tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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05d53e5a6675	603108B7285B	For instance, there technically is no region of the country that has enough electoral votes to vote a president into office, so no one area of the controls large numbers of votes. Along with this, the system helps avoid Run-Off Elections (which complicate the election process and provide a clear winner).	Evidence	Effective
da2d6426cd02	603108B7285B	However, having a straightforward election where the votes come straight from citizens is most constitutional and much less problematic. The process has been used for a long time in our country, but it is time to make a change.	Rebuttal	Effective
5dd77415f1c3	603108B7285B	The Electoral College has proven to be more trouble than it's worth. Our country needs to decide what is within best interest for representation of our citizens, the most efficient way to opperate one of our most sacred constitutional rights, and maintain our democracy as members of our wonderful country. Remove the Electoral College system.	Concluding Statement	Effective
de3486b63fa0	603D38C864DD	I deeply support the fact that community service does the world a lot of good.	Position	Adequate
8322978fbabb	603D38C864DD	I do some service on Saturday mornings. I go to the nursing home with a few friends and try to cheer up the tenants. Studies show that people who do community service are less likely to do something infatuated further down the road.	Evidence	Adequate
2474e7e68901	603D38C864DD	Some people are just to busy to devote their time to community service because they could be taking care of their children, or doing sport activities, they could be doing college work or even homework.	Counterclaim	Effective
f9379fbc9e3f	603D38C864DD	Middle school and high school students do not have a lot of time to waste they need to start planning for college, school years is a time to experiment with new activities. It is a wonderful thing to do (community service) but not everyone has the time. Adolescence is such a hard time for children anyway we shouldn't give them to much responsibility because we will just get disappointed .	Evidence	Adequate
42e62fb74e84	603D38C864DD	There is different things we can do though. Instead of "making" people do community service. We could have a chart over a year and the child has to do so many hours of service can get credits for graduation.	Rebuttal	Adequate
f08cd499fe92	603D38C864DD	But not so much that they could fail all classes and still be able to graduate because they did so much community service. If you are really going to take this seriously I would highly suggest asking the children if they would like to do this. If a lot of people are interested maybe make a sign-up sheet for them. Since so many kids are busy you shouldn't make them doing something likes this unless they are volunteering there spared time.	Evidence	Adequate
173bc80a87c1	603D38C864DD	Community service is such an amazing thing. It really shows how much America has grown.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
7527c60a4606	603D38C864DD	Times has changed a lot. Fifty years ago kids didn't go to school because they had to help their parents out on the farm. Now we have computers, video games, cell phones. All these things that distract us from what is really important, helping people.	Evidence	Adequate
1f26d940a82f	603D38C864DD	We should try this for a year and see if it could possibly catch on then start circulating our ideas throughout the States.	Claim	Ineffective
5ae0bd774d0f	604B7BE00CDB	I think we should keep the electoral vote.	Position	Adequate
f41cc36b37a6	604B7BE00CDB	My reasonings are: certainty of outcome	Claim	Adequate
1ea38f4275e6	604B7BE00CDB	everybody agrees with him/her	Claim	Ineffective
3e5818c0a97d	604B7BE00CDB	swing states	Claim	Adequate
043659c283a0	604B7BE00CDB	big states,	Claim	Adequate
7e03959d66a1	604B7BE00CDB	avoiding run-off elections.	Claim	Adequate
e6ee043f8d3d	604B7BE00CDB	There is a certainty of the outcome if we keep the electoral voting system.	Claim	Adequate
2b2386e56062	604B7BE00CDB	It will be more accurate than using the most popular vote. If the election of 2012 would have been accounted to popular votes than Barack Obama would have lost the election.	Evidence	Adequate
fe7f325ede71	604B7BE00CDB	We want to have a president that believes in what we believe in.	Claim	Adequate
430824aba9b9	604B7BE00CDB	We also want a president that appeals to everyone not just one region of the United States. We want to have a president that gets things done like Obama has because we are in a lot of debt.	Evidence	Ineffective
458ce5403616	604B7BE00CDB	Swing states have a big impact on whether he/she is in office or not.	Claim	Adequate
a6557efbeaef	604B7BE00CDB	They are more likely to pay a attention to their campaign than other states. They have more of an impact to whether they win the election or not.	Evidence	Adequate
33e90e9d90ef	604B7BE00CDB	We need big states to help win the elections	Claim	Adequate
14157371f895	604B7BE00CDB	Without them the presidents wouldn't get as much electoral votes from bigger states than from the smaller states. You need more electoral votes then the opponent to win the election not just popular votes.	Evidence	Adequate
fbecf416db27	604B7BE00CDB	With the electoral college we would avoid run-off elections	Claim	Adequate
4164a37dbc1e	604B7BE00CDB	Run-off elections are when nobody gets the mojority of the votes. With the electoral college we would be giving the presidency to the candidate who has the most electoral votes not the most popular.	Evidence	Adequate
cef485574c86	604B7BE00CDB	So in conclusion if you have more popular votes that doesnt mean anything. If you have more electoral votes you will win the election.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
3967bfec1043	6058577A0EB1	I think we should keep our method of choosing our state president	Position	Ineffective
9e22d2828c15	6058577A0EB1	it more easier then any other method	Claim	Adequate
422c1845a852	6058577A0EB1	it less time consuming.	Claim	Adequate
54fadf3624d7	6058577A0EB1	College voting method is the most easiest method to use	Claim	Adequate
7276290074d5	6058577A0EB1	All we have to do is vote and who ever gets the most votes win. I think its just a fair method to use. I feel like the other method is just to complex so we should stick to the college voting method. almost half of the time to president we choose is the right president for the US.	Evidence	Adequate
ddb5561fae62	6058577A0EB1	Another reason we should keep the college method is because it wouldnt take that long.	Claim	Ineffective
6605f184ca3b	6058577A0EB1	All we really just have to do is vote and in no time our president will be in office.	Evidence	Ineffective
