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67f88039a927 | D9B5F55E6705 | Everyone's President is as it states. The President is everyone's , not just the people in the south, north, or anywhere in the United States. | Claim | Adequate |
dfeca7e5ca06 | D9B5F55E6705 | If anyone just simply appealed to a certain region in the US, the other regions would feel as if "the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president" (paragraph 19, last line). | Evidence | Adequate |
94bb121761c7 | D9B5F55E6705 | Swing States, the main practice of the Electoral College. The higher the state has with electoral votes, the more likely the canidate will be able to win. | Claim | Adequate |
6efb785943fc | D9B5F55E6705 | "Voters in toss-up states are more likely to play close attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing canidates-knowing that they going to decide the election" (paragraph 20, lines 4-8). This means that they will not be easily be persuaded. | Evidence | Adequate |
303f4986444f | D9B5F55E6705 | Big States, as some can guess from the phrase, 'Bigger is better', that phrase truly shines here. the bigger states, such as California or Texas, have higher electoral votes than some of the smaller states, such as New Jersey or Rhode Island. | Claim | Adequate |
5575269403a0 | D9B5F55E6705 | "So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential canidates in a campaign than a small state does..." | Evidence | Ineffective |
cfbde6caadba | D9B5F55E6705 | Avoid Run-off Elections, where "The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no canidates receives a majority of the votes cast." | Claim | Adequate |
f82d5964d1f3 | D9B5F55E6705 | That means that the Electoral College tries to make sure that their is no tie. | Evidence | Adequate |
91314e252fd5 | D9B5F55E6705 |
Those are the reasons why the Electoral College should not be abolished. Surely someone can put up a counter argument to make this small article to shame, but in the end its truly all of the matter of opinions, where no ones is truly "the best" or "true". This is simply the opinion of many in the US. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
12e570e7c9d0 | D9B85CAE8834 | Should the Electoral College be kept in favor? The electoral college does avoid the problem of elections. Well on the other hand, Richard Nixon,Jimmy Carter, and Bob Dole agreed to abolish the elctoral college and change to election by popular vote for the president of the U.S. | Lead | Adequate |
4a29ffe1df1b | D9B85CAE8834 | It is unfair to the voters because the electors elect the president. | Claim | Adequate |
8734eb456cf3 | D9B85CAE8834 | not only are the voters voting for electors,they are voting for the canidate's electors when they think they're voting for the canidate. | Claim | Adequate |
8011e31cf7d5 | D9B85CAE8834 | Choosing a president should be elected by the popular vote of people not electors. | Position | Adequate |
ffdf9a07ad41 | D9B85CAE8834 | To start with,the president of the United States should be elected by the popular vote of the people. | Claim | Adequate |
3143dcbc946d | D9B85CAE8834 | The president is there to guide and lead the people. The citizens of the U.S should have the right to vote for who they think should be president. For instance,some residents have a feeling that their votes don't count. | Evidence | Adequate |
98fd27c1996f | D9B85CAE8834 | To add,it is unfair to the voters because the elctors elect the the president. | Claim | Adequate |
28e3707359f7 | D9B85CAE8834 | Eventhough the electors represent your state,they don't let the people choos who they desire for president. When voting for president, it shouldn't be all about the electors. The Electoral College even has the possibility of turning voters away that voted for a canidate that has no hope for supporting their state. | Evidence | Adequate |
025e28517ad8 | D9B85CAE8834 | the electoral college does avoid problems. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
e6fb947b4496 | D9B85CAE8834 | Meaning,a canidate cannot receives a certain amount of the votes cast. For instance, when a canidate has more votes than other canidates while not receiving a clear majority oof votes. Also in big states "the Electoral College rebuild some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senat decreed in the constitution."[Richard Posner {21}] | Evidence | Ineffective |
e73f5227abcc | D9BB6C11F6E3 | I think community service is important. | Position | Adequate |
38c4b2ca5982 | D9BB6C11F6E3 | You can help pick up trash or recycle and help the community. Or if the students like kids they can go to the daycare to take care of them. Some people want to be a nurse they can volunteer in the hospital. Some people are interested in science they can volunteer in a history or a science museum. A lot of people I see volunteering is a museum are more of senior citizens. Sometimes when they talk you can't hear them correctly. Maybe putting students in the museum will help and themselves can also visit the museum and learn more about history and science. | Evidence | Effective |
