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f84355ddef5e | AE3CD422AAF4 | Electors have been known to refuse to vote for their party's canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever. Richard Nixon validated only his oppenent's electors as well. People can take this system to advantage easily and obuse it to get what they want. | Evidence | Adequate |
1aa1d2b06a95 | AE3CD422AAF4 | By choosing the President through popular vote it is very difficult to mess up the amount of votes for one person. You can keep supervision on the voting stands and make sure nobody puts in more than one vote for one person and also monitor the people who sort the votes. People are very selfish and only think of themselves and thats why you shouldn't have other people go and vote for the party's canidate. The Electoral College system was made when thinking out of the box wasn't a good thing. The Electoral College system is unfair for voters and outdated. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
74771533c6f5 | AE5D214AAC85 | I think you should require community service to every kid in the school, Because we would be helping the environment and making our community a better place to live in.
| Position | Effective |
5b478a86aa0c | AE5D214AAC85 | One good reason why you should require is so we have a city that people could come and say "wow what a helpful city this is!" | Claim | Effective |
d52c8e2c46a7 | AE5D214AAC85 | We would be helping the city look nice, not only that it would bring more people to wanting to come to our city and live here and our population would grow! our people say "Keep Austin Clean!" and if we can make every kid do community service to help clean the city, we could have and keep Austin the cleanest city in the United States. | Evidence | Effective |
c163df315e13 | AE5D214AAC85 | Another good reason would be that we would be helping the environment, | Claim | Effective |
0a561b08eac2 | AE5D214AAC85 | the animal shelters would be nice and the animals would be good and not suffer, the air won't be polluted, fishes won't be dyeing from people throwing things in the water, and it would make our environment safe for us and the wild animals that live in our city.
| Evidence | Effective |
99254b628cfb | AE5D214AAC85 | Another good reason that it would be good is that it would give us an advantage on our high school credits. | Claim | Effective |
7e9cf20542e0 | AE5D214AAC85 | we need the credits to pass high school, so why not start now and finish it before we graduate out of high school. in fact, in high school most of the kids get their credits by community service! so this would give us an advantage for next year and you would help us reach our goal to graduate in a few years | Evidence | Effective |
d32b3f826fda | AE5D214AAC85 | I think you should require it, at least to the 8th graders, because we need to start taking more responsibility in everything we do, and we would be helping our city and the people and animals that live around us, and we would be helping the future people living in this city by keeping it clean for them. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
28c0a746c72a | AE8CA585DC1F | There should be a change in the Electoral College | Lead | Adequate |
ba8dfe4657be | AE8CA585DC1F | It should be changed to electing presidents by popular vote. It is our right to vote for someone who would actually make changes in our society and make our lives different | Position | Adequate |
fffacda8edcf | AE8CA585DC1F | The fact that we have to vote electors for those electors to choose our president, it seems unfair. | Claim | Adequate |
5f3ba7821515 | AE8CA585DC1F | Also, the purpose of voting for president is for everybody to vote not just citizens. | Claim | Adequate |
1a36f609d5e5 | AE8CA585DC1F | To continue, election of presidents by popular vote should be used in the United States. If we are voting for presidents, then why should us ,citizens, vote for electors in order for them to vote for our president? | Claim | Adequate |
d10b63acd9ae | AE8CA585DC1F | As stated in source 2 "The Indefinsible Electoral College","At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of 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 the tight races in the "swing"states." In addition, it states in source 3 "In defense of the Electoral College"," No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president | Evidence | Adequate |
bd26f907ce45 | AE8CA585DC1F | This shows that with the Electoral College, not every region is going to have electoral votes. Therefore, it would not be fair for those regions. Perhaps their votes would not count and basically the chosen president would not pay attention to them. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8155c5a3a0b7 | AE8CA585DC1F | Furthermore, everyone should be allowed to vote not just citizens | Claim | Adequate |
