tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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054e0973eba6	C0AC797246EE	Candidates don't spend time in states of them knowing there is no chance of winning.We need to put fate of the presidency in the hands of swing voters.There isn't alot of basis in reality.	Evidence	Adequate
b2c44637fd7d	C0AC797246EE	It's against direct elections that are spurious	Evidence	Ineffective
adfdb4e42a87	C0AC797246EE	We need to go with Bob Doyle accusation of that we need to abolish the Electoral College	Position	Adequate
418419697fd5	C0AC797246EE	Everybody is arguing about the Electoral College.Everybody thinks its unfair,outdated,and irrational	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
e180136f67b9	C0AC797246EE	Let's change the Electoral College by making it better for us and Congress.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
717750cd9a7b	C0BA22AD7F2A	Why should people who be qualified be only able to vote? Voting should be for everyone, not such as anyone like as in Gang related people or people who are in prison but you get the point. This '' Electoral College '' experiment that they already have been going on is just something that they can use to get more time to think out what their next move is. They way certaint people, like me, see things like if the One out of the other person who is running for President and his votes come back with such little insufficient votes like 87% to 89.5% the should continue the vote and the show must continue! Even though the ''Electoral College'' seems like just a waste of time, does it even work?	Lead	Ineffective
56c90902345a	C0BA22AD7F2A	Electoral College doesn't really prove anything because some people won votes and lost the presidency,thanks to electoral college.	Position	Adequate
e4383c7edbc2	C0BA22AD7F2A	Due to the elctoral college system, voters vote not for the president but just for the slate of electors, who then turn elect the president.	Claim	Adequate
5619e1dd708f	C0BA2FA545DC	Community work never hurts, Its something that would be good for our school.	Position	Effective
51f7548ef715	C0BA2FA545DC	It s something that others will appreciate and when your done not just make you feel good because you helped someone but also make the ones you helped feel good.	Claim	Effective
e7ba2c7fe2ac	C0BA2FA545DC	Some may say that's its a waste of time and they could be out having fun with there friends or going to parties and what not.	Counterclaim	Effective
0d25f3e479db	C0BA2FA545DC	But if they never know the feeling of accomplishment when it comes to that.	Rebuttal	Ineffective
39df6fdbcf57	C0BA2FA545DC	Have you ever went to the store and seem teens walking around in there PJs? And its 12 noon and you wonder '' well they sould be doing something better than that.'' I have and being a teen i have done it, and im not saying that all teens do it or its a bad thing im just saying they could be doing something better with there time like helping elders and if they don't think that's cool they could go to the park and clean it up, so they could hang there with there friends.	Evidence	Adequate
f5c3cd328ffb	C0BA2FA545DC	It would kids off the streets hanging out and putting them to do something useful.	Claim	Adequate
813377506ed6	C0BA2FA545DC	Have you ever wondered why most of the parks are dirty of why you don't really see students helping out there community? Well that's because you give them a choice to ether do community service or not to. If there lazy of course there going to pick not to due to the fact they don't want to go.	Evidence	Adequate
780ac61bb854	C0BA2FA545DC	But if they had to go more things would get done around the town because they would be helping.	Claim	Effective
49bfa7f6300b	C0BA2FA545DC	They would go clean parks, help the elder, little kids at schools, soup kitchens for the poor and many more. Its could really make a change to our community.	Evidence	Adequate
3b7f6fadb2f7	C0BA2FA545DC	When you get older in life and you need a job or you want this collage to want you, then having community service will look good on your application for the collage/job	Claim	Effective
6aa63645e22f	C0BA2FA545DC	and they will think ''Well they seem to care about there town to help out this much '' and by them knowing that you did this to help you will look good to them. Which in the long shot you will look better, then some of the others. Not just helping you out with collage or a job but skills in life. You might have learned something while doing your community service that helps you out when in a tough predicament that you come across.	Evidence	Effective
2258ba34edb6	C0BA2FA545DC	I did community service a couple of times and i certainly learned new skills. I helped out elder and cleaned beaches it was fun to me and I believe that it would be good for our school to require community service not just for the town and people but for themselves to feel personal pride in that they did for there community and themselves. It would be a great thing to do for our school.	Concluding Statement	Effective
e1593224e3aa	C0E55316F183	Electoral College is defined as a process. The Electoral college was founded by the founding fathers with the Constitution as an agreement between election of the president and by the popular vote of qulaified citizens. imsure you already know all of this	Lead	Adequate
c22b10cba1df	C0E55316F183	therefore i am here to inform you why Electoral College shouldnt be kept and popular vote should win	Position	Adequate
6d00e6033234	C0E55316F183	This is the citizens country so why should we have a leader that we dont even like?	Claim	Adequate
a5f30c86f6fb	C0E55316F183	We all have the right of speech and of speeking for what we believe in	Claim	Adequate
e220520fde07	C0E55316F183	Last but not least why would the Electoral College get to choose our choice for us?	Claim	Adequate
1fa60c4b7d32	C0E55316F183	The United Sates is an independant country , therefore we should have the majority of the say in who we want to lead our country	Claim	Adequate
4d5df08b83d8	C0E55316F183	say you're at a restraunt and they ask what you want on your hamburger your not just going to tell them to put what ever they want on it because then you wont like it, same situation just not with food. why would you want to live in a world with a leader you dont like, making choices you dont like eighter, everyone obviously wounldnt get their first choice because there has to be a winner and a loser. even if you lose thats better to say that you got a chance to say what you wanted it just didnt follow through.	Evidence	Ineffective
