tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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15217314108e	3B3A47EA684D	If the school policy was changed there would not be many students participating in sports or other activities.	Claim	Effective
4ebbe176b4a5	3B3A47EA684D	Many students have a grade C average which would inconvenient them from participating in school sports and/or activities. Not many students who have a grade B average are athletic to participate in sports but would enjoy participating in school activities such as clubs. But if there are not enough students to participate in school sports it would just be a waste of money to purchase equipment for those sports. Many students who play sports have a grade C average and are very athletic students. It would also be unfortunate for students who do play sports to not be able to participate if they have a grade C average. If those students do not participate they would probably not participate in school activities that they do not enjoy.	Evidence	Effective
49d17d3e7b65	3B3A47EA684D	Changing school policy is also a bad idea because many students rely on athletic scholarships to get into college since not all families are lucky enough to send their children to college without having to worry about have financial problems doing so	Claim	Effective
95a158240573	3B3A47EA684D	But since the prices for college tuition is going up not many students have enough money to attend college right after high school. Many of those students also have a grade C average. Also many students who are very good at sports but not very academically skilled may see that sports are what help them get by in life. Those students also find it very difficult to get into a good college they can afford if they have a grade C average but do not have a chance to get into a college if they cannot get a scholarship for athleticism.	Evidence	Effective
29612e365060	3B3A47EA684D	So I hope you reconsider of changing school policy so that students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have at least a grade B average because not many students do. Those students may also rely on baseball or football scholarships to get into college if they cannot afford it on their own. Also they schools would be wasting money for buying sports equipment if there are not enough students for those sports to play since many of them have a grade C average.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
acec9c3f24fb	3B5EE97C7C53	Driverless cars would be very beneficial to our society. It would make an immense impact on our culture and provide simple, fast ways to get around. In the article, many different positives are thoughouly expressed.	Lead	Effective
98e891400f24	3B5EE97C7C53	Because of these specific examples, I believe that driverless cars will be extremely important in America's future and greatly benefit our use of transportation.	Position	Effective
1c3da67869af	3B5EE97C7C53	The United States, as well as other parts of the world, experience oil and fuel issues. There are frequent shortages of these particular substances, which are extrememly important for our daily lives. In the article, it is said, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." In this quote, from the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," Google cofounder Sergey Brin expresses that these driverless cars will be beneficial to America and the rest of the world	Evidence	Effective
12109f010cc6	3B5EE97C7C53	He says that these cars will use less fuel, which unfortunately tends to run short. Driverless cars will benefit the the world's fuel issues.	Claim	Effective
b8c78732dd4d	3B5EE97C7C53	Another positive to driverless cars are the entertainment and noficiation aspects. Drivers will be able to get different things done while driving.	Claim	Effective
cc0f69d890a4	3B5EE97C7C53	They also will no longer need to worry about distraction factor of driving. Drivers won't have to worry about trying to answer a phone call, respond to a text, or change a song and drive at the same time. The article states, "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to driveres trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." In this quote, Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver, explains that a driver won't need to worry about answering a text. The driver can answer the text or phone call while the car is not in need of assistance. Fortunately, the car only needs manual assistance in areas of road construction or accidents. This feature of driverless cars will greatly benefit driving today.	Evidence	Effective
80d32a55a747	3B5EE97C7C53	However, these driverless cars still do obtain some faults. These faults are included in the article. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." This shows that drivers must retain some sort of awareness of what is going on around them. They cannot take naps or completely zone out, especially when approaching an accident or work zone.	Counterclaim	Effective
b4d668c3c21c	3B5EE97C7C53	Although there are few flaws to the designs of driverless cars, these flaws should be fixed very soon. The article states, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." This quote shows that many of these issues should be resolved in the very near future.	Rebuttal	Effective
c6c46df4ac41	3B5EE97C7C53	Because of these specific examples in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," I believe that driverless cars will be very beneficial to America and it's many modes of transportation. Driverless cars will use less fuel than our typical cars we use today. They will also require an immensely small amount of attention. Most importantly, any small flaw that these cars possess will be resolved extremely soon. Driverless cars will change our lives for the better.	Concluding Statement	Effective
bdd9f54eea83	3B61207AD210	I think driverless cars sound like a good idea on paper, but in the real world they just are not far enough advanced yet for me to feel safe being in or around one. They are not even fully driverless yet, a person still needs to be ready to take the wheel at any given time. However in the future when they become more advanced and safe they could potentialy prevent accidents.	Lead	Adequate
7f1b5cfeba39	3B61207AD210	I think driverless cars are still a thing of the future and not present.	Position	Adequate
633e14a3fca9	3B61207AD210	As much as I think they need work now, I am not against the development of them as they could bring many potential benefits.	Claim	Adequate
b6e7a21b9197	3B61207AD210	In the article it states how movies and television shows have been fascinated with driverless cars for a long time, seeing them as a thing of the future. I think they still are a thing of the future because they still need a driver to be able to take the wheel at any given time. The only way I can see them being the safest they can be, is if all cars are driverless and they could interact with each other. Right now the driverless cars are mostly just assisting like antilock brakes, as stated in pararaph six.	Evidence	Adequate
a2640393e771	3B61207AD210	When the technology eventually becomes good enough to be able to fully drive without a driver there are still laws to be discussed.	Claim	Adequate
19603219678a	3B61207AD210	Only a few states allow them so far, and what good is a car that is only legal in three states and the District of Columbia if you do not live there. I think eventually the laws will change enough to allow them to function as long as they are safe and can pass certain tests.	Evidence	Ineffective
b472d1cfeb60	3B61207AD210	Then the question comes up about blame in the event of an accident, whose fault is it if a computer is controlling the vehicle?	Claim	Adequate
