tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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e52262f897bd	7F8D472D06A1	Global survey announced to the public that the Face was a mesa.	Claim	Adequate
e09763802f2b	7F8D472D06A1	Many also believe and say that it looks like Egyptian Pharaoh. Inaddition, people engage to the public and attract attention to Mars. So, humans made it become a pop icon and starred in a Hollyood film,appeared in books,magazines,and radio talk shows.	Evidence	Ineffective
c40d2d4d6fbc	7F8D472D06A1	The Face on Mars is just a regular landforming and not created by the aliens	Position	Adequate
b346daa98192	7F8D472D06A1	Even if it looks like Egyptian Pharaoh or mesa there were is no proof of life on Mars to create the face	Claim	Adequate
d913db299494	7F8D472D06A1	When Mars Orbiter Camera team snap pictures it was ten time sharper than the original Viking photos¨. This means that when Viking snap the picture it was not as clear as this one. Then, when it is not clear you assume something by the way it shape like in this situation.	Evidence	Effective
d7eb2a51deec	7F8D472D06A1	What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West¨( Garvin,article 12 ).	Claim	Adequate
8cdd81933c16	7F8D472D06A1	The Face looks like it was created by aliens but why does every landform on Earth looks like it is created by aliens.¨the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Perhaps, aliens marking were hidden by haze¨( Skeptics,article 8 ). Yes, it may has	Counterclaim	Adequate
7a175dbaa1b2	7F8D472D06A1	but this camera has the best pixal size and they could see everything.¨ As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixal size¨( Garvin,article11 )	Rebuttal	Adequate
fbaa4a7be15e	7F8D472D06A1	There is not yet evidence on Mars to proof that aliens are in fact living on Mars. This landform on Mars is just like what we had on the past years on Earth.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
713f139796fb	801C34D883FD	Imagine walking into a classroom where as soon as the teacher turns to the white board the students pull out phones and other devices and begin using them. Because they are allowed to have phones during free times they can't get into as much trouble for having such things on. Have you ever tried talking to someone who is texting and they don't even respond? Despite many pleas about how it would cut down on texts during class,	Lead	Effective
f99e0c52be60	801C34D883FD	I believe the no phones at all during school to make much more sense.	Position	Effective
06d0b36bdad3	801C34D883FD	The no phones condition would make the school not responsible for any stolen phones	Claim	Effective
863a0d25ffcf	801C34D883FD	stop almost all texting during class	Claim	Effective
1ca7ed706251	801C34D883FD	and make test scores higher.	Claim	Effective
78ad4ef43c14	801C34D883FD	In our school I have sometimes seen problems where kids will steal each others stuff including phones, if the teachers or kids don't know who stole it or can't get it back the I can see many an angered parent suing the district or the school. I know for a fact that I have once suffered as I thought someone had stolen my phone and I wouldn't get it back, I knew that if I would tell a teacher the whole class would be punished until someone came forward and even then my parents would be mad unless that person would get suspended or expelled.	Evidence	Effective
89d4cb420bd8	801C34D883FD	I know that in the district handbook said it wouldn't be responsible for any lost items but if you allow kids to bring electronics to school you are making yourself responsible.	Claim	Effective
0757ba6b9970	801C34D883FD	This would also cut down on texting during class as if children are caught with a phone even in their pocket they would be in trouble.	Claim	Effective
de2c7bd7a15b	801C34D883FD	Once before in Spanish class I was caught texting but it was only because the phone was in my hand that my teacher could prove it, had I slipped the phone into my backpack as I saw her coming she would have no reason to think that I had been texting in her class beside vague suspicion. Another thing it would do is if a teacher heard a phone ring in class they used to go easy on people because their only fault might have been forgetting to turn it off. With this new policy in place kids could be punished just for having it there not just on.	Evidence	Effective
bc695001ff65	801C34D883FD	Another good thing no phones would do would to make test scores higher.	Claim	Effective
ab6e73a06c41	801C34D883FD	Without as much distraction caused by drama such as how 'PROPER_NAME and PROPER_NAME are dating' or 'how cute is so-and-so' they would be able to focus more in class, learn more and test better. The other thing is kids wouldn't have it as easy if they wanted to cheat on tests and therefore make their tests invalid. For any school that strives to make itself better a 'No Phone' policy would help them a lot.	Evidence	Effective
3c695447f178	801C34D883FD	Though there are many people who say letting people use phones in free time would cut down on texting	Counterclaim	Adequate
edbfdf60d55f	801C34D883FD	I disagree for many reasons.	Rebuttal	Adequate
7a9a0b9ea442	80619550D955	I think that community service is very important and students need to be reminded of that.	Lead	Adequate
3d0b5ed2e4d4	80619550D955	But its also very time consuming so I believe students should have a choice.	Position	Adequate
ad21984b5fb0	80619550D955	You should get parents and community members to sponsor a club for community service.	Claim	Adequate
ab57cae0218e	80619550D955	It could be named ASCC or After School Community Cleanup. I personally think the whole problem behind community service with kids is that they believe that it can only be cleaning up litter and such, but we need to remind them that it can also be going to a nursing home or putting on a concert for kids with cancer in the area.	Evidence	Adequate
8cd7c49cd1bb	80619550D955	Not only would this help out the community but it could be a way to socialize out of school and do work at the same time	Claim	Adequate