fe367d2efa45	C0E55316F183	We also all have the right of speech in the United States.	Claim	Ineffective
4a878984192e	C0E55316F183	What i mean by this is, we were all given a mouth by God for a reason. "A closed mouth wont get fed" so how would a closed mouth country get the correct leader they wanted? exactly they couldnt thats my point. if we speek were going to get a chance of getting more thought of when the decision is made, so if we were to all speek up the decision would be in our favor.	Evidence	Ineffective
2eadf17b7c8b	C0E55316F183	We all have a choice for diffrent things,	Claim	Ineffective
8e60bdb16b52	C0E55316F183	some people like peanut butter, some people dont like peanut butter, some people are alergic to peanut butter. so say you hate peanut butter and you told the waitress your order and she said no youre getting a peanut butter sandwhich, you, hatin peanut butter, obviosuly wouldnt like that at all. Same sitauation here. Why would they let you say your choice in what you want then just tell you what youre going to get? its just not right and dsent add up.	Evidence	Ineffective
8ef1d541cbca	C0E55316F183	Therefore i am a firm believer that it should be popular vote not by electoral college, and if you dont beliee that well you are making the wrong choice and letting other people make the choice up and speek for you. Use your voice. You dont have it for just no reason at all.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
42f760aa4746	C105434DA2CA	''The electoral college is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.'	Lead	Ineffective
dea610d159b2	C105434DA2CA	The Electoral College is one of the most fair systems our society has set up	Position	Adequate
d1e63e576e70	C105434DA2CA	This process is fair and essential because it is is not the only determination	Claim	Adequate
6b60d5acd5c0	C105434DA2CA	each state gets the correct amount of power	Claim	Adequate
ad24f7f3e9c9	C105434DA2CA	it shows a clear winner	Claim	Adequate
8df19c77b113	C105434DA2CA	The Electoral College does is not fully responsible for the outcome of the decision for our President.	Claim	Adequate
a167d4b58f8f	C105434DA2CA	In the year 2000, this was proved, Gore had received more popular votes than Bush, yet fewer electoral votes. ''It is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote.'' The section of the nation that believes the Electoral College is unfair believes this because they assume all the power is in this system's hands	Counterclaim	Effective
4a2675b800e5	C105434DA2CA	Yet they are mistaken because clearly our popular vote can override this system if necessary. Though it is very rare most will argue, the fact that it is possible to not allow the Electoral College to take control of our government proves that the power is really all in the hands of the citizens. Clearly, the ''unfair'' picture most perceive is largely mistaken	Rebuttal	Effective
6d330bfbf337	C105434DA2CA	The sizes of states in our country widely varies. From Rhode Island to Texas, we have power in Congress. It would simply not be fair if our small states had the same amout of power as our larger states. California has more of a population, therefore should have more say in Congress, than New Jersey. ''Your states entitles allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation; one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators.'' Just the way this is set up in Congress, the same amount of power for each state is applied for choosing our President for the next four years. This is only fair to the population of America and equal representation in all the sections of congress would be unfair to the larger states that obviously require and deserve more power than the smaller states in the United States.	Evidence	Adequate
f3d3f120ff05	C105434DA2CA	Basically, power is fairly given to each state under the Electoral College.	Claim	Adequate
73788f2ec8f6	C105434DA2CA	''The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.'' Though this situation is rare, in 1968 when Nixon ran against Clinton, both had a total of 43 percent of the popular votes. Yet, because of the Electoral College, a clear winner was shown. If ever in case of this event, this ''pressure'' can complicate and make the choosing of the President way more difficult than it was planned to be. For this reason, our Electoral College sets up a way to take care of this if it was to happen again.	Evidence	Adequate
98ce59186df3	C105434DA2CA	the Electoral College shows a clear winner and takes out any confusion or problems that could arise.	Claim	Adequate
62229025e760	C105434DA2CA	To conclude, our country is based off of fair rules and systems, one of them being the Electoral College. It is fair because it does not have full power, the right amount of power is applied to each state, and it produces a clear winner. ''Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an electio.''	Concluding Statement	Effective
0bf187e21abe	C10C521A47C3	In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both the positive and the negative aspects of driverless cars. Therefore, the author never takes a side on the matter.	Lead	Ineffective
9db6d2d8b862	C10C521A47C3	This response will side with the argument of being against driverless cars	Position	Adequate
8c0d9625c526	C10C521A47C3	driverless cars promote less disciplined actions with not only adults but with teen drivers.	Claim	Adequate
a7d93fc7cda6	C10C521A47C3	automated cars would not benefit the economy, it would damage it even further	Claim	Adequate
a19dc397133a	C10C521A47C3	automated cars put safety features at risk compared to having an abled-human to do the driving functions manually.	Claim	Adequate
8d083e26ae23	C10C521A47C3	Driverless cars can promote less disciplined actions among teen and adult drivers	Claim	Adequate
ba9d3f7bc7ac	C10C521A47C3	This assumption is made because, driving under the influence, as well as underage drinking are huge topics of discussion in today's society. Driverless cars would give these two groups of people an exscuse to commit these actions. They would no longer have to worry about the reproccutions of such crimes. Such as putting other's lives in danger or getting caught by the police.	Evidence	Adequate
95c58c051ae7	C10C521A47C3	Automated cars would not benefit the economy in any way.	Claim	Adequate