cacd2c6bae4f	3B61207AD210	As of now driverless cars seem to be more trouble than help. With time I feel that they could become very safe and reliable vehicles with advancements in technology. There are many manufacturers trying to make driverless cars, at least one of them is bound to make something good eventually. In conclusion, I think driverless cars should keep being developed, however they still need a lot of work.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
7f6a30db37d0	3B6B5DF452D6	I say that we keep the electoral college because it was the way that the founding fathers found out how to balance out how the peope should decide.	Position	Adequate
1d76b5a5fe1c	3B6B5DF452D6	But they were only allowed to vote if they had certain papers to allopw saying they are citizens. The way that it works is that each person running has a group of electors and is counted by the congress to find out who is winning in the campain. It consiswts of 538 electors ,majority of 270 of the electoral votes are required to elect the president your state entittled allotment of elctors to help in the campain. They get one in the house of represntivies and two senators.	Evidence	Adequate
ae6f47a5db73	3B6B5DF452D6	I think that keeping the electoral college is what we need nothing is wrong with the system since our fore fathers were around so why change it now	Claim	Adequate
63bf3e93d6e5	3B6B5DF452D6	It says that each canidate has the option to pick his/her electors to be in for the election. Then on every fourth year after the first monday in november on tuesday the president is elected. But before they get there they go to each state saying there speeches and hopin that the majority of that state votes for them because most states use a "winner takes all" were if you get the majority you get the whole states vote.	Evidence	Adequate
633c2428e60e	3B6B5DF452D6	But if thats not enough then maybe this is why we should keep the electoral college. Even if Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole,and the U.S chamberer of comerce say its wrong and Al Gore.	Evidence	Ineffective
3dc7322f11f3	3B6B5DF452D6	i think it should stay because it was the best and easiest way to figure out who should be elected for president/vice president	Claim	Adequate
bb03b6f4a81d	3B6B5DF452D6	But these speculaters dont understand that they are choosing the president and the electors before the vote of the president.	Claim	Ineffective
e3e239a3faa6	3B6B5DF452D6	They only see it happen one time since 1888 and everything goes crazy becuase gore was more popular and bush had more electoral votes and bush won even if gore was more popular. In 2012 when obama was elected over romney with a 61.7 to 51.3 because that almost all the states were using the electoral college all or nothing. In order for that one canidate to be elected the person needs to have a trans-regional vote for say romney only had the south thosw are not enough votes to win over the north and south. The canidates are mostley going for the "swing states" because they listen to the whole campain and decide who they think deserves it through there campain. Larger staes get way more attention becasue they are worth more points to the election. They try to avoid run off elections because they are shot out of the water that way with casts as low as the mid 40's in percentage.	Evidence	Adequate
845f3e02a6e2	3B6B5DF452D6	Thats why i think the elctoral college deseres to stay. Not because al gore got mad cause he was favorite and still lost but over all i think that just because thats omething bad happend one time does not mean that the whole thing has to go down in flames. Like i said we need to keep it we have had it since the 1800's and there is literally nothing whrong with it so those are my reasons on why the ellctoral college should stay.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
4aab8c964a2a	3B93FA6833FA	I believe that your possible new policy could really help the students who want to play sports also focus on their studies.	Claim	Adequate
3bd91fdd17f9	3B93FA6833FA	I believe that some of the reasons that you should change the policy is, for one reason, the students can focus on their studies, for two, they can play sports and they also must make time for their studies as well as extracurricular activities such as sports and lastly, they will be able to focus on getting above a B average.	Evidence	Adequate
bb1533955ff0	3B93FA6833FA	I am also a little against the idea because some gifted students in sports are not academically gifted.	Claim	Adequate
c17364c44bfb	3B93FA6833FA	This wouldn't give them the opportunity to be as best they can be in sports if they focus upon the negatives of not being on the sports team they are on. If you change the policy, then some kids who are great at their sport won't be able to help their school win any sporting competitions.	Evidence	Adequate
af1d149fe7e1	3B93FA6833FA	While the kids can focus on their studies, they can make a larger and brighter future.	Claim	Adequate
b63659c1010e	3B93FA6833FA	Many students who have a C average can try to focus upon their studies and maybe even get above the B average. The students can be great at juggling their time for their future lives as adults. This policy can help the students be the best they can be in anything.	Evidence	Adequate
492b4d7afaa4	3B93FA6833FA	The B average, I think is a little to high for some of my peers.	Claim	Adequate
07fbd4ffc5a7	3B93FA6833FA	Many don't focus upon their studies and teachers are time and time again to get them above their showing level of academics. Academics must have several students who try hard for their goal for whatever it is they want to do with their life. If somebody wants to be a millionaire, they have to work on being that throughout their life. Be a millionaire doesn't just come to you. You have to work your whole life for being this. If they want to be a hotdog man, a trash man, or even a McDonald's cashier, then they will have very little self-respect and very little low-self esteem.	Evidence	Adequate
16acea5ae20a	3B93FA6833FA	I also oppose this policy because the students who wish to be a sports star must have good grades in College, but if they get below a B average in elementary, middle, or high school, then so what? the students try to juggle social and academics and if your grade skips a little bit, then they can't be on their team.	Evidence	Adequate
451e3ee9837e	3B93FA6833FA	So, as you can see, I am of a spilt mind as to what I want you to do.	Position	Ineffective
bd32d532ffc5	3B93FA6833FA	I think that it would be both a great idea and bad idea, but whatever you choose, I am sure that it will be for the students best benefit and for the parents' as well.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
d6d427d32f23	3B9A70FC3744	When the US Constitution was first made, the idea of equality between the states was made. This meant that the size or population of a state gave it no disinct advantage over another. They did this through the creation of the House of Representatives and the Senate, yet there was one more issue they had to solve. This issue was how they could count the votes of citizens all aroun the US fairly. They solved it with electoral college, a system in which the voters don't directly vote for the president, but vote for a group, or slate, of people who have sworn to a canidate who vote for you. This system as Source 2 states can easily be broken with a group of swing votes in some states, but because it keeps thing equal, we must see that making popular vote the process isn't a good idea, because larger states will have more power.	Lead	Effective
b6eef81d3221	3B9A70FC3744	The US should just remove the winner take all system and replace it with 'proportional representation" to preserve equality and functionality.	Position	Effective
6599f6472276	3B9A70FC3744	The first reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves equality	Claim	Adequate