62de1bf54cde	80619550D955	Just imagine if the track and field area had no litter at all, if there were multiple trash cans instead of three or four, or even helping make a second loop to pickup children. But see not all children might be able to participate as needed because either they are too little, have a sport, have a doctors appointment or even be allergic to the material your working with. If you do decide to put this club into action Tuesday and Thursday right after school would probably be the most effective and convenien	Evidence	Adequate
63a73198fd75	80619550D955	This is just some of my ideas, so just think about it.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
65a99c36721f	80875397FA07	I believe policy 2 will be much better.	Position	Adequate
1f0f12f9e0fa	80875397FA07	Phones shouldn't be used in school at all except for lunch, because while your in class because they will end up using there phones instead of getting a proper education. They will also distract others from learning when they are not using there phones.	Evidence	Ineffective
928eb0926851	80875397FA07	They shouldn't really even have it during lunch at all, everything will be a disaster.	Claim	Adequate
3d3ab003fbb1	80875397FA07	Most people wont even have it off during the classes they will just have them on as long as it doesn't make any sound in class	Evidence	Adequate
bde79fa64dfc	80875397FA07	Students should have there phone during school because if there is am emergency that couldn't even call the office they should have there phones on vibrate.	Counterclaim	Ineffective
065e4d5d0865	80875397FA07	If they use there phones during school it just wouldn't work out, every one would stop paying attention during classes and when the teacher, principle, or staff is talking to them they would not pay attention.	Claim	Adequate
1a3829b578e8	80875397FA07	Even for the school assembly's or games they would not pay attention and just be on the phones regularly. The parents would get mad for the students not getting an education, and possibly fail there classes. Parents will get furious and file a complaint. If there phones go on in class teacher, and students will get distracted for the people who want to learn and will not get there education. When people try to study at the library they will pretend to study but use the phone when the test comes will not no what to do. When they are taking a math test they will cheat by using there phone as a calculator. While the teacher is on the board they will start to use there phones and not learn anything. While they are going to a class they will be on the phone, what if there was stares and they were to pay attention to the fall and trip or fall? they would really injured and school would be held responsible. While they are walking if they hit someone you never no if someone will find it like if you hit them on purpose and try to hit you back. In the morning when there waiting for the bell to ring and there on the phones when the bell does ring they would be late to class and just lie to the teacher and do it again.	Evidence	Adequate
7b57959addd9	80875397FA07	So this is why i think we should not use are phones during school hours.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
ea4cf3a2f64d	80D39980B802	The Electoral college is something that has been around for hundreds of years, and has helped us decide what to do. It is a fair method of electing the president, but it is not what we need anymore. Times have changed since that was established,	Lead	Adequate
d2fafd7c7755	80D39980B802	it is time we use a good old-fashioned way of voting, and use election by popular vote.	Position	Adequate
24efde218a9d	80D39980B802	Back in the seventeenth century, when the Electoral College was created to find a balance between citizen voting and majority vote. How it works, is we select the electors representing our state's votes, they meet and vote, and then congress counts their votes. Also, all states, except Maine and Nebraska have something called the "winner-take-all" syatem, and that is a "system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate."(s1,p7) But now, the citizens in your state who qualify as a voter cast their votes	Evidence	Adequate
a24d9ded3883	80D39980B802	Instead of that being what our state's choice is, we choose the electors of our candidate, or person we voted for, and then the candidate with the majority votes wins, getting atleast 270 out of 538 electoral votes. This seems very unfair	Claim	Adequate
443cb675cb79	80D39980B802	and in one specific case, it is. In the 2000 presidential election, between Al Gore and George Bush, Al Gore got more popular votes than George Bush; he should have won. But Bush had more electoral votes, and that was where is mattered. So, Bush won that. If Gore won popularity wise, he should have won, hense creating happier citizens, since he won the majority of their votes.	Evidence	Adequate
05c415ab1312	80D39980B802	Another argument, according to source 3, paragraph 23, is that the Electoral College method of choosing the president, "may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.	Claim	Effective
29b996f3468f	80D39980B802	This is very important, as we all want a good leader who will support our home state. If, for example, the Electoral College voted on a Democrat, and he won, Florida may not have much hope. Florida is a Republic state, as is most of the southern states; yes, Mr. President would be obligated to help all 50 states when necessary, but the bigger benefits would go towards the Democratic states, and probably his home state	Evidence	Ineffective
98160b5110be	80D39980B802	Therefore, voters may not even bother casting in a ballot if the candidate of their choice does not have much hope, or if they think either potential leader will benefit them. So if they do not have much of a choice in the matter, they lose interest and shrug it off, as opposed to if it were popular vote, and every single vote was accounted for. Fortunately, though, this does not happen often; one meesly vote does not do much to turn the tables.	Evidence	Adequate