5af05fa02e83 | AE8CA585DC1F | The fact that not everybody are qualified citizens to vote, then the amount of votes would be vague. This process is similar to not having enough electoral votes. The votes would not be popular or in a great amount for that specific place. For example, as it mentions in source 3, "Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing candidates-knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average..." There should not be any thoughtful voters deciding on the election. It makes it unfair for those who want to vote but are not allowed. | Evidence | Adequate |
1181b1219c17 | AE8CA585DC1F | On the other hand, Electoral College could have benifits | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8b8296415150 | AE8CA585DC1F | In this process it is easier for the electors who are voting. If there is a tie in votes, then they can pass it on to the House of Representatives in which state delegations take care of the voting. At least with this process, they have their own system set up and if any problems, they know in what way it can be fixed. | Evidence | Adequate |
ce3f30948eca | AE8CA585DC1F | Unlike voting by popular vote, it can cause some problems because not everyone is allowed to vote and there could be few votes for candidates which would have a negative outcome. However, it would be the same for the Electoral College because there would be not enough electors in regions. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
c26a7f3ef902 | AE8CA585DC1F | In conclusion, election by popular vote for the president of the United States should be used. It could change society and it will allow us to have a better living. This could give us a chance to vote and feel part of the election. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
9e57e33651e7 | AEBBFD25000D | I would like to say that I support the option to use cell phones during free time throughout the school day. | Position | Adequate |
3e13bbab7527 | AEBBFD25000D | Students need a way to communicate with out making too much noise. | Claim | Adequate |
25c5e3da2208 | AEBBFD25000D | Using cell phones between class allows students to communicate with their friends even if they are across the school. It also allows them to contact their family if it is necessary. | Evidence | Adequate |
27c93ff3c8e2 | AEBBFD25000D | Using there phones between classes will also help keep students happy and the happier the student is the more likely they are to focus. | Claim | Adequate |
0908a510e392 | AEBBFD25000D | Even if students were not allowed to bring cell phones to school, they would anyway and then they would use them in class. | Claim | Adequate |
25fc821d935b | AEBBFD25000D | This just cause more students to get in trouble then necessary. | Evidence | Adequate |
358dd7897220 | AEBBFD25000D | If you do make the rule that students cannot bring cell phones at least consider keeping record of how may times each student has been caught with their cell phone and make it a set number of times they can be caught with it until they are severely punished( at least once).
| Evidence | Ineffective |
3b989f4c84fb | AEBBFD25000D | I hope that you will take my thoughts on the matter under concern, and if you do ban cell phones I understand.
| Concluding Statement | Adequate |
67f0c56e046b | AECB1177BDC1 | i think that the Electoral College should not be able to elect the president. I think it should be a coice of the people. | Position | Effective |
2b7fda204ac3 | AECB1177BDC1 | when you go to vote you actually are voting to pick the electors when you vote for the president each state has electors so you help pick the electors | Claim | Adequate |
3427d35c79d2 | AECB1177BDC1 | When people vote they are voting for presidents not the electoral college its not right to have a electoral college. Because it should be the peoples choice | Claim | Adequate |
14e27e8fef79 | AECB1177BDC1 | (In source 2) Even presidents want to get rid of the electoral college that is saying something. People would rather have a direct election then the kind we have now and I agree. See when the people are voting for electors they dont know what that elector is going to vote for they can only hope for what he is going to vote for. (source 2) Paragraph 13 "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. | Evidence | Effective |
68d1bc982199 | AECB1177BDC1 | the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. i think that the electoral college should be abolished. | Claim | Adequate |
34b08d001f5f | AECB1177BDC1 | Who knows maybe some of the presidents woukd have been different because the electoral college could have changed some peoples votes. Say some wanted Obama not to be president but the state elector picked him that could be a game changer. It is suppose to be a democracy the people make the choices this is not a dictatorship. | Evidence | Adequate |
0d10817c75f3 | AECB1177BDC1 | What if the state all voted for one president then the electoral college voted for the other that would throw off everything. | Claim | Adequate |
0e93239c1e0e | AECB1177BDC1 | There would probably be riots to be honest. This is making our country sound like a dictatorship. We the people of the United States of America deserve to pick our leaders. | Evidence | Ineffective |
