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1567b08fda8f | BEF460B090E0 | so according to all this information I think we should change our way of voting and flip everything around to something fair and effective. We need somthing that would make our vote count. somthing that would be fair to all of our citizens. after all its what we choose then thats what we ned to be happening. only you can prevent unfairness. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
5951d6a6f73e | BF0241C10324 |
Do you know that many students at this school have an average grade of a C?
Many of these such students are athletes at this school, and some of them participate in other extra-curricular activities as well.
| Lead | Effective |
ad730e407f21 | BF0241C10324 | I support the policy change of requiring students to have at least an average grade of a B in order to play sports or participate in other activities | Position | Adequate |
1050a3cf50cc | BF0241C10324 | the purpose of school is to learn and be successful, | Claim | Effective |
78e1dd3b7dc5 | BF0241C10324 | time spent doing extra activities should be spent on work if they are not receiving good grades, | Claim | Effective |
f91c596e2568 | BF0241C10324 | being able to participate in sports and other activities should be a reward for getting good grades.
| Claim | Effective |
aff1e8ed227f | BF0241C10324 | If students are not focusing on their work and only on sports and other extra activities, then they are defeating the purpose of school.
Students who have a grade average of a C should focus more on learning in school before they worry about playing sports or joining other clubs at the school.
If the policy was changed so that students could only participate in sports or other activities if they had a grade average of a B or higher, then you would insure that they were coming to school and learning and staying on track to becoming successful later in their lives, not just coming to school to play sports or participate in extra-curricular activities. | Evidence | Effective |
212b05745d3f | BF0241C10324 | Students who have a grade average of a B or higher can spend time doing other activities because they are keeping up on their work and studying, they earn the right to participate in other undertakings.
| Evidence | Adequate |
19b63b5e501b | BF0241C10324 | Being able to participate in extra-curricular activities should be an accomplishment that students have to work hard for.
They should not be allowed to blow off school and their grades and still have the chance to play sports or other activities.
| Evidence | Adequate |
0ecd007d03e5 | BF0241C10324 | In conclusion, changing the policy to participate in sports and other activities to having an average grade of a B instead of a C should be done.
This would require students to have to focus on the purpose of school, learning, before anything else.
Also, if students have a grade of a C, then they should have to spend the time they would use for sports or other activities to raise their grade.
Finally, being able to participate in sports and other activities should be a reward for working hard and receiving good grades.
As you can see, this is a policy change that should be made, as the opportunity to play sports and partake in other extra-curricular activities should be earned, not given. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
4ad5f501663e | BF295AF91B15 | I personally think that we should not have the Electoral College , because the citizens should be allowe to pick our president and vice prsident. It should be up to the people not the congress. | Position | Adequate |
cd307630115f | BF295AF91B15 | According to paragraph three of source one , the Electoral College consist of five hundred and thirty-eight electors . A canidate has to earn two hundred and seventy of those votes . | Evidence | Ineffective |
d80e2739634e | BF295AF91B15 | To me that is not right . Why spend time bringing these people in to vote when you have a whole state full of people who wants to have a voice in the matter. | Claim | Ineffective |
a9d309ed76cd | BF295AF91B15 | Also the congress does not know what the people want | Claim | Adequate |