1299e92c7078	80D39980B802	The Electoral College, all-in-all, has helped us a lot, yes, but it is high time we go back to the popularity vote. It would make most citizens, and many potential voters, happier to know that they are accounted for, and we won't have the potential of the popularity winner, the one the people actually voted for, to lose on account of the electors. It should be the people of America's decision, not a group of government workers, to decide who runs our nation	Concluding Statement	Effective
ff8077d960eb	80F8A9574B21	i think that you should change the electoral collage.	Position	Ineffective
cac0432316e3	80F8A9574B21	the foundin fathers establish it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by popular vote of qualified citizens." in which that if we been doing this for century the people votes never really mattered because voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president. well i didnt know people need some for some one to turn back around and they deside who they want to vote for.	Evidence	Adequate
7a2aa3f77cd9	80F8A9574B21	its stupid and a waste of people times because sometimes you cant control who your electors vote for.	Claim	Adequate
d5c6472bbbb0	80F8A9574B21	the single best argument against the electrol collages." they would call it the disaster factor the reason for that is the american people should consider them self lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century ; the system allows much worse, consider that states legislaturs are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors i " could always defy the will of the people." proving my point making the peoples votes useless.	Evidence	Ineffective
1f89b623f388	80F8A9574B21	they did this in 1960 , segregationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who oppose john F. kennedy. so that a popular vote for kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy.	Evidence	Ineffective
660f88c30278	80F8A9574B21	people votes should actually matter senator and not be use to vote for some one else to vote so they can end up choosing some one else. so please stop electoral collage.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
bc52dcd01b27	80FC88FA6032	Do you think it was made by an alien or is it a natural landform? Many people have different opinions some say aliens created it, but others say that is a natural thing.	Lead	Adequate
0d823184e2b1	80FC88FA6032	In my opinion I think that it's a natural landform.	Position	Adequate
fb146f09ae50	80FC88FA6032	I have 3 examples, first when the camera captured the picture it wasen't clear enough because there were wispy clouds.	Claim	Adequate
2e4c1451fca3	80FC88FA6032	Second in the artical it said "it spotted shadowy likeness of a human face".	Claim	Adequate
e896c8069ba0	80FC88FA6032	Third the artical aslo said "formed by shadows giving the illusison of eyes, nose, and mouth.	Claim	Adequate
330cb30d3c6e	80FC88FA6032	First the camera captured the picture, but it wasen't clear enough because when they captured the picture there were wispy cloud which can make it hard to take a picture or to see the picture.	Evidence	Ineffective
b8635636974d	80FC88FA6032	This example shows that they might of seen something else such as the face ,but it could be wrong because they captured the picture when there was wispy clouds.	Claim	Adequate
74c95884e08a	80FC88FA6032	Second in the artical it said "it spotted shadowy likeness of a human face" which can mean that when the picture was captured the camera could have of captured some shadows to which can create an illusion of a face when in reality it could be the showdows.	Evidence	Adequate
ce0aadb725a5	80FC88FA6032	This example shows that the camera captured the shadows which can create and illusion of a face.	Claim	Adequate
d51b84f41055	80FC88FA6032	Third in the artical it also said that "formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. This can mean that people see it in many way's. the picture creates an illusion that can make you think that it's a face with eyes, nose, and mouth.	Evidence	Adequate
554684490990	80FC88FA6032	This example shows that the picture wasn't taken right which can cause an illusion, many people see a face, but that's because the picture creates an illusion of a face.	Claim	Adequate
09f13e1cb957	80FC88FA6032	In conclusion many people have different opinions some say aliens created it, but say is a natural landform. Some people may have counter calims first counter claim is why would NASA lie to us. Second counter claim is that the picture showed a face so it is a face. Third counter claim is that they had a good camera so if it shows it then it is a face. My rebuttals would be that NASA is not lieing about the pictures. Second the picture might create an illusion that makes you think it's a face. Third not all cameras show exactly what you want to take a picture of these are my counter claims and rebuttals and also my example and explanantions	Concluding Statement	Adequate
7f0db96308fb	8102E7EE3D09	The electoral college is described in many ways. It is described as needed, useful and helpful	Lead	Ineffective
ba1c77daab02	8102E7EE3D09	I think it is described as unfair, outdated, and irrational	Position	Adequate
f2e4c5703ac4	8102E7EE3D09	I describe it this way because majority votes do not really "count"	Claim	Adequate
a986703a0d81	8102E7EE3D09	has been used for three hundred years	Claim	Adequate
0cf38b7e33c8	8102E7EE3D09	and it is just more time taken to vote for our president.	Claim	Ineffective
ae641ee30964	8102E7EE3D09	We just vote for representatives to go vote for the president. Many people would have won by majority vote, but the electoral college had more votes for the other side.	Evidence	Adequate
b71a10ccee73	8102E7EE3D09	The Founding Fathers used it when they were alive. I think that America is a little past that, because that was three hundred years ago. Why still use something that old? It is pretty irrational to still use the electoral college.	Evidence	Adequate
a0f8e1a05e99	8102E7EE3D09	Even other Americans believe that the election should be based off of majority vote. Sixty percent of them believe that to be true! The electoral college is a waste of time.	Evidence	Adequate
