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7988f56a0bbf | D584B293A28E | this is a very unfair method because i do agree that every state should be able to vote. it doesnt matter if the state only has a population of twenty. every state should be able to vote for preseident, esspecially if you are old enough to vote. it is only fair. there are states such as rhode island and south carolina that are too small and other 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to vote. this is unfair . the system should start letting at least every state vote. | Evidence | Ineffective |
c0b3fef224bd | D584B293A28E | these are reasons why electoral college shouldnt be used today,this is a very unfair way of voting. forget the electoral college method and just start letting the people vote. yes it might hard to keep track but this way, if you let the people vote they will know what the people want and it would be much more accurate than saying one vote for each state . they should really take time thinking of ways to make this better and fair. because electoral college isnt fair at all. they should abolish electoral college from the united states. go back to directed elections. bob dole was someone who said that they shouldnt allow this, and i certainly agree that electoral college shouldnt be allowed. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
90db87287ff3 | D5B5FD51EE53 | The Electoral College is a very organized way of handling the Presidential election. | Position | Adequate |
c684143ee2e7 | D5B5FD51EE53 | It makes certain that tthere is usually a landslide victory. | Claim | Adequate |
f7d6bc558b0d | D5B5FD51EE53 | The locations of the states help the canidates and the Electoral Colloege states that you have to have transregional appeal.
The swing states such as Florida, are the states presidental canidates pay attention to. The votes there are the ones thats can decide the election. The lager states, due to there large population, also get more Electoral votes. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d3390b526ca7 | D5B5FD51EE53 | The Electoral Colloege has helped avioded run-off elections by reducing the complication of it all. | Claim | Adequate |
5ca0c62ec98a | D5B5FD51EE53 | The Electoral College is made up of five-hundred thirty-eight electors and all that is need to elect a president is two-hundred seventy electoral votes. The electoral College is the easier and less complicated way of electing a president. | Evidence | Ineffective |
da37cc263aa4 | D5B5FD51EE53 | Though whether the Electoral College is democratic, it is not true in a modern sense. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
20a69304a20c | D5B5FD51EE53 | It is still very practical and less complicated. The people instead would vote for slates of electors but, they still would be voting towards you canidate. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
18c0459c3af9 | D5B5FD51EE53 | The Electoral College is the method that we should keep. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
e80a2b187902 | D5BF9F290808 | Your understanding can save all the memories and also can help you in your work or things that you have to do for the improvement,you don't have to do other thing that we don't need,because we only wan't that the government can tell us that we can trust in you and with ours help everybody have the hope in you that the futura that is coming is better than this.
For be honest I wan't to know you for put in order the points that each other have to know and share for the welfare of the state,basically we only have to explain what thing is wrong | Lead | Ineffective |
68e8c04cdc18 | D5BF9F290808 | for example , the elections for the presidents,vice presidents and senators in the country and each other of the states and places on it.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
e5e8e25554ff | D5BF9F290808 | The smallest states in the country can be not used like a thing or somethin like that because although the government says that we are in a samll state we have straights and that straights says that we can be free in the limits that we have. | Claim | Ineffective |
477fc5fdff44 | D5D689030CA2 | I think that you should require all student to do a little community service, because of these three reasons. | Position | Adequate |
20de78ef7494 | D5D689030CA2 | My first reason is that everyone should help out the community sometime it doesn't have to be a long hours, but doing so can build character. | Claim | Adequate |
17d1d5f44158 | D5D689030CA2 | My second reason is that the community can benefit from this requirement if you put it into action. | Claim | Ineffective |
704e3328a6e3 | D5D689030CA2 | My third reason is most parents want student to help out around the house or neighborhood that can be classified as a sort of community service. | Claim | Adequate |
812ddc133247 | D5D689030CA2 | I hope I have enlightened you on my insight to this matter. Again my three main reasons were one, everyone should help out in the community at least a little bit. Two, the community can benefit from this requirement if you put it into action. Three, most parents want student to help out around their house or neighborhood and for most parents this would make them happy to know that students are contributing to the well being of the community. Thanks I hope you can come to a decision soon. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
2ba21caf4242 | D5F6593584F8 | I am asking you why are you changing that the students should have a grade average of a B to play sports that's I am writing to tell you why it should be changed. | Position | Ineffective |
99f55d46adcd | D5F6593584F8 | even that the students make a c average in there class they should still play until they fail the class. | Claim | Adequate |
30d927798d9e | D5F6593584F8 | when someone get injured and where is his back up oh wait he's not here because he is studying at home and he has a C average in he math class | Claim | Adequate |
64a73301ff00 | D5F6593584F8 | when he not here playing we have to forfeit the game because its your fault and everyone will boo at you. | Evidence | Ineffective |
0de9c9e27cc1 | D5F6593584F8 | people like to play sports and when they don't they get mad at you because they failed in there class. | Claim | Adequate |
b894fcaa4580 | D5F6593584F8 | So I gave you reasons why you shouldn't change the sports play to a B average you should have make it until they fail at least.
| Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
ec78444a0c51 | D68F66581BF1 | I believe that students should be allowed to bring their cell phones to school, and use them when they have free times. examples(lunch periods, and other free times.) | Position | Adequate |
350e083ff92d | D68F66581BF1 | One reason, they need to get a-hold of their parents because their practice was cancelled ,or game etc and they cant wait until the school day is over. | Claim | Adequate |
7ab5f506f05f | D68F66581BF1 | I believe that if you accept this policy they can get a-hold of their parents ahead of time instead of waiting until the last minute. | Evidence | Ineffective |
93e1639135ec | D68F66581BF1 | A second reason is that if you accept this policy a lot more kids will pay attention, and you wont have to worry about them using their phone in class or any inappropriate places. | Claim | Adequate |
e892a956509f | D68F66581BF1 | you wont have to worry about the hassle of having to call parents to come pick up the phone. | Evidence | Ineffective |
c25d373d853f | D68F66581BF1 | last, but not least, they will just have better connection because they wont have to worry about getting information at the last minute. | Claim | Adequate |
66ae77e08c43 | D68F66581BF1 | they can let people know things ahead of time. | Evidence | Adequate |
0336a7900bac | D68F66581BF1 | I would like to be able to use my phone at school just because my phone is very important to me. I hope that you have taken my perspective into consideration. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
0dfafcdff494 | D69B5E55F39D | Can you imagine in the future where you see floating cars and cars driving with no one in them? I can not, because I believe cars where a bad idea from the beginning. Why use cars for transportation when you have your own two feet? | Lead | Adequate |
2d2e37f92cdc | D69B5E55F39D | Driverless cars are a bad idea | Position | Adequate |
12ee29b89a68 | D69B5E55F39D | they give human beings reasons to not get out of their house | Claim | Adequate |
8a28e885565e | D69B5E55F39D | they can cause accidents | Claim | Adequate |
0b06a501667e | D69B5E55F39D | the cost to make driverless cars will be too expensive. | Claim | Adequate |
6c441a58d3ad | D69B5E55F39D | Driverless cars will make the human population obese and ignorant. It will cause people to not communicate with others. For example, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020. By 2020, driverless cars will be the big hit and everybody will want one. They can pick up their kids from school; go get groceries whenever they need, so the parents will not have to walk around the grocery store for so long; eventually it will be able to anything you want it too. Without the daily driving and walking we do, the human race will soon become fat | Evidence | Adequate |
b31509d36655 | D69B5E55F39D | What happens if a driverless car causes an accident? | Claim | Adequate |
101d0a45ed7a | D69B5E55F39D | If there are no humans in the car but your car is totaled, how will you change car information? How will you talk to the other person to see whos fault it is at? How would your car drive home if its been in an accident? Driverless cars can not do everything. | Evidence | Ineffective |
66fa0a8f81a4 | D69B5E55F39D | The cost to make driverless cars is going to expensive | Claim | Adequate |
740c021d1aca | D69B5E55F39D | Where do you expect to get the money to make these cars? For example, they need a whole lot of sensors; cameras to watch that the driver is remaining focused; and the most important bit of technology in the driverless car is the spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the cars surroundings. All this fancy technology has to come out of someones pocket. Who's pocket do you think the goverment will take it out of? You are correct, the American's pockets. All our hard earned cash going to a car that we do not even need. | Evidence | Adequate |
a1b9c0cf733c | D69B5E55F39D | Remember America, driverless cars are useless and not needed in the society we have today. Driverless cars are a bad idea because they give human beings reasons to not get out of their house, they can cause accidents, and the cost to make driverless cars will be too expensive. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
12bef883ff5c | D69D856DF697 | I honestly think this is a waste of time. I mean what the point of being a democate or a republican. Huh? We all live in the same county, so what's the point of seprating us. I would have been just fine if this article was about something else. I can careless about the government. The goverenment is very indiffernt and keeps lots of secrets from the citizens in this country. | Lead | Ineffective |
c10b1b8e61be | D69D856DF697 | I can sit here all day and tell you if i agree with this whole Electoral college, but it's irrelavant to me | Position | Ineffective |
0d0c777ad268 | D69D856DF697 | I'm not saying that i hate this country, but there are alot of things that I disagree with. America can be very unfair. Yeah yeah, I know i don't live in the worst country ever, but I don't like this passage and I refuse the write an essay about it.