865ab987eafc | BF295AF91B15 | So if you pick a canidate and he is not what the people what he may be planning to blow up the world . The citizens of the United States know what they wan in a leader and they know what they look forward to in the future . By letting congress select our president your not letting us speak for our self and that is wrong .According to paragraph fifteen of source three ,Electoral College is widely regarded as an Anachronism and needs to bee overruled which i strongly agree with . Also in paragraph sixteen of source three, it states that citizens choose their representative and they trust them to pick the right person but that trust is often betrayed , So why would you keep having this election ? | Evidence | Adequate |
7469d213bfa1 | BF295AF91B15 | Soon enough people are going to stop caring . | Claim | Adequate |
af6de5875a83 | BF295AF91B15 | According to paragraph eleven of source two , The electoral college is a waist of time and it is not needed because people are starting not to care and are not even choosing their own canidate . They are not liking who their state chose and they dont care because state legistlatures are responsible for picking electors anyway . Some states choose two slates and send them to congress ,Like Hawaii did in 1960,Things like this is why we dont need electoral colleges . What if it happens again ? or What if there is a tie ? | Evidence | Adequate |
7a94a17b8a13 | BF295AF91B15 | In an electoral college every state could only cast one vote . So they have one represntative for lets say five hundred thousand voters .That doesnt make any sence at all . | Claim | Adequate |
3ce30d311140 | BF295AF91B15 | How come everyone doesnt vote for who thy want by themselves ? Maybe someone whats a president frome another state instead of their own .According to paragraph fourteen , It states that the electoral college is unfair , outdated and irrational and i agree one hundred percent . As Bob Dole Says Abolish the Electoral College . | Evidence | Ineffective |
7f375a9ce5af | BF295AF91B15 | In closing i hope you will view in my favor and in everyone elses who says this type of system is old , unfair and it needs to be ruled out . | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
56507035f5a8 | BF5E801B7FD6 | "i think that the principal have to considering allow student to bring phones to school and use them during lunch periods and other free times, as long as the phones are turned off during class time | Position | Adequate |
316bc55181c0 | BF5E801B7FD6 | because they have to call your parent when the school is end at 3:50". or if you a emergency u cant call your parent | Claim | Adequate |
f1d496f2c623 | BF5E801B7FD6 | first than all ,all kids like to have a phone but some of this kids use in the school to chat with other kids and they don't listen to the class you cant not use the phone in class if they used the teacher can giving him a detention . i think that are kids not use his phone in class. | Evidence | Ineffective |
6aa8640d564d | BF5E801B7FD6 | so i agree with the principal to allow student to bring to school y case of emergency if u need you can used. so u can bring your phone and used when you finish the school. :) | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
2232ddb8d452 | BFB12A13E437 | Driverless cars, Whats my opionon on them, and some supporting details. | Lead | Adequate |
57b07c2c1569 | BFB12A13E437 | Well first off, i dont really care if they are made or not, it's not my money or time being invested or devoted into them. Now i wouldnt say they are a good idea, but i will say i think they are a really cool project and concept, and i do and know they are out there. | Position | Ineffective |
6e3995900222 | BFB12A13E437 | Do i see issues with cars that can guide or drive themselves? Yes, i do | Claim | Ineffective |
4f8713dc5e79 | BFB12A13E437 | but did anyone see cruise control being a thing when it was first invented, i dont think so. | Evidence | Adequate |
118d15362a53 | BFB12A13E437 | Some major issues i see is law suits, and such when they are invloved in a accicent, | Claim | Adequate |
247652d97a93 | BFB12A13E437 | such as who fault it is the driver or the computer, and what you can do if it is the computers fault. what if it kills someone? who gets blammed, and who goes to jail for the crime. What if the driver of the self guided car gets killed in a stand alone accident? Who knows. | Evidence | Adequate |
587e7e5b31a2 | BFB12A13E437 | I also see a issue of them releasing the car, and they'er being alot of unsolved issues, fatal ones, | Claim | Adequate |
a3c31f1b128b | BFB12A13E437 | so i think it should go threw major and long and extensive testing, during snow conditions, dirt roads, high ways, city streets, alleys, sand, mud, tempture testing, impact testing, and long hours testing to make sure this thing is almost faultess, and insures safety for everyone. | Evidence | Adequate |
