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354e495ec2c0 | 92CB9173A201 | There is a large amount of proof in the article that was confirmed by NASA that this face is only a landmass, nothing more. | Claim | Effective |
b2e10f40cd94 | 92CB9173A201 | In paragraph two of the article the author claimed that mesa's were ordinary in Cydonia, area the mesa was located, according to scientists. The only difference between this mesa and other mesa's found on Mars is that it had uncommon shadows over it illustrating eyes and a mouth. Since mesa's are common in this area it is very unlikely that this, "face," was anything different than just an average mesa taken at an odd angle with a low quality camera. | Evidence | Effective |
0628cfe83981 | 92CB9173A201 | The author also stated in paragraph seven that in 1998 that the photo was retaken with a higher quality camera. | Claim | Effective |
636a451163ae | 92CB9173A201 | NASA released the photo onto a JPL website once the photo was confirmed and the only thing found was not an alien monument, but a natural landform. | Evidence | Adequate |
179605e78d28 | 92CB9173A201 | Many people still doubted that it was a mesa after this photo due to wispy clouds bluring the picture of the monument. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
04df8e8a3698 | 92CB9173A201 | According to paragraph ten in the article, the picture was taken one last time of the landmass revealing the same thing, an average mesa. | Rebuttal | Effective |
9894458a0e70 | 92CB9173A201 | Mesa's also are found commonly in the american west as said in paragraph eleven. | Claim | Effective |
d3619480ee52 | 92CB9173A201 | The mesa resembles the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain in Idaho. The two mesa's share a similiar height, appearence, and were not alien monuments. | Evidence | Adequate |
42a2a4a3c654 | 92CB9173A201 | People argue that the mesa in Ohio doesn't have a face appearing on the top, | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ec3d836d8b59 | 92CB9173A201 | but the only reason the mesa on Mars has a face is due to the angle at which the picture was taken as I said earlier in my piece. | Rebuttal | Effective |
fd77e53251d0 | 92CB9173A201 | The two oppsing sides in this argument have evidence to argue their opinion. The belief that the mesa is actually a face is inncorect due to evidence in the article and my essay. Mesa's are common in the area the picture was taken and the face was caused by shadows along with a low quality camera. Whichever side you are on I believe I have brought forth enough evidence to change your opinion or strengthen your opionion that there was no alien lifeforms yet found on Mars. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
2ad06525e1cd | 92E97E947628 | i have herd that you are deciding whether all students should perform in the community service. | Lead | Adequate |
7160c5ea1c5f | 92E97E947628 | I think it will be a great idea for our school and for our community | Position | Adequate |
ec13a02e647e | 92E97E947628 | This will be able to help people know that if we do are work together as a group we will accomplish more work | Claim | Adequate |
132bbd1032bd | 92E97E947628 | that not just one man can do everything but if we are united we will succeeds. | Evidence | Adequate |
4405ff18e986 | 92E97E947628 | doing all of this it will be able to make are town cleaner and let people know that we care about this town. | Claim | Adequate |
06e9125927d3 | 92E97E947628 | By the way this will be a great opportunity for our community to be clean so if different people who comes from different places will make good judgement about are community and maybe they might tell their friends how they think about it. | Evidence | Adequate |
fbcc7ce967bc | 92E97E947628 | I hope you make your mind to say yes but whatever you choose I will still be happy with it. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
61adb545f8f3 | 93106B20FE87 | i believe that the students of this school should be required to do community service. | Position | Effective |
e2ccfd23bd25 | 93106B20FE87 | i believe so because even if they don't want to they should still have to. | Evidence | Adequate |
7b27f75c2ade | 93106B20FE87 | doing community service helps learn about the responsibilities of being an adult. | Claim | Effective |
0f7abfa408e5 | 93106B20FE87 | it does this by teaching them that you don't always need to get something in return for what you do. | Evidence | Effective |
6142f917ae30 | 93106B20FE87 | it also can help build self-esteem, | Claim | Effective |
c61cbac250aa | 93106B20FE87 | because it makes you feel good about helping your town and the people in it | Evidence | Effective |
a79c456920bf | 93106B20FE87 | it also allows you to pass high school | Claim | Effective |
f6b378a75ae6 | 93106B20FE87 | because there is a required amount of hours of community service to graduate from high school. that is important because if you don't graduate from high school you will never be able to go to college and you won't get a good job to support you and a family. | Evidence | Effective |
7d663e7050d8 | 93106B20FE87 | that is why i believe you should be required to perform community service. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
557f9855f3d2 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Parents are always looking for new ways to give their student the best education possible, but for some, the options available are not suitable for their student. Distance learning is a possible new option in which students can learn from home using online classes and possible video contact with their teachers | Lead | Effective |
a60fb39cbf21 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Students should have the option to attend class at home | Position | Adequate |
a5e4f18a25ed | 9329A9DD13F2 | it will allow students who are often absent to miss less of the curriculum and allow for easier catch up if work is missed | Claim | Effective |
32b81577bb5c | 9329A9DD13F2 | llow students who struggle with social situations to learn and ask questions in a stress-free environment | Claim | Effective |
325d5a9d4a52 | 9329A9DD13F2 | give students the time they need to learn material or complete certain assignments. | Claim | Effective |