The government don't care about people who are less fortunate. Because it takes to many sacfises to help others in need. The government is indiffernt in so many ways. America works and trade and nagotiate with countries that treat their people wrong.
I may not know alot about the govornment and stuff but i still dislike this country. | Evidence | Ineffective |
b492c1f38b4b | D6B7EE7B040D | Imagine for a minute that you are at school, on three hours of sleep with an innate ability to care for anything at this present time. You wish that you could just crawl back into your hovel and sleep for a few more hours. Despite your most earnest wishes, however, your required presence at school forbids such activities from transpiring. Luckily for you, there is yet a ray of hope. Some schools have begun to offer distance learning as a way for students to attend from home, usually via online means. | Lead | Effective |
c247b38cd515 | D6B7EE7B040D | I believe that students stand to gain from this alternate method of attendance. | Position | Effective |
8834f98bb865 | D6B7EE7B040D | distance learning decreases stress on students, | Claim | Effective |
a71d458bba2f | D6B7EE7B040D | reduces bullying | Claim | Effective |
d7f74b3b69ee | D6B7EE7B040D | a healthy alternative for students with social anxiety. | Claim | Effective |
77471d9c1ab2 | D6B7EE7B040D | distance learning provides the student with an enhanced ability to pursue self-education.
| Claim | Effective |
938c70cc41f0 | D6B7EE7B040D | This, consequentially, leads to a decrease in a student's mental and even physical health. This negative environment is usually achieved though an overabundance of homework and classwork, as well as assorted busy-work and tight deadlines. Through that invention which is distance learning, students will have an option to choose a slower-paced working environment. When working from a computer, classwork and homework lose distinction, and just become "work," as there is no assigned place to start and finish it. This alone would do wonders for the mental health of students. To use an example from my own experiences with distance learning, I have found assignments done online to be more enjoyable and less stressful than those done in a classroom. | Evidence | Effective |
a09fbf3ce5e4 | D6B7EE7B040D | For the uninitiated, bullying is when one person engages in harmful acts repeatedly and over an extended period of time against another person. Schools have only served to increase instances of bullying through zero-tolerance policies, in which the victim is punished equally as much as the aggressor. This also leads to students being afraid to report bullying, as they would also risk punishment. Distance learning would reduce bullying by putting "distance" between a bully and a victim of bullying. While cyberbulling would still be present, as well as an issue, it is considerably less damaging when compared to the verbal and physical confrontations that can be seen on school grounds | Evidence | Effective |
036cc7561b2d | D6B7EE7B040D | While most students can be considered to be outgoing in one way or another, there is a large minority of students that range from being just generally introverted to having crippling social anxiety. Their needs are usually overlooked in most schools, where the social climate in many cases is best described as "riotous." The prospect of attending classes from home for these students would be incredibly enticing, and would be calming for them. To use another personal example, I often find myself to be more productive at home than I do at school, in part because of the disruptive social climate that classrooms have. | Evidence | Effective |
6a159fe5814e | D6B7EE7B040D | Self-education is, unsurprisingly, when a student independently seeks out and digests information, whether it is needed for school or not. Self-education can also have a profound effect on students, whether by giving them a higher grade on a test, or leading them to decide on a college major based off of a topic that they find to be interesting. To use myself an example, I have been educating myself on matters of Astronomy, Military History, and Geography for approximately 7 years now. In that time, I have participated in three state-level geography competitions, the second of which ranked me as third in the state in knowledge of Ancient Geography. In Astronomy, my self-education allowed me to get full marks on almost every Astronomy-related assignment in school, and in Military History, perhaps my strongest subject, I have connected myself with various historians and am currently making inroads into publishing work of my own design in a Military Journal. With distance learning, myself and every other like-minded student would have more time to pursue these subjects. | Evidence | Effective |
522c55b5ec32 | D6B7EE7B040D |
In conclusion, it is my belief that students would benefit immensely from distance learning. Working from home would take students out of a stressful school environment, and by extension protect them from bullying. That same home environment would also be better suited for more introverted students, who might feel anxious while being in school. Distance learning would also allow students to better pursue self-education, which would have positive effects for them presently and also later in life. Overall, distance learning stands to enrich the lives of students, while also serving to better their mental and physical health. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
994b7ac40405 | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | Mr. Senator, the United States should keep the Electoral College process. | Position | Effective |
434eb3588c15 | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | This process makes sure that there will be a winner. | Claim | Effective |
0bfcdc2ab1c6 | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | It also makes sure that a candidate doesn't have a regional appeal. | Claim | Effective |
f8fc0527d87a | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | The Electoral College process is certain that there will be a winner. | Claim | Effective |
d777b8573843 | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | There are 538 electors.