3e179215a2d9 | BFB12A13E437 | I also see the benefits of this car, such as allowing the driver to relax and pay attention to other obstacles, and unseen objects etc. I see it allowing cars to hold lanes better, maintain safer speeds, and stopping impacts before they happen with the right technology. i see it making a incoventent travel more convenient, and making simple life task even easier then they were. It could also cut down on the careless drivers. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
234595f12981 | BFB12A13E437 | I do think it's a neat idea and a cool project that needs alot of time, and developement, but i dont wan't all human task, and responsibilties taken away. I don't wanna see the world turn into nothing, but robots, and automated machines. I want to see cool things, that are fun, and make life a little bit eaier, but still allow us to have do do things. Thats just my personal opionon. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d3b3bd4bcfeb | BFCAD70D40B7 | I think the face on mars is a land form | Position | Adequate |
85881bdd86e6 | BFCAD70D40B7 | Only a few scientist thought it had something to do with aleins. | Claim | Adequate |
6207c4acdc64 | BFCAD70D40B7 | I tink it is a huge rock formation like said in the story. | Claim | Adequate |
c3d58dc169b8 | BFCAD70D40B7 | And I also think they said whatever they could just to have the chance for tax payers. To pay to help build the rocket or rover to get pictures of mars and study the surface. And I think it it was real it would be more detailed by maybe making hair eyebrow's or mustache. And standing up. And it is two miles lonf I dont think something would do that. | Evidence | Adequate |
0293f84533ad | BFCAD70D40B7 | And there is landfroms in the united states like the snake river of Idaho but we never mad that and it looks like a snake. A lave dome in a mesa is the same hight as the face of marrs also. And I dont think it would have a bunch oh holes on its forehead if it was made because usually things are made good and if they can fly a space ship to mars they have to be pretty smart. Other wise they would not be able to build it. And I alsp thought it was fake cause the other mountain by it. | Evidence | Adequate |
c7fedd3fcd39 | BFCAD70D40B7 | So I physicaly think it would be inpossible to make soemthing that huge of a human. | Claim | Adequate |
1c4bfdc2cd7c | BFCAD70D40B7 | And I think there would be a giant hole around the face because were they needed the rock or whatever it is on mars to make the face. And its like a cloud kinda just because it looks like a bunny or dog dont mean someone made it look like one somethings just happen that way | Evidence | Ineffective |
d7157e56923e | BFCAD70D40B7 | So my final opinion on this is that it is fake and noone could make this unless you had thoulsands and thoulsands of people. And nasa said after they took pitures it was just a quensedence that it looked like a humans head. I could see why people say that cause I see eyes a nose and lips. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f9ebee77bba1 | BFEA78A024A9 | Dear, To whom ever it may concern I here am writing this this letter to tell you guys about the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States | Lead | Adequate |
5f4b9a761690 | BFEA78A024A9 | The Electoral college process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of electorals votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Under the 23rd Amendmentof the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposesof the Electoral College.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of Electors.I know the electors are generally chosen by the candidate's politicail party, but state law vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are .. Also the Presidential election is geld every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. | Evidence | Ineffective |
b71ef0b3defc | C02B1D9A374B | Sometimes school can be to much for a person. Students work five days out of the week. School can mentally over whelm one with a lot of work and response ability all at once. | Lead | Adequate |
778f9b420f4b | C02B1D9A374B | Thats why some people think its just best to do school online in stead of in person | Position | Adequate |
57bd056d6249 | C02B1D9A374B | More hours in the day for them to relax and give students a break.