b88395150450	3B9A70FC3744	As Source 1 states, this proportional representation is only done by Maine and Nebraska, but it makes it so that one party wont win the state, it is reigional in the state meaning that more people are represented through this. The winner take all system is too harsh, and can discount many people in swing and regular states. As Source 3 stated, the larger states need to be left alone to represent the US population. Proportional representation allows this with the ability to include even more opinions. With this informatin, it is easy to see how proportional representation will preserve the equality that popular vote represents.	Evidence	Effective
9dc942d08857	3B9A70FC3744	The second reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves functionality	Claim	Adequate
fb1b227b490e	3B9A70FC3744	One of the main arguments for electoral college, is that it is more functional as compared to popular vote. This can be maintained through proportional representation. Source 3 stated that while the reguar electoral college has a chance of failing, it is not as high of a chance as popular vote is. Proportional representation keeps this functionality that those who support normal electoral college hide behind. This is also been proven to work without a hitch. As previously mentioned, Source 1 stated that this for of electoral college is already in Maine and Nebraska. These states have proven that this form of electoral college works, thus proving that we should change to proportional representation in order to maintain the functionality of regular electoral college.	Evidence	Effective
de2f45f802dc	3B9A70FC3744	In conclusion, we should switch the rules of electoral college from "winner takes all" to "proportional representation" in order to maintain equality and functionality. showing that while the founding fathers did have the best on their minds when electoral college was made, a change in it can benifit America for years to come.	Concluding Statement	Effective
b5eee852bf50	3BC989105A18	Hello, Mr. Senator i'm writing this letter to you because i'm in favor of keeping the Electrocal College.	Position	Adequate
b827dbd89d0e	3BC989105A18	I'm in favor of the Electroral college because "the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense".	Claim	Ineffective
3fec7e3555b2	3BC989105A18	One reason is the certainty of the outcome you wont win if you have more popular votes but less electoral vote	Claim	Ineffective
cc813125319a	3BC989105A18	"It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes".	Evidence	Ineffective
c99fa80f6cca	3BC989105A18	The second reason is Everyone's President	Claim	Adequate
21d6f4d17822	3BC989105A18	"The electroral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president." In the 2012 elections Romney was popular in the south "no incentive to campaign heavily in those states." He doesnt have to have to campaign that much in the south because he knows those states will vote for him.	Evidence	Adequate
be5c406b8ef4	3BC989105A18	The third reason is the Swing States	Claim	Adequate
f0f0e24bf68e	3BC989105A18	"The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012-to focustheir campaing efforts on the toss-up state." Voters in the toss-up states have to pay close attention to the campaign because they're the ones that are going to decide the election	Evidence	Adequate
9f6326edb9b2	3BC989105A18	. The forth reason is Big states	Claim	Adequate
7ae0f01235fd	3BC989105A18	the bigger the states the more electoral votes they have and the presidential candidates pay more attention to those states "a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in campaign than a small state does..."	Evidence	Adequate
300824c519ec	3BC989105A18	The fifth Reason is Avoid Run-Off Elections	Claim	Adequate
cd00dfbd77fd	3BC989105A18	There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the preisdential election process, reduced by the electoral college, which invariably produces a clear winner..." that was my last reason i hope it stays the same to elect presidents.	Evidence	Adequate
a88c86826e33	3BC989105A18	There are alot of people that want the elctions to change but i think this is the best way to elect presidents	Concluding Statement	Adequate
107f72643403	3BCA170070B3	I think the Electoral College should be brought down and let the popular vote decide who the president of the United States will be.	Position	Adequate
109c49914e54	3BCA170070B3	First of all, I believe the popular vote should be kept and the Electoral College brought down. I think this because what if some people dont agree with the opinion of others.	Claim	Ineffective
476f6e8ac1ed	3BCA170070B3	For example, lets say two people are running too be president of the United States. People vote and everything but then its up too the 538 electors. Then the 538 electors choose who they want as their president, 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President, as weeks go by, the new President is one of the two people that ran too be President was elected. Some people are happy and some people are mad because they put their vote in and they voted on the other person but that other person won and now they are angry.	Evidence	Ineffective
27126e850648	3BD1B5A4F714	I heard about your new requirements on community service and students in our school performing community service. I just wanted to give you my opinion on your expectation	Lead	Adequate
2bd446da70c3	3BD1B5A4F714	I think it isn't a very good idea for it to be mandatory to perform community service.	Position	Effective
3bce612ea1cb	3BD1B5A4F714	It gives less opportunities for students to succeed in their goals,	Claim	Effective
6c734e0985b3	3BD1B5A4F714	it takes out our free time which gives us time to have fun and learn new things	Claim	Effective
3afee6e4b58d	3BD1B5A4F714	For example, if a student wanted to learn how to play an instrument, they wouldn't be able to learn it because there would be no time for lessons. They would have to be doing community service which would take away the opportunity to learn. They also have many other responsibilities besides community service such as taking care of a younger sibling, focusing on school and education, house chores, and many others. Community service would be another responsibility that a child would have to take on and which maybe not even be prepared for.	Evidence	Effective
9e98d9c01cd9	3BD1B5A4F714	Students wouldn't be able to have fun and enjoy their lives if they are stuck doing community service. They wouldn't have social time to hang out with their friends. They wouldn't even have time to be with their family as much. Children would be very miserable and would be very depressed at a young age. They wouldn't have to much of a great memory as a child either.	Evidence	Effective
1d35ca580323	3BD1B5A4F714	Community service isn't a very good thing to make students perform at an early age. It takes away time and opportunities and gives too much responsibility to students. Students should be able to enjoy their childhood and not remember it as cleaning up litter.	Concluding Statement	Effective
e261eb2a6a90	3C17ED55E3A8	I think the idea of every kid having to do community service is a great idea.	Position	Effective
693ae51f78af	3C17ED55E3A8	It would help show the kids that by helping your community you are helping out everybody.	Claim	Effective
e2f30911ad42	3C17ED55E3A8	It also shows the pride and character each student has in their community.	Claim	Effective
2e34d9cd7aca	3C17ED55E3A8	If most kids don't help by doing something where they live they usually don't appreciate what they have were they live. Community service is a great way of helping give back what your city or town gives to you everyday.	Claim	Effective
8b831089d298	3C17ED55E3A8	Many ways you could help give out community service jobs would be to say they were getting something in reward for doing this task.	Claim	Effective
b6d92c76af1c	3C17ED55E3A8	There are many tasks you could give out each week. For example you could give tasks like going around and cutting peoples yards, helping clean up all the litter in the place, or helping repaint an old building or place that has been needing one for a long time.	Evidence	Adequate
