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813f333dabc3	6481E8B9CD64	To feel as if the president is not on your side, i dont imagine that being any fun, that to me would be like rewarding one child and not the other for the same action.	Claim	Ineffective
c26cdc43ad08	6481E8B9CD64	We all are equal, wether by race, color, or age. We are all human, and we demand to be treated equal, if we dont get equal, keep trying until you do. Its always too early to give up. Always push yourself to high extents just like these canidates and maybe one day it will be you standing up for the majority vote, only hoping that the voters do not pick favorites, off of location. Before you decide make sure you know who youre voting for, and that there is a chance, that folur years from now, they could be re elected again, so please, put some thought into our society, and what social conflict does to us! America hass been torn apart because, of beliefs, religion, and democracies, and possibly is still suffering from all of these things, as i sit here and type this. There is a while world out there beyond those builded lines. Why did you pick thosae lines in the first place.	Evidence	Ineffective
23d80bab49d5	649B2A197C4A	If you were to question U.S. citizens about what an electoral college is, what would they say? Most of them don't even know its a process established in the Constitution in which electors "vote for president and vice president," and then are counted by the Congress (Source 1, paragraph 1). They don't realize that their votes can be over-riden by these votes	Lead	Effective
439a4b93794d	649B2A197C4A	And those, if the very few, who do get it, are opposed. They would prefer another system, a more modernized system, and are disgruntle about how unfair the system is, not only about how the electors are chosen but how the larger states have an advantage in votes and in information	Position	Effective
809d06ec7d1e	649B2A197C4A	Most voters are opposed to such systems, according to Source Two, "... over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now," (paragraph 9). Yet we still have the Electoral Colleges going.	Claim	Effective
d0ab697d1085	649B2A197C4A	As active voters in todays society, we call for a fair system. We want, no, we need, to be treated fairly and not over-riden.	Evidence	Adequate
48f2a4085183	649B2A197C4A	We need a system us as people can control ourselves	Claim	Effective
774db4d570e2	649B2A197C4A	As in Source Two, I will ask you the question, "Who picks the electors in the first place?" Certainly not the citizens as a whole, most of the time its picked by the state governement in some shape or form, but sometimes, even the presidental candidates themselves can pick them (paaragraph 10)! As well as in Source Three, where its clearly pointed out that "... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people," (paragraph 15). It's outragous how easily they can pull the wool over our eyes, and even worse how we let them. But no more.	Evidence	Effective
07e3b86fdb8a	649B2A197C4A	As you probably already know, each state's "...entitled allotment of electors equals the number of memebers in its Congressional delegation..." (Source One, paragraph 3). Most represntatives spend most of their time campaining in places like New York and California that the small states such as Rhode Island arent even visited. "In the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see candidates at all..." and that campaign was refered to as a "fiasco" in which the Electoral College caused a dispute (Selection 2, paragraph 13).	Evidence	Effective
8d96068367f1	649B2A197C4A	This leaves the smaller states less informed and more likely to vote to the exact opposite of what they want, and yet they still have as much say in the vote	Claim	Effective
29f2d3597eda	649B2A197C4A	In Selection Three, it is said that the swing states (or larger ones) "... are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average (and for the further reason that they will have received the most information and attention from the candidates)," (paragraph 20). Selection Two points out something very important that should be stressed, "... each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 5000,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 represantatives from California, who represnt 35 million votes," (paragraph 12). This shows the citizens aren't really being represented properly.	Evidence	Effective
2d63a04df82f	649B2A197C4A	Altough many downfalls, "The Electorial College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states... lose" and "avoids the problem of elections in which no one recieves a majority of the votes cast,"(Source Three, paragragh 21 and 22).	Counterclaim	Effective
ec0d00482e9c	649B2A197C4A	Yet still there can be holes poked in that, and all though unlikely, theres an even amount of votes so the vote could be split 50/50. Just imagine the chaos we could be thrown into.	Evidence	Adequate
6e79b9dc1255	649B2A197C4A	we demand a better system, for a simplerly system, for an equal system, for a system we can control ourselves	Concluding Statement	Adequate
a94e94fadab9	650A40BBAB6D	Twenty five years ago we discoved something different on the surface of Mars. This natrural land form looks just like a human face. Some people believe that it was created by aliens. However, that is not true.	Lead	Adequate
d60a627f7668	650A40BBAB6D	There many explanations on how this land form got there, but there is no evidence that claims it was created by aliens.	Position	Adequate
0bdaf81c303e	650A40BBAB6D	I am a scientist at NASA and I was one of the people who discovered this land form.	Evidence	Adequate
f6e91a4e7d19	650A40BBAB6D	Although some people have very convensing stories as to how that land form got there	Counterclaim	Adequate
3f59f19c2d8c	650A40BBAB6D	it was not made by aliens.	Rebuttal	Adequate
839fdbdce390	650A40BBAB6D	Many people think it is a natrural land form, while others think it was created by aliens. The team of scienctist that discoved this land have talked about how we think it got there, but one of only logical explanation is that it was hit by a meteror. Mars has lots of crators on the surface and it is just that. A crator. There is no way aliens could have made this land form. It is over two miles long. For them to make this it would have taken many of hundreds of years. I personal think that if there are any aliens they would not be an advanced civilization to create something like this.	Evidence	Adequate
220c6b444448	650A40BBAB6D	Another reason why they could have never made this is how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.	Claim	Adequate
3d0c6b4a85ee	650A40BBAB6D	This land form is just like they face on the moon, no one made it. It just showed up after years and years of being hit by meterors and the push and pull of gravity. Personaly I do not beleive that aliens exist. There is no evidence that they live on mars, let alone any other planet.	Evidence	Adequate
539f4747657a	650A40BBAB6D	If they do exist I would have no problem with that	Counterclaim	Ineffective
be469e80f30d	650A40BBAB6D	but as of right not there is no evidence that they do.	Rebuttal	Ineffective
