTE AFTER EVERYONE ELSE AFTER THE PRESIDENT ELECTION THE GOVENER PREPARES THEY WILL ALSO DETERMINE THE ELECTORS THE PRESIDENTS COULD ALSO PICK THEM THEY HOLD OFFICAL RECORDS AS TO WHAT IS BEING VOTED THEY COULD ALSO ARGUE ABOUT IT AND THATS HOW THEY COULD ARGUE ABOUT IT IT WILL ALSO LET THEM SUCCSED IN WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO THE ELECTORS WOULD ALSO BACK UP THE OTHER PEOPLE. SO EACH EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY VOTE AND THEN THEY GET TO SEE WHO WINS. THEY CAN GET 500,000 VOTERS AND THAT GIVES A CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENTS TO THEY WOULD HAVE 55 REPERSENITIVES TO BACK THEM UP AND GIVE THEM MORE ELECTORAL VOTORS SO THE ELECTORAL VOTERS WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE AND THAT THE ELECTORAL VOTERS ARE THE VOTERS THAT VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THAT THEY BACK THE PRESIDENT UP AND GIVE HIM MORE VOTES THAN THE NORMAL VOTER.	Evidence	Ineffective
084c55acc49c	1715A8524539	YES THEY SHOULD KEEP THE VOTERS AND THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THE VOTERS JUST INCASE THE VOTERS DONT NEED TO COMPARE THE ELECTIONS AND THATS HOW THEY WOULD MAKE THERE FINAL DECISION AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE THE FINAL DECISION WHO TO VOTE FOR AND IT COMES UP BETWEEN THE STATES.YES THEY SHOULD DO A FINAL VOTE DECISION AT THE END OF IT.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
e124295fe115	171E655CC8F1	Attend classes from home by way of online can be a good idea but , in my position is not a good way for the student and can be innecesary or bad idea in many reasons.	Position	Adequate
94ba59a7946d	171E655CC8F1	When the student is in home he going to do what he want	Claim	Adequate
57ffdf87abc4	171E655CC8F1	he don't care the class he going to feel like if he don't have to do have to work in that class and he don't thing if he going to lost the class, one example is one of my friends he have a oline class but when he is in home he dont work because he dont care because no have one teacher who says "Work or you no going to pass the class" and thats one reason.	Evidence	Ineffective
47dd2d4ea15b	171E655CC8F1	My second reason is when the student is taken online classes he just going to finish, he no going to learn	Claim	Ineffective
2d700f2613f7	171E655CC8F1	because he dont care learn he just going to complete the leasons but just that, why? because he dont have the teacher who explaing when he have questions or when he is interesting in something of the class he no have the teacher who know more abaut that.	Evidence	Ineffective
bf7ae4c96a0c	171E655CC8F1	Some people says when the student take the online class from home he are more concentrade	Counterclaim	Adequate
dec712519eac	171E655CC8F1	however whent the student take this classes from home he are more distractic because he have the cellphone in his hand or he have the TV in the room, the dog, the play station and he going to prefer play or see movies than work on the classes.	Rebuttal	Adequate
e2e0bef978ad	171E655CC8F1	In conclusion thye student can no work , no have the teacher for question or warn he can lostr the class or are more distractict or prefer play than work on the class are my reasons for no take online classes but with the good students can be a good idea.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
51c6ea2ab36b	172F67E7FBBC	i think that you should not make students do community service to students that don't like doing it.	Position	Adequate
b5efab6b5416	172F67E7FBBC	First i want you to know that is a good thing that you thing of that but if students don't want to help and you sent them do something i think they are going to make it worst.	Claim	Adequate
70b067edefb2	172F67E7FBBC	EX: you sent them to go pick up trash and they go and they are just playing around they are going to be fighting with the trash throwing it where it was clean then later when they finish playing they are going to see a mess that they are going to get lazy and just walk away and go to another place where its cleaner and if they are trouble makers they are going to do that over and over again.	Evidence	Ineffective

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this method is also less complicated, leaving less room for many problems.

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Initially the Electoral College voting method sounded like a great idea

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but over recent study some people are beginning to become more fond of the popular voting method.

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The popular voting method is directly controlled by the people and their vote is sent directly to their desired candidate. On the other side, by using the electoral college method voters vote for a select member of the state's electoral college votes and that member is elgible to vote for any presidential candidate of their choice. According to the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to keep our Despised Method of Choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner, " when you vote for a presidential candidate you are actually voting for a slate of electors." Further evidence from this article (quote on quote) claims there is a " lack of democratic pedigree." Electoral voting also only benefits the larger states because of there is a larger amount of members of the electoral college for the larger states.