a3d626936468	3C17ED55E3A8	There are many different things you could get the kids to do to help their community. I encourage that you do make the students do community service. This can help them take more pride in what they do while in school and out of school	Claim	Effective
ee4601ea6fd1	3C17ED55E3A8	It would also make the school look better for encouraging community service. It would help give them more respect from the community. This would also help the whole community look better. It would give them respect from other communities and the state it is in. Getting respect from other places could help your town get new things to. It could help attract more businesses to the community. It could also help the community grow by having more people move to live there bringing new cultures to the community.	Evidence	Effective
670b7eb58c83	3C17ED55E3A8	There are many things that community service could do for your community. It helps bring new ideas and ways of life, brings more respect, and brings more pride to your town. All these things help your community grow and socialize. They all affect you in many good ways to help everybody. These were just some ideas I was writing to you about making every student do at least some community service. I think it is a great idea and will encourage it all the time.	Concluding Statement	Effective
3dc200ea7c2e	3C1F9041C565	Should our way of voting in the United States be changed? The way we vote today is through the electoral college. Each president get a certain number of electoral votes and that is how we vote on specific leaders. The Electoral College process was established in our Constitution as a compromise. This way we could elect our president by a vote in Congress and election of our president by citizens who qualify.	Lead	Adequate
a5b5ef9e99d7	3C1F9041C565	Is it not time for a change in the Electoral College?	Position	Adequate
1c780bcb3525	3C1F9041C565	First off, the Electoral College is a specified process. This process consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is manditory to elect the President. The way this works is every state has a certain number of electoral votes, mostly due to population. For example, a larger state with a large population will have more electoral votes than a smaller state. Also, each candidate running for president in your state has their own group of elector. These electors are chosen based opon the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. There is a presidential electon held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday of the month of November. When you vote, you are helping choose your state's electors. When you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candiate's elecotrs. After your presidential election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" showing all the candidates who ran for President in your state and with the names of their respective electors. This also shows which electors will be representing your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year.	Evidence	Ineffective
6adaf2b76a17	3C1F9041C565	The are even a number of Presidents that tried to abolish the Electoral College.	Claim	Adequate
9f7b5bb019b9	3C1F9041C565	Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, adn the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing it. It is proven that 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Most voters today are significantly uninformed. Some do not even know what or whom they are voting for. Some of these people are not even U.S. citizens. Yes, some states do require to so identification, although others do not. A direct election would be more specified and easier for people to choose and use. Some people overlook these detail while others enjoy the system because of the power it provides them. There are multiple errors in the voting process. There are certain people that do not even posess a high school degree, let alone a college degree, that vote just because they want to. The is a massive suply of ignorance and pride that fall into play with the Electoral College.	Evidence	Adequate
0c4ed155e3dd	3C1F9041C565	Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president they choose, but for a slate of electors, who in turn, elect the president. For instance, if you wanted to vote for a specific person you would vote for a slate of electors pledged to that person.	Evidence	Adequate
90ab1003e8da	3C1F9041C565	This method of voting is curupt and should be abolished.	Claim	Adequate
2345a53190ab	3C1F9041C565	The people in American should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the largest election crisis in a century; the system could have lead to much worse than that. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for choosing electors, adn that those electors could alwyas defy the will of the people	Evidence	Adequate
d5e417893991	3C1F9041C565	In conclusion, why is the Electoral college unhealthy? This system of voting is outdated and has many flaws throughout its system. Without this system being changed is could have a tremendous affect in the future of the United States. This irrational system lacks a basis in reality. The arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It is difficult to say but the Electoral College in general was a mistake.	Concluding Statement	Effective
a01bb337eada	3C4368A07D88	I've heard you are deciding whether to require all students to perform community service. I'm aware some students think that community service is a waste of time	Lead	Adequate
31010269a8df	3C4368A07D88	I completely support this plan.	Position	Ineffective
05d8fae3e0fd	3C4368A07D88	Community service is away to interact with other people and helping them out.	Claim	Adequate
9daf6864299c	3C4368A07D88	Students will be able to learn new things that could help them out in the future	Claim	Adequate
3f71be308df5	3C4368A07D88	They will also be distracted with better things than getting bored and doing something irresponsible.	Claim	Adequate
499d808854b1	3C4368A07D88	Community service can help students with that by helping others and not feeling so alone. Like this one girl i knew was so caught up with her studies all she did then was go into her room and lock herself up. Later , when i noticed she'd gone too far i told her to help me clean up the streets that were covered in litter. She did and then from then on she found time for her work, friends, and community service	Evidence	Effective
e2ff1505e1ec	3C4368A07D88	Next, do you the saying "you learn something new everyday." Well its true with community service you can learn things you never knew before.	Claim	Effective
b6ae4d67ffe6	3C4368A07D88	One time my aunt went to a park because of an oil spill and she helped out with cleaning the damage. While she was there someone who knew a lot about wild life taught her about the different species. Later in life we went for a walk and on the streets we saw a snake that looked like a very poisonous one, but my aunt with her new knowledge of wildlife knew exactly what it was. Good thing she went to that park for community service and learned about different animals.	Evidence	Effective
1dfeb44d27b3	3C4368A07D88	Well some students may get involved with something wrong while they are bored. Sometimes students get into drugs but instead of that they could do something useful. Community service can help keep kids of drugs and do something good. Of course I get bored all the time but when i do i usually help other people like mowing the lawn, gardening, babysitting and its all fun.	Evidence	Effective
bc07b5571e47	3C4368A07D88	So as you can I completely support your plan for requiring students do community service. It can help them for later on in life you never know. Learning new things and not getting into the wrong things is very important. Thank you for taking the time for reading my letter.	Concluding Statement	Adequate