7f5ebe926cdd	C10C521A47C3	In fact, the cars could worsen the already bad financial situation America faces now. This is because of the following quote from the article. "Originally, many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads." "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." These direct quotes further express to society that these automated cars require very new, very expensive roads.	Evidence	Adequate
87013b646a0a	C10C521A47C3	driverless cars put saftey features at risk compared to having an able-bodied human to do the functions instead	Claim	Adequate
18ec80393ec8	C10C521A47C3	"Most driving laws focus on kepping drivers, passnegers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." This quote speaks entirely for itself.	Evidence	Adequate
e9a06c794e29	C10C521A47C3	the best option for society is to not have driverless cars because, they promote less disciplined actions with teen and adult drivers, they would not benefit the economy, and finally these driverless cars put safety features at risk compared to having an able-bodied human to do the manual functions when presented them.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
206364b3c1a4	C133EB596A40	The face on Mars was actually landform on mars and not a face	Position	Adequate
3c51a5994e5e	C133EB596A40	if you still don't believe me I'll tell you some facts	Claim	Adequate
1c568f16b65a	C133EB596A40	In 1976 viking 1 was snapping pictures so that viking 2 could land while doing that it snapped a picture of a landform that looked like a face. Many people thought that it was a face but it wasn't. In 1998 they took another pivture but this time it didn't look like a face it looked more like a landform on the ground. Many people thought that the landform was created by aliens many others thought that it was made just like land forms on earth.	Evidence	Adequate
12f821a9a353	C133EB596A40	People still thought thet they were made by aliens many other people disagreed on it	Counterclaim	Adequate
cc7e65519076	C133EB596A40	until 2001 when they took the final picture and they saw that it was actually a landform Garvin said that it reminded he of snake river of Idaho.	Rebuttal	Adequate
dc28edb6be43	C133EB596A40	So after that happened mny people saw the truth about the face on mars and completely forgot about it. Some people still believe and talk about it but maybe those people are just the scientists trying to find out if there is more land forms that look just like the onein 1976. Many people say that they might find another one and start the arguement that it's an alien artifact or that it's just a land mass this time. Many other people study about this things and think they find out the truth about ehy this landforms look like faces. Even though some people think there is life on mars some might be true and some of it might be fake. Some people think there is aliens but maybe in another galaxy.	Evidence	Adequate
12c9ae107837	C133EB596A40	Many people might still think that mars landform was a sign form aliens and saying that they exist personally I don't think there is aliens in mars or any other planet in our solar system. That was just my idea about it I don't think my statement could be true. Maybe smart kid like a nerd would say " scientists who are studying this kind of martian studies could get results of a real life alien that could be roaming around earth". That's what I would think a nerd would say or maybe he might just say it even smarter than I said it, but that is my opinion I would like to hear about more peoples opinions on the face on mars. Even though many other people will just argue over that it was a face but maybe the aliens destroyed it or just abducted it like they do in boring fake movies of aliens but that's my opinion not you if you don't agree with me it's fine with me.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
386dd4f0d0c0	C13F7CD75B84	I am certain that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform.	Position	Adequate
3292ee6f83fd	C13F7CD75B84	It has many features, and it has many people concerned about it.	Claim	Adequate
ce3c6cd615f2	C13F7CD75B84	The Face on Mars is a natural landform because it was spotted with shadowy likeness of a human, it resembles the human head, and it actually shows a Martian equivalent of a butte or messa.	Claim	Ineffective
086eabf92b5c	C13F7CD75B84	This face has many features, including its shadowy likeness of a human.	Claim	Adequate
1729bf08b34d	C13F7CD75B84	Just twenty-five years ago, something happened that was so hilarious. NASA's Viking one spacecraft were traveling around Mars, then it was spotted looking such as a human. It seemed to them that the face was just starring, just as if it was real. This suprised many of the analyzers. After many experiments on the Face, they discovered that it is a resemblance of a human head. It is just like an illusion, of eyes, a nose, and even a mouth	Evidence	Adequate
a91a8ab5ac4a	C13F7CD75B84	According to some authors it would be a great way to engage the public and bring some attention to Mars.	Claim	Adequate
c1a5a6b34354	C13F7CD75B84	They finally realized that is has brung some attention! After that hilarious day it was featured in many magazines, books, and etc. This is a enormous way of saying that this face is very engaging and concerning.	Evidence	Adequate
f5d1852a7c00	C13F7CD75B84	According to Mars Global Surveyor, they flew over Cydonia and snapped a picture of the original Viking photos. The pictures showed that it was an actual natural landform.	Claim	Adequate
417cc195411e	C13F7CD75B84	It wasn't appeared to be an alien monument after all this researching. Even after this stage, people still weren't satisfied with the evidence that they had came up with. The Face shows a Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. After taking time and time again to review the face, it seems to just show a Martian that is equivalent to a butte or messa. " It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, " says Garvin. Which is a dome with lava that is in the form of a set apart messa, but is the same height of the Face.	Evidence	Adequate
21150ddba843	C13F7CD75B84	As a result, the Face is a natural landform. It has a shadowy likeness of a human, it resembles the human head, and it shows a Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. Research has shown that this isn't just an alien monument after all. There can be more thinking to this, can it? Its just a natural landform, which shows a Martian to represent Mars.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