1f437d198c18	6058577A0EB1	in conclusion I think we should keep the college method because its less time consuming and its an easier process.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
509686555261	605DDEFB7A40	The United States is a democratic country where the people decide on a leader through voting, or so it's supposed to be. We Americans use something called the Electoral College, where a state is worth a certain amount of points, and when you win that state for your party, you gain those points. I find this to be unfair, because you could win by popular vote, but lose because the opposing party won the states with the biggest number of points.	Lead	Effective
b5b699028d24	605DDEFB7A40	I think that the Electoral College should be removed and replaced with popular vote only. It would make elections more fair, and it would make peoples' votes feel like they change something.	Position	Effective
d38cb607381d	605DDEFB7A40	When you go to vote, you don't actually vote for the candidate, you vote for a group of people who in turn vote for the candidate. I find this to be ineffective, because the people you are voting for are still able to switch there vote to the other party,	Claim	Effective
1eda9aa65661	605DDEFB7A40	humans aren't the most honest things on Earth. Also, there is the feeling of being important that you get when you think that you could tip the scale, it makes you feel special, and in control of your own country. What's the point of voting if there's a chance it might not matter, because the other party just won California, the state with the most amount of points, 55, and you couldn't do anything because you live in Idaho or North Dakota, with only three little points. Popular vote would make you feel involved, and happy to help.	Evidence	Effective
22a0a475926b	605DDEFB7A40	As I stated before, each state has an amount of points based on the population, which in turn affect how much you help your desired party. Seems reasonable, right? You would think that the more the population, the more impact it has on the election.	Counterclaim	Adequate
f594de9cc524	605DDEFB7A40	That's right, but it's also unfair because states that have noone living there could all vote for one party, but it wouldn't help that much, unless the points were close and that state tipped the scale.	Rebuttal	Adequate
0d8b7605cb99	605DDEFB7A40	But big states, like California, Texas, and Florida have some of the most points, so if you were to win those, you already have more than one hundred points. Candidates would try to just seek out those jumbo prizes and systematicaly try to win the largest behind "the Big Four". If someone was reading this and wanted the Electoral College, they could say that the big states would still have an advantage with more voters, and that is right, but they wouldn't be as big of prizes. So the election turns from a voice of the people, speaking up for a new leader, and turns into a mad chase to get the biggest prizes before the other party, like a game of Monopoly. In Monopoly, you buy areas with your money, and when someone lands on that space you own, they have to pay you. The places ath the end of the board have the priciest cost, but the best outcome. You can also build property on spaces to make the enemy players pay more. If you were to buy those, you practically win the game. On the other hand, the spaces at the begining are basiclly worthless, costing about 100 dollars and giving you about 1000. Those are like the small states, that have almost no value to the election, and the big states are worth a lot.	Evidence	Effective
c10a28a68ab0	605DDEFB7A40	In America, the people should be able to feel responsible for their country's future, and not feel as if their state doesn't matter. My own words might not be able to change peoples' minds, but I'm sure the votes aren't tied.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
51abbd6ea5ae	60714BE8146A	I believe that rather than having the Electoral College , we should have elections by popular vote	Position	Adequate
cc378489fcab	60714BE8146A	A popular vote can be a better source of election because it gives the people of the state a better chance to express themselves and have a free, independant country.	Claim	Adequate
19970338cf20	60714BE8146A	The process of the Electoral College consists of a meeting of five hundred-thirty eight selected electors, where they vote for the President and Vice President	Evidence	Ineffective
8b5bd5c1b989	60714BE8146A	This situation can be considered unfair to many people that do not get selected as electors because there opinion is not put into consideration.	Claim	Adequate
42fa67ab54d4	60714BE8146A	It is said that over sixty percent of voters would perfer a direct election verses the Electoral College. This statistic goes to show that people do not feel that they are involved in our country.	Evidence	Adequate
c4e9cd824709	60714BE8146A	How can you consider this a free and independant nation if we do not all get the privelage to vote?	Concluding Statement	Adequate
52268ee21b3a	607AB7FA0E57	I think that the second policy is better because students shouldn't have phones during class or on free time.	Position	Adequate
5db1cbb46b45	607AB7FA0E57	Cell phones are going to take learning away from students if they have there phones with them all the time.	Claim	Effective
7b604304ff92	607AB7FA0E57	If we come to school to learn then why should we have our cell phones with us?! I think cell phones during school is going to be bad because it will take away a lot of learning that we need in our life.	Evidence	Adequate
334ce129eb9c	607AB7FA0E57	School is very important because school will help you get a great job we you get older. If all the kids have a cell phone with them at school then there's going to be less education in there life because they are not dong what they are suppose to be doing, they are texting or calling when they are suppose to be doing there work and learning about history or math	Evidence	Adequate
37685d62078c	607AB7FA0E57	To keep kids focus they shouldn't bring there phones to school or if they do bring there phones to school then give it to the office or your teacher to hold on to it until school its over.	Claim	Effective
2bc8ea7d0ad4	607AB7FA0E57	I feel that if you let the students bring there cell phones to school it could start something or bring trouble.	Claim	Effective
1df24ffeed74	607AB7FA0E57	Students will be very off task when they should be focus on getting their work done and not bringing it all home and not doing there work. Cell phones should be used outside of school and not during school. If you let the students bring cell phones to school then your taking there education away from them. If students start to fail because they are not doing what they are suppose to be doing then you are going to look bad because your students are failing from being unfocused.	Evidence	Adequate