8584edfa1091	8102E7EE3D09	All in all, the electoral college is just a waste of time, and process. It takes to long for the president to be voted in. It also makes no sense because our votes dont even count. Most of us believe it should go away, by majority vote,too	Concluding Statement	Adequate
3abe5a60e76e	8103123D75BC	Electoral College is unfair	Position	Ineffective
4cfae35b366e	8103123D75BC	If you only have a couple of Democratic electors than the vote that everyone in Ohio , Alaska , South Carolina , is pointless and would only count for a couple of votes.	Evidence	Ineffective
684f6e81b5f4	8103123D75BC	The fact that Electors can refuse to vote for a president and the party their on what the people picked that elector for is ridiculous, because the Elector could just pick the President on the Republican side.	Claim	Adequate
f9ee40f1d510	8103123D75BC	Electoral Vote can be easily Manipulated by the state legislature by "replacing the Democratic electors with electors who would oppose the President.	Claim	Adequate
8a85928b2c21	8103123D75BC	If a candidate only went to a place that has a lot of electoral votes and he knew those people were gonna pick for the Democrats then he basically has a huge advantage,	Claim	Adequate
768b375cefb8	8103123D75BC	if the Republican candidate got a bunch of other states with 3-6 electoral votes then it gonna take him alot more states to catch up to the Democrat who only need California to boost him up Tremendously	Evidence	Adequate
3202cef77bd1	8103123D75BC	The 3 states a candidate needs most to win is California Texas Florida If the Democrats got those 3 states by 122 electoral votes.	Evidence	Ineffective
ce6605ab41ca	8103123D75BC	The winner-takes-all rule is horrible	Claim	Adequate
22b44f53e137	8103123D75BC	it should be however many votes that candidate had so if Mitt Romney had the most electoral votes in California it shouldn't mean that he wins all the electoral votes it should just mean that he gets the 33 votes and Obama gets the other 22 votes.	Evidence	Adequate
ddd26ed423f6	8103123D75BC	Im in favor of either taking out Electoral votes or just making adjustments to it , so it's more fair for the people that are voting.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
6fcc017c4781	811DE32FCE53	I do not like the Electoral College. The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It's basically a winner-take-all system in each state. Especially with California it represents 35 million voters and if they are really close and have a tight margin the winning side of the votes takes it all, which means all the 55 representative votes go for that one side.	Lead	Adequate
c37410d16d90	811DE32FCE53	getting rid of it would be fantastic	Position	Adequate
d9dca65293be	811DE32FCE53	e could have other options on having a better vote system that is more accurate and fair to the the people/voters.	Claim	Effective
15da3a6a0fc2	811DE32FCE53	First of all, an example of this could be Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Like almost all cases award electoral votes on a winner-take-all, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. Thr popular vote was very close in Florida; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes.	Evidence	Adequate
d1593e919bf2	811DE32FCE53	Secondly, this is not the greatest way to vote because first the voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, which in turn elect the president	Claim	Effective
7117d34c2952	811DE32FCE53	If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for Kerry, you'd vote for the slate of 34 Democratic electors won the statewide election, they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president which wouldn't be what the voters want in some cases.	Evidence	Adequate
65b48f5f2d79	811DE32FCE53	Third, according to the Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now	Claim	Effective
faa50eda986a	811DE32FCE53	Next election the voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner couldagain lose the presidency.	Evidence	Ineffective
5c0ba3d46c15	811DE32FCE53	yet, the electoral college still has its defenders.	Counterclaim	Adequate
baee5951b1f9	811DE32FCE53	The Electoral college is not the best way to choose, it has minimum chances of succeeding in the future. I think a direct vote would work the best for the voters but yet the the electoral college has its cons.	Rebuttal	Adequate
4c50cce4cf72	811DE32FCE53	Conclusively, the Electoral College is not the best way to vote. By a bare minimum margin of votes, it could cost the election for the other canidate. The bigger state could be a catastrophy and it would be unfair. Last, the Electoral College is irrational, outdated, and unfair for the most part with its winner-takes-all.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
e349c6da2657	815D2A09CF1B	Boom! Tire blows. Only if the driverless car, supposly a smart car, senn the road construction ahead it could of prevented the accident. Then the sensors for the cars I know will take weeks to put all of them in to properly work. Also how is it suppose to be a smart car when you still have to hold the wheel at all times.	Lead	Adequate
ff9f57b59a83	815D2A09CF1B	Although it might have some positives about the car, it still has a numerous number of negitives such as	Position	Adequate
f7bada33da68	815D2A09CF1B	if the driverless car goes to fast do you get a ticket and have to pay or what is the consequences.	Claim	Adequate
65a9c00c2225	815D2A09CF1B	First and foremost, the sensors on the smart cars	Claim	Ineffective
2e1e1d11dca4	815D2A09CF1B	It must take a fortune to buy and apply every single little sensor thats need daily on the rode. Plus it must take alot of people to do that and you have to pay them a lot as well so that means you're going to spend so much money that you're going to try and sell it for a huge price of change that no one has to spend. Or the timing, it probably take one/fourth of the time it take to make that robot car.	Evidence	Adequate
8c0d268d14c9	815D2A09CF1B	Moreover, you have to keep your hands on the wheel at all times.	Claim	Adequate