58418d8e494f	C1CC3C045CCB	I have heard of your potential decision to require community service from all students. (I am assuming that the students we are referring to are older than elementary school age.) The details of the requirement have not yet been released to us yet,	Lead	Adequate
4f72dbcdd4e8	C1CC3C045CCB	if the time you require is more than six hours a week, I oppose the decision to make it an obligation. I do not think that students should be made to do this.	Position	Adequate
64517e41f35d	C1CC3C045CCB	The choice to perform a service for the community is definitely one that should be encouraged, but should remain a choice.	Claim	Adequate
2e6b02caf5f9	C1CC3C045CCB	The reason I think this is because many students have other responsibilities they must use the time to do. If you require them to do community service, their other responsibilities will have to be put on hold until they can get back to them. Some of their activities that they need the time to do may be personal, for example, visiting a sick relative. Others are for their education, like going to an internship (for high school aged students).	Evidence	Adequate
2de3fc6cfe76	C1CC3C045CCB	Either way, this decision will affect how your students will have to manage their schedules after school hours.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
ed6592e4ce9a	C1D354F07E03	It's the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, can you guess what it is? It's election day! Every four years, nearly every person in America will vote to choose a new President, or do we? Yes, we live in a democracy where we can vote for who runs out country, but do we really make the descision? The Electoral College is a phase where electors, of a candidate running for president, come together and decide for who is the President, Vice President, and include the countings of the electoral votes from Congress. The person who runs for President has a select group of people known as electors, which are typically chosen by that person's political party	Lead	Effective
580d8a9ba308	C1D354F07E03	Is this who we really vote for, and is it fair? This should be eradicated.	Position	Effective
ea0586cacc25	C1D354F07E03	By using the Electoral College, we don't directly vote for our own President. We vote for his/her's electors. It's them who really choose who leads us, not us	Claim	Effective
8d8081c0dc55	C1D354F07E03	In "What Is the Electoral College?" it states that "...when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors," meaning we aren't actually voting for a President, just his/her's electors. It could literally be anybody, not holding public office. This is not a direct way for us to vote for who makes the descisions around here. In "Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," it claims that "...over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." Sixty percent said that! That's incredible.	Evidence	Effective
92a67da2b428	C1D354F07E03	The electoral votes are just unequal	Claim	Adequate
0af6bdd2eef7	C1D354F07E03	The states that are bigger would obviously get more electoral votes than, let's say Maryland. California would have more votes than Maryland because it i smuch bigger. The House of Represenatives has its own unique way of handling that, and they're going just fine, we don't need another. It just isn't reliable, the numbers and percentages would be all boggled up. This country is based on equality and liberty. and there is no equality in this.	Evidence	Adequate
8f7c29fb4e78	C1D354F07E03	The Electoral College is much too confusing	Claim	Adequate
63ee943eb6ea	C1D354F07E03	Sometimes voters could be discombabulated about who it is they are voting for. Sometimes voters can't control who the electors vote for. This is both confusing and frustrating for anyone who thinks they voted for someone great, but the electors change that. In "Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," it says that "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.", meaning that we don't choose for ourselves, they do.	Evidence	Effective
c17c86998aec	C1D354F07E03	Some could say "its anarchy", or that "its not democratic", which could be true	Counterclaim	Effective
898e6c38a07c	C1D354F07E03	In "In defense of the Electoral College...," it states that "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee...however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote." This means that even though you vote for a person, it's probably a fifty-fifty chance your person will win	Evidence	Effective
3471f9c78bb1	C1D354F07E03	It does also help release the stress of worrying about a run-off election, and avoids the problem where no candidate receives a majority of votes that has been cast.	Counterclaim	Effective
a930ec51d4f6	C1D354F07E03	The Electoral College is not the best way to vote in our beautiful country. It can be decieving and confusing. Though it may have one or two advantages, the list of things that can go wrong with it are of plenty. It is unfair, and could turn nasty. It should be abolished. Make America more equal.	Concluding Statement	Effective
8fe3ee9cd5b7	C20C1032FA1C	I am thinking about the policies for using cell phones at school. Since many students are using phones, they will of course want to use it at school. I surely know that all of the students would want Policy One, since it enables them to use their cell phones at break time.	Lead	Effective
22073db4efa0	C20C1032FA1C	That will mean there will be a less amount of phones being taken away during class, because they spent the time using their phones at break. Of course, the students cannot use their phones during class.	Claim	Adequate
2e2fafa9ff2e	C20C1032FA1C	I would agree with Policy One.	Position	Adequate
0d409ddb441a	C20C1032FA1C	Using cell phones at break would decrease the amount of students using cell phones in class, since they used their break time to use it	Claim	Adequate
ac9847af0442	C20C1032FA1C	That will lead to a decreasing number phones being taken away, and also a decreasing number of referrals and detention.	Evidence	Adequate
1db5114c5a9c	C20C1032FA1C	Letting the students using their cell phone during break and lunch time will lower the chance of fights.	Claim	Adequate
c71fa1147aa7	C20C1032FA1C	It also could make the voice level go down, which will be a relief to the yard duties and other teachers.	Evidence	Adequate
09dd44643b4e	C20C1032FA1C	I know Policy One will work for the students and staff, because if you don't let the students use their phone, they will try any single way, and use any spare time during classes.	Claim	Adequate
538ac97d53ce	C20C1032FA1C	That would end up in disaster	Evidence	Ineffective