dde0981ed2dd | 9329A9DD13F2 | Online classes will allow students who have frequent absences to attend class and make up work with more ease | Claim | Effective |
ef18e4aae077 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Students miss school for many reasons, such as illness, travel, or family struggles, and each of these possibilities are often unavoidable. Classes at home would allow more flexibility for these students. In all cases, the ability to be at home would also allow these students to work when convenient, whether it is when they are feeling better or they have down time on a trip. Students should still be allowed absences in certain circumstances. If they miss a class, rather than having all of their work piled up and having to schedule time with each teacher, they can do the work from home, not having to worry about the schedules of anyone but themselves. A great example is students with poor immune systems that get sick quite often. Depending on the severity of the illness, students who are home sick could attend classes without the fear of contaminating others or getting exposed to worse germs, and allow them to avoid a place that houses countless bacteria and viruses that could cause an illness at any time. | Evidence | Effective |
2a205a5d78e7 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Not only this, but on a day that a sick student stays home from school, they often have periods of feeling better and having more energy, so these periods could be utilized for working on classwork, a luxury that is not available in a school building. If this same student were taking classes at school and missed an assessment in class, they would have to schedule time outside of that class and coordinate to find a time that is available for both them and their teacher to make up the work. However, if this student missed an assessment that was online, they would be able to make it up any time that they are free, not having the restrictions of seven hours of a tight packed schedule or specific times in the day | Evidence | Effective |
48f31d7f1255 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Distance classes would allow for less absences and missing work, improving the experience of both students and teachers. | Claim | Effective |
dea400f97a4c | 9329A9DD13F2 | Some adults may be concerned that at home learning would deprive students of face to face interaction on a daily basis | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ea72c75b5e8d | 9329A9DD13F2 | but for some students, these interactions cause unnecessary stress that hinders their learning | Rebuttal | Adequate |
0e693231f831 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Anxiety is becoming increasingly more common and that anxiety is often caused by social interactions. For students with such stresses, asking questions in class and asking teachers or fellow students for help is very difficult. The ability to ask such questions online will make them more comfortable and able to learn. If a student is unable to ask a question in class because they fear that they will be judged or make a mistake, they will continue to be confused about whatever it is they had a question about | Evidence | Effective |
1ba10caec26a | 9329A9DD13F2 | If the class they are taking is online, that student could ask their teacher a question privately, with the ability to edit their phrasing, and get an answer the way they can understand it. Students would not have the everyday interaction of a usual classroom atmosphere, but students that choose at home classes will have greater benefits and can seek connections in a more comfortable setting for them. | Claim | Effective |
d21156de4037 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Giving the option of at home classes would allow students to get a more personalized education. | Claim | Effective |
6efa69d8d6c2 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Every student has a different way of learning, so, many students struggle through classes because they are not being taught the way they learn best. Some students learn best by taking notes, while others learn by doing hands on activities. Some students can hear something once and be able to understand fully, while others take more time to process. At home classes gives students the ability to take the time they need to learn material and complete classwork. One student may only have to listen to a teacher lecture and take little to no notes to understand a topic. Another student may need to listen, take extensive notes, and reread or write their notes in order to gain a fraction of the understanding, but they are not able to do this in class. If the expectation in a class is that you are able to complete an activity after 30 minutes of a teacher talking, but that is not how some students learn, those students will be lost and fall behind the others. With classes at home and online, they would be able to take the time they needed to grasp a topic before moving on to use what they just learned. At home learning allows students to practice the learning style that helps them learn the best. | Evidence | Effective |
c4f0682a7356 | 9329A9DD13F2 | Distance learning should be an option for students because they are able to stay on top of their work when they are not at their best, have a learning environment that works well for them, and have the time needed to learn material. Just like any other new way of learning, there are concerns, but the benefits of distance learning greatly outweigh those concerns. This type of learning is only one of the many options for parents and students to choose from in order to get the best education and though it may not be best for some students, that should not take away the option from others. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
c624479d3844 | 9343CC458B7E | I think that community service is a great thing to do, but should not be required. | Position | Adequate |
190eb49faf2f | 9343CC458B7E | Some people just aren't that type of people, while others are. | Claim | Adequate |
2cfe82ff28e5 | 9343CC458B7E | You can't force people into something that they don't want to do.