A tie is possible just because 538 is an even number; most likely it will never happen. The big states get more electoral votes than the small states therefore if a presidential candidate gets the attention of most big states he has a higher chance of being elected. This process avoids run-off elections. | Evidence | Adequate |
c32044f9488e | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | The candidates have no regional appeal using this process. | Claim | Effective |
eac54ab8aa35 | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | If a candidate has a regional appeal they are not likely to win. No region (South, North, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president. For example Romney was in the South and the South has no incentive to campaign, so he gets no electoral votes. | Evidence | Effective |
b7ed612612ef | D6D0E7AD9AC0 | Despite the Electoral College having some problems, if we get a new process it will possibly have more problems and will be more difficult to control | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
851bfda894c6 | D6E91124E3C1 | Community service is a very important thing to do. It is the act in which you are giving back to the community which houses you and your family. After all, if no one does community service, the whole town would be a mess. | Lead | Effective |
0100da449b9f | D6E91124E3C1 | So students should be required to complete a set amount of community service based on their capacity to be able to help. | Position | Adequate |
e19760e23018 | D6E91124E3C1 | Many students who go to the elementary probably lives quite close to it. The majority most likely grew up in the same place that they live now. This would mean that they would have benefited off of the people in the past keeping the place clean | Evidence | Adequate |
e084c29aa198 | D6E91124E3C1 | It only makes sense for a receiver of free services to return the favour in one way or another. | Claim | Adequate |
c4dc278ff074 | D6E91124E3C1 | When required to do community service, students can help pick up garbage or plant flowers to make the overall cleanliness of the community better. Students can also volunteer to help out with the school itself in thanks for the education received from going there for free. | Evidence | Adequate |
b4c5333fb52f | D6E91124E3C1 | Students will be able to show gratitude and improve the community through community service. | Claim | Adequate |
3c1a39526f10 | D6E91124E3C1 | Although most students may live close to the school some may live farther away and even out of the community itself. These students may not want to help out as they do not owe the community much but still attend the school. | Evidence | Adequate |
632452120460 | D6E91124E3C1 | They shouldn't have to help out the community because they aren't a part of it | Claim | Ineffective |
1c37cb9fe581 | D6E91124E3C1 | In addition some students may just not be able to comply from a physical injury or a disability that impedes them from helping out. They should be accounted for and excused from doing so. | Evidence | Adequate |
2c07c5019226 | D6E91124E3C1 | In most cases however, students should be able to do something even if it is small. | Claim | Adequate |
b912b221e7e7 | D6E91124E3C1 | Possibly helping an elderly person across a street or picking dropped things up for people. Community service should be a requirement to always help out whenever available to do so or when the student knows that they are capable of doing a larger task | Evidence | Adequate |
20377533e7ef | D6E91124E3C1 | In conclusion students should always be aware that they must help out the community but unless they are capable, in which they will be required to help, not have to do any difficult tasks and only small ones. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
406ac593738d | D7247C1BB949 | I feel the elctoral college is overpowered and isnt neccsary | Position | Effective |
59d4d94d0581 | D7247C1BB949 | Ifeel that the Electoral college is not a place its a process. The Founding fathers established it in the constitutional as a compromise between the election pf president by vote. See the elctoral college consists of 538 elctors. A majority of 270 elctoral votes is required.
To Begin,Each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. these electors are generally chosen by the canidate's political, but as usaul state laws vary on how elcetors sare selected and what thier responsibilities are....
See the presidential election is held every four years on the tueday after novemvber, but what people dont know when you vote for canidates you are actually voting for your canidate's elcetors.