5dd7f63ce201	607AB7FA0E57	Yes kids bring phones to school when they are not suppose to but not all of them use it during class. They only bring there phones for when school is over and if they need to call there mom or dad. I only bring my phone so that if something bad were to happening after school when i am walking home or if i need to call for a question i have my cell phone. I have never used my phone during school because it is going to get me off task.	Evidence	Ineffective
f7dad9d6bcd7	607AB7FA0E57	I want to have an education and have a great job when i get older and so do other students but if you let them bring there phones then its going to get them very unfocused and off task.	Claim	Adequate
43aeb1f20c10	607AB7FA0E57	I hope that you will keep cell phones from use in school. I know that students will be mad at first but they will see when you let them bring there phones how unfocused it is during school. Kids have a lot of things going on in there life and when they have a cell phone i bet they talk about how they feel to there friends. Also it is a off task thing because of un answer questions they might have from a friend or some one. So please hear me out and do not let students use cell phones at all in school.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
99d8adbe3301	60C439A28A94	Distance learning is a form of learning that allows students to learn outside the classroom setting through video conferences and online courses. This form of learning allows students to learn in any environment they want, whether that be their home, a library, or any other setting they feel most comfortable in. Although this may seem like a good option for students to opt for,	Lead	Adequate
2870fe44dcd5	60C439A28A94	students would not benefit more as opposed to learning from an actual classroom setting in a school building, especially when thinking about the resources and skills that schools can teach and offer.	Position	Effective
312b4725d3de	60C439A28A94	One of the many reasons why schools exist is to provide a social setting that students are able to immerse themselves in. Schools provide a setting in which students are able to able to socialize with other students, creating a group or community for themselves as they form friends with the students they attend these classes with.	Claim	Effective
e7f4a557f687	60C439A28A94	This is not provided online; take home-schoolers, for example. Many home-schoolers report feeling socially isolated from people of their age group as a result of not having the social setting to thrive and form friendships in. These home-schoolers are not given the opportunity to create bonds with students because their classes are primarily online; it is because of their isolation that many home-schoolers find difficultly forming friendships with others. Online schooling and video conferencing takes away that social aspect of school, and can thus result in students who are unable to socialize with other people when it comes to the real world.	Evidence	Effective
b041035916f9	60C439A28A94	However, there are people with certain anxiety disorders who would appreciate being able to learn from the comfort of their own home.	Counterclaim	Effective
3ea6d0e8854b	60C439A28A94	But, immersing them in an environment that encourages social interaction would be a more ideal situation as they would be able to learn how to overcome their anxiety; there are more effective, and less drastic measures that can be taken to help a student with social anxiety as opposed to taking them out of the classroom setting altogether and replacing them with online settings.	Rebuttal	Effective
1eb3b0df65ef	60C439A28A94	Not only do schools and classroom settings provide the ability for one to form relationships and learn how to interact with other students and adults, they also instill the necessary cooperative skills that students need in the real world once they have completed their school career and move onto the next step of their adulthood.	Claim	Effective
b9d42f0fdeed	60C439A28A94	For example, schools have their students build collaboration skills through group projects; online schooling or video conferencing does not provide this same benefit of collaboration. When a student is working from the comfort of their own home, they are not actively collaborating with other students; it is essential for students to have the ability to cooperate with other people in the real world. These group projects add the benefit of teaching students how to work with others in order to get certain tasks done, preparing them for when they have to inevitably work with other people they may not necessarily like. Online schooling is largely independent, and requires the student to rely on themselves and only themselves, while classroom settings teach both independence and dependence. Students must learn how to work with other people so that they can learn how to deal with individuals who are difficult to cooperate with, and so that they learn to rely on others when in need of assistance.	Evidence	Effective
455fe8df1ddd	60C439A28A94	Not only do online classrooms lack certain aspects necessary for a student to survival in the real world, but they also lack the accessibility of help when a student needs it.	Claim	Effective
2c6776fc61fa	60C439A28A94	In a classroom setting, students are able to ask for help from their peers and teachers so that they can better understand the topic they are learning about. Online settings do not have this help accessible to their students all the time. Video conferencing may provide that needed assistance should a student need it, but students may feel uncomfortable asking for help as video conferences are typically done in masses; students who are all taking the course from home would be on the video call, and asking questions would require teachers to stop their lesson to re-explain a concept to everyone because one individual asked for help. In addition, video conferencing settings lacks the ability for that students to bond with the teacher, unlike classroom settings, which can increase their feelings of discomfort towards asking for help. An example of this lack of accessible help can be seen through loudoun vision, an online system which allows students to take their classes from home and online. Many students who take courses through vision feel an overwhelming anxiety about taking the class because they do not have a teacher accessible to them; they are expected to complete overwhelming amounts of work without the help of a physical teacher nearby. As a result, many students procrastinate doing the work, and are thus left with more anxiety about the class in general. Students who take vision courses complain about their teachers, who have a tendency to fail them as a result of doing an assignment wrong because they did not understand it. It is because of these scenarios that physical classroom setting are more beneficial than online or video conferences, as they have the necessary resources for students to be able to ask for help.	Evidence	Effective
