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For example, if you "require" us to do community service even though we don't want to. It's like slavery for us kids.
Claim
Adequate
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681279579E8A
Though you think it's good for us, there's other people who would love to join the people who's volunteering for community service. Okay numerous of us are doing it, either it's punishments or volunteers or it's just your job period. It's good to do community service but really you can't force us unless you want slavery in the United States again.
Evidence
Adequate
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Though I'm going against it, I'll still write you a pro about letting students take action on community service.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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First of all, we're just sitting down mostly our days watching TV and computer games. This would actually help us get to know more people, and be more social. Also, depending on what we're volunteering for, also a good work-out.
Rebuttal
Adequate
dcfaad7972da
681279579E8A
For what reason this is going to effect everyone, making all your students do this requirement might get alto of parents to come to your school, just to punish their kids for doing certain things and bringing them into awkward situations.
Evidence
Ineffective
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In conclusion, my point is not to require students for community service. Because it's just of course like forcing us again. For what I heard , slavery wasn't allowed in United States. We should get the right to do as we may, according to the law. Not everything , but in this case, we have the right to say no for educated students to perform community service by will. Some good may take in this course, but not all good. Though you think it'll be good for us students, learn some things. But for us, it's unfair and cruel. Somehow if you're volunteering as I wrote. It's okay because that's by their choice. So as I write this again, I say no to requiring students of our age and skill to do community service.
Concluding Statement
Effective
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Driverless cars may seem like a thing of the future, but they are much closer than most people seem to believe. Many different companies such as Google, Tesla, Audi, and many more have already built and tested their own models. However, many people are wondering whether self-driving cars are a help or a danger to society.
Lead
Effective
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Driverless cars are the next step in automotive technology and the research on them should continue because they will be safer and more efficient than cars driven by human drivers.
Position
Effective
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Every human makes a mistake at some point in his or her life. Whether they are distracted by something they see or they fall asleep at the wheel, people will make errors; it is part of our nature. On the other hand, computers function on data and do not make nearly the amount of mistakes as people.
Claim
Effective
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That is why self-driving cars will make roads safer and lead to less damage. Driverless cars take data they recieve from sensors, cameras, and GPS and they use this information to pick the smartest way to keep occupants safe on the road. Also the automated systems like driver assitance and antilock brakes that are already inside cars have proven that these programs will make driving safer. For example, antilock brakes function by detecting and then reacting to skids by apply brakes and reducing engine power. Therefore the driver is better able to avoid hazards and maintain control in dangerous situations. Google has also already tested some of their semi-driverless cars and these vehicles have not crashed in half a million miles. As proven by already installed automated features, technology will continue to make drivers and passangers safer. The next step in this technology is a self-driving car that will limit the amount of error that can be cost lives.
Evidence
Effective
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Another reason driverless cars should continue to be manufactered is that they will be more efficient and better protect the enviroment
Claim
Adequate
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Global warming is a problem that needs to be dealt with and one of the major culprits of it is the exhaust from diesel burning cars. The cars that Google is manufacturing are attempting to use half the fuel of a regular car while providing a safer function. With computers that can regulate exhaust, it is not too hard to imagine in the near future, if given more research, that a self-driving car could accomplish such a feat. Driverless cars would also be more efficient in that they would cut down on transportation time between destinations. Using GPS features, an autonomous car could calculate the quickest route to a destination and it would never miss a turn. Self-driving cars would not only be more fuel-efficient and help save the environment, but they also would be more time efficient.
Evidence
Effective
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Safety and efficiency are a few of the reasons why autonomous cars should continue to be reseached and developed. Many automoble manufacters are already producing mostly independent driving cars and soon they will become common place. By 2020 most major car producers plan to have a autonomous car model. That is not to say that everyone needs to have a self-driving, but those who do purchase one of these vehicles will not only help themselves, but they will also help others and the world around them.
