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6b79a149d1ac	2B8374B25171	Another thing that i do not get about the Electoral Collage is why are we voting for the elector instead of just towards the president.	Claim	Adequate
c76cadee135b	2B8374B25171	I get that they have to monitor the votes but arnt we already using electronic computers to vote... I think voting would go alot smoother if the votes went strait to the presidents through computers instead of having an elector who has a strong personal opinion against one political party who has a chance of twisting the votes around to strongly support the political party that he/she is opinionized towards. This why the Electoral Collage is dangerous. There have been cases of law breaking electors twisting the votes around. It is alot more safe to just let the citizens to just strait up vote.	Evidence	Effective
c6f9e07ae01a	2B8374B25171	In source 3, It tries to tell you all the possitive things about the Electoral Collage.	Counterclaim	Ineffective
437a8d4500a9	2B8374B25171	The possitive things they mention about the Electoral Collage are small compared to the issues with it.	Rebuttal	Ineffective
e5f078fe325d	2B8374B25171	The Electoral Collage is outdated and needs to be taken off. It is just unfair now.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
bcf575c8a985	2BB1B9853257	Community service is very important.	Position	Adequate
21500f52bde6	2BB1B9853257	I however, believe every student should give some effort to help out.	Claim	Adequate
ef22be381bea	2BB1B9853257	Such as, cleaning up trash and litter around the playground or parking lot. Also even around non school-related places such as local parks or even your own neighborhood. They could start their own way to help-out with their friends by making a internet site or group. You can send out letters to their parents to help get them involved too and make it family related. Also placing more recycling bens rather than trash cans around the school would be great too. A few posters and handouts might also get the idea into their young minds. Emails, billboards, or signs on trucks would also help.	Evidence	Adequate
c93e28de88be	2BB1B9853257	Making it a requirement would be best so that the ones who wouldn't do it if it was optional had to.	Claim	Adequate
96c0b76d5575	2BB1B9853257	If everyone did community service whether it is cleaning up litter, recycling, or even starting a club to help out, then the world would be better and so would the school.	Evidence	Adequate
b9e052966790	2BB1B9853257	Grades should even go up too.	Claim	Ineffective
5d7884304a20	2BB1B9853257	If every student was helping out it could change attitudes which would help their level of effort to raise their grade point averages. If it would also make them closer to their families with their parents and other siblings that also go to that school then they would all be closer and happier.	Evidence	Adequate
045afb086019	2BB1B9853257	The idea to make community service a requirement might inspire other schools and they might to the same. Soon after that nation wide students would be less lazy, higher grade point averages, and family communication would go up all from your school choosing to do this.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
cc37531ed0fa	2BB4BFD96ABE	I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.	Position	Ineffective
c96bbbb455ab	2BB4BFD96ABE	The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. It is very rare that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote.	Evidence	Ineffective
06eea03d9dc5	2BB4BFD96ABE	The U.S Chamber of Commerce and some others agreed to abolishing the electoral college. Because of the quirks of the electoral college, won the popular vote but the electoral college still has its defenders. The electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in return elect the president. Although the electoral vote may be unfair to voters it gives the president a better chance of winning the election. There is a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral Colege vote but not likely for the popular vote. For this is because the winning candidates share of the Electoral vote exceeds it's share of the popular vote. For exemple, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to 51.3 percent of popular votes for him and Romney, in the 2012's election.	Evidence	Ineffective
3608ba6d9a26	2BB4BFD96ABE	The Electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. If you are a regional favorite, as Romney was in the South, there is no need to campaign big in those states becuase no region has enough electoral votes to elect president. Therefore, Romney gains no electoral votes by increasing his popularity in states he knows he will win. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state but, have a less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a polital preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.	Evidence	Ineffective
6d4cc497408d	2BB9A0AD9F82	The Electoral College is something that should be kept for our government voting system.	Position	Adequate
7d225f9e344f	2BB9A0AD9F82	When people vote for the president and are not really voting for their president they want, they should be able to directly vote for the person they want to win. With the Electoral College in place, you are not able to do so. Their should be two forms of voting.	Evidence	Adequate
fc445ab60aa4	2BB9A0AD9F82	When the poll is taking place, people should place their votes and have those be shipped off to the Electoral College and have the votes be taken there.	Claim	Ineffective
4942ddc3358c	2BB9A0AD9F82	But, their should be another copy for the votes to be casted directly to the election. This will help when someone wins electoral vote and loses national popular vote and the other way around. It can still happen to where someone wins elecotoral votes and wins national popular vote. With this method, their will be fewer debate over who should truly be the president they choose.	Evidence	Adequate
689a72142f7c	2BB9A0AD9F82	If any of these options are off of the table, then their should be a law that their should be no winner-takes-all majority voting.	Claim	Adequate
f9a8a61c7a72	2BB9A0AD9F82	When 49% of the state want one president to win and 51% want the other, that should be equally distributed across the presidential election. When there is that little of a gap in between votes, that is the reason why people win national popular vote over electoral votes right there. People should obviously get the president that they want their country to be watched over by, but there should be a little change in how that president comes to be.	Evidence	Adequate
454aaef3814e	2BB9A0AD9F82	To be president, you need to catch the peoples eye and try to do great things for your country. People who vote for you, obviously want you to be there president and have you take care of them. When you win the electoral college votes, but lose the national popular votes, that means you have lost the election. This is another reason why the winner-takes-all majority vote for the electoral college should be taken off of the table.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