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Candidates don't spend time in states of them knowing there is no chance of winning.We need to put fate of the presidency in the hands of swing voters.There isn't alot of basis in reality.

Evidence

Adequate

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It's against direct elections that are spurious

Evidence

Ineffective

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We need to go with Bob Doyle accusation of that we need to abolish the Electoral College

Position

Adequate

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Everybody is arguing about the Electoral College.Everybody thinks its unfair,outdated,and irrational

Concluding Statement

Ineffective

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Let's change the Electoral College by making it better for us and Congress.

Concluding Statement

Ineffective

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Why should people who be qualified be only able to vote? Voting should be for everyone, not such as anyone like as in Gang related people or people who are in prison but you get the point. This '' Electoral College '' experiment that they already have been going on is just something that they can use to get more time to think out what their next move is. They way certaint people, like me, see things like if the One out of the other person who is running for President and his votes come back with such little insufficient votes like 87% to 89.5% the should continue the vote and the show must continue! Even though the ''Electoral College'' seems like just a waste of time, does it even work?

Lead

Ineffective

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Electoral College doesn't really prove anything because some people won votes and lost the presidency,thanks to electoral college.

Position

Adequate

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Due to the elctoral college system, voters vote not for the president but just for the slate of electors, who then turn elect the president.

Claim

Adequate

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Community work never hurts, Its something that would be good for our school.

Position

Effective

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It s something that others will appreciate and when your done not just make you feel good because you helped someone but also make the ones you helped feel good.

Claim

Effective

e7ba2c7fe2ac

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Some may say that's its a waste of time and they could be out having fun with there friends or going to parties and what not.

Counterclaim

Effective

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But if they never know the feeling of accomplishment when it comes to that.

Rebuttal

Ineffective

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Have you ever went to the store and seem teens walking around in there PJs? And its 12 noon and you wonder '' well they sould be doing something better than that.'' I have and being a teen i have done it, and im not saying that all teens do it or its a bad thing im just saying they could be doing something better with there time like helping elders and if they don't think that's cool they could go to the park and clean it up, so they could hang there with there friends.