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Popular voting provides a more direct way for votes from the people to reach their desired candidate as opposed to someone who may not vote for a candidate of their choice.

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In addition to many down sides of the electoral college voting method, there have been incidents in the past while using this method of voting.

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For example, evidence in the article " The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, in 1960 there was an indicident pertaining to the election of John F. Kennedy. In his case, segregationists from Louisiana were planning to (and just about succeeded) in replacing the Democratic electors with electors to whom opposed JFK. This article also brings up another problem with the elctoral college votes in the year of 2000 listing it as the "2000 fiasco" and "biggest crisis of the century."

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While the electoral college holds many faults I'm sure in the past there have also been pop-ups of downsides to the popular voting method also.

Counterclaim

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Through reading a select amount of articles I have picked up more recent and destructive faults within the electoral college voting method.

Rebuttal

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In conclusion, the popular voting method should be applied as the designated process of electing the United States President because it guarantees a direct vote towards a desired candidate of your choice. As our country is listed as a democracy, the votes towards the President should lie in the hands of the people. The electoral college is prone to many more problems and is a more complex method of voting. With votes in the hands of the people, voters can get a full " hands on" voting experience. As to not repeat myself, in this way voters can really understand the voting system and get the idea in their head their vote is going towards their chosen candidate. Popular voting has not only been proven to be the more preferred method of voting, but in my opinion, shall be the established method of voting to use in the future elections.

Concluding Statement

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Community service: an assignment that many students detest. Many say that it's too time consuming, that they have better things to do. Others just don't see the point of providing a service to their community. Whichever side you're on, it all comes down to one question: Should students be required to perform community service?

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In my opinion, yes.

Position

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As a young mind in a world diverse opinions and perspectives, I have seen that the generation I live in has become a "me" generation. In other words, this generation of students has become so selfish and absorbed in their own personal needs, they've forgotten that there are other people in this world who have greater issues that they must face. For example, when students are requested to give money for a charitable cause, such as helping the less fortunate in third world countries, they choose not to. The sad part is that this refusal to help others in need is not because they are uninformed, but because they are so caught in themselves that they are too selfish to even provide for someone other than themselves. As a matter of fact, 87% of students in middle school stated that if they ever had the chance to give back to their community in a simple way, they would not.

Evidence

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The point I'm trying to make is that requiring community service of students will push them to lay down their pride and conceit to assist someone else.

Claim

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To reiterate, students should be required to perform a community service because it will give them a chance to put their "self love" on low by helping others. The way I see it, students are on one side of the fence, and because they've never left that one side, they have been led to believe that it is all sunshine and rainbows. However, by requiring of them to take the fence down, they will realize that the grass is much greener in the other side. Don't you want to lead your students to greener grasses?

Concluding Statement

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electoral college is a process not a place.

Claim

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the Electoral college work on the selection of the electors where they vote for president and vice president couting each voter by congress. large populations in states lose by virtue in the mal-apportionment in Senate decreed in the Constitution. popular votes were mostly in florida but in the year 2012 when obama was just beginning to be president, he got 29 eectoral votes it was a success in the same margin in wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes. other things being the same alot of large states get more attention from the presidential candidates in a campaign than some small states do. the electoral college is supossed to be a procces for the electors to vote for president and vice president and every 4 years theres gonna be someone new thats facing the president to be voted for the new president of the united states but when the electors come and vote if the president will still stay the president then he,ll become it for another 4 years but if the guy facing his way to be our new president mr. obama will have to stay as vice president. in columbia the district is allocated 3 electors and something like a state for purposes because of the electoral college. the reason in the following discussion the word "state" is also refered as the district of columbia. each person who is running for president your state has his or her own group of electors they are generally chosen to the candidates political party but the state laws vary on how there electors get selected on what there

Evidence

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By my own opinion i really consider of having the votes based off popularity and also facts

Position

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I belive that some of the people that do want to become president someday will not become that because their votes mainly deals with the electoral colloges and what they really when the counts of the votes should be really counted off what the people of the united states really think or who they think our president should really be. Some people think we should have a black president or a white president green,purple,or blue it really doesnt matter in my opinion i think i am speaking for everyone when i say that wewant a person that would make great descisions for the umited states a person that is welling to go above and beyond to make our countrymore better and a safe place to all . And at the end of the day people in america doesnt want or think that it is right to have a female president sitting in the seat of a president,i say simply because the people of the USA doesnt think women have enough power or orders, or authority i think women should have the same rights as men. But at the end of the day i think that the people of the united states should have a right to choose who they want to serve as or president , someone who would make change and make the USA a better and safer place for everyone. Someone whois very well educated and have a outlook or reach of things.

