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ce6483751cdd | DE78893DB845 | Throughout time, there have been countless sci-fi films and movies of cars that could drive themselves. However, what may once have seemed like fiction is now becoming a reality. Many companies, like Google, General Motors, and BMW have been working on driverless-car technologies since as early as the late 1950's. Although there are many positive sides to these new technologies, many people fail to realize their potentials and feel as if they are dangerous. This, however, is where they are wrong | Lead | Effective |
e3ce5d883454 | DE78893DB845 | Driverless cars are a great idea in new technology | Position | Adequate |
e4cfb96a4b7b | DE78893DB845 | they save on feul and money | Claim | Adequate |
7a42267cbb97 | DE78893DB845 | they provide people more opportunities, | Claim | Adequate |
16d4fd7e2383 | DE78893DB845 | they make driving safer. | Claim | Adequate |
c0dcd7bf6ec6 | DE78893DB845 | Driverless cars can overall save us on an abundance of gas and money. | Claim | Adequate |
ab691096dd7b | DE78893DB845 | As stated in the "Driverless Cars Are Coming" article, Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes that his idea of a driverless car public transport system would use half the feul as today's taxis. As our feul is a fossil feul, meaning one day it will run out, using as little of it as possible is much more than just a good thing. Also, using this idea of a driverless car public transport system would save us a lot of money. Not having to drive your own car and fill it up every week would save you quite a bit on gas money. Also, you would not have to pay for repairs or damages to your vehicle. | Evidence | Effective |
096a9c8bd0a1 | DE78893DB845 | they also would provide many more opportunities for people all over the world | Claim | Ineffective |
8a3fad0f7a14 | DE78893DB845 | Most of the population of the Earth cannot afford the luxury of their own vehicle. Since they do not have their own means of transportation, it is much harder for them to get a job. Of course, in bigger cities, like Chicago or New York, there are taxis, subways, trains, and busses that provide people the means of transportation that they need. However, in smaller cities and poorer countries, there are not any means of public transportation. In my town, for instance, there are not any busses, trains, taxis, Uber Drivers, or Subways. The only way to get from place to place is by your own car, getting a ride from someone else, by bike, or by foot. If we had a driverless car transpotation system in places like this, many people would be provided with many more oppourtunities to be able to travel from place to place.
| Evidence | Effective |
1e9bbf54575d | DE78893DB845 | Driverless Car's would prevent many accidents, therefor making driving safer for everyone. | Claim | Effective |
1fc0fcb608d0 | DE78893DB845 | Technologies are being created in many types of cars that prevent accidents before they happen. For instance, many cars are now being made with breaks that stop themselves when they sense that the vehicle is in danger of hitting something/someone. Some other companies, like GM, have developed Driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing up into an object so that the driver can take control. Many "heads-up" displays like this one are being created to prevent tons of accidents and possible deaths and/or injuries related to driving. | Evidence | Adequate |
c3e3c75da4da | DE78893DB845 | driverless cars are a safe, efficient, and logical choice for the future of transportation. Driverless cars are a great idea in new technology because they save on feul and money, they provide people with more opportunities, and they make driving safer. With these new technologies, we are slowly making our world into a more efficient and safe place in which to live. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
6bd443871a66 | DE842CB71C02 | So alot of people think that "The Face on Mars" is an alien type of structure. People say this kind of things becuase they have no proof that it's a formation just like earth have formations.