Evidence

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It would kids off the streets hanging out and putting them to do something useful.

Claim

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Have you ever wondered why most of the parks are dirty of why you don't really see students helping out there community? Well that's because you give them a choice to ether do community service or not to. If there lazy of course there going to pick not to due to the fact they don't want to go.

Evidence

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But if they had to go more things would get done around the town because they would be helping.

Claim

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They would go clean parks, help the elder, little kids at schools, soup kitchens for the poor and many more. Its could really make a change to our community.

Evidence

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When you get older in life and you need a job or you want this collage to want you, then having community service will look good on your application for the collage/job

Claim

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and they will think ''Well they seem to care about there town to help out this much '' and by them knowing that you did this to help you will look good to them. Which in the long shot you will look better, then some of the others. Not just helping you out with collage or a job but skills in life. You might have learned something while doing your community service that helps you out when in a tough predicament that you come across.

Evidence

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I did community service a couple of times and i certainly learned new skills. I helped out elder and cleaned beaches it was fun to me and I believe that it would be good for our school to require community service not just for the town and people but for themselves to feel personal pride in that they did for there community and themselves. It would be a great thing to do for our school.

Concluding Statement

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Electoral College is defined as a process. The Electoral college was founded by the founding fathers with the Constitution as an agreement between election of the president and by the popular vote of qulaified citizens. imsure you already know all of this

Lead

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therefore i am here to inform you why Electoral College shouldnt be kept and popular vote should win

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This is the citizens country so why should we have a leader that we dont even like?

Claim

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We all have the right of speech and of speeking for what we believe in

Claim

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Last but not least why would the Electoral College get to choose our choice for us?

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The United Sates is an independant country , therefore we should have the majority of the say in who we want to lead our country

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say you're at a restraunt and they ask what you want on your hamburger your not just going to tell them to put what ever they want on it because then you wont like it, same situation just not with food. why would you want to live in a world with a leader you dont like, making choices you dont like eighter, everyone obviously wounldnt get their first choice because there has to be a winner and a loser. even if you lose thats better to say that you got a chance to say what you wanted it just didnt follow through.

Evidence

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We also all have the right of speech in the United States.

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What i mean by this is, we were all given a mouth by God for a reason. "A closed mouth wont get fed" so how would a closed mouth country get the correct leader they wanted? exactly they couldnt thats my point. if we speek were going to get a chance of getting more thought of when the decision is made, so if we were to all speek up the decision would be in our favor.

Evidence

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We all have a choice for diffrent things,

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some people like peanut butter, some people dont like peanut butter, some people are alergic to peanut butter. so say you hate peanut butter and you told the waitress your order and she said no youre getting a peanut butter sandwhich, you, hatin peanut butter, obviosuly wouldnt like that at all. Same sitauation here. Why would they let you say your choice in what you want then just tell you what youre going to get? its just not right and dsent add up.

Evidence

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Therefore i am a firm believer that it should be popular vote not by electoral college, and if you dont beliee that well you are making the wrong choice and letting other people make the choice up and speek for you. Use your voice. You dont have it for just no reason at all.

Concluding Statement

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''The electoral college is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.'

Lead

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The Electoral College is one of the most fair systems our society has set up

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This process is fair and essential because it is is not the only determination

Claim

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each state gets the correct amount of power

Claim

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it shows a clear winner

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The Electoral College does is not fully responsible for the outcome of the decision for our President.

Claim

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In the year 2000, this was proved, Gore had received more popular votes than Bush, yet fewer electoral votes. ''It is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote.'' The section of the nation that believes the Electoral College is unfair believes this because they assume all the power is in this system's hands

Counterclaim

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Yet they are mistaken because clearly our popular vote can override this system if necessary. Though it is very rare most will argue, the fact that it is possible to not allow the Electoral College to take control of our government proves that the power is really all in the hands of the citizens. Clearly, the ''unfair'' picture most perceive is largely mistaken

Rebuttal

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The sizes of states in our country widely varies. From Rhode Island to Texas, we have power in Congress. It would simply not be fair if our small states had the same amout of power as our larger states. California has more of a population, therefore should have more say in Congress, than New Jersey. ''Your states entitles allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation; one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators.'' Just the way this is set up in Congress, the same amount of power for each state is applied for choosing our President for the next four years. This is only fair to the population of America and equal representation in all the sections of congress would be unfair to the larger states that obviously require and deserve more power than the smaller states in the United States.

Evidence

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Basically, power is fairly given to each state under the Electoral College.