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Global survey announced to the public that the Face was a mesa.

Claim

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Many also believe and say that it looks like Egyptian Pharaoh. Inaddition, people engage to the public and attract attention to Mars. So, humans made it become a pop icon and starred in a Hollyood film,appeared in books,magazines,and radio talk shows.

Evidence

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The Face on Mars is just a regular landforming and not created by the aliens

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Even if it looks like Egyptian Pharaoh or mesa there were is no proof of life on Mars to create the face

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When Mars Orbiter Camera team snap pictures it was ten time sharper than the original Viking photos¨. This means that when Viking snap the picture it was not as clear as this one. Then, when it is not clear you assume something by the way it shape like in this situation.

Evidence

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What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West¨( Garvin,article 12 ).

Claim

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The Face looks like it was created by aliens but why does every landform on Earth looks like it is created by aliens.¨the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Perhaps, aliens marking were hidden by haze¨( Skeptics,article 8 ). Yes, it may has

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but this camera has the best pixal size and they could see everything.¨ As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixal size¨( Garvin,article11 )

Rebuttal

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There is not yet evidence on Mars to proof that aliens are in fact living on Mars. This landform on Mars is just like what we had on the past years on Earth.

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Imagine walking into a classroom where as soon as the teacher turns to the white board the students pull out phones and other devices and begin using them. Because they are allowed to have phones during free times they can't get into as much trouble for having such things on. Have you ever tried talking to someone who is texting and they don't even respond? Despite many pleas about how it would cut down on texts during class,

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I believe the no phones at all during school to make much more sense.