d0c00e2c9fff	650A40BBAB6D	Even though some stories are very convensing, there is no way aliens could have made this land form. If there was more convensing evidence then I might reconsider my opinion, but as of right now there is no more evidence. So I will not be reconsidering. The land form is over two miles long which would be nearly impossible for a very underdeveloped society to create. Also how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.	Evidence	Adequate
dc295f0c2470	650A40BBAB6D	Therefore there is no possible way the aliens made that face, it's just a land form.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
4e4743e97f3d	6515C1CC0F57	the faces are just nautural land forms and not something supernatural	Position	Adequate
66edcfae2619	6515C1CC0F57	Even Knowing that nasa wishes there was ancient people living on mars doesnt mean there actually is.	Claim	Adequate
26058b6180c0	6515C1CC0F57	They may be very smart people but they have no proof that this was done by a type of living being. They clearly state that everything they get is only facts and off research and strictly that nothing else. These people who are doubting nasa abviously have no idea what there talking about if they think nasa is purposley lying to us. They say that these faces are very normal and common and that this one has very different shadowing to help it look like adifferent face.	Evidence	Ineffective
1b2945f8a6d3	6515C1CC0F57	They have shown many other faces or land forms like this in the past	Claim	Adequate
c7e91a95d5e0	6515C1CC0F57	I would understand if this was the first one and maybe that would give them a litlle reason to doubt them like they did. nasa says they have seen similair things like this on our earth. That should tell you that what is going on now isnt anything different or special to us. I understand why you would think its something crazy special but its really not, nasa them selves got all happy over nothing as well until they got another look at it. They said they thought it was something they havent seen before but it just ended up being something they really see on a ebery dat bases	Evidence	Adequate
66a9a3344a8a	6515C1CC0F57	Nasa also stated that the types of cameras they used would have easily made it clear to the people that this is normal.	Claim	Adequate
5eb143fa299a	6515C1CC0F57	These cameras can zoom in so close that they would have been able to see if anything moved they could see it. the only thing that was oving that day was the clouds in the sky which is normal for mars. They said they look for small stacks and things moved and even pyramids but yet nothing was abnormal about this situation. These people make even less since because if it can happen here on our normla land it should be normal for a planet like mars to do it to. Mars is the most similair planet to ours. So if it happen over here why is it so breath taking that it happens over there as well. They say that they shortly live dthis little moment and it ended up being the same old stuff, this place Cyndonia is the most common place to find these landforms shapped by who knows but they can be suspicious and very norml at the same time. They said that they think taht this face would bring much attention to mars and they were absolutly right about that.	Evidence	Adequate
50402ad8fa73	6515C1CC0F57	It makes sence why some poeple think different. I mean everybody has they own point of view on thuings. They wil stick to it to, they will consider them selves right still after you prove them wrong. People will always have there own perspective on things no matter what. so that means that mostly everybody will have some one that disagrees with them one way or another. Since this has opened up to the world in manny different ways, it makes it a whole lot easier to make up assumptions and nad there own way of thinking when it comes to this very starge but normal situation. Poeple have even seen thingslike this on the moon and that didnt phaze a single person. Its just people these days and how they think. they will just pull your leg.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
b7e1b640b61d	653F5908B3BD	It is highly unlikely that you will read this, but hey it is worth a shot. There are many reasons as to why the Electoral College process should be used to elect the president of the United States and many reasons as to why the popular vote process should be used. For this same purpose, there is a controversy as to which process should be used.	Lead	Adequate
eb60a0b180d1	653F5908B3BD	If I had a say into which should be used and which should not be used, I would rule in the favor of the popular vote process and not in the favor of the Electoral College process.	Position	Effective
c2af56665858	653F5908B3BD	The first reason as to why I would be in favor of the popular vote process is that in the Electoral College process, big states are being more effective than small states.	Claim	Effective
508cd276cfe0	653F5908B3BD	This might lead the small states to not vote because they feeel that they would not make a difference. Source #3 claim the following, " So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does...." When bigger states have more electoral votes, the candidates will be lead to thinking that if they get the bigger states, for example California who gets 55 electoral votes, to be in their favor then they might have a bigger chance at winning which will have the small states, like Hawaii who only gets 3 electoral votes, thinking that they have no say as to who gets to be their president. This claim is supported by source #3 when it is stated, " Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote".	Evidence	Effective
ca511d717760	653F5908B3BD	The second reason as to why I am not in the favor of the Electoral College process is because as said in source #3, " Voter is toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing candidates- knowing that they are going to decide the election"	Claim	Effective
b2f3e0d9d274	653F5908B3BD	Candidates mostly pay attention to states that have more electoral votes, this causes them to pay more attention to the bigger states and leave out the smaller ones, as already argued, some states get more electoral votes than others. Another reason why this is bad is because most states will not pay attention in the election because they will not make a difference. If popular vote were to be in action, then more people and citizens will pay attention because it will be a more interesting election since more epeople have a say and the candidates will pay attention to all states. Even the bigger states with more electoral votes know that they are the ones to basically decide the election.	Evidence	Effective
b954b0f79803	653F5908B3BD	The popular vote process is more effective and fair for the United States in choosing the President. Most people can argue in that favor as well. If you qwant the elections to be fair, I supposwe that you will pay attention to the voice of thousands of citizens and you will be fair.	Concluding Statement	Effective