cc5e514ad9d3 | AECB1177BDC1 | But say if you were part of the electoral college you would like this situation. So put yourself in their shoes would you like it or not. Of course you would you hold the power of picking the president. Its honestly probably the most stressful job in the world. | Claim | Adequate |
3bd2d7cd4c0d | AECB1177BDC1 | See if we had a vote to see if we should have to electoral college i think alot of people would vote no. I dont see why we cant have this vote as a country then there wouldnt be a topic to argue about. The electoral college is a decision that was not in the constitution i believe so it can be removed very easily. My opinion is that we take the electoral college out because it is causing nothing but arguing. We deserve to pick if we want to have a president we want or not. We deserve this power atleast, we dont have any power as regular people we deserve this. They shouldnt have the right to take this away from us | Concluding Statement | Effective |
d52b362b53a7 | AF0BC75F4DBC | I am arguing to change the ways of the Electoral College vote. I think the popular vote is a great way for us to express our own opinions. | Position | Adequate |
9f448c9d0163 | AF0BC75F4DBC | where as on the other hand there is only a small group deciding, which isnt fair, we should have our own say too | Claim | Adequate |
21bbf8f430c9 | AF0BC75F4DBC | Afterall, he is going to be our president not just the 538 electors. "Its official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational," says Bradford Plumer. some people may wander whats wrong with the electoral college? why isnt that a good idea? well in source two of mine it says "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electorors, who in turn elect the president." its also stated that "at the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states." | Evidence | Ineffective |
6e8fb2630c4b | AF1C86BFDC2D | I think that we should change the voting system from the Electoral college to the most popular vote. | Position | Effective |
e9c239023463 | AF1C86BFDC2D | The first reason is that it is unfair to voters and presidential nominees. | Claim | Adequate |
098cd66a679c | AF1C86BFDC2D | If the voters can not get there votes in to the nominee that they want then how do the votes go to the right elector. For example,the winner take all system,presidential nominees go to the states that they know they have a chance of getting there votes from. A few states never saw a campaign ad such as Rhode island and south Carolina,voters from 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad.
| Evidence | Effective |
19b200ad07ba | AF1C86BFDC2D | The second reason is that most voters only vote if they they like him or her on the way he or she dresses,talks,looks like,race,etc | Claim | Ineffective |
e8528fb182b3 | AF1C86BFDC2D | Real voters now what they are doing and know who is really better for the country on his or hers facts and statistics. Some people just don't know who they should really vote for but that's what makes the country bad off. For example,people could vote for a president who says to lower minimum wage so so the higher paid people get paid more but he or she don't tell you about cutting down the minimum wage to $5.00 and then the people who voted for the good nominee and get paid minimum wage are now getting paid less but really the other nominee is the good one. | Evidence | Adequate |
3f180eff595e | AF1C86BFDC2D | The third reason is that even Richard Nixon,Jimmy carter,Bob Dole,the U.S. Chamber of commerce,and the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing the electoral system. | Claim | Adequate |
0c1f0891d0e7 | AF1C86BFDC2D | Almost every one has agreed on abolishing the electoral system. But there needs to be more people with higher grounds and words to abolish the system. | Evidence | Adequate |
f87e7082315c | AF1C86BFDC2D | In conclusion the electoral college has no really good side to it. Its unfair,outdated and irrational. Almost everyone says to get rid of it. If you want it gone your gonna have talk to someone of high authority. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f5fa770b239a | AF5C9DA63FB1 | the electoral college is pretty bad. you should make the vote go by poplar demand instead of electoral college | Position | Adequate |
40c8eeea6b7b | AF5C9DA63FB1 | one reason is because many people diont understand how it works thus more inclinded not to vote. | Claim | Adequate |
d88396dcedfe | AF5C9DA63FB1 | everyday pelple want to know whats going on in their government and you erase the fact and make them think the electoral college is the answer. you have to go back to making popluar vote a thing, | Evidence | Ineffective |
97c316f77287 | AF5C9DA63FB1 | once in a while ytheir are times when popluar vote wins but electoral loses | Claim | Ineffective |
900c0717cc5b | AF5C9DA63FB1 | this is bad becuase many people like it more but only a few electors care about really voting. whkle everyone really wants to win others dont reqally know. | Evidence | Ineffective |