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If the school policy was changed there would not be many students participating in sports or other activities.

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Many students have a grade C average which would inconvenient them from participating in school sports and/or activities. Not many students who have a grade B average are athletic to participate in sports but would enjoy participating in school activities such as clubs. But if there are not enough students to participate in school sports it would just be a waste of money to purchase equipment for those sports. Many students who play sports have a grade C average and are very athletic students. It would also be unfortunate for students who do play sports to not be able to participate if they have a grade C average. If those students do not participate they would probably not participate in school activities that they do not enjoy.

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Changing school policy is also a bad idea because many students rely on athletic scholarships to get into college since not all families are lucky enough to send their children to college without having to worry about have financial problems doing so

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But since the prices for college tuition is going up not many students have enough money to attend college right after high school. Many of those students also have a grade C average. Also many students who are very good at sports but not very academically skilled may see that sports are what help them get by in life. Those students also find it very difficult to get into a good college they can afford if they have a grade C average but do not have a chance to get into a college if they cannot get a scholarship for athleticism.

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So I hope you reconsider of changing school policy so that students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have at least a grade B average because not many students do. Those students may also rely on baseball or football scholarships to get into college if they cannot afford it on their own. Also they schools would be wasting money for buying sports equipment if there are not enough students for those sports to play since many of them have a grade C average.

Concluding Statement

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Driverless cars would be very beneficial to our society. It would make an immense impact on our culture and provide simple, fast ways to get around. In the article, many different positives are thoughouly expressed.

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Because of these specific examples, I believe that driverless cars will be extremely important in America's future and greatly benefit our use of transportation.

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The United States, as well as other parts of the world, experience oil and fuel issues. There are frequent shortages of these particular substances, which are extrememly important for our daily lives. In the article, it is said, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." In this quote, from the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," Google cofounder Sergey Brin expresses that these driverless cars will be beneficial to America and the rest of the world

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He says that these cars will use less fuel, which unfortunately tends to run short. Driverless cars will benefit the the world's fuel issues.

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Another positive to driverless cars are the entertainment and noficiation aspects. Drivers will be able to get different things done while driving.