9c25e785f61e	2C0023E82D72	For years, students have gone to school in a typical classroom setting; however, an increase in technology has led to a rise in the amount of students opting to take online classes. The argument is whether these online classes are as beneficial to a student as a traditional classroom setting would be.	Lead	Adequate
220f517f1477	2C0023E82D72	I argue that online school is not as benefical to a student; instead, online classes can wind up being detramental to a students development and education.	Position	Adequate
e57136b0f339	2C0023E82D72	Online school is less beneficial to students education because there are more distractions at home than in a controlled classroom setting,	Claim	Effective
533d513a0073	2C0023E82D72	students do not have as much human interaction, hindering character development,	Claim	Effective
1f019b8f6051	2C0023E82D72	and students have limited resources which limits students knowledge and understanding of particualar topics.	Claim	Effective
3eb715192d48	2C0023E82D72	Although some may argue that traditional classrooms are filled with distractions, home settings have even more distractions.	Claim	Effective
386b8b2db99f	2C0023E82D72	Classrooms are controlled settings where students are assigned specific tasks for a particular amount of time. Teachers and administrators also try to limit distractions for students by placing strict learning policies, such as, no phones during instruction. In my IB Business Management class, my teacher, Generic_Name, disgussed the advantages and the disadvantages of working from home. One major disadvantage of working from home was the increased level of distrations, which led to an ultimate decrease in productivity amongst workers. If adults are not able to implement online working from home efficiently and effectively, how can students? Students need the rigid structure that a classroom provides. The classroom setting helps aid in developing proper work ethics that students can use in their future careers. In sum, online school could lead to a decrease in student productivity rates, which further emphasizes why online education is not beneficial to students.	Evidence	Effective
25572cd444f9	2C0023E82D72	Human interation is vital to student character development. Although some may argue that students could increase their level of human interaction through increasing their extra ciricular activities, collaborating with other students on an acidemic level is far more beneficial to students.	Claim	Effective
8ec66636d9ec	2C0023E82D72	Online schooling does not allow for students to think critically with one another. Instead, online schooling focuses on the thoughts of the student that is taking the class. This type of schooling could be detrimental to young students who grow up with this form of education. Online schooling does not allow for students to see other peoples viewpoints, it instead, teaches students that only their opinion matters; a mindset that is difficult to revert. Being singleminded in a workplace could make a person difficult to work with. Thus, decreasing the chances of maintaining a healthy job environment and relationship with co-workers. Furthermore, in a classroom setting, students interact with one another daily, teaching students the importance of communication while also building character.	Evidence	Effective
97c47906c269	2C0023E82D72	Some like to argue that online school gives students more freedom to explore new topics,	Counterclaim	Adequate
7ad58032029f	2C0023E82D72	however, online school does not give students the same hands-on-experience that the students in the classroom may recieve.	Rebuttal	Effective
69941c3c98e4	2C0023E82D72	For example, if a student were to be taking an IB Chemistry course online, the student might only do simulation labs online instead of physically munipulating the chemicals in lab. Although simulations are a sufficient way to gain knowledge on a particular topic, hands-on training and experimentation, in the classroom, are far more effective ways for students to gain knowlegde and understanding of how different elements function	Evidence	Effective
baf98ce7aab8	2C0023E82D72	With online students not having the same resources that students in the classroom have access to, this puts the online learners at a disadvantage, which only furthers my argument that online school is less beneficial to students.	Claim	Effective
2850d2b828e1	2C0023E82D72	Eventhough online school has a few advantages, ultimatelty the disadvantages including: increased distractions, little character development, and limited growth in knowledge becasue of lack of resources, out weighs the positives. Traditional classroom style teaching allows students to learn and grow both acidemically and also in their character development, whereas online school hinders acidemic and character growth within students. These traits are part of the foundation that makes a person, so with online schoool limiting those traits, it cannot be as beneficial as traditional classroom teaching is.	Concluding Statement	Effective
c44543285a45	2C021FD670EB	I think students should be tasked for community service rather at a high school than rather a middle school	Position	Adequate
0fd15710fa55	2C021FD670EB	One of my reasons is that students would get better advantages of getting community service at a high school rather than getting more disadvantages at a middle school.	Claim	Ineffective
bd7766087463	2C021FD670EB	reason is that students that are going to volunteer for community service is that they get more opportunities at doing community service at lets say for example a swimming pool and you could volunteer as a life guard and you can help clean the high ways for litter than just doing community service at your own school rather like middle school you can only do community service only on the school campus rather than doing it someplace else.	Evidence	Adequate
8df84a78b794	2C021FD670EB	Another reason is that lets say for example you have to earn 20 hours of community service to pass a high school class and you can do those hours on the school days or the weekend unlike middle school you receive 15 hours of community service and you do it possibly every day but	Evidence	Adequate
02c071d817b0	2C021FD670EB	it can mess up study time.	Claim	Ineffective
d0c7e6867c6c	2C021FD670EB	the reason that you should have students do community service at a high school is because you can socialize, work, and you can meet different people in the process and make them as friends rather than helping the same person that you already know.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
4a6dc530f793	2C0A4D88629E	I believe policy 2 is a good choice for a cell phone policy	Position	Adequate
ea6a0bd4be52	2C0A4D88629E	we didn't come to school to talk and gossip with our friends we came to learn.	Claim	Adequate