24f4a8db1033 | AF5C9DA63FB1 | you alsol need tol think of all the familys that need to understadn what the electoral college is. it is a much harder and complex method thna popluar vote. | Evidence | Ineffective |
60c442980146 | AF5C9DA63FB1 | another reaspon is the complexity of the big states vs. small states. | Claim | Adequate |
91f2a95b2008 | AF5C9DA63FB1 | when they are bigger and they have lees things than when they are bigger. | Evidence | Ineffective |
05c6c9d39f1c | AF5C9DA63FB1 | but thats what people who wouldd be voting =for the electoral college would say. they need to be much more carefluol in the way the orgaize their thinking and the way that they controilmathe ranking of stsate vs popluation vs electorla college for these reasons here i think that we should make the elcetorla collger iilleagla and punishable by death. we should switch the the polpuar vote . it would be muich betetr to make it that way and people will eb much more inclined to vote. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
1e3b2330f1b1 | AF6EA8391841 | I think my principle should required some of my friends should perform community service because they need to learn what mistake's they've done. | Position | Adequate |
eab86c3d78b8 | AF6EA8391841 | One reason why i think my principle should required community service is, some people might not want to tutor at a elementary school because they don't like kids | Claim | Adequate |
14db75c44360 | AF6EA8391841 | It would be better for them to tutor because in the end they might have a chance to like kids and help them out. | Evidence | Adequate |
2b2616549237 | AF6EA8391841 | Another reason is, most of them would not want to be picking up litter | Claim | Adequate |
082736db5adf | AF6EA8391841 | but it would be good for them to learn their consequences. | Evidence | Ineffective |
4088f9b1eec2 | AF6EA8391841 | My last reason is, They should learn that it's not always easy in life to do what ever they want; | Claim | Adequate |
4a71b0872eb1 | AF6EA8391841 | it doesn't matter if its taking up space in their time. There are to many crazy people out in this world and we can't let them go thinking that what ever they've done is ok. | Evidence | Adequate |
8bb90ec16a99 | AF6EA8391841 | In conclusion, People must learn that what their doing might not get them far in life. It could be better for them and have a chance of making a good life. That is why my principle should required community service. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
9b80620bcc8e | AF90C62BA52D | I say yes that kids should have to do some community service | Position | Adequate |
dfb079aa8d7c | AF90C62BA52D | I think this because most kids these days are lazy and don't ever go out side to work | Claim | Adequate |
b17aac864352 | AF90C62BA52D | it will give them an advantage at what work will look like when there older, | Claim | Adequate |
2bb8982dda5b | AF90C62BA52D | and they will also be able to see what kind of job fits them. | Claim | Adequate |
bd3e7fd7fb34 | AF90C62BA52D | Most kid these days are usually inside playing xbox, play station or sitting on there couch eating crap like chips. I have a neighbor who never goes outside he's always inside playing video games or watching tv. When kids do this they aren't getting anywhere in there life. When they go to get there first job the people will ask them if they have any experience and they will say no and then they will never get a job. See and their life is just going to rot away | Evidence | Adequate |
99d27afa9d79 | AF90C62BA52D | This is the first reason why kids should do community service. | Claim | Ineffective |
affb930e73fb | AF90C62BA52D | Next they will have a look on what jobs are going to be like | Claim | Adequate |
e4ac2073b162 | AF90C62BA52D | Like if there are hard, to easy, to much, not enough. I work a lot with my dad he has a landscaping business and i have two horse that I have to take care of and work. I think landscaping would be to hard for me but i like to help out so i go and learn new things all most every time. And with my horses they are a lot of work they have me running around getting stuff that i need for them all the time like hay grain treats. So getting kids out on a job will show them what the real world is like and how scary and hard it can be. | Evidence | Adequate |
811fc451e468 | AF90C62BA52D | Finally kids will be able to see what job fits them the most | Claim | Adequate |
a30abfad363c | AF90C62BA52D | Like a physically working job or sitting in a chair all day answering phone calls. I like being outside the most so i would like not to be in a chair all day just like school. I know some kids who have know clue what they want to be because they don't get showen enough what jobs are like in real life. If you are a video game freak when you do community service why don't you help little kids out playing them or something. | Evidence | Adequate |
c170cd7eac2e | AF90C62BA52D | Ask you can see that doing community service as a kid, will give you a lot of benefits and more choices as what you would want to do when you are older.