0c076f0b0bd7	656C7C849144	When electing the president of the United States, you must vote in favor of the president you want. However, instead of coming down to popular vote, the system uses the Electrolar College to decide. The Electroral Vote works in that the people of a certain states votes for their candidate and the majority of people who vote for a certain president give their votes to a slate of voters. What this means is that the popular vote within a state wins the electoral votes of the electors who then vote for the president.	Lead	Effective
d26ea60a1e0e	656C7C849144	Many people dislike this system including myself.	Position	Effective
71a36e346855	656C7C849144	I disaprove of this system because it limits representation	Claim	Effective
a533d0dd9ed8	656C7C849144	permits the disintrest of voters	Claim	Effective
38ad2025648e	656C7C849144	reduces a candidates intrest in a state.	Claim	Effective
4a1887ffd3ea	656C7C849144	One major problem with the Electoral College voting system is that it limits representation of the people.	Claim	Effective
46aa25933049	656C7C849144	The Electoral COllege votes work so that the population of a state directly effects the amount of votes that states recieves. For example, Wyoming only has about 500,000 voters so it only recieves one electoral college vote. Because there is only one vote for wyoming, the 500,000 voters do not have acurate representation in a vote that has a total of 270 electoral votes.	Evidence	Effective
91f855256105	656C7C849144	There have also been times in which a president has won the piopular vote but lost the Electoral College vote. This was seen in the 2000 vote of Bush versus Gore when Gore won the popular vote and Bush won the electoral vote.	Evidence	Effective
abddbcc622ba	656C7C849144	One might claim that because the amount of electoral votes for a state is based of the population, it is fair.	Counterclaim	Effective
500e06e54ed9	656C7C849144	However, I believe that the popular vote is more fair because it expresses the opinion of the majority.	Rebuttal	Effective
f38cebb8cc72	656C7C849144	In some states, there is a large majority of people running for a single party. This can be observed primarily in Texas where an overwhelming majority of voters are Republican. Therefore, the Republican president wins Texas almost every election period. This can be frustrating for Democrats who live in Texas because they know that	Evidence	Effective
54e238f9794c	656C7C849144	their vote does not matter causing them to lose interest in voting in the first place. This is not fair for those people nor is it particularly good to express as an American trait.	Claim	Effective
83605133a650	656C7C849144	As stated before, the larger the population of a states, the more Electoral College votes that state gets. This leads to a small group of "big states" that have such a large amount of votes, they are the target for candidates to try to persuade to vote for them. On the opposite side of the spectrum, most of the other 50 states have a smaller amount of votes and are less of an objective for candidates to acquire.	Evidence	Effective
af118abd9b4d	656C7C849144	In many states throughout an election preiod (the period in which candidates move to diferent states giving speeches) the candidates never make an appearance in their state at all.	Claim	Effective
2334f477a9c4	656C7C849144	This is observed in the 2000 election in which seventeen states did not have the candidate make an appearance at all. This also can lower interest in voting for the president.	Evidence	Effective
800b1f58288c	656C7C849144	The Electoral college voting system is not fair in the way the present system works. The system does not show proper representation of the people, does not promote interest in voting, and causes a candidate to ignore the states in which do not have a large amount of electoral votes.	Concluding Statement	Effective
709301ccbcb0	6578E97B8E0E	I recently heard you wanted to change the school policy on sports and other activities, so that only students with a grade average of a B or higher can participate.	Lead	Adequate
b89f1208cb65	6578E97B8E0E	i think this is wrong,	Position	Adequate
4670635e2584	6578E97B8E0E	students won't have as many after school activities.	Claim	Adequate
7b7d8758ac20	6578E97B8E0E	After school activities help occupy students time which makes it less likely for them to get in trouble. Another reason is that students might also drop out or move schools so they can continue playing sports. If students don't have sports they are also less likely to get enough exercise which could cause more obesity in the school. Some students rely on sports as a chance to spend time with their friends, so if sports are cut out they may become antisocial and have no friends.	Evidence	Adequate
e16d11b1da42	6578E97B8E0E	When people play sports it also makes them more motivated to do other things and gain more friendships.	Claim	Adequate
a5cd42fb046a	6578E97B8E0E	Other activities in which students may not be able to participate in such as electives or school clubs may drop the self esteem of students due to lack of friends with similar interests. this rule might also cause bullying because if someone can't play sports then others will know they have less than a B average. Getting regular physical activity in a friendly surrounding also helps people who might have had a troubled past. When others around to support one and other it also brings up the moods of possibly depressed people. When activities are available it also helps students broaden their horizon by letting them try things they might not have otherwise tried. it also allows students to meet people with similar interests.	Evidence	Adequate
c9378f91f598	6578E97B8E0E	This policy might also be good because it would give students with poor grades a reason to bring their grades up to atleast a B average.	Claim	Adequate
e294f2f09f0f	6578E97B8E0E	It also could allow there to be more academic centered clubs. The students who aren't eligible to play sports could also have tutors in the time they aren't spending on sports.	Evidence	Ineffective
9f30efefb494	65922C6DA1B8	Times are changing. Driverless car technology is being created, with slow and steady progress. The technology for these type of cars has only been developed over the last few years because of a lack of technology. There are several companies trying to develop these cars, but they're pretty much at the same step. Knowing how driverless technology works, who is liable for damages, and how it will effect drivers is crucial to the possible future use of driverless cars.	Lead	Effective
3acb9227716a	65922C6DA1B8	Driverless technology has to be understood by the consumer. If the consumer does not know how this technology works, it could cause some serious damage.	Claim	Effective
7508fab46ee0	65922C6DA1B8	The consumer has to realize that driverless cars aren't completely driverless, the consumer has to know that they have to remain attentive while being in the driver's seat. "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." (Driverless Cares Are Coming paragraph 7). Without the realization that they have to be attentive, some bad accidents could occur.	Evidence	Adequate
77b905aa1e97	65922C6DA1B8	Liability for the accidents caused by driverless cars has to be settled.	Claim	Effective