5c5055722afe | D9BB6C11F6E3 | A big part of doing community service is that you gain different experiences from different work. | Claim | Effective |
0f071fddb43f | D9BB6C11F6E3 | When you are applying for a job they will likely to have someone that have the experience of doing that. | Evidence | Adequate |
035d24fdafb2 | D9BB6C11F6E3 | Some people do community service for school credits. | Evidence | Ineffective |
bdb6c4345878 | D9BB6C11F6E3 | So I think community service is important and required for the students. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
268a7d2e671c | DA0ADB14BDB5 | The Electoral College is a "process" "between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens" (1). The Electoral Collage was created by the founding fathers and was written in the Constitution | Lead | Adequate |
025cf0956681 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | The Electoral Collage should be kept instead of popular vote | Position | Adequate |
26674d3d385c | DA0ADB14BDB5 | the Electoral Collage is easier to decide who becomes President | Claim | Adequate |
c8f2558f73e7 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | it is chosen by a better educated person. | Claim | Ineffective |
8fc039f065b8 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | To start, the Electoral Collage helps in deciding who is gonna be the President | Claim | Adequate |
aa3655322ba8 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | "Certainity of outcome, everyones President, swing states, big states, and avoid run-off elections" (Posner). The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral Collage invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote" (18). "This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president" (19). "...the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election" (20). "So, other things being equal , a large state gets more attention from presidental candidates in a campaign than a small state does..." (21). "The Electoral Collage avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast" (22). | Evidence | Ineffective |
fde4d1b19bb7 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | Secondly, when voting for Electoral Collage "you are actually voting for your candidate's electors" | Claim | Ineffective |
2f94f6425d24 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | "Each candidate running for President is your state has his or her own group of electors" (5). "The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are..." (5). | Evidence | Ineffective |
01a4abffaa08 | DA0ADB14BDB5 | Although the Electoral Collage sounds simple, there are some problems that occur. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
1eef016202ad | DA0ADB14BDB5 | According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore--thanks to the quirks of the electoral collage-- won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now" (9). "Under the electoral collage system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president" (10). | Evidence | Adequate |
53b0431afc8f | DA0ADB14BDB5 | To conclude, the Electoral Collage is easier to decide who is becomes the President and it is chosen by a better educated person. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
0afab95bfe17 | DA228B928B61 | Would students benefit from taking classes home? Some would agree and disagree. | Lead | Adequate |
01c4190b5325 | DA228B928B61 | Taking classes online would help students who need that one on one teaching | Position | Adequate |
ed66e5cc5aa8 | DA228B928B61 | Some students have a hard time focusing in a noisy environment because other students are disturbing the class whiles they are trying to pay attention. | Claim | Adequate |
1ad0860018e1 | DA228B928B61 | Students who aren't comfortable in a noisy environment cant express themselves in class,but if you take classes online you get to express yourself for example video confrence you get to express yourself and ask good question with good explanation. | Evidence | Adequate |
175e034a3205 | DA228B928B61 | Because everybody has a way of learning some students adapt quick and others learn slowly,but taking this one on one course helps you adapt really quick because you are alone in a quite environment which is going to help you adapt really quick! | Evidence | Adequate |
f89a6a8933a9 | DA228B928B61 | Online classes also helps because some students have a hard time waking up early in the morning to school which causes you to be late everytime,being late can lead you to detention,saturday school and other things. | Claim | Adequate |
a775e47bf70e | DA228B928B61 | But with this online course you can take it anytime during the day. Mainly my point is online classes are very helpful and it helps students to concentrate more. | Evidence | Adequate |
a84fa9d7a606 | DA228B928B61 | Some students would disagree to take classes online because some people have a fast away of adapting. Some students like to interact with others,students like to experience the high school life. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