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The no phones condition would make the school not responsible for any stolen phones

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stop almost all texting during class

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and make test scores higher.

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In our school I have sometimes seen problems where kids will steal each others stuff including phones, if the teachers or kids don't know who stole it or can't get it back the I can see many an angered parent suing the district or the school. I know for a fact that I have once suffered as I thought someone had stolen my phone and I wouldn't get it back, I knew that if I would tell a teacher the whole class would be punished until someone came forward and even then my parents would be mad unless that person would get suspended or expelled.

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I know that in the district handbook said it wouldn't be responsible for any lost items but if you allow kids to bring electronics to school you are making yourself responsible.

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This would also cut down on texting during class as if children are caught with a phone even in their pocket they would be in trouble.

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Once before in Spanish class I was caught texting but it was only because the phone was in my hand that my teacher could prove it, had I slipped the phone into my backpack as I saw her coming she would have no reason to think that I had been texting in her class beside vague suspicion. Another thing it would do is if a teacher heard a phone ring in class they used to go easy on people because their only fault might have been forgetting to turn it off. With this new policy in place kids could be punished just for having it there not just on.

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Another good thing no phones would do would to make test scores higher.

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Without as much distraction caused by drama such as how 'PROPER_NAME and PROPER_NAME are dating' or 'how cute is so-and-so' they would be able to focus more in class, learn more and test better. The other thing is kids wouldn't have it as easy if they wanted to cheat on tests and therefore make their tests invalid. For any school that strives to make itself better a 'No Phone' policy would help them a lot.

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Though there are many people who say letting people use phones in free time would cut down on texting

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I disagree for many reasons.

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I think that community service is very important and students need to be reminded of that.

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But its also very time consuming so I believe students should have a choice.

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You should get parents and community members to sponsor a club for community service.

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It could be named ASCC or After School Community Cleanup. I personally think the whole problem behind community service with kids is that they believe that it can only be cleaning up litter and such, but we need to remind them that it can also be going to a nursing home or putting on a concert for kids with cancer in the area.

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Not only would this help out the community but it could be a way to socialize out of school and do work at the same time

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Just imagine if the track and field area had no litter at all, if there were multiple trash cans instead of three or four, or even helping make a second loop to pickup children. But see not all children might be able to participate as needed because either they are too little, have a sport, have a doctors appointment or even be allergic to the material your working with. If you do decide to put this club into action Tuesday and Thursday right after school would probably be the most effective and convenien

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This is just some of my ideas, so just think about it.

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I believe policy 2 will be much better.

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Phones shouldn't be used in school at all except for lunch, because while your in class because they will end up using there phones instead of getting a proper education. They will also distract others from learning when they are not using there phones.

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They shouldn't really even have it during lunch at all, everything will be a disaster.

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Most people wont even have it off during the classes they will just have them on as long as it doesn't make any sound in class

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Students should have there phone during school because if there is am emergency that couldn't even call the office they should have there phones on vibrate.

Counterclaim

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If they use there phones during school it just wouldn't work out, every one would stop paying attention during classes and when the teacher, principle, or staff is talking to them they would not pay attention.

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Even for the school assembly's or games they would not pay attention and just be on the phones regularly. The parents would get mad for the students not getting an education, and possibly fail there classes. Parents will get furious and file a complaint. If there phones go on in class teacher, and students will get distracted for the people who want to learn and will not get there education. When people try to study at the library they will pretend to study but use the phone when the test comes will not no what to do. When they are taking a math test they will cheat by using there phone as a calculator. While the teacher is on the board they will start to use there phones and not learn anything. While they are going to a class they will be on the phone, what if there was stares and they were to pay attention to the fall and trip or fall? they would really injured and school would be held responsible. While they are walking if they hit someone you never no if someone will find it like if you hit them on purpose and try to hit you back. In the morning when there waiting for the bell to ring and there on the phones when the bell does ring they would be late to class and just lie to the teacher and do it again.

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So this is why i think we should not use are phones during school hours.

Concluding Statement

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The Electoral college is something that has been around for hundreds of years, and has helped us decide what to do. It is a fair method of electing the president, but it is not what we need anymore. Times have changed since that was established,

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it is time we use a good old-fashioned way of voting, and use election by popular vote.