| Evidence | Adequate |
fb0050894af5 | C02B1D9A374B | First, school can be a lot on students now days. They have to wake up early in the morning just for them to deal with a lot of response ability. Students will always be tested mentally to work with tons of distraction going on at school and at home. Students dont want to go through with that with they already have enough of stuff on their plate. Thats just to much for the mind and body. Just think about this; one will have their mind tested five days out of a week right? About seven students out of every ten will have to work or babysit their little siblings. Its bad enough that they wake have to wake up so early in the morning just for their minds to just be pick up and played with. Then on top of that they have to leave from school with a lot of response ability like, homework,essay,projects, and etc. Then go home to more stuff. For example, babysit, chores, and taking care of pets. | Evidence | Adequate |
1771af5a7f72 | C02B1D9A374B | So its for the best if student just learn from a distance to take online class instead of going to school in person just to deal with tons of headaches | Claim | Adequate |
55d9a5010dc3 | C02B1D9A374B | Like Forest Gump once said, 'life is like a box of chocolate you will never know what your going to get.' | Evidence | Ineffective |
b56f4f7357e8 | C02B1D9A374B | Second, most of students play or want to play sports but they cant because of school taking away most of their time. once the time is gone you an never get back. | Evidence | Adequate |
478140cf0387 | C02B1D9A374B | If students didnt have to go to school there would be a lot more time for students to have to have fun and to enjoy the young life. | Claim | Adequate |
bd4fbc825b68 | C02B1D9A374B | If students are always on their phones then it shouldnt be a problem for them to do online classes. School really doesnt give us a break the work is non stop are minds keep racing like race cars on a race track. Yeah students have two days off from the week for school but that isnt enough time It would just be for the best if student just took online classes. Their would be more free time for them to have a happy life with less stress. Who wouldnt want that? | Evidence | Adequate |
bfe481f7cbad | C02B1D9A374B | So ask your self would it be okay with students take online classes instead of in person? | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
369acecf9542 | C06F7CD8DD21 | Most people are with the fact that we vote for Electoral College but unfortuntley , im not. I am in favor to change to Election by popular vote for the President of the United States. | Position | Adequate |
a8b1f8197c53 | C06F7CD8DD21 | voting for Electoral College dosent make sense and its completly unfair to the people voting and their is a certainty of outcome..The reason why i am against the Electoral College Vote Is cause we think were voting for the president , when were not and its confusing and it dosent make sense. | Evidence | Adequate |
7cbff7f6d4b2 | C06F7CD8DD21 | For example , In the article " Does the Electoral College Work?" source 1 ,pharagrapgh 15 , it states that "Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense," | Claim | Adequate |
d668757db360 | C06F7CD8DD21 | when the people vote , their voting for a slate of electors. So when we vote , its actually were voting for the electors who get to vote for the president , not the people and its really unfair .Each party selects a slatetrusted to vote for the partys nominee. | Evidence | Adequate |
41a1194f68bf | C06F7CD8DD21 |
In addition to my previous point , the second reason why i am against the Electoral College Vote is because its not for to the people who are voting for it . | Claim | Adequate |
58eb646bee5a | C06F7CD8DD21 | As it states in pharagraph 3 , because of the winner-take all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning in. For example , "During the 2000 campaign , seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad." | Evidence | Adequate |
4639782be362 | C06F7CD8DD21 | A dispute over the outcome of Electoral College Vote is possible- | Claim | Adequate |
0469e1335c38 | C06F7CD8DD21 | it happened in 2000- but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. in pharagrapgh 18, it states that the reason is that the winning candidates share of the Electoral Collge is invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
aa7e8109efae | C06F7CD8DD21 | To conclude , I am against the Electoral College vote because its unfair, confusing and makes no sense ." Its hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the Electoral College! | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
70530af4c65a | C072AE8A1572 | I believe that we should change the election to the most popular vote instead of keeping the electorial college . The Electoral College was a good idea proposed by the Founding Fauthers , But i believe that it is time to kind of switch it up. | Position | Effective |
757519c30e7d | C072AE8A1572 | Changing the Election to popular vote instead of keeping the Electoral college is a much better idea if you ask me | Claim | Adequate |