4c93fae3f940 | DA228B928B61 | It all depends on the ways the student learns. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
8cccfd75d42f | DA277EEDBA0C | There are many people in this world that want change and that includes me, if you would take five minutes out of your day to listen to what I have to say. | Lead | Ineffective |
fe6c8040a78c | DA277EEDBA0C | I think the United States Of America should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. | Position | Adequate |
4e22db8c6d7b | DA277EEDBA0C | The Electoral College has been here for countless years and many people would be dissapointed that it's gone, people would drowl over it for a very long time, but there are good and bad avantages for both circumstances. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President, that can sum up if someone wins or loses, a big disadvantage in the longrun. Over 60% of voters would perfer a direct election, if we got that voters would not be pressured at all and would have a very good vote that can be proud of. | Evidence | Adequate |
b39cb6d139b0 | DA277EEDBA0C | There all lots of things wrong with the Electoral College System in my opinon, like that when you vote for your President, your also choosing the electors that come along with him/her. | Claim | Adequate |
7484a3f75dcc | DA277EEDBA0C | There have way over the amount of problems with electors over the past year and it is a huge problem that only some people have noticed. What if there is a prospect of a tie in the electoral vote, that would lead to big time problems and there is a severe chance it will happen. In the United States there are millions of people voting and there not making the votes they really want because the electors. | Evidence | Adequate |
c095e41345a2 | DA277EEDBA0C | At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters, | Claim | Adequate |
7a0f2067962a | DA277EEDBA0C | if someone is favored the outrageous voters know about the winner-take-all system in each state. The Electoral College System is messing our society up every 4 years, its unfair, outdated, and irrational in so many ways. For an example, in the 2000 U.S presidential race, Al Gore received more indiviual votes then George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. Don't get me wrong Bush was a great president, but facts are facts. | Evidence | Adequate |
adab7c093568 | DA61159C1E26 | im writting this letter to you so you consider changing to election by popular vote for the prsident of the united states instead of electoral college. i belive like branford plumer, that the electoral college is very wrong not only because under the electoral college system, voters dont vote for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. but also because it is very unfair to voters, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. | Lead | Effective |
a6a7120b84ae | DA61159C1E26 | the electoral college is outdated, unfair, and irrational and its time for a change. | Position | Effective |
19b0a23d2a62 | DA61159C1E26 | nevertheless the electoral colleges dispute over its outcome is possible, it also nrequires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal, its winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes does induce the candidates, the electoral college also restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-appotionment of the senate decreed on the constition, and it avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.
| Counterclaim | Ineffective |
f8b398bf5874 | DA61159C1E26 | the electoral college method of selecting the president is and will turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. | Claim | Adequate |
19a07578f921 | DA61159C1E26 | according to the gallup poll in 2000, 60 precent of voters would prefer a direct election the electoral college is losing the little defenders it has and due to the spurious arguments the electoral college should be abolished | Evidence | Ineffective |
769d98188ec1 | DA86BC9B9FB6 | I think is a good choice for people to take classes online or at home | Position | Adequate |
8224e8c8f190 | DA86BC9B9FB6 | they can learn more and concentrate better and put more attention and nobody can distract them. | Claim | Adequate |
6dcea7307bb3 | DA86BC9B9FB6 | I think if people do it online or at home they are not going to make friends. Sometimes is good to make friends because they can help you or be with you in someway is good to go school then taking at home or online. Also if they do it online or at home they are going to be more prepared and ready for wet ever situation because they was putting attention in their lessons. But being in a group in school is more interesting because you can meet new people and don't be alone doing the work but everything have their good choices for do it and people can decide how they want to do it or how much they want lo learn. | Evidence | Ineffective |
5dc483e3f74e | DA86BC9B9FB6 | some people prefer to take classes from home or online. because they can be more concentrate without nobody distracting them. | Claim | Adequate |