ab311d3bb400	65922C6DA1B8	The companies that make the driverless cars, or the driver, it is yet to be determined who would be at fault. The company for making flawed technology, or the driver for being in the car. "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturere?" (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 9). This will be a huge issue if driverless cars do become legal. Driverless cars could effect the people in more way than one.	Evidence	Effective
ec098e24bce8	65922C6DA1B8	The effect of drivers in the future if cars become driverless. Their is a great possibility of issues coming with driverless cars, some subtle, and some severe.	Claim	Adequate
759eeec2b245	65922C6DA1B8	Also, who would want a driverless car if you still had to driver it? That does defeat the purpose of the name of the car. "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 8). Being occupied while sitting there is imperative. People will become bored if they have to just sit in the seat all day long. Companies have to come of with entertainment systems, but an issue with that is losing attention. While being in the driver's seat of a driverless car, being attentive is imperative. There may be situations where the car cannot handle it, and it requires human skills. "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 7). There is a double whammy right there. Companies have to balance out occupying the driver and keeping them attentive; but there is no way to be distracted and attentive at the same time.	Evidence	Effective
288a6ad48075	65922C6DA1B8	The risks involved with driverless cars are way to high for the potential payoff	Position	Adequate
e48d95fa8543	65922C6DA1B8	The technology that is being developed might have a future, but in the near future, there is no way it'll work. Right now, they aren't even driverless cars, the cars still require a driver. Surely there will be progress on that aspec of the cars. Just simple knowing how the cars work is the first obsticle. Also, being able to figure out who is liable for damages between the manufacturer, or the driver of the car is a huge issue that comes with this. Lastly, how it will effect future driver's skills, and attentiveness while driving. Will there be a future in this industry, or not? Only time will tell.	Concluding Statement	Effective
f2142ce3a5a8	659461FD20E3	Dear senator i was wondering what the electoral college was.	Lead	Ineffective
45bfc772e823	659461FD20E3	And iv noticed that its unfair	Position	Adequate
69e7cabbf0f0	659461FD20E3	Because of the winner-take-all system	Claim	Adequate
1b94ebce499c	659461FD20E3	the posablet of a tie.	Claim	Adequate
1c78443912cd	659461FD20E3	Which is when candates dont spend time in state they know there not going to win. For example in the 2000 campaign seventeen states didnt get to see who they where even voting for. And some of the largest media markets didnt see a campaign ad. Ever one should at least get to see who mit be running the U.S.A. If the president was picked on most poppler vote the people would see who there voting for and also see what there are plans are for the U.S.	Evidence	Adequate
db9e2a3a0979	659461FD20E3	Many people are worried about this because the responablaite of chocing the president would be the house of represantives. Which is unfair because each state has only one vote. For example let say florida represenates 400,000 people, they would have as much to say to texas who represenates 1 millon people. But if the president was chocien by polpular vote then there could never be a tie and voter would have a changes to vote for who they really want.	Evidence	Adequate
7fbb4d82283d	659461FD20E3	All and all the electrol college should be changed. Because of the winner takes all system and the posablet of tie. The college has worked for a long time now but i think the american people are ready for a change.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
048e663acdfe	65991D1DA389	I think that, policy number one is genius. You should let the students bring there phones during free periods and lunch periods.	Position	Adequate
ea75b33c79ed	65991D1DA389	When your phone is turned on someone can call you or text you. you don't have to be using your phone for you to get a call or a message. It should not be on during class time. Class time is learning time.	Evidence	Adequate
a2f8bb740859	65991D1DA389	All teens can think about is staying on the phone all the time. Technology has taken over the young minds of teens over the past few years. Not many people take to others face to face anymore. There some people that say they can not live without the uses of technology.	Evidence	Ineffective
4b5742c6eebb	65991D1DA389	During the lunch periods, everyone talks to each other while eating, so why not have the usage of a cell phone.	Evidence	Adequate
dbca6e0bfeeb	65991D1DA389	For such a small device it can distract many people.	Claim	Adequate
362b4a61189c	65991D1DA389	If they are not turned off during the class time it will beep or make a noise that will stop the learning process of class time. There is a time for fun and there is time for learning. Class time is for learning.	Evidence	Adequate
9868677983b3	65991D1DA389	The policy should also apply for teachers too.	Evidence	Ineffective
3087ff905cda	65AB218C2765	The face on mars is just a natural landform	Position	Adequate
c15e3a92d80e	65AB218C2765	Mars has plenty of landforms and its normal for landforms to creat a shape or face.	Claim	Ineffective
a982b13743b8	65AB218C2765	Just because it makes a face on a planet doesn't mean aliens had anything to do with it. Under paragraph 5 you see a photograph of the face and many landforns surrounding it, so as you can see many landforms stand out on Mars.	Evidence	Ineffective
8da758daa8f0	65AB218C2765	In paragraph 3 it says (shadoes gave the landform eyes,a mouth,and nose)	Claim	Adequate
8e4c35a10e47	65AB218C2765	so its a landform with a face but the shadows make up the face. NASA has been studying this for a long time,but for what ?, as you bcan see its just a landform not a face.	Evidence	Ineffective
8cb1213b6dfb	65AB218C2765	In paragraph 7 it clearly says(thousands of web surfers were waiting when the image on the JPL website but when it appeared it revealed just a natural landform.). There was no momument after all.	Evidence	Adequate
8cf217e8e421	65AB218C2765	So in conclusion with this evidence, you can clearly see that its just a landform and not a alien monument.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
e2b9ae58208d	65C8F881F296	This idea of not letting students participate in sports or other activities unless they have a grade B average is just bologna.	Position	Adequate
4fc209809edf	65C8F881F296	Every students deserves the right to have a fun time with friends, get excersize, and be healthy by participating in a sport or other activity at school.	Evidence	Adequate
18f51a67b31d	65C8F881F296	Athletic ability should not be based on smarts, because a person who is a fantastic athlete could be getting all C' s in their classes.	Claim	Adequate
2cb1891b6559	65C8F881F296	Many kids only enjoy playing sports or being in school activities like school dances, fundraises, field trips, etc. Taking away these rights to the children with grade C averages and above is just plain cruel.	Evidence	Ineffective
c2dd91e294b2	65C8F881F296	In my opinion every student deserves the right to be involved in school activities as long as they keep an above grade D average.	Claim	Adequate