f5ac09ac555f	60C439A28A94	When comparing distance learning and in-class learning, it is evident that students would benefit much more from being in a classroom setting than from learning in the comfort of their own homes. Not only do online classes and video conferences lack the ability for students to gain any sort of social skills, but they also lack the ability to teach students how to cooperate with one another, which is an important skill that students must acquire to survive the real world. In addition, in-class learning allows for students to ask for help when needed. It is because of this that students would not benefit from attending classes at home.	Concluding Statement	Effective
ba051463a565	611532F64D30	In my honest opinion I dont even think that we should have a President. Presidents dont do anything other than make things worst for our country.	Position	Ineffective
8528f1e0eaa3	611532F64D30	What they do is maybe fix one or two things that the previous president did wrong but they add more problems for each president to fix so instead of trying to add more problems to us just dont do the job and give work to the government because obviously the government has enough time to make up lies and excuses on why things happen when instead the government themselves can do it, that way no excuses have to be made up.	Evidence	Ineffective
6973d9126add	611532F64D30	It may not be my place to talk about the government at all because I dont know what they are talking about but honestly thats not the point, the point is that Americans are too dumb to realize when the Government is lying or even telling the truth	Claim	Ineffective
7a00b28a1efd	611532F64D30	because they can never hear the real truth everything is the truth to them but if you deep and deep and deep youll find more and more things that to get suspious and you question yourself but youll never get to know the REAL truth because our government is corrupted and they lie to us Americans every time there is misery.	Evidence	Ineffective
1356c110fd97	612EB8B104BC	Transportation or cars will always have an huge impact on the economy. Think about how many people use cars today.	Lead	Ineffective
99926f41fc16	612EB8B104BC	Driverless cars has many positive aspects, but lets focus on the negative outcomes.	Position	Adequate
6e94bd1accd2	612EB8B104BC	Look at the companies making computer-driven cars compared to the cars that need humans. There are hundreds of places manufacturing cars that considerably need humans.	Evidence	Adequate
2b0ea0b87a3b	612EB8B104BC	If computer-driven cars take over sommany people woukd lose out on jobs that they have.	Claim	Adequate
611e944c444b	612EB8B104BC	If the technology of the car was to fail and there is an accident there is question about who should take the blame	Claim	Adequate
3fcb5aaf03e1	612EB8B104BC	Safety is one of the major concerns. The manufacturer or the driver? This issue alone can cause conflict. If certain laws change the entire technology of thounsands of driverless cars must be updated,right?	Evidence	Adequate
e2b795a47af3	612EB8B104BC	With so much debt at our hands I do not believe that driverless cars should be anywhere close to growing closer to the people by 2020.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
2d40a3fecdb9	615429644163	Everyone should have an opinion on what they think is right.	Lead	Ineffective
9ca0b2203515	615429644163	Congress should change the election by popular vote for the president of the Unites States.	Position	Effective
53f9ed5c6d44	615429644163	The popular vote shows what citizens want	Claim	Adequate
931fc303b9fb	615429644163	lets people have the freedom to choose who they want to be president	Claim	Adequate
1d48cc62c9d4	615429644163	have a better result.	Claim	Adequate
37eb0129daf5	615429644163	First of all, the popular vote shows what citizens want. It tells the government what they are doing right or wrong.	Claim	Adequate
3b47e4892811	615429644163	For example, if people say they want a democracy, that tells them that they want the right to speak for themselves. They want the freedom of speech that they deserve.	Evidence	Ineffective
6f850c0b5b99	615429644163	Furthermore, the opportunity to let people make a decision of who should be president for their country.	Claim	Adequate
2b80da54ae88	615429644163	For example, when people were voting for Obama or Romney, Obama had the most popular votes. That shows that the citizens trusted Obama in representing our country. They liked what his plans were going to be and trying to help us with our problems.	Evidence	Adequate
2e8f20aa40da	615429644163	Lastly, it provides an accurate result of who should be president.	Claim	Effective
bd5a230d4473	615429644163	It gives the percentage of how many people actually voted for the person that is going to be elected for president. For example, Obama had 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and 51.3 percent of popular vote. The votes show that people wanted Obama to be president instead of Romney because people like Obama's future plans.	Evidence	Adequate
606af16ff4db	615429644163	In summation, instead of having an Electoral College, it should an election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Popular votes helps the government understand their citizens better. It lets them know what people want from the government, allows them to have the freedom to make a choice of the president, and gives the government a picture of how many people liked a candidate's plan for them. All in all, popular votes would make elections for the president a lot better to understand.	Concluding Statement	Effective
7bf5d5d7fc08	616F112B59F4	i have heard of the policies that you are choosing	Lead	Adequate
67291205e56c	616F112B59F4	you should choose policy 1.	Position	Adequate
b854767b6825	616F112B59F4	Because we need cell phones in school for emergencies	Claim	Adequate
4fbbd83b8341	616F112B59F4	like ''mom i just got accepted to a concert in band'' or ''mom there is a crazy guy in school and we are in lock down I'll call you back when you can come pick me up'	Evidence	Adequate
132aa9e8e6f6	616F112B59F4	there are some kids that do use them during class	Counterclaim	Adequate