835d4ada1194 | C072AE8A1572 | Mostly because this is a free country and we are the people of this country who have been given rights to vote for our own president . Not to vote for our own president then have the congress vote too . To me its kind of seems like you just have to question the process a little bit . At the end of all of this that president is representing the people and trying his/her best to make us happy and keep us happy. | Evidence | Ineffective |
5bceaa818326 | C072AE8A1572 | By the president being elected off of the electoral process it is allowing the congress to vote and having the congress vote will not put the president we won't in the chair | Claim | Adequate |
8ed887cab7a9 | C072AE8A1572 | It is just basically them having controll over us they will still have the power but they just wont you to think that your getting ahead by allowing you to vote . And dont get me wrong yes the citizens vote will still count but our president is not being ellected the way we would want him to be . | Evidence | Adequate |
01d7108d91ac | C072AE8A1572 | So i just believe that the votes should just go off of the most popular votes instead of the electoral process . That way most people won't feel cheated from their votes and like congress is ahead still this is a freedom country not a country where they make you believe your ahead and then twist things up and make you feel stumped on or cheated the president we want and vote for should be in office not a president that the citizens and the congress vote for. Which is why we should start using the Most popular vote system with only the citizens . | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a12f7822cf10 | C07E3C23CE7B | I think we should keep the electoral college | Position | Adequate |
34446495ef86 | C07E3C23CE7B | be cause people can vote on electors and not the actual presedent they want to win for the vote because people think he or she may or may not be the best person to be for that job we should keep the electoral college for reasons like not haveing to pick or choose for the better person. To be if the both want kinda the same thing,it would help the people not the presedent it only gets them votes and votes are nouthing to me or others. | Evidence | Ineffective |
0666d312e4be | C07E3C23CE7B | 2. second i think we should keep it beacuse you can tell who voted and not the people that voted | Claim | Ineffective |
8b95f9e4e8a1 | C07E3C23CE7B | because you get a sticker that said i voted so that puts an place that you have voted or not and if u dont u have some time to do it or there will be anourther person who takes and votes in ur place and u wont be able to vote | Evidence | Ineffective |
4d450001aa0b | C07E3C23CE7B | 3. because the ballet things are full and the time is up for them to vote ,so they have to wait till the next time to vote is | Claim | Ineffective |
941d8141d590 | C07E3C23CE7B | ansd that will be the next year so useing the electoral collage will allow u to be able to vote on time and mnot miss be ing able to vote becaus evoting is im portant to the county or the contonet to be counted on not only you but others around so u can have a choice of what you want to have as a presedent of the united states | Evidence | Ineffective |
b54ae4662cac | C07E3C23CE7B | 4. third haveingf the electoral college will help tho ones who cant get out to vote | Claim | Ineffective |
75c3c732ff01 | C07E3C23CE7B | and be able to do it just about any wear your at and that will be help full to me and othere because im nort allowed to vote yet so it comes in handy in many ways to us and other people to ther united states | Evidence | Ineffective |
28cc4dd7b4e5 | C086B02B3B90 | Have you ever believed something that wasn't true? I have, but before you believe it you have to find out if it's true or not. In the article it says the "face" looks like it could have been a Martian mesa. Also the shadows and the lighting could be making it look more like a face. There for if the NASA wanted to go there to get evidence it would cost them a huge budget. | Lead | Adequate |
d70499e4f4bf | C086B02B3B90 | What if the "face" was a Martian mesa? It could be one. | Claim | Adequate |
e9902ac65cb5 | C086B02B3B90 | The NASA was watching it through the years and figured out it looked like it could be a Martian mesa or butte. It was also very common to see Martians around the Cydonia, just this one had unusual shadows that made it look different from the other ones | Evidence | Adequate |
351e6eac8a37 | C086B02B3B90 | . It could all just be a natural landform that looks like a face. | Position | Adequate |
a74c450ba6c8 | C086B02B3B90 | The shadows could be making the Martian look like a face | Claim | Adequate |
13053e0f900b | C086B02B3B90 | From the angle where they took the picture. The picture could have changed how the picture came out. The human mind can form shandows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. Some people said it would be a good way to engage the people and attract attention to Mars. Some people can just be fooled by them and thinking it really is a face. | Evidence | Adequate |