e175198b83ab	2C0A4D88629E	When most people use there phones, or text there usually talking bad about other people, and hurting there feelings behind there back and not telling them. That's were most people get hurt and verbally abused by who they thought were there close friends, but found out that there not and I think that school is the one place that cell phones should not be aloud to be used.	Evidence	Adequate
e8ec38e723d2	2C0A4D88629E	All these fancy electronic devices like i pods cell phones and i phones are just distractions	Claim	Adequate
412c892010b8	2C0A4D88629E	and ways to talk to people without actually talking but you will get in trouble if you get caught texting someone during class.	Evidence	Ineffective
14cae3eb23ce	2C0A4D88629E	So i believe that schools should keep people from having phones at school because some people came to learn and get smart and don't want the distraction of a phone keeping them from learning or doing a good job on tests, quizzes, and home work	Evidence	Adequate
b784c6d11ea1	2C0A4D88629E	That is what I believe should be the schools cell phone policy because phones are unneeded in a place you are learning at.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
1a2f6bf375b4	2C1337136521	In our society, technology is advancing significantly by the day. What was once a letter that took 10-day trip overseas to its appropriate destination is now just a simple text message that reaches a person within seconds. The automobile is an innovation that has also advanced dramatically, enough to the point where almost every person who can afford to have one does because of its necessity when transportation becomes a factor. The idea of a car becoming "driverless" is simply another boost in the technology available to cars today, as discussed in "Driverless Cars are Coming."	Lead	Effective
279666bc932b	2C1337136521	Due to its many benefits, driverless cars are a positive additon to our society.	Position	Effective
c491bf4c78df	2C1337136521	Driverless cars offer a multitude of benefits for any passengers that might use them for transportation.	Claim	Effective
308962d7dc39	2C1337136521	For one, the necessity to have to buy or pay off a car would essentially cease to exist. If computer-operated vehicles were capable of driving in all areas, then what would the need for having your own car be? Even if the car wasn't "fully automated" and the driver would have to take over at some point, the less work you have to do, the more time you have to work on something else. The article addresses this topic "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays." The biggest asset that the consumer gains from a driverless car is time, while still being transported in a safe and reliable vehicle. This reinforces the advantages available to consumers who use a driverless car.	Evidence	Effective
832e66bf69de	2C1337136521	Speaking of safety, there is not a vehicle more safe than one that is more or less "automatic.	Claim	Effective
0d87c13e658d	2C1337136521	With autmoated cars, drivers will be able to transport themselves without having to add the extra element of driving into a day that might be stressful. However, not all cars are fully capable to driving themselves yet without driver assistance. The good news? This innovation still grants a tremendous amount of safety to the driver in charge. The features previously cited as being used as tiem fillers can also be quickly changed to inform the driver that they need to take over: "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over." An advantage to this approach is that if all communication and distractions from within the car is shut down, then the driver has no choice but to focus on the road, another argument for the push of driverless cars.	Evidence	Effective
f7902cea80f2	2C1337136521	The last topic at hand with these types of vehicles skims along the lines of controversial. Liability is a very integral part of the car industry, accidents will always be an issue, as cited by the article: "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" Would smarter cars help this problem	Claim	Effective
73339bbfdbc1	2C1337136521	First off, it's important to acknowledge that accidents happen on the open road every day, with the primary cause being mistakes that drivers make. Therefore, manual vechicles are not necessairily dangerous, but are not as reliable as an automatic vehicle. Think about other practical additions that help consumers, such as a lifeguard on a beach. If they weren't there, would we be as safe? Probably not. Therefore, if the addition of driverless cars ensures that a safer option is available, then it only makes sense that the advantage should be taken.	Evidence	Adequate
7905eb20d704	2C1337136521	In conclusion, driverless cars have brought about many new benefits in our society. From their ease of access to consumers to the top level of safety features that are sure to be made available in them, they will clearly become the top option of vehicle to use in our society once enough of them are made. This technological innovation is capable of doing many wonders in the automotive industry.	Concluding Statement	Effective
f7b8b5b2cbf9	2C20FC3AC128	Many people arent sure what to do when it comes to election. Electoral College is the process that consist of the election.	Lead	Ineffective
c4404f3113ca	2C20FC3AC128	I believe that Electoral College is the easist way to handle the way of voting. Any ways whats wrong with Electoral College almost half the people agree to it.	Position	Adequate
bfd092f04602	2C20FC3AC128	The founding father that discovered Electoral College made it easy for anybody to be president.	Claim	Ineffective
68d9ff089d4a	2C20FC3AC128	Many people also agree with me because according to source 2 it says that in case of the election it will be thrown to the House of Representatives where the delegations vote on the president. This way the delegation people can pick who's good for president.	Evidence	Ineffective
c67d93172934	2C20FC3AC128	On the other hand many people belive that Electoral College is unfair to some people. Many people want to abolish Electoral College.	Counterclaim	Adequate
1f4662738aec	2C20FC3AC128	Secondly, the Electoral college is widely regared as an anachronism a non- democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be declared the candidate who recives the most popular votes	Claim	Ineffective
766f80010f5a	2C20FC3AC128	The electoral restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states by the population lose by virtue of the mal- apportionment of the senate. The Electoral college avoids the problem of the elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.	Evidence	Ineffective
bc65874a6691	2C20FC3AC128	In conclusion I think that Electoral College should stay and it will make things easier for all these reasons I listed from the sources. Also all the presidents will have a chance to become what they want to be.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