| Claim | Adequate |
fbcee14e1129 | 9343CC458B7E | Some people might do service with a little motivation. | Evidence | Adequate |
0f791573e1cc | 9343CC458B7E | There are many ways you could motivate people to do something, but you need to wonder if whatever you are doing to motivate the people is worth the community service. | Evidence | Adequate |
ae426e63287b | 9343CC458B7E | Everybody has their own agency or individuality to do whatever they want.
| Evidence | Adequate |
d74399b3fad8 | 9343CC458B7E | Some people might choose to but most people at this middle school age put themselves before others.
They just aren't kind enough to put others before themselves. | Evidence | Adequate |
b0ddef63a4f5 | 9343CC458B7E | Most people as they get older become more stubborn.
| Claim | Ineffective |
a1d58b4dbe1a | 9343CC458B7E | Once they decide that they don't want to sacrifice themselves for others, it is going to be hard to change their minds. | Evidence | Adequate |
27aa4016bc11 | 9343CC458B7E | In conclusion, community service is a great thing to do, but not many people are willing to sacrifice themselves for others.
It is hard to change the minds of the stubborn people.
Do what you want, but do you think all the resistance will be worth it?
If it is, then do it.
But you could make the resistance less by awarding those who do it. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
e680ee161d8a | 934980B8A79A | In my opinion I think Policy 1 would be the best. Using cell phones in are free time would be better than not using them at all. They should also be off when they are in classes or taking test | Position | Adequate |
743e1a201d73 | 934980B8A79A | Some people like to talk to there friends about what happen over the phone last night and want to show them the text messages. Plus teenagers love to talk to people so when there friend is in another room they can text them what happened in there class.
| Evidence | Adequate |
e3d2d2d93e41 | 934980B8A79A | Not having phones at all in school wouldn't be to good. Some people might have something important to tell there parents. | Claim | Adequate |
01c3ae78b6ed | 934980B8A79A | Like if they were staying after just send a quick text or call them, rater than having to wait in the office to just say "I am staying after." There could also be an emergency like a family member died or things like that. | Evidence | Adequate |
6e9892dbfb9f | 934980B8A79A | People could also just need to talk to people in school. | Claim | Adequate |
08fbe8cfef52 | 934980B8A79A | Like asking them if they can have a ride home. | Evidence | Adequate |
65064e0e84d6 | 934980B8A79A | They also could be talking to someone very important. Like a cousin from another state or someone from a different school. | Evidence | Ineffective |
4278e3943fde | 934980B8A79A | I agree with Policy 1. Text in free time, lunch, and at their lockers. A lot of people would love to text people during class. I don't think they should call in class because they could be texting answers to there friends who wasn't in that class yet. That's why there should be off when they are in class. After school would also work to like when they are walking to there bus or to there car. I agree with policy 1. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f64f91c8631b | 93BD4F6919DE | Driverless cars are a thing of the future. They would be very useful especially if they use less fuel than normal taxis, but in stituations where there is dangerous road conditions, like snowing flooding, and high winds, how will the car react? | Lead | Effective |
1de695a0ea41 | 93BD4F6919DE | With the weather always chaning will the driverless car be able keep up or will everybody just have to stop what they're doing? The weather influences driving greatly. You have to be able to drive in any condition, thats why driverless car aren't ready. If the driverless car needs someone to take over when theres road work and accidents, the same thing would happen in dangerous driving conditions. The car could not tell that there is ice on the roads. Sometimes cars hydroplane, the smart car would not be albe to right the car but, just spin out and take the impact and put lives in danger. This would increase accidents or even deaths | Evidence | Effective |
82d0d69e17ce | 93BD4F6919DE | These cars aren't safe to drive in conditions like these. The smart car isn't smart enough to be driving in different types of weather or situations.