| Lead | Adequate |
61dc12983fcb | DE842CB71C02 | Im here to tell you people that thats a type of formation that happens | Position | Adequate |
d99b36ce2583 | DE842CB71C02 | Like Garvin said its a type of landform that happens in the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho | Evidence | Adequate |
a3a5675ccd7d | DE842CB71C02 | Us as a NASA team we work hard to solve what it was such as reasearch, scientists working, and our team that snapped the picture. | Claim | Ineffective |
640e1a4935f9 | DE842CB71C02 | All of us tried to figure out what it was yes we might of thought that it was some type of alien structure but like i said working hard got us where we needed to be. After what we needed to figure out we realized that it wasn't some alien structure using the "Rule of Thumb" we saw the picture 3 times bigger | Evidence | Adequate |
f704ae1063d1 | DE842CB71C02 | After we saw that image we atoumatically realized that it was a simple formation same as what happens to earth | Claim | Adequate |
a423c292c7e8 | DE842CB71C02 | Example like what happen to Colorado. It use to have a river but after years the water started to evaperate and it started forming big giant rocks | Evidence | Ineffective |
fd57aab9a724 | DE842CB71C02 | Thats why i don't thing that its some kind of alien structure. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
018e28f06b19 | DEB6EF459B10 | It would be fare to other kids if you put " you cant play any sports unless you have a B average or more" | Position | Ineffective |
d3593684c749 | DEB6EF459B10 | so many kids probably couldn't play their favorite sports and their parents would get mad enough to have them switch schools | Claim | Adequate |
70b1f303ef86 | DEB6EF459B10 | say they can have a C average in their grade the school would be a lot better place and wouldn't be as boring as it is. | Claim | Ineffective |
87a682583fb3 | DEB6EF459B10 | you could have a really good athlete who does every sport and is a super good running back for the team, real fast and every thing. what happens if he dropped from a
B average to a C average? that's what i am talking about. you can just at least say you have 2 weeks to get up your grades and if you don't then to bad so sad. if you're school is having a big dodge ball tournament after school and you have teams you play with and you have a C average then its really boring for you and your dodge ball team is one man short and they cant play because of you. | Evidence | Adequate |
9a9a61e67c87 | DEB6EF459B10 | all the student would want to change that other than the really smart students who have A averages, but that isn't the case here. its just wouldn't be fair to all the other student who liked sports in that school. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
668f35f67578 | DECAE402BB38 | The author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming". | Lead | Adequate |
3856e2bd8067 | DECAE402BB38 | In my opinion based on the reading there are more negative aspects to these cars than positive. | Position | Adequate |
49ca17796e68 | DECAE402BB38 | To begin with some positive aspects to driving these cars include, using half the the fuel of todays cars, driven more than half a million miles without a crash, and protect from danger. | Counterclaim | Effective |
08be5af2db06 | DECAE402BB38 | These driverless claim to use less gas than any other car which would make it more flexible. Without using gas these cars would most likely be using electricity which does lower the pollution levels, this is a positive change. | Counterclaim | Effective |
6930c5951a8a | DECAE402BB38 | But by using electricity it will likely increase payments in electricity which wont be good for people when paying their bills. | Rebuttal | Effective |
94d548f52ed2 | DECAE402BB38 | These cars also claim to have driven millions of miles without a crash, | Counterclaim | Effective |
458ae5477ecf | DECAE402BB38 | the negative aspect to this would be that the cars still arent truly driverless. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
d911e959ac74 | DECAE402BB38 | I admit wreckage free driving is a really good thing | Counterclaim | Effective |
876b078b785f | DECAE402BB38 | but even with a non driverless car it could still be free from crashes. You cant blame crashes on the car it is the driver, so the driverless car really isnt that different from a careful driver because either way there are still wreckless drivers that could crash into you. | Rebuttal | Effective |
e665ce96c986 | DECAE402BB38 | As i pointed out in the last example, this car claims to protect from danger but they cant say that for everyone. | Rebuttal | Effective |
49bf92b590b4 | DECAE402BB38 | The bad drivers out there could very possibly still hit you even if you are in a driverless car. | Claim | Effective |
289c5acbe8d4 | DECAE402BB38 | These cars may be good for when you might hit a car while going in reverse as told in passage 5, "sensors can apply brakes", these sensors can stop you from hitting someone but that probably cant stop someone from hitting you | Evidence | Adequate |