Evidence

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It shouldnt be based off the electoral colleges because america might disagree with their descison and cause a whole lot of chaos

Concluding Statement

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Hello my name is Mr. Baker with NASA, and we are discussing the landform that looks like a face on mars.

Lead

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This is a landform not an alien marking.

Position

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There are known to be little life of aliens. In fact this landform looks a lot similiar to a natural landmark in Idaho. But over the last eighteen years scientists at NASA has been studying this landmark for all of this time. There is no more evidence that it was an alien. Because there is not a body for this creature unless the planet covered it up and made the body into ashes.

Evidence

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This landform is very unique. It looks like a face but over the years the picture does not look the same. Perhaps it was a alien or something extraordinary. But over the caorse of time the landmark has built up to look like a face. The pictures from 1998 look way different because of the technology of then and now.

Evidence

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If you look real closely to the pictures you can tell that over the time period that the landform turned from a bunch of scattered dust into a pile that looks like a face, but it is actually not.

Claim

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Reaserchers say this could be an alien,

Counterclaim

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but I belive not because not one person has found an alien that was alive. Aliens have been a myth for quite some time now and no one has really ever seen one.

Rebuttal

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Mars is a landform that is made up of a bunch of different materials and minerals. Over time there could have been some solar wind and some of the landform blew away and made it look like a face.

Claim

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From what the photos show people is a face that looks like a human or some kind of life form, and in 1998 the photo shows that it looks like an egyptian pharaoh. But over time the land mass has changed so if we waited even longer it will change over time. And over the coarse of another decade or so it will be changed. Or if the land mass was touched it might break up the loose materials and the landform will be different.

Evidence

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So at the NASA corperation they study the material and the evidence real close. It might be proven to be a land mass or another source of life somewhere else. But for all we know right now it is a landmark until someone has proof it is wrong information. So NASA will keep studying the information they have. Also NASA is trying to develop more information about this landmark. But until then this is known to be a landmark. So until then this meeting is pronounced over.

Concluding Statement

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I have read and heard your argument about all students taking place in community service by mandatory rule. No disrespect to you sir, but I have to firmly disagree with this idea.

Position

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If students should take place in community service, they should do it on their own terms on their own time.

Claim

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What is community service without the positive attitude to help somebody out? Instead of having this positive attitude in your students, what you'll receive is a bunch of poor attitudes and the bare minimum of effort.

Claim

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I have experienced community service before as I have fed the homeless a few times. Trust me, I'm no angel but I did enjoy what I was doing for others. My brother on the other hand, was lazy, disrespectful, and gave the absolute minimum effort needed to pass by. That does not sound like community service to me.

Evidence

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Honestly, the first thing that pops into my head when I think of community service is a bunch of people on the side on the highway with glowing yellow vests picking up trash.

Evidence

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Community service? Try a punishment. And that is exactly what these kids will feel like they're being if you demand that they take place in the community.

Claim

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A large group of students would volunteer to get involved in community service, not all, but a good 30 or 40 kids. From a teen to an adult, students never like being forced into something they do not want to do. They hate having parents or teachers breathing down their backs telling them to do things. When you ease off the reins and give us some breathing room, there will be greater participation and overall success in what you're trying to accomplish in this case.

Evidence

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The kids who have brothers and sisters to take care of at home, practice for a sport, or just want to have a good time with their friends do not have time half the days in the week to do this

Claim

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If you give them the time to make their own schedule or re arrange days to hang out with friends, you may see a better majority of kids who wish to help out in their community by giving back in the form of community service.

Evidence

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The worst thing that can go wrong for you by giving them the option is that maybe just 10 kids take place in what you want them to do

Counterclaim

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And then all you have to do from there is just sit down and talk with them during an assembly or whatever just to get them motivated.

Rebuttal

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If for some reason you do decide to pass this rule that all kids MUST participate, I guarantee you that it will make for a less happy, functional school in the long run

Concluding Statement

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What is the Electoral College? Well the Electoral College is a founding fathers established by the Constition as a compromise between election of the President by the vote of Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens

Lead

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The Electoral College was created for Big States, Avoid Run Of Elections and Centainy Of Outcome.