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For instance, there technically is no region of the country that has enough electoral votes to vote a president into office, so no one area of the controls large numbers of votes. Along with this, the system helps avoid Run-Off Elections (which complicate the election process and provide a clear winner).

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However, having a straightforward election where the votes come straight from citizens is most constitutional and much less problematic. The process has been used for a long time in our country, but it is time to make a change.

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The Electoral College has proven to be more trouble than it's worth. Our country needs to decide what is within best interest for representation of our citizens, the most efficient way to opperate one of our most sacred constitutional rights, and maintain our democracy as members of our wonderful country. Remove the Electoral College system.

Concluding Statement

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I deeply support the fact that community service does the world a lot of good.

Position

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I do some service on Saturday mornings. I go to the nursing home with a few friends and try to cheer up the tenants. Studies show that people who do community service are less likely to do something infatuated further down the road.

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Some people are just to busy to devote their time to community service because they could be taking care of their children, or doing sport activities, they could be doing college work or even homework.

Counterclaim

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Middle school and high school students do not have a lot of time to waste they need to start planning for college, school years is a time to experiment with new activities. It is a wonderful thing to do (community service) but not everyone has the time. Adolescence is such a hard time for children anyway we shouldn't give them to much responsibility because we will just get disappointed .

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There is different things we can do though. Instead of "making" people do community service. We could have a chart over a year and the child has to do so many hours of service can get credits for graduation.

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But not so much that they could fail all classes and still be able to graduate because they did so much community service. If you are really going to take this seriously I would highly suggest asking the children if they would like to do this. If a lot of people are interested maybe make a sign-up sheet for them. Since so many kids are busy you shouldn't make them doing something likes this unless they are volunteering there spared time.

Evidence

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Community service is such an amazing thing. It really shows how much America has grown.

Concluding Statement

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Times has changed a lot. Fifty years ago kids didn't go to school because they had to help their parents out on the farm. Now we have computers, video games, cell phones. All these things that distract us from what is really important, helping people.