Claim

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''The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast.'' Though this situation is rare, in 1968 when Nixon ran against Clinton, both had a total of 43 percent of the popular votes. Yet, because of the Electoral College, a clear winner was shown. If ever in case of this event, this ''pressure'' can complicate and make the choosing of the President way more difficult than it was planned to be. For this reason, our Electoral College sets up a way to take care of this if it was to happen again.

Evidence

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the Electoral College shows a clear winner and takes out any confusion or problems that could arise.

Claim

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To conclude, our country is based off of fair rules and systems, one of them being the Electoral College. It is fair because it does not have full power, the right amount of power is applied to each state, and it produces a clear winner. ''Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an electio.''

Concluding Statement

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In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both the positive and the negative aspects of driverless cars. Therefore, the author never takes a side on the matter.

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This response will side with the argument of being against driverless cars

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driverless cars promote less disciplined actions with not only adults but with teen drivers.

Claim

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automated cars would not benefit the economy, it would damage it even further

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automated cars put safety features at risk compared to having an abled-human to do the driving functions manually.

Claim

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Driverless cars can promote less disciplined actions among teen and adult drivers

Claim

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This assumption is made because, driving under the influence, as well as underage drinking are huge topics of discussion in today's society. Driverless cars would give these two groups of people an exscuse to commit these actions. They would no longer have to worry about the reproccutions of such crimes. Such as putting other's lives in danger or getting caught by the police.

Evidence

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Automated cars would not benefit the economy in any way.

Claim

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In fact, the cars could worsen the already bad financial situation America faces now. This is because of the following quote from the article. "Originally, many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars someday wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads." "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." These direct quotes further express to society that these automated cars require very new, very expensive roads.

Evidence

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driverless cars put saftey features at risk compared to having an able-bodied human to do the functions instead

Claim

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"Most driving laws focus on kepping drivers, passnegers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." This quote speaks entirely for itself.

Evidence

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the best option for society is to not have driverless cars because, they promote less disciplined actions with teen and adult drivers, they would not benefit the economy, and finally these driverless cars put safety features at risk compared to having an able-bodied human to do the manual functions when presented them.

Concluding Statement

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The face on Mars was actually landform on mars and not a face

Position

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if you still don't believe me I'll tell you some facts

Claim

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In 1976 viking 1 was snapping pictures so that viking 2 could land while doing that it snapped a picture of a landform that looked like a face. Many people thought that it was a face but it wasn't. In 1998 they took another pivture but this time it didn't look like a face it looked more like a landform on the ground. Many people thought that the landform was created by aliens many others thought that it was made just like land forms on earth.

Evidence

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People still thought thet they were made by aliens many other people disagreed on it

Counterclaim

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until 2001 when they took the final picture and they saw that it was actually a landform Garvin said that it reminded he of snake river of Idaho.

Rebuttal

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So after that happened mny people saw the truth about the face on mars and completely forgot about it. Some people still believe and talk about it but maybe those people are just the scientists trying to find out if there is more land forms that look just like the onein 1976. Many people say that they might find another one and start the arguement that it's an alien artifact or that it's just a land mass this time. Many other people study about this things and think they find out the truth about ehy this landforms look like faces. Even though some people think there is life on mars some might be true and some of it might be fake. Some people think there is aliens but maybe in another galaxy.

Evidence

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Many people might still think that mars landform was a sign form aliens and saying that they exist personally I don't think there is aliens in mars or any other planet in our solar system. That was just my idea about it I don't think my statement could be true. Maybe smart kid like a nerd would say " scientists who are studying this kind of martian studies could get results of a real life alien that could be roaming around earth". That's what I would think a nerd would say or maybe he might just say it even smarter than I said it, but that is my opinion I would like to hear about more peoples opinions on the face on mars. Even though many other people will just argue over that it was a face but maybe the aliens destroyed it or just abducted it like they do in boring fake movies of aliens but that's my opinion not you if you don't agree with me it's fine with me.

Concluding Statement

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I am certain that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform.

Position

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It has many features, and it has many people concerned about it.

Claim

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The Face on Mars is a natural landform because it was spotted with shadowy likeness of a human, it resembles the human head, and it actually shows a Martian equivalent of a butte or messa.

Claim

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This face has many features, including its shadowy likeness of a human.

Claim

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Just twenty-five years ago, something happened that was so hilarious. NASA's Viking one spacecraft were traveling around Mars, then it was spotted looking such as a human. It seemed to them that the face was just starring, just as if it was real. This suprised many of the analyzers. After many experiments on the Face, they discovered that it is a resemblance of a human head. It is just like an illusion, of eyes, a nose, and even a mouth

Evidence

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According to some authors it would be a great way to engage the public and bring some attention to Mars.

Claim

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They finally realized that is has brung some attention! After that hilarious day it was featured in many magazines, books, and etc. This is a enormous way of saying that this face is very engaging and concerning.