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Back in the seventeenth century, when the Electoral College was created to find a balance between citizen voting and majority vote. How it works, is we select the electors representing our state's votes, they meet and vote, and then congress counts their votes. Also, all states, except Maine and Nebraska have something called the "winner-take-all" syatem, and that is a "system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate."(s1,p7) But now, the citizens in your state who qualify as a voter cast their votes

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Instead of that being what our state's choice is, we choose the electors of our candidate, or person we voted for, and then the candidate with the majority votes wins, getting atleast 270 out of 538 electoral votes. This seems very unfair

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and in one specific case, it is. In the 2000 presidential election, between Al Gore and George Bush, Al Gore got more popular votes than George Bush; he should have won. But Bush had more electoral votes, and that was where is mattered. So, Bush won that. If Gore won popularity wise, he should have won, hense creating happier citizens, since he won the majority of their votes.

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Another argument, according to source 3, paragraph 23, is that the Electoral College method of choosing the president, "may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state.

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This is very important, as we all want a good leader who will support our home state. If, for example, the Electoral College voted on a Democrat, and he won, Florida may not have much hope. Florida is a Republic state, as is most of the southern states; yes, Mr. President would be obligated to help all 50 states when necessary, but the bigger benefits would go towards the Democratic states, and probably his home state

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Therefore, voters may not even bother casting in a ballot if the candidate of their choice does not have much hope, or if they think either potential leader will benefit them. So if they do not have much of a choice in the matter, they lose interest and shrug it off, as opposed to if it were popular vote, and every single vote was accounted for. Fortunately, though, this does not happen often; one meesly vote does not do much to turn the tables.

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The Electoral College, all-in-all, has helped us a lot, yes, but it is high time we go back to the popularity vote. It would make most citizens, and many potential voters, happier to know that they are accounted for, and we won't have the potential of the popularity winner, the one the people actually voted for, to lose on account of the electors. It should be the people of America's decision, not a group of government workers, to decide who runs our nation

Concluding Statement

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i think that you should change the electoral collage.

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the foundin fathers establish it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by popular vote of qualified citizens." in which that if we been doing this for century the people votes never really mattered because voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president. well i didnt know people need some for some one to turn back around and they deside who they want to vote for.

Evidence

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its stupid and a waste of people times because sometimes you cant control who your electors vote for.

Claim

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the single best argument against the electrol collages." they would call it the disaster factor the reason for that is the american people should consider them self lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century ; the system allows much worse, consider that states legislaturs are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors i " could always defy the will of the people." proving my point making the peoples votes useless.

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they did this in 1960 , segregationists in the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors who oppose john F. kennedy. so that a popular vote for kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy.

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people votes should actually matter senator and not be use to vote for some one else to vote so they can end up choosing some one else. so please stop electoral collage.

Concluding Statement

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Do you think it was made by an alien or is it a natural landform? Many people have different opinions some say aliens created it, but others say that is a natural thing.

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In my opinion I think that it's a natural landform.

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I have 3 examples, first when the camera captured the picture it wasen't clear enough because there were wispy clouds.

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Second in the artical it said "it spotted shadowy likeness of a human face".

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Third the artical aslo said "formed by shadows giving the illusison of eyes, nose, and mouth.

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First the camera captured the picture, but it wasen't clear enough because when they captured the picture there were wispy cloud which can make it hard to take a picture or to see the picture.

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This example shows that they might of seen something else such as the face ,but it could be wrong because they captured the picture when there was wispy clouds.

Claim

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Second in the artical it said "it spotted shadowy likeness of a human face" which can mean that when the picture was captured the camera could have of captured some shadows to which can create an illusion of a face when in reality it could be the showdows.

Evidence

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This example shows that the camera captured the shadows which can create and illusion of a face.

Claim

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Third in the artical it also said that "formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. This can mean that people see it in many way's. the picture creates an illusion that can make you think that it's a face with eyes, nose, and mouth.

Evidence

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This example shows that the picture wasn't taken right which can cause an illusion, many people see a face, but that's because the picture creates an illusion of a face.

Claim

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In conclusion many people have different opinions some say aliens created it, but say is a natural landform. Some people may have counter calims first counter claim is why would NASA lie to us. Second counter claim is that the picture showed a face so it is a face. Third counter claim is that they had a good camera so if it shows it then it is a face. My rebuttals would be that NASA is not lieing about the pictures. Second the picture might create an illusion that makes you think it's a face. Third not all cameras show exactly what you want to take a picture of these are my counter claims and rebuttals and also my example and explanantions

Concluding Statement

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The electoral college is described in many ways. It is described as needed, useful and helpful

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I think it is described as unfair, outdated, and irrational

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I describe it this way because majority votes do not really "count"

Claim

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has been used for three hundred years

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and it is just more time taken to vote for our president.