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We should try this for a year and see if it could possibly catch on then start circulating our ideas throughout the States.

Claim

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I think we should keep the electoral vote.

Position

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My reasonings are: certainty of outcome

Claim

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everybody agrees with him/her

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swing states

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big states,

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avoiding run-off elections.

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There is a certainty of the outcome if we keep the electoral voting system.

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It will be more accurate than using the most popular vote. If the election of 2012 would have been accounted to popular votes than Barack Obama would have lost the election.

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We want to have a president that believes in what we believe in.

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We also want a president that appeals to everyone not just one region of the United States. We want to have a president that gets things done like Obama has because we are in a lot of debt.

Evidence

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Swing states have a big impact on whether he/she is in office or not.

Claim

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They are more likely to pay a attention to their campaign than other states. They have more of an impact to whether they win the election or not.

Evidence

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We need big states to help win the elections

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Without them the presidents wouldn't get as much electoral votes from bigger states than from the smaller states. You need more electoral votes then the opponent to win the election not just popular votes.

Evidence

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With the electoral college we would avoid run-off elections

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Run-off elections are when nobody gets the mojority of the votes. With the electoral college we would be giving the presidency to the candidate who has the most electoral votes not the most popular.

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So in conclusion if you have more popular votes that doesnt mean anything. If you have more electoral votes you will win the election.

Concluding Statement

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I think we should keep our method of choosing our state president

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it more easier then any other method

Claim

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it less time consuming.

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College voting method is the most easiest method to use

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All we have to do is vote and who ever gets the most votes win. I think its just a fair method to use. I feel like the other method is just to complex so we should stick to the college voting method. almost half of the time to president we choose is the right president for the US.

Evidence

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Another reason we should keep the college method is because it wouldnt take that long.

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All we really just have to do is vote and in no time our president will be in office.

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in conclusion I think we should keep the college method because its less time consuming and its an easier process.

Concluding Statement

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The United States is a democratic country where the people decide on a leader through voting, or so it's supposed to be. We Americans use something called the Electoral College, where a state is worth a certain amount of points, and when you win that state for your party, you gain those points. I find this to be unfair, because you could win by popular vote, but lose because the opposing party won the states with the biggest number of points.

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I think that the Electoral College should be removed and replaced with popular vote only. It would make elections more fair, and it would make peoples' votes feel like they change something.

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When you go to vote, you don't actually vote for the candidate, you vote for a group of people who in turn vote for the candidate. I find this to be ineffective, because the people you are voting for are still able to switch there vote to the other party,

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humans aren't the most honest things on Earth. Also, there is the feeling of being important that you get when you think that you could tip the scale, it makes you feel special, and in control of your own country. What's the point of voting if there's a chance it might not matter, because the other party just won California, the state with the most amount of points, 55, and you couldn't do anything because you live in Idaho or North Dakota, with only three little points. Popular vote would make you feel involved, and happy to help.

Evidence

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As I stated before, each state has an amount of points based on the population, which in turn affect how much you help your desired party. Seems reasonable, right? You would think that the more the population, the more impact it has on the election.

Counterclaim

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That's right, but it's also unfair because states that have noone living there could all vote for one party, but it wouldn't help that much, unless the points were close and that state tipped the scale.

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But big states, like California, Texas, and Florida have some of the most points, so if you were to win those, you already have more than one hundred points. Candidates would try to just seek out those jumbo prizes and systematicaly try to win the largest behind "the Big Four". If someone was reading this and wanted the Electoral College, they could say that the big states would still have an advantage with more voters, and that is right, but they wouldn't be as big of prizes. So the election turns from a voice of the people, speaking up for a new leader, and turns into a mad chase to get the biggest prizes before the other party, like a game of Monopoly. In Monopoly, you buy areas with your money, and when someone lands on that space you own, they have to pay you. The places ath the end of the board have the priciest cost, but the best outcome. You can also build property on spaces to make the enemy players pay more. If you were to buy those, you practically win the game. On the other hand, the spaces at the begining are basiclly worthless, costing about 100 dollars and giving you about 1000. Those are like the small states, that have almost no value to the election, and the big states are worth a lot.

Evidence

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In America, the people should be able to feel responsible for their country's future, and not feel as if their state doesn't matter. My own words might not be able to change peoples' minds, but I'm sure the votes aren't tied.

Concluding Statement

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I believe that rather than having the Electoral College , we should have elections by popular vote

Position

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A popular vote can be a better source of election because it gives the people of the state a better chance to express themselves and have a free, independant country.

Claim

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The process of the Electoral College consists of a meeting of five hundred-thirty eight selected electors, where they vote for the President and Vice President

Evidence

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This situation can be considered unfair to many people that do not get selected as electors because there opinion is not put into consideration.