Position

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The Electoral College will restore some of the weight in a political balabce that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution.

Claim

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For example a large state get more attention from presidential candidates in a champaign then a small state would. The reason big states well get more attiontion than small states is because the biger the state is the more pepole there well be and thats like hitting a glod mine for the presidentil candidates.

Evidence

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The dispute over the outcome is possible. As it happened in 2000

Counterclaim

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But it's less likly then a dispute over the popular vote

Rebuttal

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For example in the 2012's election with Obama and Romney' Obama received a 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Even A very slight plurality in the state creates a landslide electoral vote victory in that sate. Even a tie in a nationwide electral vote can happen because the total number of votes is 538 and 538 is an even number, but it is very unlikely.

Evidence

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To Avoid Run-Off Elections The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in witch no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast

Claim

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There is pressure for the run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the elections of the cast and that pressure, witch would greatly complicate the presidentail election proess and is reduced by the Electoral College witch invariably produces a clen winner.

Evidence

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I argue in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states

Position

Adequate

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The electon could have a bias opinion and go against what the people want

Claim

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"It's offical: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Also, in 1976 if a mere 5,559 voter in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii would have voted differently it would have been a tie. That would have been a catastrophe. In 960 segregationist almost succeded in replacing the democratic electors with electors who would haved picked John F. Kennedy's opponent. Also, during the 1960's in Hawaii Vice President Richard Nixon had been presiding over the senate, validating only his opponent's electors. Although, he had done so without creating a precedent. The Electoral College is a non-democratic method of selecting a President. The five reasons we have retained the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree. All are practical reasons not conservative and non-liberal reasons. With other things being equal other things are not. Also, larger states will get more political attention from presidental candidates in a campaign verse a smaller state.

Evidence

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i think that this is a good thing and a bad thing mostly good

Position

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The good things are that it mite get some kids grades up and push them to do it to play sports

Claim

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then the kids that get bad grades now will see u have to be a good student in the school to be a good player on the field, it will push them to see that if u spend all your time on sports your grades will drop and u don't have to worry about sports any more if this rule passes.

Evidence

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The bad thing in this is that some parents mite think it is a bad thing because they know there kid is doing there best but is not making a B so they cant play sports, so you mite have issues with that.

Counterclaim

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I also think if u do that some kids will not try and u would not have as many players so u will have a smaller team for every thing

Counterclaim

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Over all i think it a good thing. They learn how to do good in school and sports and to be responsible.

Concluding Statement

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There is a presidential campaign being held. There are two candidates running. the decision depends on the electoral votes. The Electoral College are the votes that elect the President depending on the majority votes.

Lead

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The Electoral College should be kept

Position

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because it induces the candidates

Claim

Ineffective

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it restores some of the weight that large states loses

Claim

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avoids the problem in which the candidate recieves the majority of the votes.

Claim

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or example, to many of candidates are running for President. People don't know on who to vote on. The Electoral College eliminates most of those candidates.

Evidence

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Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing candidates." (Source 3) People want to know what these candidates offer to them. They want to vote for the best candidate. When they vote, the Electoral College decides on the majority vote of the state.

Evidence

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Furthermore, the Electoral College should be kept since it restores some of the weight that large states lose.

Claim

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For example, since there are big states, there is political problems in what the people want. Large states have a lot of voters.

Evidence

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Finally, the Electoral College should be kept since it avoids the problem in which the candidate recieves the majority of the votes

Claim

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For example, presidents may have the popular vote but not the electoral votes. The Electoral College avoids run-off elections.

Evidence

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In conclusion, the Electoral College should be kept. It induces the candidates. It restores some of the weight that the large states loses. It avoids the problem in which the candidate recieves the majority of the votes.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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I am writing to you on the concern of requiring all students to perform community service.

Lead

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I think that community service should be required from all students because, without help from the people of the community it will not be nice enough to enjoy.

Position

Adequate

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Think about it, without the work of many who already participate in community service activities around the area we would not have the nice parks and clean streets to walk and drive on , etc.

Evidence

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Community service is a good way for the people to get involved in the world around them

Claim

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sometimes the work is not always enjoyable

Counterclaim

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but its worth it in the long run.

Rebuttal

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Some examples of community service activities that i would encourage you to suggest to the students are, cleaning trash around the school, planting new trees and plants in the park to help the environment, helping at many school sponsored events, and helping in the local soup kitchens around the community. These are some of the easier things that i recommend that you suggest the students to attend.