1c5c64d9ef89	2C2CF03355C9	Imagine, the streets of Sparta,New Jersey clean as a whistle. well Lately some of my friends have been performing community service. They have been saying how important this was to our community. While my other friends said this was a huge waste of time and takes away from things they want to do	Lead	Effective
513a11fd99d0	2C2CF03355C9	I believe that community service is the right thing to do	Position	Effective
0f13337dbb77	2C2CF03355C9	For one it will look good on the students diplomas for college	Claim	Adequate
569189470c79	2C2CF03355C9	It will also make students more looked upon by kids and adults.	Claim	Adequate
703b0c48337a	2C2CF03355C9	Lastly it will make the streets of Sparta clean as a whistle.	Claim	Adequate
7f0ca47f711c	2C2CF03355C9	When a college goes to accept a child they don't just look at grades. They look at what extra curricular activities they do. Community service shows the colleges that the kids will help out society if they want. This is also an EXTRA curricular activity so they weren't forced to do this. They did it because they wanted to and that is a great way to look at a student. The kids will also be more likely to be accepted by higher ranked college.	Evidence	Effective
fb3ef73c303a	2C2CF03355C9	The adults always get mad when the kids are skateboarding through the mall and are almost hitting people. If they do the community service the adults will like the kids more because they are helping out the community. The kids also look up to older kids. For example, if they see an older kid picking up garbage of the road or even just a brother they will want to be big like them and do the same thing as them.	Evidence	Effective
d3b1b3a71e37	2C2CF03355C9	The streets of some towns not just Sparta are not always clean. If the kids start to pick up the trash on the side of the road the streets will get cleaner. It could also effect those who through their trash out their car window. For example, they might say wow look what I'm making these kids do. I'm making them cleanup after me. This could get someone like that to stop throwing their trash out a window and start putting it in a trash can. It could also inspire them to help out or support the cleanup.	Evidence	Effective
a27b8c358e68	2C2CF03355C9	In conclusion, community cleanup is a good idea. For one it will look good on kids diploma for college. It will also make more respected by adults and children. Lastly it will help make roads and sidewalks clean to walk on and no flying debris.	Concluding Statement	Effective
c830ead77858	2C469434A463	I think that letting students bring cell phones to school is a good idea. We should be able to let the students use them at lunch time and any other free time we have.	Position	Adequate
e0cdf11266ed	2C469434A463	Cell phones are a privilege and if the students over use this privilege I think it should be tooken away.	Claim	Adequate
a4365e9a759b	2C469434A463	This policy is better because students will feel like this school is giving them a opportunity to be free and that the school trusts their them.	Claim	Adequate
dbd2d4686b18	2C469434A463	There are some down sides to this also there might me more drama because students can tell more stuff to their friends, but there's goods that follow with it.	Evidence	Adequate
fb4b5d27ef57	2C469434A463	Students may pay more attention in class and wont have the need to text in class and, pay more attention and getting better grades.	Claim	Adequate
95fdb6708246	2C469434A463	Students will also feel less concerned about teachers taking away there phones and will feel happy that the school has opened up to most of the students needs and will give the school a good rep. .	Evidence	Adequate
7d682960f4fe	2C469434A463	So this is the best choice of what to do and thanks for reading.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
116865c07b46	2C7750B811F3	I think you should make the community service an elective for the 8 grade students	Position	Effective
d4b10c1d8962	2C7750B811F3	you can give them a high school credit and for the 7th grade you can just give them a good grade.	Claim	Adequate
7145f28b82b9	2C7750B811F3	Other thing that you can do is to tell the people that want to help to came in the afternoon then tell them to tell their friends to came that you will give them an extra grade.	Evidence	Adequate
690ad38815c0	2C7750B811F3	You can make an enouncement with their parents telling the parents about the community service	Claim	Ineffective
25bb2b12110c	2C7750B811F3	I know that the parents will tell them to do it because hey can make every thing they want in the week end. You can send a letter but not giving it to the students send an email or something like that but never give ti to the student because they will trough it in the trash.	Evidence	Adequate
bf68c68a8f0e	2C7750B811F3	You can make a field trip to an elementary school or to a hospital and you can help the people first then tell them too. For the students that wants to be a teacher they will be happy if you take them to an elementary school and for the students that want to be a doctor they will be happy helping in the hospital.	Evidence	Adequate
a0e95c4ad8f8	2C7750B811F3	There are too much different way to tell the to help the community.	Claim	Adequate
8e00b7d04dfc	2C78AF6ADD75	I feel like we should keep the Electoral College	Position	Effective
0f66f5b183de	2C78AF6ADD75	"A disput over the outcome of a electoral college vote is possible but, it is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote"	Claim	Adequate
83fce4eb777a	2C78AF6ADD75	This means that that people would argue over the electoral college vote and who they voted for but but people most likely would not argue over the popular vote. They have done this before in 2012's election prosses with Obama and Romney.	Evidence	Adequate
5522c0f43072	2C78AF6ADD75	everyone will have to put ads up because not just one region of votes will make them president they are going to need to advertise everywhere.	Claim	Effective
a8973b5b6c5e	2C78AF6ADD75	The third reason is that "the winner-take-all method of awarding Electoral votes induces the canidates"	Claim	Ineffective
78109c4a734a	2C78AF6ADD75	This means to me that the method helps the canidates so they can win easily.	Evidence	Ineffective
81cadfa8bdcd	2C78AF6ADD75	The fourth and final reason is that the big staes get more votes because they have more people in there country so the automatically get more attention from the president.	Claim	Adequate
b3c06b4e853f	2C78AF6ADD75	It is also easier for them to get what they want meaning they can reallly like choose any president they want and its a high percenatge that they will get that president.	Evidence	Ineffective
1dd4ebc65c67	2C78AF6ADD75	Those are only some of the reasons that i think we should keep the Electoral College. To me I feel it would be easier to just do this other than count all the votes frome every single voter.	Concluding Statement	Adequate