Concluding Statement
Effective
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Not many notice how electoral college is important even it has some flaws. This voting system is a great way to determine the final results to see who becomes the president.
Position
Adequate
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Besides having an electoral college we have a popular vote and it always turns out to be the president with less votes
Claim
Ineffective
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as it states in the passage "it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote." The electoral college consists of 538 electors, and from that 538 votes 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president,
Evidence
Ineffective
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but appearentley people belive that electoral college is unfair.
Claim
Ineffective
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In the passage it states "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state," many can tell from reading this that many people are hating the electoral college idea.
Evidence
Adequate
348e0e6e72d0
688BD7FE6932
Electoral college may be unfair but it does chooes the president even if they add a popular vote which would out rule the electoral college. In this case if we were to of had popular vote instead of electoral college than it would be even more difficult than electoral college.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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688BD7FE6932
When ever using popular vote to determine the president than the process for it isnt long; this system is unfair too because of the people choosing the president because of the words and lies it says
Rebuttal
Ineffective
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What we need is to have electoral college to determine if the candidate is fit to be the president by not saying lies but from saying things that will actually improve the lives of others.
Evidence
Adequate
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688BD7FE6932
Why cant people just vote normally, why is there even an electoral college, why do they make us vote even if there's gonna be an electoral collegeor popular vote which is gonna decide for us.
Claim
Adequate
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So many questions that have to be asked and answered; theres not many people that understand what the electoral college is for, but people also understand is how unfair it is to the people that vote."The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse." So appearentley there was a crisis including the electoral college, but we still kept this system even if the crisis barely happened in 2000.
Evidence
Ineffective
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Voting for whos the next president can be hard. Theres so many things to consider, like who will support you the best and make the right desition. The government has made two types of ways to vote, Electoral College and popular vote
Lead
Adequate
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I believe that we should go with the popular vote method
Position
Adequate
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When voting like this its not a confusing
Claim
Adequate
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Theres no missing ad campaigns
Claim
Adequate
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in the winner take all you dont rule out another persons elector for his chose
Claim
Adequate
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Using popular vote for electing our president is better then Electoral College i believe because its not that confusing
Claim
Adequate
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In Electoral College you vote for a wet number of electors and they give their own vote on their behalf. Now with popular vote say one state votes for president b rather then president a then the state votes for president b
Evidence
Ineffective
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In ppular vote both presidents are trying to win you over so they will make a campaign. what if you never see the campaign? This is what can happen in the Electoral College method
Claim
Adequate
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If a president knows that a certain state will not vote for them then the president wont perade around there. Therefore the state cant make a correct decision.
Evidence
Adequate
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One reason I prefer the popular vote method over the Electoral College is do to the winner take all
Claim
Adequate
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in ruling out the electors that didnt vote for the president. So if theopposing pesident winns the election then he can single you out for note voting for him and i dont believe thats fair.
Evidence
Ineffective
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689AA040C1A2
So when it comes to election day which method will you chose? Electoral College or popular vote you know that im going to stick with popular vote because Electoral College can be confusing, the ad campaigns  cna be unfair and ruling out the opposing electors.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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State Senator I disagree on keeping the Electoral College! For only the electors choose who is going to be the new President
Lead
Adequate
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690409AA7E69
I say we get dispose of it and change the election to most popular vote! That way we also have a say on who is going to be the new President and the new Vice President. For we also have to have a say on this.
Position
Adequate
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The thing that is wrong with this system is that the voters do not vote for the President, but for the slate of the electors who in turn elect the President!
Claim
Adequate
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like it says on source 2 paragraph 10 "If you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for [John] kerry
Evidence
Ineffective
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The Electoral College does not let us, the people, choose who is going to be the new President it only allows the electors choose who it's going to be by their vote
Claim
Adequate
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For an example on the 2000 U.S. Presidental race, Al Gore recieved more of the individual votes than George W. Bush, but Bush only the won election because he recieved 271 electoral votes than Al Gore's 266! It wasn't fair that
Evidence
Adequate
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690D4166C20C
I understand that you wish to change our school policy regarding requirements for sports.