e66cc8e20e39 | C086B02B3B90 | To get evidence from Mars to see if it is really a face would cost NASA a huge budget. | Claim | Ineffective |
24c9038817e1 | C086B02B3B90 | Just to go to Mars is a lot, but to go there and get evidence from there and bring it to Earth is a lot. It also can effect the way back to Earth and be dangerous. They don't stop at Cydonia so they would have to plan it out and get all the supplies they would need to get there and get the evidence they need. | Evidence | Ineffective |
c219d7fa5128 | C086B02B3B90 | People will believe almost anything anyone says. You just got to have evidence to know if it's true or not. There are so many things to make the Martian look like a face. Like meteriods could of hit it and knock off a piece of it. They could of just got the wrong side, lighting, or shadows of it | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f82eaa728e89 | C0AC393B1DC9 | I think we should just have only a C or above to be able to go out for sports or other activities. | Position | Adequate |
f618efa06a6e | C0AC393B1DC9 | I think this because if most students have a C then the team will have less people to support the team | Claim | Adequate |
195b5d89dd40 | C0AC393B1DC9 | if you don't have a lot of people on the team then the less the chance of that sport being able to compete. Also the less the people on the team the less chances of people going out for sports and not being able to do it. If they don't have many people with a B then they won't be able to do different activities or sports that they want to do. Plus the less people on the team the less chance the team will win. If everyone had a C then there wouldn't be anyone to be on the team and if nobody is on the team then the school won't be able to go out and verse other people. | Evidence | Adequate |
7bb67970179c | C0AC393B1DC9 | If the kids can't verse the less experience they will have for the future when they do get good grades to play sports. | Claim | Adequate |
edfc36c75564 | C0AC393B1DC9 | If the students have less experience then when they go to collage and join a sport they won't have a clue on how to play. If they don't know how to play then they won't make the team. If they don't make the team then they would be upset and could blame it on the school they went to. If they do that it would make the school look bad. Also the more experience that we have the better we will learn. If students could only have C and up to play they will have a better chance of getting into a good collage and joining a sport and getting to be on the team. Also it wouldn't be fair to the students to not be able to play sports and get a good scholarship to a sports collage and learn even more about the sport then they did when they where in school. | Evidence | Adequate |
ecd24b455b1d | C0AC393B1DC9 | if the students cant play sports and most people have C then there wont be to many people to go out for the team and then the coaches will barley have a team to have represent the school and hopefully win and put a good name to the school. | Claim | Adequate |
5513b6cc5a30 | C0AC393B1DC9 | Then their parents could be proud of them for how good they did on that sport. | Evidence | Ineffective |
f79812d42729 | C0AC393B1DC9 | You should really consider these possibilities for the students future and how it would impact them when they go to collage, get a job, and have a family. I think you should only have people who have D's or below to not be able to play sports, but let the people who have a C and up be able to play sports. Just remember these ideas and how it could impact the future of those students and how they will live the rest of there lives wonder how to play that sport and teach there kid to learn that sport, but they wouldn't be able to do that if you do not change the grades to have them play sports cause of a grade rule that you put up. So let those kids with a C average play sports. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
99e6c0e501fe | C0AC797246EE | I will like to argue about the Electoral College. | Lead | Ineffective |
82637214c373 | C0AC797246EE | The voters vote for the presidant,but they are just voting for a slate of electors that they can elect the presidant | Claim | Ineffective |
5b233f7bed17 | C0AC797246EE | They are called disaster factor | Claim | Adequate |
3931437a1147 | C0AC797246EE | The disaster factor got the name from the 2000 fiasco.The question we are all worrying about is what if it happened again?We dont want to go through it again,we might not get lucky as we did from the 2000 fiasco. | Evidence | Adequate |
4a372c1451e3 | C0AC797246EE | What if we have an electoral tie like in 1968.There was 41,971 votes that could of gotten deadlocked the election | Evidence | Ineffective |
ec10113d2ff6 | C0AC797246EE | Its unfair for us voters because of the winner-takes-all system | Claim | Adequate |
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