| Claim | Effective |
926aedda2f5d | 93BD4F6919DE | The car can't adapt to driving condtions, so would it be able to avoid things like pot holes and animals that run out in front of cars? | Claim | Adequate |
7f3ad3149a13 | 93BD4F6919DE | Pot holes occur every where, if one of these driverless cars hits one a blows a tire the passenger could be stranded. The car couldnt have did anything to avoid the pot hole, so its not to safe. Then there are animals that jump out in front of cars last second or even people. The road is always changing and things are always happening, i dont believe the driverless car will be able to function in certain situations. Sensors can only sense so much that certain times if there is no person in the driver seat things can go wrong. | Evidence | Adequate |
e25fe2635e98 | 93BD4F6919DE | There are times in traffic that traffic ligths go out and people have to make decisions. The car can not think to stop at a flashing ready light and then yield to oncoming cars. | Claim | Effective |
269952c4ff87 | 93BD4F6919DE | There are situations there a person is the best option. Unless the car can think for it self. The drivrless car is too unpredicatable and can put peoples lives in danger. Accidents occur all the time, i don't believe a driverless car can avoid an ongoing accident. Then there are situations with police, or stolen cars. Would the car give away its owner if they were on the run from the police? How would traffic stops work, would the car be so perfect to not break the law? The car could be harboring fugitives or runways or even kidnapped victims. The car wouldnt be smart enought to know, its going to do what its told and drive. | Evidence | Effective |
5766b49d2292 | 93BD4F6919DE | i dont believe that self driving cars are ready for todays society nor will they ever be. The road is alwasy changing and the car would not be able to keep up. | Position | Effective |
a03b5fc6c5b2 | 93C0100883BB | Policy 1 is a great idea cause students would be able response to there messages during lunch time and will also be able to use it when they have free time in class | Position | Adequate |
9b979334e4dc | 93C0100883BB | As long as we get to use them when we have free it would be ok for them | Claim | Adequate |
0e9d759f15a1 | 93C0100883BB | cause every student usually there cell phone when they are finished with there work or are just very bored.
| Evidence | Adequate |
d494bf7e5b43 | 93C0100883BB | Lunch time is also a great time for students 2 use there cell phones | Claim | Adequate |
83485ec054af | 93C0100883BB | cause they aren't doing any work just relaxing with friends and eat talking also catching up with old friends so at that time they can also use there cell phones. | Evidence | Adequate |
f2d2eb44c090 | 93C0100883BB | Students now a days think its cool to be carrying a cell phone so of course they're gonna be showing it to there friends or giving each other numbers. | Claim | Ineffective |
d6c990fe72fb | 93C0100883BB | Usually they be showing and using them in class when teachers are giving directions and cause of the rules it sometimes gets more tempted to use your self phone. So if you change the rules there's a probability that students mite be using there cell phones at time when teachers aren't giving directions or at times when they have to finish there work before they do anything else. | Evidence | Adequate |
1033a69427dd | 93D2F780054B | For my perspective on the situation, I am not positive nor negitive. Some of the ideas from bouth the positive and negitive side are good as thay are bad. For what I think is what I will pull from the story to my wrighting. | Lead | Adequate |
3561094c3fa9 | 93D2F780054B | As example on the positive side, I think the seat vibrating when ready to back into a car is an amazing idea for drivers who need more help when parking. | Claim | Adequate |
d9d9626c08db | 93D2F780054B | The negitive side on the outher hand, yes we should not have cars that dirve without human control. | Position | Adequate |
292ce2788ad6 | 93D2F780054B | Just because we are fecinated on the idea of cars driveing themselvas does not say we should have than. | Claim | Adequate |
5e2732506063 | 93D2F780054B | I will and in from he section it says from television this idea was brought up. If it is from that television is not always right. Especially when it comes to safety. Safety is nouthing to play around with or to toy with. It is a prevention of lot lives and or injeries.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
9713d86d3990 | 93D2F780054B | The human driver should have their hands, plure on the weel at all times unless thay have finished there driveing route to their destination. Again for the positive the idea for a camera feed from the rearveiw mirror should be in place for driveing and more so parking help. Anouther and lastly for the positive side, the 3-D model of the car's surroundings. It should be there for better and less reckless driveing. Lastly finishing on this selection of text. | Evidence | Adequate |