Claim

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It is said that over sixty percent of voters would perfer a direct election verses the Electoral College. This statistic goes to show that people do not feel that they are involved in our country.

Evidence

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How can you consider this a free and independant nation if we do not all get the privelage to vote?

Concluding Statement

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I think that the second policy is better because students shouldn't have phones during class or on free time.

Position

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Cell phones are going to take learning away from students if they have there phones with them all the time.

Claim

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If we come to school to learn then why should we have our cell phones with us?! I think cell phones during school is going to be bad because it will take away a lot of learning that we need in our life.

Evidence

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School is very important because school will help you get a great job we you get older. If all the kids have a cell phone with them at school then there's going to be less education in there life because they are not dong what they are suppose to be doing, they are texting or calling when they are suppose to be doing there work and learning about history or math

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To keep kids focus they shouldn't bring there phones to school or if they do bring there phones to school then give it to the office or your teacher to hold on to it until school its over.

Claim

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I feel that if you let the students bring there cell phones to school it could start something or bring trouble.

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Students will be very off task when they should be focus on getting their work done and not bringing it all home and not doing there work. Cell phones should be used outside of school and not during school. If you let the students bring cell phones to school then your taking there education away from them. If students start to fail because they are not doing what they are suppose to be doing then you are going to look bad because your students are failing from being unfocused.

Evidence

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Yes kids bring phones to school when they are not suppose to but not all of them use it during class. They only bring there phones for when school is over and if they need to call there mom or dad. I only bring my phone so that if something bad were to happening after school when i am walking home or if i need to call for a question i have my cell phone. I have never used my phone during school because it is going to get me off task.

Evidence

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I want to have an education and have a great job when i get older and so do other students but if you let them bring there phones then its going to get them very unfocused and off task.

Claim

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I hope that you will keep cell phones from use in school. I know that students will be mad at first but they will see when you let them bring there phones how unfocused it is during school. Kids have a lot of things going on in there life and when they have a cell phone i bet they talk about how they feel to there friends. Also it is a off task thing because of un answer questions they might have from a friend or some one. So please hear me out and do not let students use cell phones at all in school.

Concluding Statement

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Distance learning is a form of learning that allows students to learn outside the classroom setting through video conferences and online courses. This form of learning allows students to learn in any environment they want, whether that be their home, a library, or any other setting they feel most comfortable in. Although this may seem like a good option for students to opt for,

Lead

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students would not benefit more as opposed to learning from an actual classroom setting in a school building, especially when thinking about the resources and skills that schools can teach and offer.

Position

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One of the many reasons why schools exist is to provide a social setting that students are able to immerse themselves in. Schools provide a setting in which students are able to able to socialize with other students, creating a group or community for themselves as they form friends with the students they attend these classes with.

Claim

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This is not provided online; take home-schoolers, for example. Many home-schoolers report feeling socially isolated from people of their age group as a result of not having the social setting to thrive and form friendships in. These home-schoolers are not given the opportunity to create bonds with students because their classes are primarily online; it is because of their isolation that many home-schoolers find difficultly forming friendships with others. Online schooling and video conferencing takes away that social aspect of school, and can thus result in students who are unable to socialize with other people when it comes to the real world.

Evidence

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However, there are people with certain anxiety disorders who would appreciate being able to learn from the comfort of their own home.

Counterclaim

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But, immersing them in an environment that encourages social interaction would be a more ideal situation as they would be able to learn how to overcome their anxiety; there are more effective, and less drastic measures that can be taken to help a student with social anxiety as opposed to taking them out of the classroom setting altogether and replacing them with online settings.

Rebuttal

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Not only do schools and classroom settings provide the ability for one to form relationships and learn how to interact with other students and adults, they also instill the necessary cooperative skills that students need in the real world once they have completed their school career and move onto the next step of their adulthood.

Claim

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For example, schools have their students build collaboration skills through group projects; online schooling or video conferencing does not provide this same benefit of collaboration. When a student is working from the comfort of their own home, they are not actively collaborating with other students; it is essential for students to have the ability to cooperate with other people in the real world. These group projects add the benefit of teaching students how to work with others in order to get certain tasks done, preparing them for when they have to inevitably work with other people they may not necessarily like. Online schooling is largely independent, and requires the student to rely on themselves and only themselves, while classroom settings teach both independence and dependence. Students must learn how to work with other people so that they can learn how to deal with individuals who are difficult to cooperate with, and so that they learn to rely on others when in need of assistance.

Evidence

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Not only do online classrooms lack certain aspects necessary for a student to survival in the real world, but they also lack the accessibility of help when a student needs it.