Claim

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We just vote for representatives to go vote for the president. Many people would have won by majority vote, but the electoral college had more votes for the other side.

Evidence

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The Founding Fathers used it when they were alive. I think that America is a little past that, because that was three hundred years ago. Why still use something that old? It is pretty irrational to still use the electoral college.

Evidence

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Even other Americans believe that the election should be based off of majority vote. Sixty percent of them believe that to be true! The electoral college is a waste of time.

Evidence

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All in all, the electoral college is just a waste of time, and process. It takes to long for the president to be voted in. It also makes no sense because our votes dont even count. Most of us believe it should go away, by majority vote,too

Concluding Statement

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Electoral College is unfair

Position

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If you only have a couple of Democratic electors than the vote that everyone in Ohio , Alaska , South Carolina , is pointless and would only count for a couple of votes.

Evidence

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The fact that Electors can refuse to vote for a president and the party their on what the people picked that elector for is ridiculous, because the Elector could just pick the President on the Republican side.

Claim

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Electoral Vote can be easily Manipulated by the state legislature by "replacing the Democratic electors with electors who would oppose the President.

Claim

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If a candidate only went to a place that has a lot of electoral votes and he knew those people were gonna pick for the Democrats then he basically has a huge advantage,

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if the Republican candidate got a bunch of other states with 3-6 electoral votes then it gonna take him alot more states to catch up to the Democrat who only need California to boost him up Tremendously

Evidence

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The 3 states a candidate needs most to win is California Texas Florida If the Democrats got those 3 states by 122 electoral votes.

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The winner-takes-all rule is horrible

Claim

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it should be however many votes that candidate had so if Mitt Romney had the most electoral votes in California it shouldn't mean that he wins all the electoral votes it should just mean that he gets the 33 votes and Obama gets the other 22 votes.

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Im in favor of either taking out Electoral votes or just making adjustments to it , so it's more fair for the people that are voting.

Concluding Statement

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I do not like the Electoral College. The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. It's basically a winner-take-all system in each state. Especially with California it represents 35 million voters and if they are really close and have a tight margin the winning side of the votes takes it all, which means all the 55 representative votes go for that one side.

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getting rid of it would be fantastic

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e could have other options on having a better vote system that is more accurate and fair to the the people/voters.

Claim

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First of all, an example of this could be Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney. Like almost all cases award electoral votes on a winner-take-all, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. Thr popular vote was very close in Florida; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in Wyoming would net the winner only 3 electoral votes.

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Secondly, this is not the greatest way to vote because first the voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, which in turn elect the president

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If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for Kerry, you'd vote for the slate of 34 Democratic electors won the statewide election, they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president which wouldn't be what the voters want in some cases.

Evidence

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Third, according to the Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of the voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now

Claim

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Next election the voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner couldagain lose the presidency.

Evidence

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yet, the electoral college still has its defenders.

Counterclaim

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The Electoral college is not the best way to choose, it has minimum chances of succeeding in the future. I think a direct vote would work the best for the voters but yet the the electoral college has its cons.

Rebuttal

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Conclusively, the Electoral College is not the best way to vote. By a bare minimum margin of votes, it could cost the election for the other canidate. The bigger state could be a catastrophy and it would be unfair. Last, the Electoral College is irrational, outdated, and unfair for the most part with its winner-takes-all.

Concluding Statement

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Boom! Tire blows. Only if the driverless car, supposly a smart car, senn the road construction ahead it could of prevented the accident. Then the sensors for the cars I know will take weeks to put all of them in to properly work. Also how is it suppose to be a smart car when you still have to hold the wheel at all times.

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Although it might have some positives about the car, it still has a numerous number of negitives such as

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if the driverless car goes to fast do you get a ticket and have to pay or what is the consequences.

Claim

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First and foremost, the sensors on the smart cars

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It must take a fortune to buy and apply every single little sensor thats need daily on the rode. Plus it must take alot of people to do that and you have to pay them a lot as well so that means you're going to spend so much money that you're going to try and sell it for a huge price of change that no one has to spend. Or the timing, it probably take one/fourth of the time it take to make that robot car.

Evidence

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Moreover, you have to keep your hands on the wheel at all times.

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