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Another thing that i do not get about the Electoral Collage is why are we voting for the elector instead of just towards the president.

Claim

Adequate

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I get that they have to monitor the votes but arnt we already using electronic computers to vote... I think voting would go alot smoother if the votes went strait to the presidents through computers instead of having an elector who has a strong personal opinion against one political party who has a chance of twisting the votes around to strongly support the political party that he/she is opinionized towards. This why the Electoral Collage is dangerous. There have been cases of law breaking electors twisting the votes around. It is alot more safe to just let the citizens to just strait up vote.

Evidence

Effective

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In source 3, It tries to tell you all the possitive things about the Electoral Collage.

Counterclaim

Ineffective

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The possitive things they mention about the Electoral Collage are small compared to the issues with it.

Rebuttal

Ineffective

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The Electoral Collage is outdated and needs to be taken off. It is just unfair now.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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Community service is very important.

Position

Adequate

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I however, believe every student should give some effort to help out.

Claim

Adequate

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Such as, cleaning up trash and litter around the playground or parking lot. Also even around non school-related places such as local parks or even your own neighborhood. They could start their own way to help-out with their friends by making a internet site or group. You can send out letters to their parents to help get them involved too and make it family related. Also placing more recycling bens rather than trash cans around the school would be great too. A few posters and handouts might also get the idea into their young minds. Emails, billboards, or signs on trucks would also help.

Evidence

Adequate

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Making it a requirement would be best so that the ones who wouldn't do it if it was optional had to.

Claim

Adequate

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If everyone did community service whether it is cleaning up litter, recycling, or even starting a club to help out, then the world would be better and so would the school.

Evidence

Adequate

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Grades should even go up too.

Claim

Ineffective

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If every student was helping out it could change attitudes which would help their level of effort to raise their grade point averages. If it would also make them closer to their families with their parents and other siblings that also go to that school then they would all be closer and happier.

Evidence

Adequate

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The idea to make community service a requirement might inspire other schools and they might to the same. Soon after that nation wide students would be less lazy, higher grade point averages, and family communication would go up all from your school choosing to do this.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.

Position

Ineffective

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The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. It is very rare that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote.

Evidence

Ineffective

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The U.S Chamber of Commerce and some others agreed to abolishing the electoral college. Because of the quirks of the electoral college, won the popular vote but the electoral college still has its defenders. The electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in return elect the president. Although the electoral vote may be unfair to voters it gives the president a better chance of winning the election. There is a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral Colege vote but not likely for the popular vote. For this is because the winning candidates share of the Electoral vote exceeds it's share of the popular vote. For exemple, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to 51.3 percent of popular votes for him and Romney, in the 2012's election.