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They also will no longer need to worry about distraction factor of driving. Drivers won't have to worry about trying to answer a phone call, respond to a text, or change a song and drive at the same time. The article states, "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to driveres trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." In this quote, Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver, explains that a driver won't need to worry about answering a text. The driver can answer the text or phone call while the car is not in need of assistance. Fortunately, the car only needs manual assistance in areas of road construction or accidents. This feature of driverless cars will greatly benefit driving today.

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However, these driverless cars still do obtain some faults. These faults are included in the article. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." This shows that drivers must retain some sort of awareness of what is going on around them. They cannot take naps or completely zone out, especially when approaching an accident or work zone.

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Although there are few flaws to the designs of driverless cars, these flaws should be fixed very soon. The article states, "Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. The road to the truly autonomous car stretches on ahead of us, but we grow closer to the destination every day." This quote shows that many of these issues should be resolved in the very near future.

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Because of these specific examples in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," I believe that driverless cars will be very beneficial to America and it's many modes of transportation. Driverless cars will use less fuel than our typical cars we use today. They will also require an immensely small amount of attention. Most importantly, any small flaw that these cars possess will be resolved extremely soon. Driverless cars will change our lives for the better.

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I think driverless cars sound like a good idea on paper, but in the real world they just are not far enough advanced yet for me to feel safe being in or around one. They are not even fully driverless yet, a person still needs to be ready to take the wheel at any given time. However in the future when they become more advanced and safe they could potentialy prevent accidents.

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I think driverless cars are still a thing of the future and not present.

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As much as I think they need work now, I am not against the development of them as they could bring many potential benefits.

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In the article it states how movies and television shows have been fascinated with driverless cars for a long time, seeing them as a thing of the future. I think they still are a thing of the future because they still need a driver to be able to take the wheel at any given time. The only way I can see them being the safest they can be, is if all cars are driverless and they could interact with each other. Right now the driverless cars are mostly just assisting like antilock brakes, as stated in pararaph six.

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When the technology eventually becomes good enough to be able to fully drive without a driver there are still laws to be discussed.

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Only a few states allow them so far, and what good is a car that is only legal in three states and the District of Columbia if you do not live there. I think eventually the laws will change enough to allow them to function as long as they are safe and can pass certain tests.

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Then the question comes up about blame in the event of an accident, whose fault is it if a computer is controlling the vehicle?

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As of now driverless cars seem to be more trouble than help. With time I feel that they could become very safe and reliable vehicles with advancements in technology. There are many manufacturers trying to make driverless cars, at least one of them is bound to make something good eventually. In conclusion, I think driverless cars should keep being developed, however they still need a lot of work.

Concluding Statement

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I say that we keep the electoral college because it was the way that the founding fathers found out how to balance out how the peope should decide.

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But they were only allowed to vote if they had certain papers to allopw saying they are citizens. The way that it works is that each person running has a group of electors and is counted by the congress to find out who is winning in the campain. It consiswts of 538 electors ,majority of 270 of the electoral votes are required to elect the president your state entittled allotment of elctors to help in the campain. They get one in the house of represntivies and two senators.

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I think that keeping the electoral college is what we need nothing is wrong with the system since our fore fathers were around so why change it now

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It says that each canidate has the option to pick his/her electors to be in for the election. Then on every fourth year after the first monday in november on tuesday the president is elected. But before they get there they go to each state saying there speeches and hopin that the majority of that state votes for them because most states use a "winner takes all" were if you get the majority you get the whole states vote.

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But if thats not enough then maybe this is why we should keep the electoral college. Even if Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole,and the U.S chamberer of comerce say its wrong and Al Gore.

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i think it should stay because it was the best and easiest way to figure out who should be elected for president/vice president

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But these speculaters dont understand that they are choosing the president and the electors before the vote of the president.

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They only see it happen one time since 1888 and everything goes crazy becuase gore was more popular and bush had more electoral votes and bush won even if gore was more popular. In 2012 when obama was elected over romney with a 61.7 to 51.3 because that almost all the states were using the electoral college all or nothing. In order for that one canidate to be elected the person needs to have a trans-regional vote for say romney only had the south thosw are not enough votes to win over the north and south. The canidates are mostley going for the "swing states" because they listen to the whole campain and decide who they think deserves it through there campain. Larger staes get way more attention becasue they are worth more points to the election. They try to avoid run off elections because they are shot out of the water that way with casts as low as the mid 40's in percentage.

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Thats why i think the elctoral college deseres to stay. Not because al gore got mad cause he was favorite and still lost but over all i think that just because thats omething bad happend one time does not mean that the whole thing has to go down in flames. Like i said we need to keep it we have had it since the 1800's and there is literally nothing whrong with it so those are my reasons on why the ellctoral college should stay.

Concluding Statement

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I believe that your possible new policy could really help the students who want to play sports also focus on their studies.

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I believe that some of the reasons that you should change the policy is, for one reason, the students can focus on their studies, for two, they can play sports and they also must make time for their studies as well as extracurricular activities such as sports and lastly, they will be able to focus on getting above a B average.

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I am also a little against the idea because some gifted students in sports are not academically gifted.

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This wouldn't give them the opportunity to be as best they can be in sports if they focus upon the negatives of not being on the sports team they are on. If you change the policy, then some kids who are great at their sport won't be able to help their school win any sporting competitions.

Evidence

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While the kids can focus on their studies, they can make a larger and brighter future.