Evidence

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According to Mars Global Surveyor, they flew over Cydonia and snapped a picture of the original Viking photos. The pictures showed that it was an actual natural landform.

Claim

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It wasn't appeared to be an alien monument after all this researching. Even after this stage, people still weren't satisfied with the evidence that they had came up with. The Face shows a Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. After taking time and time again to review the face, it seems to just show a Martian that is equivalent to a butte or messa. " It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, " says Garvin. Which is a dome with lava that is in the form of a set apart messa, but is the same height of the Face.

Evidence

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As a result, the Face is a natural landform. It has a shadowy likeness of a human, it resembles the human head, and it shows a Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. Research has shown that this isn't just an alien monument after all. There can be more thinking to this, can it? Its just a natural landform, which shows a Martian to represent Mars.

Concluding Statement

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I have heard of your potential decision to require community service from all students. (I am assuming that the students we are referring to are older than elementary school age.) The details of the requirement have not yet been released to us yet,

Lead

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if the time you require is more than six hours a week, I oppose the decision to make it an obligation. I do not think that students should be made to do this.

Position

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The choice to perform a service for the community is definitely one that should be encouraged, but should remain a choice.

Claim

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The reason I think this is because many students have other responsibilities they must use the time to do. If you require them to do community service, their other responsibilities will have to be put on hold until they can get back to them. Some of their activities that they need the time to do may be personal, for example, visiting a sick relative. Others are for their education, like going to an internship (for high school aged students).

Evidence

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Either way, this decision will affect how your students will have to manage their schedules after school hours.

Concluding Statement

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It's the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, can you guess what it is? It's election day! Every four years, nearly every person in America will vote to choose a new President, or do we? Yes, we live in a democracy where we can vote for who runs out country, but do we really make the descision? The Electoral College is a phase where electors, of a candidate running for president, come together and decide for who is the President, Vice President, and include the countings of the electoral votes from Congress. The person who runs for President has a select group of people known as electors, which are typically chosen by that person's political party

Lead

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Is this who we really vote for, and is it fair? This should be eradicated.

Position

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By using the Electoral College, we don't directly vote for our own President. We vote for his/her's electors. It's them who really choose who leads us, not us

Claim

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In "What Is the Electoral College?" it states that "...when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors," meaning we aren't actually voting for a President, just his/her's electors. It could literally be anybody, not holding public office. This is not a direct way for us to vote for who makes the descisions around here. In "Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," it claims that "...over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." Sixty percent said that! That's incredible.

Evidence

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The electoral votes are just unequal

Claim

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The states that are bigger would obviously get more electoral votes than, let's say Maryland. California would have more votes than Maryland because it i smuch bigger. The House of Represenatives has its own unique way of handling that, and they're going just fine, we don't need another. It just isn't reliable, the numbers and percentages would be all boggled up. This country is based on equality and liberty. and there is no equality in this.

Evidence

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The Electoral College is much too confusing

Claim

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Sometimes voters could be discombabulated about who it is they are voting for. Sometimes voters can't control who the electors vote for. This is both confusing and frustrating for anyone who thinks they voted for someone great, but the electors change that. In "Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," it says that "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.", meaning that we don't choose for ourselves, they do.

Evidence

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Some could say "its anarchy", or that "its not democratic", which could be true

Counterclaim

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In "In defense of the Electoral College...," it states that "But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee...however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote." This means that even though you vote for a person, it's probably a fifty-fifty chance your person will win

Evidence

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It does also help release the stress of worrying about a run-off election, and avoids the problem where no candidate receives a majority of votes that has been cast.

Counterclaim

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The Electoral College is not the best way to vote in our beautiful country. It can be decieving and confusing. Though it may have one or two advantages, the list of things that can go wrong with it are of plenty. It is unfair, and could turn nasty. It should be abolished. Make America more equal.

Concluding Statement

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I am thinking about the policies for using cell phones at school. Since many students are using phones, they will of course want to use it at school. I surely know that all of the students would want Policy One, since it enables them to use their cell phones at break time.

Lead

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That will mean there will be a less amount of phones being taken away during class, because they spent the time using their phones at break. Of course, the students cannot use their phones during class.

Claim

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I would agree with Policy One.

Position

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Using cell phones at break would decrease the amount of students using cell phones in class, since they used their break time to use it

Claim

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That will lead to a decreasing number phones being taken away, and also a decreasing number of referrals and detention.

Evidence

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Letting the students using their cell phone during break and lunch time will lower the chance of fights.

Claim

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It also could make the voice level go down, which will be a relief to the yard duties and other teachers.

Evidence

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I know Policy One will work for the students and staff, because if you don't let the students use their phone, they will try any single way, and use any spare time during classes.

Claim

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That would end up in disaster

Evidence

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