Evidence

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The Electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. If you are a regional favorite, as Romney was in the South, there is no need to campaign big in those states becuase no region has enough electoral votes to elect president. Therefore, Romney gains no electoral votes by increasing his popularity in states he knows he will win. It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state but, have a less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a polital preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.

Evidence

Ineffective

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The Electoral College is something that should be kept for our government voting system.

Position

Adequate

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When people vote for the president and are not really voting for their president they want, they should be able to directly vote for the person they want to win. With the Electoral College in place, you are not able to do so. Their should be two forms of voting.

Evidence

Adequate

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When the poll is taking place, people should place their votes and have those be shipped off to the Electoral College and have the votes be taken there.

Claim

Ineffective

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But, their should be another copy for the votes to be casted directly to the election. This will help when someone wins electoral vote and loses national popular vote and the other way around. It can still happen to where someone wins elecotoral votes and wins national popular vote. With this method, their will be fewer debate over who should truly be the president they choose.

Evidence

Adequate

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If any of these options are off of the table, then their should be a law that their should be no winner-takes-all majority voting.

Claim

Adequate

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When 49% of the state want one president to win and 51% want the other, that should be equally distributed across the presidential election. When there is that little of a gap in between votes, that is the reason why people win national popular vote over electoral votes right there. People should obviously get the president that they want their country to be watched over by, but there should be a little change in how that president comes to be.

Evidence

Adequate

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To be president, you need to catch the peoples eye and try to do great things for your country. People who vote for you, obviously want you to be there president and have you take care of them. When you win the electoral college votes, but lose the national popular votes, that means you have lost the election. This is another reason why the winner-takes-all majority vote for the electoral college should be taken off of the table.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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For years, students have gone to school in a typical classroom setting; however, an increase in technology has led to a rise in the amount of students opting to take online classes. The argument is whether these online classes are as beneficial to a student as a traditional classroom setting would be.

Lead

Adequate

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I argue that online school is not as benefical to a student; instead, online classes can wind up being detramental to a students development and education.

Position

Adequate

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Online school is less beneficial to students education because there are more distractions at home than in a controlled classroom setting,

Claim

Effective

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students do not have as much human interaction, hindering character development,

Claim

Effective

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and students have limited resources which limits students knowledge and understanding of particualar topics.

Claim

Effective

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Although some may argue that traditional classrooms are filled with distractions, home settings have even more distractions.

Claim

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Classrooms are controlled settings where students are assigned specific tasks for a particular amount of time. Teachers and administrators also try to limit distractions for students by placing strict learning policies, such as, no phones during instruction. In my IB Business Management class, my teacher, Generic_Name, disgussed the advantages and the disadvantages of working from home. One major disadvantage of working from home was the increased level of distrations, which led to an ultimate decrease in productivity amongst workers. If adults are not able to implement online working from home efficiently and effectively, how can students? Students need the rigid structure that a classroom provides. The classroom setting helps aid in developing proper work ethics that students can use in their future careers. In sum, online school could lead to a decrease in student productivity rates, which further emphasizes why online education is not beneficial to students.

Evidence

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Human interation is vital to student character development. Although some may argue that students could increase their level of human interaction through increasing their extra ciricular activities, collaborating with other students on an acidemic level is far more beneficial to students.

Claim

Effective

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Online schooling does not allow for students to think critically with one another. Instead, online schooling focuses on the thoughts of the student that is taking the class. This type of schooling could be detrimental to young students who grow up with this form of education. Online schooling does not allow for students to see other peoples viewpoints, it instead, teaches students that only their opinion matters; a mindset that is difficult to revert. Being singleminded in a workplace could make a person difficult to work with. Thus, decreasing the chances of maintaining a healthy job environment and relationship with co-workers. Furthermore, in a classroom setting, students interact with one another daily, teaching students the importance of communication while also building character.

Evidence

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Some like to argue that online school gives students more freedom to explore new topics,

Counterclaim

Adequate

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however, online school does not give students the same hands-on-experience that the students in the classroom may recieve.

Rebuttal

Effective

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For example, if a student were to be taking an IB Chemistry course online, the student might only do simulation labs online instead of physically munipulating the chemicals in lab. Although simulations are a sufficient way to gain knowledge on a particular topic, hands-on training and experimentation, in the classroom, are far more effective ways for students to gain knowlegde and understanding of how different elements function

Evidence

Effective

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With online students not having the same resources that students in the classroom have access to, this puts the online learners at a disadvantage, which only furthers my argument that online school is less beneficial to students.

Claim

Effective

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Eventhough online school has a few advantages, ultimatelty the disadvantages including: increased distractions, little character development, and limited growth in knowledge becasue of lack of resources, out weighs the positives. Traditional classroom style teaching allows students to learn and grow both acidemically and also in their character development, whereas online school hinders acidemic and character growth within students. These traits are part of the foundation that makes a person, so with online schoool limiting those traits, it cannot be as beneficial as traditional classroom teaching is.

Concluding Statement

Effective

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I think students should be tasked for community service rather at a high school than rather a middle school

Position

Adequate

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One of my reasons is that students would get better advantages of getting community service at a high school rather than getting more disadvantages at a middle school.