Again it will help the lazy kids that do nothing all day, give kids advantages, and finally see what kind of job they will be good at. Get off your couch and help out the community now! | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
7d37de36acd4 | AFBEA4BA2D3C | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" The author stated both positive and negative stances on the topic of driverless cars. This topic is very controversial when bringing in the aspect of safety and the well-being of others around the driverless car. | Lead | Adequate |
866acf7fc97d | AFBEA4BA2D3C | I believe driverless cars are not a good idea to bring into society. | Position | Adequate |
ba2d9b5f9be5 | AFBEA4BA2D3C | driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because drivers could get reckless at the wheel. | Claim | Effective |
c7c53be76969 | AFBEA4BA2D3C | In the text it stated that "None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" meaning that at some point the driver would have to help the car navigate at times when the car couldn't(7). Which imposes that the drivers would have to be aware of his/her surroundings at all time when the time was needed for them to take the wheel again. But, doesn't that defeat the purpose of the car being driverless. No one would want a driverless car that still needs to be driven? "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive"(8). And the most important question is, what would drivers do to pass the time when they're not driving. They could distract theirselves with their phones, music or any passengers which could cause them to miss out on any important message from the car telling them to drive or take over in the needed situation. This is where the reckless aspect of the driverless car comes in. Missing the important message could cause accidents and harm to other drivers or pedestrians. And, this cause of harm to others around leads to my next argument against driverless cars and that is lawsuits. | Evidence | Effective |
dd97f9cad831 | AFBEA4BA2D3C | driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because of who would be to blame if accidents did happen. | Claim | Effective |
528bd97aa622 | AFBEA4BA2D3C | In the text it explained how new laws would have to be created to go along with the cars when they are proved to be "more reliably safe"(9). But what would happen "If the technology fails and someone is injured"(9). This issue could cause many lawsuits filed against innocent "drivers" and many lawsuits filed against companies who were not aware of the issue with the cars technology. Sometimes things happen and because technology can not be trusted 100% of the time these cars should not be able to exist. Lives could be on the line and many people who were not to blame will take the blame for this mishap. The car could just cause a million more problems instead of solving the laziness of humans will not to want to drive. | Evidence | Effective |
7e88448c78de | AFBEA4BA2D3C | driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because of its proness to being hacked. | Claim | Effective |
26d7a380d220 | AFBEA4BA2D3C | Anything in the world could be hacked. Anyones phone can be hacked, computers can be hacked and even intelligence units can be hacked. So, if these things can be hacked then what makes one think that this driverless car can't be hacked. And, if hacked there would be no telling what the hacker could do to the car. For example, cause it to crash or lead the car into an area the driver in unfamiliar with because they're not paying attention. These examples could all cause harm to more than just the driver and that shows why this car should not be implemented into society, because it has various accounts on how it can misfunction. | Evidence | Effective |
9c7d4d5c38fb | AFBEA4BA2D3C | These examples of recklessness, misblaming and hacking all show why the idea of having driverless cars are not a good idea. They can mess up society and cause harm in more ways than it could help society. Although the car is a very unique way of showing advancement in the technological world, one would have tot look at both sides before concluding whether or not this is a good idea, and in this case it seems that the bad outweighs the good. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
a01e713a5cc9 | B000D7B81799 | we must keep The Electoral College. | Position | Adequate |
390380a0d715 | B000D7B81799 | Why do we need to keep it? we need to keep it because it is an important process that our founding fathers created, that is part of our constitution. | Claim | Adequate |
18b8c47fa0d1 | B000D7B81799 | Also, it was established as a compromise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. | Claim | Effective |
9eadb5305138 | B000D7B81799 | The electoral college process deals with peoples selections of the electors. It consists of 538 electors and their has to 270 votes to elect the president. We have a president and vice president without having the electoral college, it would be useless to have all these senators. | Evidence | Ineffective |
2655565598a5 | B000D7B81799 | We have a house of representatives that work extremely hard and it would be rude to get rid of the electoral college and changing elections by popular vote. | Evidence | Ineffective |
090b8d8d1319 | B000D7B81799 | Leave everything the way its going because the process works awesome and if you mess something up your going to lose your job being the state senator, or your going to get many letters, emails, possibly phone calls of hatred and more. That will not be good for you or your business so my suggestion as a citizen is to not make any changes. | Claim | Ineffective |
8b06cc83a700 | B000D7B81799 | Once a statement or rule is in the constitution you cant just take it away or change it that will ruin everything. I mean... its your decision on what you want to do but if I were you I would listen to my opinion strongly. | Evidence | Adequate |
4879a4118013 | B02A4DDA8FC7 | I think all students should be required to do some community service. I think this because its a good thing to do. | Position | Adequate |
fd9e69c4d9b9 | B02A4DDA8FC7 | Helping elementary school kids with lets say math can really help them in school. | Claim | Adequate |
53aadb7fa08f | B02A4DDA8FC7 | Maybe their parents didn't have a good education and they cant help them. That's where community service comes in, your helping a kid who needs help. | Evidence | Adequate |
08d95af75d3f | B02A4DDA8FC7 | Another example is helping out the elderly people, like carrying their grocery bags or helping them clean up their back yards | Claim | Effective |
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