Most feel its "winner takes-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidental canidate; but it's states like Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of "proprtional representation." After the presidential elction, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the canidates who ran for president in your state, as well as the names of their respective electors | Evidence | Ineffective |
ac0120415261 | D7247C1BB949 | Under the electoral college system voters not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. the pickers of first place depends on the state, maybe even state conventions, all these things can help inprove the voting polls and make them quicker | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
df8fd1d907b0 | D786FC589E93 | Getting ride of the Electoral College would change so many things. We the people vote for who we want as a president. It should be that the person with the most votes wins. We the people should have a say in who runs our country. | Lead | Adequate |
49bf2dc104ce | D786FC589E93 | I mean we do because we get to vote and all but even if we do vote the Electoral College votes diffrently. Just becasue they and you are in higher power shouldnt mean that you get to pick everything that happends to this country. | Position | Adequate |
97a1376f79c7 | D786FC589E93 | Yes, I understand that there are really stupid people in this world who make stupid dicisons | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
2d7b19e2991b | D786FC589E93 | but we should at least get a vote on like new laws or building something new in town. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
a739e2fc9359 | D786FC589E93 | If we had votes on things like getting stuff torwn down and building new things it would change atol of places. But becauser of the Electoral College we dont have a final say in anything. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d6d55c4f3fa2 | D786FC589E93 | During the presidency electon one of the candidates will win by the votes of the people but lose beacuse the votes of the Electoral College. | Claim | Adequate |
eb658549ee7d | D786FC589E93 | That is not right. When the people vote for something or someone they should be able to have a final say in what happends. Say your voting for a new ice cream flavor, well say there is 20 regular people voting and there is 5 from th e"electoral college". Say 13 of you like the new flavor but the other 7 dont like it. Wouldnt you think the 13 should win? But the 5 electoral people still have to vote, and 3 of them vote against the new flavor so there is no new flavor. Wouldnt you be mad if you and the other 12 people who wanted the new flavor didnt win because of higher people above you said no? i know i would. | Evidence | Adequate |
e934dba76b65 | D786FC589E93 | Im giving you all these reasons why the electoral college isnt fair because it needs to change. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
51e2f4d17300 | D796242EFE4C | I think we should not keep the Electoral Collage and change to popular vote for the president of the U.S.A | Position | Adequate |
609bfec451af | D796242EFE4C | There are meny reasons im against the Electoral College one is that I want to vote for the president | Claim | Adequate |
daf09fd4f600 | D796242EFE4C | and im not alone over 60% of voters prefer a direct election instad of what we have now. Now here are the other reasons im against the Electoral College.
Fisrt,in the story I read tittled "The Indefensible Electoral College:Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wroung" states that "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of Commerce, and the ALF-CIO wanted to Abolish the Electoral College". Those are only some of the people that want to get rid of the Electoral College.
Thats why im with them against the
Electoral College. | Evidence | Adequate |
a727cab9057a | D796242EFE4C | Second,Over 60% of voters whould prerfer a direct election than the one we use now | Evidence | Adequate |
afe7924dbe30 | D796242EFE4C | The reason I think they whould want a Direct Election is that they are the one who votes for who they what insted of the Electoral College voteing for the canadate that the most people wanted | Claim | Adequate |
6fbf453d2de9 | D796242EFE4C | Say if you wanted to vote for canadate A so you do but more people like canadate B insted so the Electoral College votes for canadate B and canadate B gets the points for your state. Thats the second reason I think we need to get rid of the Electoral College. | Evidence | Adequate |
413faf2475ee | D796242EFE4C | They're still people out their who think that we need to keep the Electoral College | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8064e2c2a2c4 | D796242EFE4C | and I cant change your mind but only tell you that there are things wroung with the Electoral College. One problem with it is that the electors can be anyonenot holding public office. Another problem with it is that each state only casts one vote, A single representative from Wyoming representing 500,000 voters whould have as much to say as the 55 representatives from Califorina who represent 35 million voters. Thats why I think we dont need the Electoral College. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
9e0047a703bd | D796242EFE4C | In conclusion,Thats why I think we need to get rid of the Electoral College and go to popular vote. Because of the meny people who want to get rid of the Electoral College I think its just a matter of time befor we dont have the Electoral College any more someday we will vote for the canadates we want insted of the Electoral College. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a426b33bca0f | D7C33D289E26 | Driverless cars. Sounds great right? Just a relaxing drive without rush, seems grand. | Lead | Adequate |
dbe6109b18fd | D7C33D289E26 | However to me, it doesn't seem rational. | Position | Adequate |
3a1070a771de | D7C33D289E26 | How does the idea of cars that are able to be used on it's own sound? As in the article, it states that driving laws want to keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. If we go "smart" everything will be technology based. Which is just one reason for an internet crash and more technical problems. | Evidence | Ineffective |
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