Claim

Ineffective

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reason is that students that are going to volunteer for community service is that they get more opportunities at doing community service at lets say for example a swimming pool and you could volunteer as a life guard and you can help clean the high ways for litter than just doing community service at your own school rather like middle school you can only do community service only on the school campus rather than doing it someplace else.

Evidence

Adequate

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Another reason is that lets say for example you have to earn 20 hours of community service to pass a high school class and you can do those hours on the school days or the weekend unlike middle school you receive 15 hours of community service and you do it possibly every day but

Evidence

Adequate

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it can mess up study time.

Claim

Ineffective

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the reason that you should have students do community service at a high school is because you can socialize, work, and you can meet different people in the process and make them as friends rather than helping the same person that you already know.

Concluding Statement

Ineffective

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I believe policy 2 is a good choice for a cell phone policy

Position

Adequate

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we didn't come to school to talk and gossip with our friends we came to learn.

Claim

Adequate

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When most people use there phones, or text there usually talking bad about other people, and hurting there feelings behind there back and not telling them. That's were most people get hurt and verbally abused by who they thought were there close friends, but found out that there not and I think that school is the one place that cell phones should not be aloud to be used.

Evidence

Adequate

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All these fancy electronic devices like i pods cell phones and i phones are just distractions

Claim

Adequate

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and ways to talk to people without actually talking but you will get in trouble if you get caught texting someone during class.

Evidence

Ineffective

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So i believe that schools should keep people from having phones at school because some people came to learn and get smart and don't want the distraction of a phone keeping them from learning or doing a good job on tests, quizzes, and home work

Evidence

Adequate

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That is what I believe should be the schools cell phone policy because phones are unneeded in a place you are learning at.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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In our society, technology is advancing significantly by the day. What was once a letter that took 10-day trip overseas to its appropriate destination is now just a simple text message that reaches a person within seconds. The automobile is an innovation that has also advanced dramatically, enough to the point where almost every person who can afford to have one does because of its necessity when transportation becomes a factor. The idea of a car becoming "driverless" is simply another boost in the technology available to cars today, as discussed in "Driverless Cars are Coming."

Lead

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Due to its many benefits, driverless cars are a positive additon to our society.

Position

Effective

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Driverless cars offer a multitude of benefits for any passengers that might use them for transportation.

Claim

Effective

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For one, the necessity to have to buy or pay off a car would essentially cease to exist. If computer-operated vehicles were capable of driving in all areas, then what would the need for having your own car be? Even if the car wasn't "fully automated" and the driver would have to take over at some point, the less work you have to do, the more time you have to work on something else. The article addresses this topic "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays." The biggest asset that the consumer gains from a driverless car is time, while still being transported in a safe and reliable vehicle. This reinforces the advantages available to consumers who use a driverless car.

Evidence

Effective

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Speaking of safety, there is not a vehicle more safe than one that is more or less "automatic.

Claim

Effective

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With autmoated cars, drivers will be able to transport themselves without having to add the extra element of driving into a day that might be stressful. However, not all cars are fully capable to driving themselves yet without driver assistance. The good news? This innovation still grants a tremendous amount of safety to the driver in charge. The features previously cited as being used as tiem fillers can also be quickly changed to inform the driver that they need to take over: "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over." An advantage to this approach is that if all communication and distractions from within the car is shut down, then the driver has no choice but to focus on the road, another argument for the push of driverless cars.

Evidence

Effective

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The last topic at hand with these types of vehicles skims along the lines of controversial. Liability is a very integral part of the car industry, accidents will always be an issue, as cited by the article: "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" Would smarter cars help this problem

Claim

Effective

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First off, it's important to acknowledge that accidents happen on the open road every day, with the primary cause being mistakes that drivers make. Therefore, manual vechicles are not necessairily dangerous, but are not as reliable as an automatic vehicle. Think about other practical additions that help consumers, such as a lifeguard on a beach. If they weren't there, would we be as safe? Probably not. Therefore, if the addition of driverless cars ensures that a safer option is available, then it only makes sense that the advantage should be taken.

Evidence

Adequate

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In conclusion, driverless cars have brought about many new benefits in our society. From their ease of access to consumers to the top level of safety features that are sure to be made available in them, they will clearly become the top option of vehicle to use in our society once enough of them are made. This technological innovation is capable of doing many wonders in the automotive industry.

Concluding Statement

Effective

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Many people arent sure what to do when it comes to election. Electoral College is the process that consist of the election.

Lead

Ineffective

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I believe that Electoral College is the easist way to handle the way of voting. Any ways whats wrong with Electoral College almost half the people agree to it.

Position

Adequate

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The founding father that discovered Electoral College made it easy for anybody to be president.

Claim

Ineffective

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Many people also agree with me because according to source 2 it says that in case of the election it will be thrown to the House of Representatives where the delegations vote on the president. This way the delegation people can pick who's good for president.