Claim

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In a classroom setting, students are able to ask for help from their peers and teachers so that they can better understand the topic they are learning about. Online settings do not have this help accessible to their students all the time. Video conferencing may provide that needed assistance should a student need it, but students may feel uncomfortable asking for help as video conferences are typically done in masses; students who are all taking the course from home would be on the video call, and asking questions would require teachers to stop their lesson to re-explain a concept to everyone because one individual asked for help. In addition, video conferencing settings lacks the ability for that students to bond with the teacher, unlike classroom settings, which can increase their feelings of discomfort towards asking for help. An example of this lack of accessible help can be seen through loudoun vision, an online system which allows students to take their classes from home and online. Many students who take courses through vision feel an overwhelming anxiety about taking the class because they do not have a teacher accessible to them; they are expected to complete overwhelming amounts of work without the help of a physical teacher nearby. As a result, many students procrastinate doing the work, and are thus left with more anxiety about the class in general. Students who take vision courses complain about their teachers, who have a tendency to fail them as a result of doing an assignment wrong because they did not understand it. It is because of these scenarios that physical classroom setting are more beneficial than online or video conferences, as they have the necessary resources for students to be able to ask for help.

Evidence

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When comparing distance learning and in-class learning, it is evident that students would benefit much more from being in a classroom setting than from learning in the comfort of their own homes. Not only do online classes and video conferences lack the ability for students to gain any sort of social skills, but they also lack the ability to teach students how to cooperate with one another, which is an important skill that students must acquire to survive the real world. In addition, in-class learning allows for students to ask for help when needed. It is because of this that students would not benefit from attending classes at home.

Concluding Statement

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In my honest opinion I dont even think that we should have a President. Presidents dont do anything other than make things worst for our country.

Position

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What they do is maybe fix one or two things that the previous president did wrong but they add more problems for each president to fix so instead of trying to add more problems to us just dont do the job and give work to the government because obviously the government has enough time to make up lies and excuses on why things happen when instead the government themselves can do it, that way no excuses have to be made up.

Evidence

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It may not be my place to talk about the government at all because I dont know what they are talking about but honestly thats not the point, the point is that Americans are too dumb to realize when the Government is lying or even telling the truth

Claim

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because they can never hear the real truth everything is the truth to them but if you deep and deep and deep youll find more and more things that to get suspious and you question yourself but youll never get to know the REAL truth because our government is corrupted and they lie to us Americans every time there is misery.

Evidence

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Transportation or cars will always have an huge impact on the economy. Think about how many people use cars today.

Lead

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Driverless cars has many positive aspects, but lets focus on the negative outcomes.

Position

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Look at the companies making computer-driven cars compared to the cars that need humans. There are hundreds of places manufacturing cars that considerably need humans.

Evidence

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If computer-driven cars take over sommany people woukd lose out on jobs that they have.

Claim

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If the technology of the car was to fail and there is an accident there is question about who should take the blame

Claim

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Safety is one of the major concerns. The manufacturer or the driver? This issue alone can cause conflict. If certain laws change the entire technology of thounsands of driverless cars must be updated,right?

Evidence

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With so much debt at our hands I do not believe that driverless cars should be anywhere close to growing closer to the people by 2020.

Concluding Statement

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Everyone should have an opinion on what they think is right.

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Congress should change the election by popular vote for the president of the Unites States.

Position

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The popular vote shows what citizens want

Claim

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lets people have the freedom to choose who they want to be president

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have a better result.

Claim

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First of all, the popular vote shows what citizens want. It tells the government what they are doing right or wrong.

Claim

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For example, if people say they want a democracy, that tells them that they want the right to speak for themselves. They want the freedom of speech that they deserve.

Evidence

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Furthermore, the opportunity to let people make a decision of who should be president for their country.

Claim

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For example, when people were voting for Obama or Romney, Obama had the most popular votes. That shows that the citizens trusted Obama in representing our country. They liked what his plans were going to be and trying to help us with our problems.

Evidence

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Lastly, it provides an accurate result of who should be president.

Claim

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It gives the percentage of how many people actually voted for the person that is going to be elected for president. For example, Obama had 61.7 percent of the electoral vote and 51.3 percent of popular vote. The votes show that people wanted Obama to be president instead of Romney because people like Obama's future plans.

Evidence

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In summation, instead of having an Electoral College, it should an election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Popular votes helps the government understand their citizens better. It lets them know what people want from the government, allows them to have the freedom to make a choice of the president, and gives the government a picture of how many people liked a candidate's plan for them. All in all, popular votes would make elections for the president a lot better to understand.

Concluding Statement

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i have heard of the policies that you are choosing

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you should choose policy 1.

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Because we need cell phones in school for emergencies

Claim

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like ''mom i just got accepted to a concert in band'' or ''mom there is a crazy guy in school and we are in lock down I'll call you back when you can come pick me up'

Evidence

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there are some kids that do use them during class

Counterclaim

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