Evidence

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Of coarse not all students will want to participate in these activities but

Counterclaim

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there may be some that are and it would be a good thing to have these opportunities available for them to take in consideration of participating in

Rebuttal

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Extra credit and rewards would be a nice way to encourage more students to participate in the activities.

Evidence

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Personally i think that community service is a very good idea for this school and community to take part in. It will help our cities be more enjoyable for the people living there now and for many others in the time to come.

Concluding Statement

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I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THE ELECTORAL VOTE

Position

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T HELPS THE PEOPLE VOTING

Claim

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HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VOTE

Claim

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THE ELECTORS STILL SHOULD BEABLE TO VOTE

Claim

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THE CANIDATES ARE ALL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND ONE PERSON HAS TO CHOOSE FROM THE CANIDATES HOW IT WILL WORK AND THAT THEY WILL PICK THE ELECTORAL VOTERS TO VOTE AND THATS HOW THEY WOULD VOTE THEY SELECT A PERSON EVERY FOUR YEARS AND THEY ASSIGN THEM FOR THE ELECTORS THEY ARE OFTEN CHOSE BY CANIDETS YOU WILL ALSO HELP THEM VOTE BECAUSE THEY VOTE AFTER EVERYONE ELSE AFTER THE PRESIDENT ELECTION THE GOVENER PREPARES THEY WILL ALSO DETERMINE THE ELECTORS THE PRESIDENTS COULD ALSO PICK THEM THEY HOLD OFFICAL RECORDS AS TO WHAT IS BEING VOTED THEY COULD ALSO ARGUE ABOUT IT AND THATS HOW THEY COULD ARGUE ABOUT IT IT WILL ALSO LET THEM SUCCSED IN WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO THE ELECTORS WOULD ALSO BACK UP THE OTHER PEOPLE. SO EACH EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY VOTE AND THEN THEY GET TO SEE WHO WINS. THEY CAN GET 500,000 VOTERS AND THAT GIVES A CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENTS TO THEY WOULD HAVE 55 REPERSENITIVES TO BACK THEM UP AND GIVE THEM MORE ELECTORAL VOTORS SO THE ELECTORAL VOTERS WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE AND THAT THE ELECTORAL VOTERS ARE THE VOTERS THAT VOTE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THAT THEY BACK THE PRESIDENT UP AND GIVE HIM MORE VOTES THAN THE NORMAL VOTER.

Evidence

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YES THEY SHOULD KEEP THE VOTERS AND THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THE VOTERS JUST INCASE THE VOTERS DONT NEED TO COMPARE THE ELECTIONS AND THATS HOW THEY WOULD MAKE THERE FINAL DECISION AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE THE FINAL DECISION WHO TO VOTE FOR AND IT COMES UP BETWEEN THE STATES.YES THEY SHOULD DO A FINAL VOTE DECISION AT THE END OF IT.

Concluding Statement

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Attend classes from home by way of online can be a good idea but , in my position is not a good way for the student and can be innecesary or bad idea in many reasons.

Position

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When the student is in home he going to do what he want

Claim

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he don't care the class he going to feel like if he don't have to do have to work in that class and he don't thing if he going to lost the class, one example is one of my friends he have a oline class but when he is in home he dont work because he dont care because no have one teacher who says "Work or you no going to pass the class" and thats one reason.

Evidence

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My second reason is when the student is taken online classes he just going to finish, he no going to learn

Claim

Ineffective

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because he dont care learn he just going to complete the leasons but just that, why? because he dont have the teacher who explaing when he have questions or when he is interesting in something of the class he no have the teacher who know more abaut that.

Evidence

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Some people says when the student take the online class from home he are more concentrade

Counterclaim

Adequate

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however whent the student take this classes from home he are more distractic because he have the cellphone in his hand or he have the TV in the room, the dog, the play station and he going to prefer play or see movies than work on the classes.

Rebuttal

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In conclusion thye student can no work , no have the teacher for question or warn he can lostr the class or are more distractict or prefer play than work on the class are my reasons for no take online classes but with the good students can be a good idea.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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i think that you should not make students do community service to students that don't like doing it.

Position

Adequate

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First i want you to know that is a good thing that you thing of that but if students don't want to help and you sent them do something i think they are going to make it worst.

Claim

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EX: you sent them to go pick up trash and they go and they are just playing around they are going to be fighting with the trash throwing it where it was clean then later when they finish playing they are going to see a mess that they are going to get lazy and just walk away and go to another place where its cleaner and if they are trouble makers they are going to do that over and over again.

Evidence

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