403c4931dde9 | 93D2F780054B | It says thay need human instruction to get around construction or a reck for safer driveing. We need alert drivers at all times. If thay can not handel that thay should not be allowed permition to these machines. People have lives need to be kept. This is what should be done to keep that and less injeries. | Evidence | Adequate |
ca97fd73aac0 | 93D2F780054B |
In my conclution we should not have self driveing cars. Parts from the car can be used to help us with our own driveing to prevent a reck. In a sertain situation being it a huge rode blocking or little bump into a parked car. pedestrians could be prevented from harm as well. As I have finished my conclution I shall leave you with this. Would you want to keep youre life from the parts of the cars, or lost from a self driveing car gone out of controll or messed up from bad construction/matinance? | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ef0b31130e18 | 94000E9DF26E | I just heard that you are trying to decide on a very big topic. I thought i would wright you a letter to let you know what I think. | Lead | Ineffective |
8ac209f171e7 | 94000E9DF26E | I fell that you should require every student to do some sort of community service. | Position | Adequate |
b992ca6bc4fe | 94000E9DF26E | it teaches the kids good live lessons | Claim | Adequate |
e021ca47b579 | 94000E9DF26E | will make other schools maybe try it to | Claim | Adequate |
6f90005015d7 | 94000E9DF26E | Some kids look at community service as a bad thing. When you think of community service most people would think of picking up trash. Say a student hated picking up trash but for community service made him pick up trash. He would learn form this to mot litter because there are people that go around and pick up trash and now he know what it is like. Another example is say a student helping out at a nursing-home. this student could of not like to be around old people. now he would be able to see that the elders are not that bad. | Evidence | Effective |
8eb77f031869 | 94000E9DF26E | Can you just think of another school likening the idea you had of making kids do community service. You could inspire other schools to help make their community's a better place. | Evidence | Adequate |
b14626eeec50 | 94000E9DF26E | I hope you take the time to read this letter and her what i have to say. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
781452d9404c | 942ECB176B3A | At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. | Position | Adequate |
3cf01c9bb161 | 942ECB176B3A | The winner take all system in each state candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. Focusing only on tight races in the swing states. | Claim | Adequate |
7b9ea09b1bd8 | 942ECB176B3A | During 2000 campaign,seventeen states did not get to witness they're candidates. Including Rhode island and South Carolina. Voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single ad. | Evidence | Adequate |
d8653d79f6b2 | 942ECB176B3A | State senator we need to get rid of Electoral College and upgrade to popular vote. It's just not fair. | Claim | Adequate |
68d1f2b13c41 | 942ECB176B3A | That's not very perfessional at all. what's the point of having electoral college if they do not show up. Thats a horrible look for not just you but them too. Either yall need to get a understanding or move on up to popular voting. | Evidence | Ineffective |
a13d4ccb2550 | 942ECB176B3A | I have a question. When citizens vote in electoral college why do their votes go straight to the candidates and not the president? | Claim | Ineffective |
4b0369284022 | 942ECB176B3A | Sound very fishy if you ask me. This is about the president of our country and it's not being taken seriously. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8331a786538a | 942ECB176B3A | See with the popular vote they go straight to the president and not a scam like eletoral vote. It's more confidental if your really serious about your president. Now what if the wrong president get picked? Then what? High bills,going up on gas,harder to get hired. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5a31587ebf21 | 9447D5C6EA03 | The development of a new, self-driving car that functions efficiently is being tested by various different companies, like Google and General Motors, but what practical purpose would this development solve? Some argue that these smart cars would increase traffic efficiency and could facilitate a new age of safe motor vehicles. Others argue that we cannot place our trust regarding safety solely in a machine. | Lead | Effective |
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