Evidence

Ineffective

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On the other hand many people belive that Electoral College is unfair to some people. Many people want to abolish Electoral College.

Counterclaim

Adequate

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Secondly, the Electoral college is widely regared as an anachronism a non- democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be declared the candidate who recives the most popular votes

Claim

Ineffective

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The electoral restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states by the population lose by virtue of the mal- apportionment of the senate. The Electoral college avoids the problem of the elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.

Evidence

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In conclusion I think that Electoral College should stay and it will make things easier for all these reasons I listed from the sources. Also all the presidents will have a chance to become what they want to be.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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Imagine, the streets of Sparta,New Jersey clean as a whistle. well Lately some of my friends have been performing community service. They have been saying how important this was to our community. While my other friends said this was a huge waste of time and takes away from things they want to do

Lead

Effective

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I believe that community service is the right thing to do

Position

Effective

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For one it will look good on the students diplomas for college

Claim

Adequate

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It will also make students more looked upon by kids and adults.

Claim

Adequate

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Lastly it will make the streets of Sparta clean as a whistle.

Claim

Adequate

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When a college goes to accept a child they don't just look at grades. They look at what extra curricular activities they do. Community service shows the colleges that the kids will help out society if they want. This is also an EXTRA curricular activity so they weren't forced to do this. They did it because they wanted to and that is a great way to look at a student. The kids will also be more likely to be accepted by higher ranked college.

Evidence

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The adults always get mad when the kids are skateboarding through the mall and are almost hitting people. If they do the community service the adults will like the kids more because they are helping out the community. The kids also look up to older kids. For example, if they see an older kid picking up garbage of the road or even just a brother they will want to be big like them and do the same thing as them.

Evidence

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The streets of some towns not just Sparta are not always clean. If the kids start to pick up the trash on the side of the road the streets will get cleaner. It could also effect those who through their trash out their car window. For example, they might say wow look what I'm making these kids do. I'm making them cleanup after me. This could get someone like that to stop throwing their trash out a window and start putting it in a trash can. It could also inspire them to help out or support the cleanup.

Evidence

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In conclusion, community cleanup is a good idea. For one it will look good on kids diploma for college. It will also make more respected by adults and children. Lastly it will help make roads and sidewalks clean to walk on and no flying debris.

Concluding Statement

Effective

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I think that letting students bring cell phones to school is a good idea. We should be able to let the students use them at lunch time and any other free time we have.

Position

Adequate

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Cell phones are a privilege and if the students over use this privilege I think it should be tooken away.

Claim

Adequate

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This policy is better because students will feel like this school is giving them a opportunity to be free and that the school trusts their them.

Claim

Adequate

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There are some down sides to this also there might me more drama because students can tell more stuff to their friends, but there's goods that follow with it.

Evidence

Adequate

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Students may pay more attention in class and wont have the need to text in class and, pay more attention and getting better grades.

Claim

Adequate

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Students will also feel less concerned about teachers taking away there phones and will feel happy that the school has opened up to most of the students needs and will give the school a good rep. .

Evidence

Adequate

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So this is the best choice of what to do and thanks for reading.

Concluding Statement

Ineffective

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I think you should make the community service an elective for the 8 grade students

Position

Effective

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you can give them a high school credit and for the 7th grade you can just give them a good grade.

Claim

Adequate

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Other thing that you can do is to tell the people that want to help to came in the afternoon then tell them to tell their friends to came that you will give them an extra grade.

Evidence

Adequate

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You can make an enouncement with their parents telling the parents about the community service

Claim

Ineffective

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I know that the parents will tell them to do it because hey can make every thing they want in the week end. You can send a letter but not giving it to the students send an email or something like that but never give ti to the student because they will trough it in the trash.

Evidence

Adequate

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You can make a field trip to an elementary school or to a hospital and you can help the people first then tell them too. For the students that wants to be a teacher they will be happy if you take them to an elementary school and for the students that want to be a doctor they will be happy helping in the hospital.

Evidence

Adequate

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There are too much different way to tell the to help the community.

Claim

Adequate

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I feel like we should keep the Electoral College

Position

Effective

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"A disput over the outcome of a electoral college vote is possible but, it is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote"

Claim

Adequate

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This means that that people would argue over the electoral college vote and who they voted for but but people most likely would not argue over the popular vote. They have done this before in 2012's election prosses with Obama and Romney.

Evidence

Adequate

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everyone will have to put ads up because not just one region of votes will make them president they are going to need to advertise everywhere.

Claim

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The third reason is that "the winner-take-all method of awarding Electoral votes induces the canidates"

Claim

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This means to me that the method helps the canidates so they can win easily.

Evidence

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The fourth and final reason is that the big staes get more votes because they have more people in there country so the automatically get more attention from the president.

Claim

Adequate

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It is also easier for them to get what they want meaning they can reallly like choose any president they want and its a high percenatge that they will get that president.

Evidence

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Those are only some of the reasons that i think we should keep the Electoral College. To me I feel it would be easier to just do this other than count all the votes frome every single voter.

Concluding Statement

Adequate