Claim

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Many students who have a C average can try to focus upon their studies and maybe even get above the B average. The students can be great at juggling their time for their future lives as adults. This policy can help the students be the best they can be in anything.

Evidence

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The B average, I think is a little to high for some of my peers.

Claim

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Many don't focus upon their studies and teachers are time and time again to get them above their showing level of academics. Academics must have several students who try hard for their goal for whatever it is they want to do with their life. If somebody wants to be a millionaire, they have to work on being that throughout their life. Be a millionaire doesn't just come to you. You have to work your whole life for being this. If they want to be a hotdog man, a trash man, or even a McDonald's cashier, then they will have very little self-respect and very little low-self esteem.

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I also oppose this policy because the students who wish to be a sports star must have good grades in College, but if they get below a B average in elementary, middle, or high school, then so what? the students try to juggle social and academics and if your grade skips a little bit, then they can't be on their team.

Evidence

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So, as you can see, I am of a spilt mind as to what I want you to do.

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I think that it would be both a great idea and bad idea, but whatever you choose, I am sure that it will be for the students best benefit and for the parents' as well.

Concluding Statement

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When the US Constitution was first made, the idea of equality between the states was made. This meant that the size or population of a state gave it no disinct advantage over another. They did this through the creation of the House of Representatives and the Senate, yet there was one more issue they had to solve. This issue was how they could count the votes of citizens all aroun the US fairly. They solved it with electoral college, a system in which the voters don't directly vote for the president, but vote for a group, or slate, of people who have sworn to a canidate who vote for you. This system as Source 2 states can easily be broken with a group of swing votes in some states, but because it keeps thing equal, we must see that making popular vote the process isn't a good idea, because larger states will have more power.

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The US should just remove the winner take all system and replace it with 'proportional representation" to preserve equality and functionality.

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The first reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves equality

Claim

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As Source 1 states, this proportional representation is only done by Maine and Nebraska, but it makes it so that one party wont win the state, it is reigional in the state meaning that more people are represented through this. The winner take all system is too harsh, and can discount many people in swing and regular states. As Source 3 stated, the larger states need to be left alone to represent the US population. Proportional representation allows this with the ability to include even more opinions. With this informatin, it is easy to see how proportional representation will preserve the equality that popular vote represents.

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The second reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves functionality

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One of the main arguments for electoral college, is that it is more functional as compared to popular vote. This can be maintained through proportional representation. Source 3 stated that while the reguar electoral college has a chance of failing, it is not as high of a chance as popular vote is. Proportional representation keeps this functionality that those who support normal electoral college hide behind. This is also been proven to work without a hitch. As previously mentioned, Source 1 stated that this for of electoral college is already in Maine and Nebraska. These states have proven that this form of electoral college works, thus proving that we should change to proportional representation in order to maintain the functionality of regular electoral college.

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In conclusion, we should switch the rules of electoral college from "winner takes all" to "proportional representation" in order to maintain equality and functionality. showing that while the founding fathers did have the best on their minds when electoral college was made, a change in it can benifit America for years to come.

Concluding Statement

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Hello, Mr. Senator i'm writing this letter to you because i'm in favor of keeping the Electrocal College.

Position

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I'm in favor of the Electroral college because "the electoral college method is not democratic in a modern sense".

Claim

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One reason is the certainty of the outcome you wont win if you have more popular votes but less electoral vote

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"It happened in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes".

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The second reason is Everyone's President

Claim

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"The electroral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president." In the 2012 elections Romney was popular in the south "no incentive to campaign heavily in those states." He doesnt have to have to campaign that much in the south because he knows those states will vote for him.

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The third reason is the Swing States

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"The winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012-to focustheir campaing efforts on the toss-up state." Voters in the toss-up states have to pay close attention to the campaign because they're the ones that are going to decide the election

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. The forth reason is Big states

Claim

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the bigger the states the more electoral votes they have and the presidential candidates pay more attention to those states "a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in campaign than a small state does..."

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The fifth Reason is Avoid Run-Off Elections

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There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the preisdential election process, reduced by the electoral college, which invariably produces a clear winner..." that was my last reason i hope it stays the same to elect presidents.

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There are alot of people that want the elctions to change but i think this is the best way to elect presidents

Concluding Statement

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I think the Electoral College should be brought down and let the popular vote decide who the president of the United States will be.

Position

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First of all, I believe the popular vote should be kept and the Electoral College brought down. I think this because what if some people dont agree with the opinion of others.

Claim

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For example, lets say two people are running too be president of the United States. People vote and everything but then its up too the 538 electors. Then the 538 electors choose who they want as their president, 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President, as weeks go by, the new President is one of the two people that ran too be President was elected. Some people are happy and some people are mad because they put their vote in and they voted on the other person but that other person won and now they are angry.

Evidence

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I heard about your new requirements on community service and students in our school performing community service. I just wanted to give you my opinion on your expectation

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I think it isn't a very good idea for it to be mandatory to perform community service.

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It gives less opportunities for students to succeed in their goals,

Claim

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it takes out our free time which gives us time to have fun and learn new things

Claim

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For example, if a student wanted to learn how to play an instrument, they wouldn't be able to learn it because there would be no time for lessons. They would have to be doing community service which would take away the opportunity to learn. They also have many other responsibilities besides community service such as taking care of a younger sibling, focusing on school and education, house chores, and many others. Community service would be another responsibility that a child would have to take on and which maybe not even be prepared for.