5822f16c0cbf | DA86BC9B9FB6 | I think it will be a good choice for them to do it online. For example if they are doing work in a group they are talking and don't concentrated but if they are with nobody they can work better and do their work. This can be the reason for more people take that classes because they work better with out no one else. The people who studies online or at home are more intelligent, and learn more because they are concentrate in what they are doing. In sometimes in the schools they are not concentrate because they are playing or talking with their friends and that can distract people. If they make a competition an student who studied on line or at home with one student is a regular school I think the student is not on the school can win because sometimes that students are more prepared then the regular school. Also sometime the students who go to a regular school they just go for play with their friends is good to have some friends but they are not concentrate o they are sleeping when the teacher is explaining and then when they do the exam or quiz they fail. But if one student is studding online or at home they are listening for when they have to take the exams they can pass and are more responsible with that. | Evidence | Adequate |
55ea2287ccfe | DA86BC9B9FB6 | When the school is over at the end of the year some people learn a lot but some people no because they were just playing and don't putting attention or sleeping in class. | Evidence | Adequate |
0a7e3a8826a9 | DA86BC9B9FB6 | But the people who studies online or at home they are ready know a lot because they were concentrated and no one was distracting them and that if how they work someones want to learn and pass and someones no each one can take their own decision. | Claim | Adequate |
90eb8b0bcacc | DA86BC9B9FB6 | I think studies online is more better, more productive at the and of the year. Taking classes at home can benefit at the students in many ways and they know more at the end of the school. When the students at the regular school at the end of the year they have an SOL test. some students fail this test because they did not learn nothing for the rest of the year just for be sitting and doing nothing. But if someone who studies at home have the ability to pass the SOL because they were interested of the class of what were they learning and don't have distractions all year. | Evidence | Adequate |
2b003062f34a | DA9ABB175343 | I'm a highschool student who is very involed with polotics and i wanted to write this letter to let you know | Lead | Ineffective |
10a2c7e1cd56 | DA9ABB175343 | i am in favor of getting rid of the electoral college. I belive that the elcetoral college causes big problems during election time . | Position | Adequate |
a5a9acc8805e | DA9ABB175343 | For example when people say that the electoral college is not taking into consideration to what the people said but only caring about who they want as our president. | Claim | Adequate |
efe08f17826a | DA9ABB175343 | i know most peole or adults that really vote and our into politics would say otherwise | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
f79842179ca8 | DA9ABB175343 | but i beleive that we should get rid of it and really let the people have a voice and not have a group of people speack for us. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
d00c08e2f51c | DA9ABB175343 | When i was little they used to tell me that you learn something new evertyday and they were righty i leaen morwe and more everydsy that the electoral cvollege is unconsitional in my eyes | Claim | Ineffective |
9eaf21b14cdf | DA9ABB175343 | why have a group ogf peopole speack for us we have avoice we can do it o our own we need to get rid ofg the electo5ral college for good. So that the peoplew of the
United States of America have a say so in who we choose to run our country | Evidence | Ineffective |
246dac99bcfb | DA9ABB175343 | Mr. Senator if you would take this into consideration that the electoral college is bad and we need to get rid of it the people during election time would be so happy because whoever wins the vote ffrom the citiens wins the election not a group of politions who procide over us citizens. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
d9ce521da338 | DAAE254A0B5C | If I was working for NASA and l had an argument with a person that believes that ''the face'' was created by aliens, I would say that it is just a simple landform that was made on mars. | Position | Adequate |
9a9602d58297 | DAAE254A0B5C | I say this because if I were to work for NASA I would look back at data that will help me defend my answer, that ''the face'' was not created by aliens | Claim | Adequate |
c13c9f140555 | DAAE254A0B5C | For all we know it could just be a mountain that has ''eyes'', ''a mouth'', ''and a nose'' due to shadowing. | Evidence | Adequate |
3f6178a9b238 | DAAE254A0B5C | We human beings really have no clue if there are aliens or not, we find ''clues'' and believe there are but, in my opinion there are none. | Claim | Adequate |