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To feel as if the president is not on your side, i dont imagine that being any fun, that to me would be like rewarding one child and not the other for the same action.

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We all are equal, wether by race, color, or age. We are all human, and we demand to be treated equal, if we dont get equal, keep trying until you do. Its always too early to give up. Always push yourself to high extents just like these canidates and maybe one day it will be you standing up for the majority vote, only hoping that the voters do not pick favorites, off of location. Before you decide make sure you know who youre voting for, and that there is a chance, that folur years from now, they could be re elected again, so please, put some thought into our society, and what social conflict does to us! America hass been torn apart because, of beliefs, religion, and democracies, and possibly is still suffering from all of these things, as i sit here and type this. There is a while world out there beyond those builded lines. Why did you pick thosae lines in the first place.

Evidence

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If you were to question U.S. citizens about what an electoral college is, what would they say? Most of them don't even know its a process established in the Constitution in which electors "vote for president and vice president," and then are counted by the Congress (Source 1, paragraph 1). They don't realize that their votes can be over-riden by these votes

Lead

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And those, if the very few, who do get it, are opposed. They would prefer another system, a more modernized system, and are disgruntle about how unfair the system is, not only about how the electors are chosen but how the larger states have an advantage in votes and in information

Position

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Most voters are opposed to such systems, according to Source Two, "... over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now," (paragraph 9). Yet we still have the Electoral Colleges going.

Claim

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As active voters in todays society, we call for a fair system. We want, no, we need, to be treated fairly and not over-riden.

Evidence

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We need a system us as people can control ourselves

Claim

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As in Source Two, I will ask you the question, "Who picks the electors in the first place?" Certainly not the citizens as a whole, most of the time its picked by the state governement in some shape or form, but sometimes, even the presidental candidates themselves can pick them (paaragraph 10)! As well as in Source Three, where its clearly pointed out that "... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people," (paragraph 15). It's outragous how easily they can pull the wool over our eyes, and even worse how we let them. But no more.

Evidence

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As you probably already know, each state's "...entitled allotment of electors equals the number of memebers in its Congressional delegation..." (Source One, paragraph 3). Most represntatives spend most of their time campaining in places like New York and California that the small states such as Rhode Island arent even visited. "In the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see candidates at all..." and that campaign was refered to as a "fiasco" in which the Electoral College caused a dispute (Selection 2, paragraph 13).

Evidence

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This leaves the smaller states less informed and more likely to vote to the exact opposite of what they want, and yet they still have as much say in the vote

Claim

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In Selection Three, it is said that the swing states (or larger ones) "... are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average (and for the further reason that they will have received the most information and attention from the candidates)," (paragraph 20). Selection Two points out something very important that should be stressed, "... each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 5000,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 represantatives from California, who represnt 35 million votes," (paragraph 12). This shows the citizens aren't really being represented properly.