Evidence

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Students wouldn't be able to have fun and enjoy their lives if they are stuck doing community service. They wouldn't have social time to hang out with their friends. They wouldn't even have time to be with their family as much. Children would be very miserable and would be very depressed at a young age. They wouldn't have to much of a great memory as a child either.

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Community service isn't a very good thing to make students perform at an early age. It takes away time and opportunities and gives too much responsibility to students. Students should be able to enjoy their childhood and not remember it as cleaning up litter.

Concluding Statement

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I think the idea of every kid having to do community service is a great idea.

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It would help show the kids that by helping your community you are helping out everybody.

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It also shows the pride and character each student has in their community.

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If most kids don't help by doing something where they live they usually don't appreciate what they have were they live. Community service is a great way of helping give back what your city or town gives to you everyday.

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Many ways you could help give out community service jobs would be to say they were getting something in reward for doing this task.

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There are many tasks you could give out each week. For example you could give tasks like going around and cutting peoples yards, helping clean up all the litter in the place, or helping repaint an old building or place that has been needing one for a long time.

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There are many different things you could get the kids to do to help their community. I encourage that you do make the students do community service. This can help them take more pride in what they do while in school and out of school

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It would also make the school look better for encouraging community service. It would help give them more respect from the community. This would also help the whole community look better. It would give them respect from other communities and the state it is in. Getting respect from other places could help your town get new things to. It could help attract more businesses to the community. It could also help the community grow by having more people move to live there bringing new cultures to the community.

Evidence

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There are many things that community service could do for your community. It helps bring new ideas and ways of life, brings more respect, and brings more pride to your town. All these things help your community grow and socialize. They all affect you in many good ways to help everybody. These were just some ideas I was writing to you about making every student do at least some community service. I think it is a great idea and will encourage it all the time.

Concluding Statement

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Should our way of voting in the United States be changed? The way we vote today is through the electoral college. Each president get a certain number of electoral votes and that is how we vote on specific leaders. The Electoral College process was established in our Constitution as a compromise. This way we could elect our president by a vote in Congress and election of our president by citizens who qualify.

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Is it not time for a change in the Electoral College?

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First off, the Electoral College is a specified process. This process consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is manditory to elect the President. The way this works is every state has a certain number of electoral votes, mostly due to population. For example, a larger state with a large population will have more electoral votes than a smaller state. Also, each candidate running for president in your state has their own group of elector. These electors are chosen based opon the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. There is a presidential electon held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday of the month of November. When you vote, you are helping choose your state's electors. When you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candiate's elecotrs. After your presidential election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" showing all the candidates who ran for President in your state and with the names of their respective electors. This also shows which electors will be representing your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year.

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The are even a number of Presidents that tried to abolish the Electoral College.

Claim

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Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, adn the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing it. It is proven that 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Most voters today are significantly uninformed. Some do not even know what or whom they are voting for. Some of these people are not even U.S. citizens. Yes, some states do require to so identification, although others do not. A direct election would be more specified and easier for people to choose and use. Some people overlook these detail while others enjoy the system because of the power it provides them. There are multiple errors in the voting process. There are certain people that do not even posess a high school degree, let alone a college degree, that vote just because they want to. The is a massive suply of ignorance and pride that fall into play with the Electoral College.

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Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president they choose, but for a slate of electors, who in turn, elect the president. For instance, if you wanted to vote for a specific person you would vote for a slate of electors pledged to that person.

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This method of voting is curupt and should be abolished.

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The people in American should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the largest election crisis in a century; the system could have lead to much worse than that. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for choosing electors, adn that those electors could alwyas defy the will of the people

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In conclusion, why is the Electoral college unhealthy? This system of voting is outdated and has many flaws throughout its system. Without this system being changed is could have a tremendous affect in the future of the United States. This irrational system lacks a basis in reality. The arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It is difficult to say but the Electoral College in general was a mistake.

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I've heard you are deciding whether to require all students to perform community service. I'm aware some students think that community service is a waste of time

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I completely support this plan.

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Community service is away to interact with other people and helping them out.

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Students will be able to learn new things that could help them out in the future

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They will also be distracted with better things than getting bored and doing something irresponsible.

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Community service can help students with that by helping others and not feeling so alone. Like this one girl i knew was so caught up with her studies all she did then was go into her room and lock herself up. Later , when i noticed she'd gone too far i told her to help me clean up the streets that were covered in litter. She did and then from then on she found time for her work, friends, and community service

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Next, do you the saying "you learn something new everyday." Well its true with community service you can learn things you never knew before.

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One time my aunt went to a park because of an oil spill and she helped out with cleaning the damage. While she was there someone who knew a lot about wild life taught her about the different species. Later in life we went for a walk and on the streets we saw a snake that looked like a very poisonous one, but my aunt with her new knowledge of wildlife knew exactly what it was. Good thing she went to that park for community service and learned about different animals.

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Well some students may get involved with something wrong while they are bored. Sometimes students get into drugs but instead of that they could do something useful. Community service can help keep kids of drugs and do something good. Of course I get bored all the time but when i do i usually help other people like mowing the lawn, gardening, babysitting and its all fun.

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So as you can I completely support your plan for requiring students do community service. It can help them for later on in life you never know. Learning new things and not getting into the wrong things is very important. Thank you for taking the time for reading my letter.

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