Lead
Ineffective
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Now I know that we have many wonderful students who are tremendous at their sport and they made a commitment to have a C average or above
Evidence
Adequate
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Raising the requirements to a B average would make them try harder, but some would give up because they think its too hard
Claim
Adequate
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Having smart students who participate in sports would be quite interesting but what about our star Football players, Basketball players, or Cheerleaders who have a C average and have to give up something they love. Now I know I wouldn't want to give up my sport because of my grades, and i know you love watching our teams win. And if every athlete who have a C average quit their sport then we would have very few athletes in our school and a less likely chance of winning our games and that wouldn't be first-rate now would it?
Evidence
Adequate
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Our students have fair grades but I do admit they could be better, I believe we should recommend B averages instead of enforcing a "law" about them
Claim
Adequate
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690D4166C20C
I think that we should leave it the way it is now and keep our sports teams, academic teams, and school clubs the way they're supposed to be with every member remaining on that specific group, club, team, or whatever you wish to call it.
Position
Adequate
c10aee6be5ed
6910A7FECEEA
I highly urge you to take some things into consideration before making your final decision on the policy change. Many students participating in sports have a C grade average. If you change the policy so that students may not participate in sports or other activities unless they have a B grade average, many students will not have anything they participate in besides school. How healthy could that be? It isn't.
Lead
Effective
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6910A7FECEEA
I believe you should make a policy that allows anyone with a C grade average or higher allowed to participate in sports and other activities. If they have a D or F grade average, then I agree that they should spend more of their time working on school work so they don't fail, but why make the students be above average just to participate in something besides school? I have three important reasons for pressing the matter.
Position
Effective
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if the students are not near the risk of failing, they should have the chance to participate in sports and other activities.
Claim
Effective
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sometimes being in a sport helps students to have better concentration and energy, which will cause them to be better in school.
Claim
Effective
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6910A7FECEEA
if students have something to participate in they will be more willing to try harder in school.
Claim
Effective
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This may cause students stress and anxiety. If you lower the policy to a C grade average, then the children just might do better in school overall.
Evidence
Adequate
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It is proven that if a student has more participation in other activities, that they do twice as good as those that aren't in other activities. Why cause them to have to have a good grade to do sports, when they could get better grades by doing sports?
Evidence
Adequate
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6910A7FECEEA
Motivation is always a major helper in school work.
Evidence
Adequate
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6910A7FECEEA
Now that you understand my reasons for wanting to avoid the change in policy, please think a little harder about it. If C's are average, why change that? Being a sport or other activity, may sometimes give the students more concentration and energy therefore, help them to do better in school. If students have something to participate in, wouldn't they want to try harder?
Concluding Statement
Effective
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I do not think there are alien's in Mars or any other planet .
Position
Adequate
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I think there are no aliens because astronauts have to have tanks filled with specialized air thats on Earth
Claim
Ineffective
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Animals like , mammals , and reptiles can do things human beings cannot and will never be able to do . Reptiles may be able to poision its prey but Humans can't . Mammals can eat a human alive Humans cant do that ! Each group can do something the other one can't . One thing they all have in common is that they breathe air ! If aliens existed they wound not be able to survive unless they had a ' suit ' on the 24/7 .
Evidence
Ineffective
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691DF95F51C3
There is no sign of human life on any other planet but earth and austronauts have put special cameras just in case there is signs of life and they won't miss it
Claim
Adequate
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There have been multiple times people have claimed they've seen Big Foot they have " videos " , evidence and samples of the hair but scientist have not caught big foot so people can claim there are aliens all day long ; but until the world is able to see one in real life and scientist and everyone can see it ; it doesnt exist .