Evidence

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Altough many downfalls, "The Electorial College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states... lose" and "avoids the problem of elections in which no one recieves a majority of the votes cast,"(Source Three, paragragh 21 and 22).

Counterclaim

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Yet still there can be holes poked in that, and all though unlikely, theres an even amount of votes so the vote could be split 50/50. Just imagine the chaos we could be thrown into.

Evidence

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we demand a better system, for a simplerly system, for an equal system, for a system we can control ourselves

Concluding Statement

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Twenty five years ago we discoved something different on the surface of Mars. This natrural land form looks just like a human face. Some people believe that it was created by aliens. However, that is not true.

Lead

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There many explanations on how this land form got there, but there is no evidence that claims it was created by aliens.

Position

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I am a scientist at NASA and I was one of the people who discovered this land form.

Evidence

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Although some people have very convensing stories as to how that land form got there

Counterclaim

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it was not made by aliens.

Rebuttal

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Many people think it is a natrural land form, while others think it was created by aliens. The team of scienctist that discoved this land have talked about how we think it got there, but one of only logical explanation is that it was hit by a meteror. Mars has lots of crators on the surface and it is just that. A crator. There is no way aliens could have made this land form. It is over two miles long. For them to make this it would have taken many of hundreds of years. I personal think that if there are any aliens they would not be an advanced civilization to create something like this.

Evidence

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Another reason why they could have never made this is how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.

Claim

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This land form is just like they face on the moon, no one made it. It just showed up after years and years of being hit by meterors and the push and pull of gravity. Personaly I do not beleive that aliens exist. There is no evidence that they live on mars, let alone any other planet.

Evidence

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If they do exist I would have no problem with that

Counterclaim

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but as of right not there is no evidence that they do.

Rebuttal

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Even though some stories are very convensing, there is no way aliens could have made this land form. If there was more convensing evidence then I might reconsider my opinion, but as of right now there is no more evidence. So I will not be reconsidering. The land form is over two miles long which would be nearly impossible for a very underdeveloped society to create. Also how would the aliens know what a human face looks like.

Evidence

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Therefore there is no possible way the aliens made that face, it's just a land form.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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the faces are just nautural land forms and not something supernatural

Position

Adequate

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Even Knowing that nasa wishes there was ancient people living on mars doesnt mean there actually is.

Claim

Adequate

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They may be very smart people but they have no proof that this was done by a type of living being. They clearly state that everything they get is only facts and off research and strictly that nothing else. These people who are doubting nasa abviously have no idea what there talking about if they think nasa is purposley lying to us. They say that these faces are very normal and common and that this one has very different shadowing to help it look like adifferent face.

Evidence

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They have shown many other faces or land forms like this in the past

Claim

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I would understand if this was the first one and maybe that would give them a litlle reason to doubt them like they did. nasa says they have seen similair things like this on our earth. That should tell you that what is going on now isnt anything different or special to us. I understand why you would think its something crazy special but its really not, nasa them selves got all happy over nothing as well until they got another look at it. They said they thought it was something they havent seen before but it just ended up being something they really see on a ebery dat bases

Evidence

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Nasa also stated that the types of cameras they used would have easily made it clear to the people that this is normal.

Claim

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These cameras can zoom in so close that they would have been able to see if anything moved they could see it. the only thing that was oving that day was the clouds in the sky which is normal for mars. They said they look for small stacks and things moved and even pyramids but yet nothing was abnormal about this situation. These people make even less since because if it can happen here on our normla land it should be normal for a planet like mars to do it to. Mars is the most similair planet to ours. So if it happen over here why is it so breath taking that it happens over there as well. They say that they shortly live dthis little moment and it ended up being the same old stuff, this place Cyndonia is the most common place to find these landforms shapped by who knows but they can be suspicious and very norml at the same time. They said that they think taht this face would bring much attention to mars and they were absolutly right about that.

Evidence

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It makes sence why some poeple think different. I mean everybody has they own point of view on thuings. They wil stick to it to, they will consider them selves right still after you prove them wrong. People will always have there own perspective on things no matter what. so that means that mostly everybody will have some one that disagrees with them one way or another. Since this has opened up to the world in manny different ways, it makes it a whole lot easier to make up assumptions and nad there own way of thinking when it comes to this very starge but normal situation. Poeple have even seen thingslike this on the moon and that didnt phaze a single person. Its just people these days and how they think. they will just pull your leg.

Concluding Statement

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It is highly unlikely that you will read this, but hey it is worth a shot. There are many reasons as to why the Electoral College process should be used to elect the president of the United States and many reasons as to why the popular vote process should be used. For this same purpose, there is a controversy as to which process should be used.

Lead

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If I had a say into which should be used and which should not be used, I would rule in the favor of the popular vote process and not in the favor of the Electoral College process.

Position

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The first reason as to why I would be in favor of the popular vote process is that in the Electoral College process, big states are being more effective than small states.

Claim

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This might lead the small states to not vote because they feeel that they would not make a difference. Source #3 claim the following, " So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does...." When bigger states have more electoral votes, the candidates will be lead to thinking that if they get the bigger states, for example California who gets 55 electoral votes, to be in their favor then they might have a bigger chance at winning which will have the small states, like Hawaii who only gets 3 electoral votes, thinking that they have no say as to who gets to be their president. This claim is supported by source #3 when it is stated, " Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote".