ca5e94ccd8a6 | DAAE254A0B5C | In the article Mr. Jim Gavin said ''It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho''. | Evidence | Adequate |
63de48e2a83f | DAAE254A0B5C | This is what I would say if I had a discussion with a person who believed ''the face'' was created by aliens. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
45d9c908b88d | DACF12F21A7C | I think that you should allowed the students of your school to use there cell phones when they have the time to. | Position | Adequate |
f7d9197a3969 | DACF12F21A7C | The students should have in mind that when the teacher ask them to put it always that they well. But also to remember that they have the right to use them. | Claim | Adequate |
50d219152e06 | DACF12F21A7C | Will this is why I think that allowing the students to have there phones with them is ok. One because they want to time in school to call friends that may not be in the same school or if they have an important thing to do after school in they can't go. | Evidence | Adequate |
777fd57b131e | DACF12F21A7C | Another is if they need help with something and on one is with them . | Claim | Adequate |
2c7cac9d7500 | DACF12F21A7C | Now I what you might be saying that the students are never going to leave their phones not even if there in class. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
c08ba0d1c3bb | DACF12F21A7C | will there can be a punishment to that person that dose not flow the rules. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
1339d81aedd3 | DACF12F21A7C | You can assigned any thing to that person like after school clean up or Saturday school something like that so that they know not to do it again and that they need to lessen to the teacher when they are ask to | Evidence | Adequate |
2e6271f3f631 | DACF12F21A7C | well that is all i have to say principal. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
6e6c58b0fc34 | DB20FBDA9A19 | With new technological advances everyday, it is no suprise that there will eventually be driverless cars out on the road. But technology is supposed to get the task at hand done more efficiently, and safer. | Lead | Adequate |
dda268ccd375 | DB20FBDA9A19 | And weighing the pros and cons of a driverless car, the cons win | Position | Adequate |
9e152bc67b8a | DB20FBDA9A19 | the driver would still have to pay attention to the road | Claim | Adequate |
7e10661660b2 | DB20FBDA9A19 | creates conflict when a crash arouses (who is to blame, the driver or the car?) | Claim | Adequate |
b7946658947b | DB20FBDA9A19 | the law doesn't agree with it either. | Claim | Adequate |
c182788ecd8b | DB20FBDA9A19 | Driving is a skill that requires full attention to the road. | Claim | Adequate |
41c1f3a4676f | DB20FBDA9A19 | Even with cars coming out with new assistant features, no car has yet to be fully driverless, as mentioned in paragraph 7. Even with actions such as steering, accelerating, and braking, the driver still must pay attenion to the road and would have to be notified by the car if a situation occured, also mentioned in paragraph 7. | Evidence | Ineffective |
21f5ef09e82f | DB20FBDA9A19 | It is rare that it is the manufacturers fault for when a car is involved in an accident. But this could change if driverless cars start appearing on roads. | Claim | Adequate |
8800d8d18258 | DB20FBDA9A19 | Who would be to blame if the car were to wreck, the previously assured driver who believed their car was funtioning properly, or the car that promised to alert the driver if a problem were to arise? This idea is brought up in paragraph 9. | Evidence | Ineffective |
3692be2bfc11 | DB20FBDA9A19 | Many states have made it illegal to even test these driverless cars, according to paragraph 9. These illegal laws could change in the future, however, if driverless cars prove to meet safety standards maybe as that of a regular car.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
c650cda3faa5 | DB20FBDA9A19 | Manufacturers are constantly trying to improve the quality and advances of their cars, but the question is are they taking a step in the right direction with driverless cars? As mentioned earlier, drivers would still have to be alert while driving these supposedly "driverless" cars, they would have to worry about whether it was their fault or the cars fault for an accident, and lawmakers would have to determine if these cars are safe enough to be driven on public roads. WIthout a doubt there will be driverless cars in the twenty-first century, but hopefully by that time, the pros will outweigh the cons. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
46f8057b46e8 | DB4B78DAADCB | I think that students should participate in sports and activities students should at least have a B or C average in a sport. So that what ever sport they play they can still be in it. | Position | Adequate |
9780efe3cf3b | DB4B78DAADCB | We can see what the students think about it to see if they would what the policy change or not | Claim | Adequate |
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