Evidence
Ineffective
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If an alien left an imprint on the rock that means it was walking and the face got stuck and it had to pull it off . There would be finger prints on the rock and foot prints in Mars
Claim
Ineffective
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The text states " formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose , and mouth
Evidence
Adequate
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If these people have never seen an actual martian how can they say it has the structure of an alien but do not exactly know what it looks like
Claim
Adequate
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691DF95F51C3
Accusation and predictions of what an alien looks like is man made no one has ever seen an alien on earth or in space . People are predicting what an alien looks like . The creature could look like a dog , cat or even a human being . Scientific research is not always accurate because they can make something new right now and 5 years later come out with a new and IMPROVED item . Every year scientist think they know what an alien look like but every following year it changes and becomes slightly different .
Evidence
Adequate
adbec2c315a0
691DF95F51C3
An alien is basically a Superhero every kids wants to think they're real but in reality as you get old you learn its just a made up myth that people tend to believe . When research shows the alien has been found and captured people can say I told you so but until then I will continue to give out reasons on why I believe they're not real !
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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693D502DB723
Have you ever, when you were a teen, owed lunch money, and you need to call a parent to drop you off money?
Lead
Adequate
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693D502DB723
This example leads me to believe that policy one is the better choice because teens, and children should be allowed to have their cell phones out at free times such as study hall, lunch and after school hours.
Position
Adequate
2d7b4f90d418
693D502DB723
What if, the school policy was that you couldn't have cell phones out at all! How would you be able to eat lunch if you owed money and you couldn't eat because of it?
Evidence
Adequate
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693D502DB723
Also what if you had an emergency and you needed to call your parent immediately and you were not allowed to have a cell phone out at all (policy two )
Claim
Adequate
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693D502DB723
I believe that students should be allowed to have their cell phones with them as long as they are off in their bag or pocket.
Evidence
Ineffective
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693D502DB723
But, this does NOT mean that they should have it out texting, only if an emergency approaches and it is strictly needed. This is why policy one is the superior choice for the school.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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694238280A93
I think the Electoral college is a good way to vote for the president or vice president
Position
Adequate
4a7e89ff87dc
694238280A93
i think without the Electoral college, we wouldn't have anyone to vote for the president or vice president.
Claim
Ineffective
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694238280A93
We have each candidate running for president in our state and it has his or her own group of electors. The electors are chosen by the candidate political party.
Evidence
Adequate
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694238280A93
most state have a winner take all system because it awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. The 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College.
Evidence
Ineffective
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694238280A93
The word state refers to the District of Columbia. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. We help choose our state's electors when we vote for president because when we vote for our candidate we are actually voting for our candidate electors.
Evidence
Ineffective
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694238280A93
I think the best laid defenses of the system are wrong because some voters might sometime vote for the wrong candidate and they might sometime get confused about the electors. After Al Gore thanks to the quirks of the electoral college, he won the popular vote but lost the presidency. Over 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. The disaster factor is the single best argument against the electoral college. I agree that most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system in each state. Candidate don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning,focusing only on the tight races in the swing states. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidate at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina,and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't see a single campaign ad. I agree that the it's official that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best agruments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. The agruments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right. Abolish the electoral college.
Evidence
Ineffective
d4e848d876db
694238280A93
I think the five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President was for its lack of democratic. The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. I disagree the advocates of this postition are correct in arguing that the Electoral college method is ot democratic in a modern sense. It is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When we vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors because we're not actually voting for the president, we're just voting for the slate of electors. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed. However it it entirely possibe that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections inn which no candidate receives a majority of the vote cast. I agree that they made the five reasons for retaining the Electoral College.
Evidence
Ineffective
edc8c84c720b
697647371E0B
The majority of students in middle and high schools are glued to their cell phones everywhere they go. Even though they are used to text friends frequently, they are also important to scheduling.
Lead
Adequate
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I think the policy best suited for our school would be the first policy.