Evidence

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The second reason as to why I am not in the favor of the Electoral College process is because as said in source #3, " Voter is toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign- to really listen to the competing candidates- knowing that they are going to decide the election"

Claim

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Candidates mostly pay attention to states that have more electoral votes, this causes them to pay more attention to the bigger states and leave out the smaller ones, as already argued, some states get more electoral votes than others. Another reason why this is bad is because most states will not pay attention in the election because they will not make a difference. If popular vote were to be in action, then more people and citizens will pay attention because it will be a more interesting election since more epeople have a say and the candidates will pay attention to all states. Even the bigger states with more electoral votes know that they are the ones to basically decide the election.

Evidence

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The popular vote process is more effective and fair for the United States in choosing the President. Most people can argue in that favor as well. If you qwant the elections to be fair, I supposwe that you will pay attention to the voice of thousands of citizens and you will be fair.

Concluding Statement

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When electing the president of the United States, you must vote in favor of the president you want. However, instead of coming down to popular vote, the system uses the Electrolar College to decide. The Electroral Vote works in that the people of a certain states votes for their candidate and the majority of people who vote for a certain president give their votes to a slate of voters. What this means is that the popular vote within a state wins the electoral votes of the electors who then vote for the president.

Lead

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Many people dislike this system including myself.

Position

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I disaprove of this system because it limits representation

Claim

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permits the disintrest of voters

Claim

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reduces a candidates intrest in a state.

Claim

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One major problem with the Electoral College voting system is that it limits representation of the people.

Claim

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The Electoral COllege votes work so that the population of a state directly effects the amount of votes that states recieves. For example, Wyoming only has about 500,000 voters so it only recieves one electoral college vote. Because there is only one vote for wyoming, the 500,000 voters do not have acurate representation in a vote that has a total of 270 electoral votes.

Evidence

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There have also been times in which a president has won the piopular vote but lost the Electoral College vote. This was seen in the 2000 vote of Bush versus Gore when Gore won the popular vote and Bush won the electoral vote.

Evidence

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One might claim that because the amount of electoral votes for a state is based of the population, it is fair.

Counterclaim

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However, I believe that the popular vote is more fair because it expresses the opinion of the majority.

Rebuttal

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In some states, there is a large majority of people running for a single party. This can be observed primarily in Texas where an overwhelming majority of voters are Republican. Therefore, the Republican president wins Texas almost every election period. This can be frustrating for Democrats who live in Texas because they know that

Evidence

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their vote does not matter causing them to lose interest in voting in the first place. This is not fair for those people nor is it particularly good to express as an American trait.

Claim

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As stated before, the larger the population of a states, the more Electoral College votes that state gets. This leads to a small group of "big states" that have such a large amount of votes, they are the target for candidates to try to persuade to vote for them. On the opposite side of the spectrum, most of the other 50 states have a smaller amount of votes and are less of an objective for candidates to acquire.

Evidence

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In many states throughout an election preiod (the period in which candidates move to diferent states giving speeches) the candidates never make an appearance in their state at all.

Claim

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This is observed in the 2000 election in which seventeen states did not have the candidate make an appearance at all. This also can lower interest in voting for the president.

Evidence

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The Electoral college voting system is not fair in the way the present system works. The system does not show proper representation of the people, does not promote interest in voting, and causes a candidate to ignore the states in which do not have a large amount of electoral votes.

Concluding Statement

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I recently heard you wanted to change the school policy on sports and other activities, so that only students with a grade average of a B or higher can participate.

Lead

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i think this is wrong,

Position

Adequate

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students won't have as many after school activities.

Claim

Adequate

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After school activities help occupy students time which makes it less likely for them to get in trouble. Another reason is that students might also drop out or move schools so they can continue playing sports. If students don't have sports they are also less likely to get enough exercise which could cause more obesity in the school. Some students rely on sports as a chance to spend time with their friends, so if sports are cut out they may become antisocial and have no friends.

Evidence

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When people play sports it also makes them more motivated to do other things and gain more friendships.

Claim

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Other activities in which students may not be able to participate in such as electives or school clubs may drop the self esteem of students due to lack of friends with similar interests. this rule might also cause bullying because if someone can't play sports then others will know they have less than a B average. Getting regular physical activity in a friendly surrounding also helps people who might have had a troubled past. When others around to support one and other it also brings up the moods of possibly depressed people. When activities are available it also helps students broaden their horizon by letting them try things they might not have otherwise tried. it also allows students to meet people with similar interests.

Evidence

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This policy might also be good because it would give students with poor grades a reason to bring their grades up to atleast a B average.

Claim

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It also could allow there to be more academic centered clubs. The students who aren't eligible to play sports could also have tutors in the time they aren't spending on sports.

Evidence

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Times are changing. Driverless car technology is being created, with slow and steady progress. The technology for these type of cars has only been developed over the last few years because of a lack of technology. There are several companies trying to develop these cars, but they're pretty much at the same step. Knowing how driverless technology works, who is liable for damages, and how it will effect drivers is crucial to the possible future use of driverless cars.

Lead

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Driverless technology has to be understood by the consumer. If the consumer does not know how this technology works, it could cause some serious damage.

Claim

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The consumer has to realize that driverless cars aren't completely driverless, the consumer has to know that they have to remain attentive while being in the driver's seat. "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." (Driverless Cares Are Coming paragraph 7). Without the realization that they have to be attentive, some bad accidents could occur.

Evidence

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Liability for the accidents caused by driverless cars has to be settled.

Claim

Effective

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The companies that make the driverless cars, or the driver, it is yet to be determined who would be at fault. The company for making flawed technology, or the driver for being in the car. "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturere?" (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 9). This will be a huge issue if driverless cars do become legal. Driverless cars could effect the people in more way than one.

Evidence

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The effect of drivers in the future if cars become driverless. Their is a great possibility of issues coming with driverless cars, some subtle, and some severe.

Claim

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Also, who would want a driverless car if you still had to driver it? That does defeat the purpose of the name of the car. "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 8). Being occupied while sitting there is imperative. People will become bored if they have to just sit in the seat all day long. Companies have to come of with entertainment systems, but an issue with that is losing attention. While being in the driver's seat of a driverless car, being attentive is imperative. There may be situations where the car cannot handle it, and it requires human skills. "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 7). There is a double whammy right there. Companies have to balance out occupying the driver and keeping them attentive; but there is no way to be distracted and attentive at the same time.

Evidence

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The risks involved with driverless cars are way to high for the potential payoff

Position

Adequate

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The technology that is being developed might have a future, but in the near future, there is no way it'll work. Right now, they aren't even driverless cars, the cars still require a driver. Surely there will be progress on that aspec of the cars. Just simple knowing how the cars work is the first obsticle. Also, being able to figure out who is liable for damages between the manufacturer, or the driver of the car is a huge issue that comes with this. Lastly, how it will effect future driver's skills, and attentiveness while driving. Will there be a future in this industry, or not? Only time will tell.

Concluding Statement

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Dear senator i was wondering what the electoral college was.

Lead

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And iv noticed that its unfair

Position

Adequate

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Because of the winner-take-all system

Claim

Adequate

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the posablet of a tie.

Claim

Adequate

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Which is when candates dont spend time in state they know there not going to win. For example in the 2000 campaign seventeen states didnt get to see who they where even voting for. And some of the largest media markets didnt see a campaign ad. Ever one should at least get to see who mit be running the U.S.A. If the president was picked on most poppler vote the people would see who there voting for and also see what there are plans are for the U.S.

Evidence

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Many people are worried about this because the responablaite of chocing the president would be the house of represantives. Which is unfair because each state has only one vote. For example let say florida represenates 400,000 people, they would have as much to say to texas who represenates 1 millon people. But if the president was chocien by polpular vote then there could never be a tie and voter would have a changes to vote for who they really want.

Evidence

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All and all the electrol college should be changed. Because of the winner takes all system and the posablet of tie. The college has worked for a long time now but i think the american people are ready for a change.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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I think that, policy number one is genius. You should let the students bring there phones during free periods and lunch periods.

Position

Adequate

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When your phone is turned on someone can call you or text you. you don't have to be using your phone for you to get a call or a message. It should not be on during class time. Class time is learning time.

Evidence

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All teens can think about is staying on the phone all the time. Technology has taken over the young minds of teens over the past few years. Not many people take to others face to face anymore. There some people that say they can not live without the uses of technology.

Evidence

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During the lunch periods, everyone talks to each other while eating, so why not have the usage of a cell phone.

Evidence

Adequate

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For such a small device it can distract many people.

Claim

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If they are not turned off during the class time it will beep or make a noise that will stop the learning process of class time. There is a time for fun and there is time for learning. Class time is for learning.

Evidence

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The policy should also apply for teachers too.

Evidence

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The face on mars is just a natural landform

Position

Adequate

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Mars has plenty of landforms and its normal for landforms to creat a shape or face.

Claim

Ineffective

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Just because it makes a face on a planet doesn't mean aliens had anything to do with it. Under paragraph 5 you see a photograph of the face and many landforns surrounding it, so as you can see many landforms stand out on Mars.

Evidence

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In paragraph 3 it says (shadoes gave the landform eyes,a mouth,and nose)

Claim

Adequate

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so its a landform with a face but the shadows make up the face. NASA has been studying this for a long time,but for what ?, as you bcan see its just a landform not a face.

Evidence

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In paragraph 7 it clearly says(thousands of web surfers were waiting when the image on the JPL website but when it appeared it revealed just a natural landform.). There was no momument after all.

Evidence

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So in conclusion with this evidence, you can clearly see that its just a landform and not a alien monument.

Concluding Statement

Adequate

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This idea of not letting students participate in sports or other activities unless they have a grade B average is just bologna.

Position

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Every students deserves the right to have a fun time with friends, get excersize, and be healthy by participating in a sport or other activity at school.

Evidence

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Athletic ability should not be based on smarts, because a person who is a fantastic athlete could be getting all C' s in their classes.

Claim

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Many kids only enjoy playing sports or being in school activities like school dances, fundraises, field trips, etc. Taking away these rights to the children with grade C averages and above is just plain cruel.

Evidence

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In my opinion every student deserves the right to be involved in school activities as long as they keep an above grade D average.

Claim

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