Position
Adequate
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Cell phones are often necessary to determine whether or not a student can get home after school,
Claim
Adequate
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to schedule after school activities,
Claim
Adequate
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697647371E0B
and to make plans with other students.
Claim
Adequate
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To take away all of their right to use a cell phone during school hours would limit them to not being able to do this while eating lunch or having a free period.
Evidence
Effective
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If a student is unsure if their parents can pick them up from school or not when they aren't taking the bus, it is necessary to contact either their mom or dad to see if they can get home quickly after school ends.
Claim
Effective
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Sometimes, when a student isn't able to call a parent, they end up waiting for an hour or more outside the school until he/she is picked up from school. Students need to be able to use cell phones for situations like these, especially when they much homework to complete for school because then they have less time to do their required work.
Evidence
Effective
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Another reason why students should be allowed to use their cell phones during lunch and free times is because many are involved with some sort of after school activity.
Claim
Effective
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Whether it's a sport, musical instrument, or anything else, events within that activity are often scheduled last minute or without the student knowing days ahead of time. When this happens, they may not have transportation to the location if it is not held at the same school. In this scenario, students should be able to contact a parent or friend who can drive them to wherever they need to be.
Evidence
Effective
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The last reason why I think you should choose Policy 1 is because students need to take a break from working constantly and make plans with friends
Claim
Effective
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Students have so much homework to do when they come home from school, and sometimes it can become overwhelming. Students need to be able to spend time with friends after school and not be always thinking of all the work that needs to get done by the next day. Taking a short break is helpful and make them feel less stressed about their schoolwork. So, students should also be able to use their cell phones to call or text friends to schedule activities together. They can even study for an upcoming test or quiz together, so they can get a higher grade.
Evidence
Effective
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Overall, Policy 1 is a better policy because it still allows students to sometimes contact others with their cell phones. Today, cell phones are used by the majority of Americans multiple times. To take away their cell phones wouldn't be right. In some situations, students need them to call or text others to help them for whatever. Policy 1 works best because they have the chance to contact parents or friends when they need to, but they won't get distracted during class when they are turned off. This policy allows them to take care of anything they may need to, yet still be able to focus in class.
Concluding Statement
Effective
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I take your position in thinking to require every student to perform community service.
Position
Adequate
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I think that if you require students to volunteer for community service I know that some of them will be really mad because they think its a waste of time
Counterclaim
Effective
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but someday day they will look back at the day they did community service and thank their principal for requiring them to do that.
Rebuttal
Effective
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Many students of the school may have done community service. Community service may change the way a student thinks.
Claim
Effective
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Lets say that their is someone in the school that never likes doing homework, you may ask that person to do some community service like taking care of something. The person at first may think like why do I have to take care of something just because I don't do my homework. If you tell them they have to volunteer in a dog shelter they wont want to do it but if you also tell them they are in charge of everything and that if anything goes wrong it would be their fault. The student will probably get scared and do everything it takes to do everything good. After community service is over he will probably be a better student by doing his homework. If the student probably did change he would probably ask to see if he could do other community service.
Evidence
Effective
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If a student also doesn't do their homework you may ask that person to be a teacher in another school full of kids that don't do their homework, so the kid would fell the same way the teachers fell when some of their students don't do their homework.
Claim
Effective
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The student will feel very bad for their teacher, and when they come back to school they will always do their homework and say sorry to their teacher for never doing their homework. After that happens the student will go back to the school where the students don't do their homework and ask them to please do their homework. He will also tell them that he never used to do his homework but he came to this school is search of trying to change his mind about doing homework. He could also tell them that he believes in them and that everybody could do their homework and that all they had to do is try. With that little that person has done he could change a whole school and the way students fell in school. If you do your homework you could go to a good college and study something you like and becoming a very successful person in life.
Evidence
Effective
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Me being a young teenager and only being in highschool, I feel as if we should keep the Electoral College.
Position
Ineffective