2a46ff1dc6d9 | DECAE402BB38 | , yes this car sounds like a luxury claiming to protect from wreckage and drive millions of miles without crashing | Counterclaim | Adequate |
3e8eda4ce204 | DECAE402BB38 | but in realitly it wont help you improve your driving skills, by buying this car you will depend mainly on this car but still have to drive it because it is not 100% driverless. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
65763f587945 | DECAE402BB38 | Next,with this car there are many negative aspects that will come with it including the expensiveness, | Claim | Effective |
06a349d85356 | DECAE402BB38 | not being truly driverless, | Claim | Effective |
4d3761bd1796 | DECAE402BB38 | the legal issues. | Claim | Effective |
a6c017037a6d | DECAE402BB38 | This car being driverless and all is a very expensive car to manufactur. | Claim | Effective |
4e4f19ecdd60 | DECAE402BB38 | The parts themselves are very expensive to collect, as told in paragraph 6, "radar was a deie on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars". This radar alone is 2 hundred million dollars, that is insane considering that there are a lot more parts going into the car | Evidence | Adequate |
513c90b568b9 | DECAE402BB38 | . Another negative aspect to this car would be the fact that this car isnt even 100% driverless. | Claim | Effective |
b212d2f478dc | DECAE402BB38 | In paragraph 7 it says "special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel" , I mean i dont see what the point is to buy this car if it needs you took pay attention to the road at all times and keep your hands on the wheel. If you were going to have to do this why not you put your foot on the pedals as wheel and just drive a car yourself and not pay the ridiculous prices that this car will consist of. In paragraph 7 it also says "human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires" , if the point of this car is to be driverless then why should a human have to be alert and take over? | Evidence | Effective |
37d6ce6aad85 | DECAE402BB38 | In paragraph 9 it states that " in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars". The reason to this law is because states want to make sure that drivers, passagers, and pedestrians are safe, the law, makers believe that safety is best | Evidence | Adequate |
eaa7aadfe7b6 | DEDCFAD56126 | All people are entitled to an opinion | Lead | Ineffective |
1489f8ad560c | DEDCFAD56126 | My opinion is that community service should be required. | Position | Adequate |
8c5be8d182b4 | DEDCFAD56126 | Some people think that community service is a waste of time | Counterclaim | Adequate |
2a7b907b7c1d | DEDCFAD56126 | but they don't know how it can change your outlook on life. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
7b3b8efb7f78 | DEDCFAD56126 | It can look good on college and job applications. If you wanted to be a teacher, you could go to a local elementary school to read or tutor children of all ages. It tells people that your dedicated to your job. Little things like this can do wonders.
| Evidence | Adequate |
1602c7c75b29 | DEDCFAD56126 | Community service also builds life long friendships | Claim | Adequate |
59ccb8163626 | DEDCFAD56126 | You can meet people that are interested in the same things you are. | Evidence | Adequate |
7ca8cc8f74ac | DEDCFAD56126 | You don't always have to give your life up to community service. | Claim | Adequate |
956e20ed66d1 | DEDCFAD56126 | You can work at a soup kitchen at lunch or set up fund raisers for people with special needs. | Evidence | Ineffective |
927918e78d5f | DEDCFAD56126 | This also can help you conquer fears. | Claim | Adequate |
02e4d9dcd80c | DEDCFAD56126 | With friends that you trust on your side you can conquer anything. | Evidence | Adequate |
e458bdbec7ed | DEDCFAD56126 | but they don't know how fulfilled you feel after you help. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
0051bfde3b9d | DEDCFAD56126 | It also shows many people that their lucky not to be living in homeless shelter or begging for food on the streets. It makes them think twice before taking everything for themselves.
| Evidence | Adequate |
53b563f24e91 | DEDCFAD56126 | It also shows skills that they didn't think they were capable to do. | Claim | Adequate |
f2d1bef7daf7 | DEDCFAD56126 | This is why i believe Community service should be required. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
12eae018cb32 | DEEAFEA856D5 | Im in favor of keeping the electoral college. This process might take a while but not as much as election by popular votes for the president of the united states. | Position | Adequate |
838f9289a51f | DEEAFEA856D5 | The election by popular vote is saying that the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational | Counterclaim | Adequate |
70449d837554 | DEEAFEA856D5 | Well I think its not, it's widely regarded as a thing that seems to belong to the past but also not to fit in the president. | Rebuttal | Ineffective |
9e39d885e731 | DEEAFEA856D5 | The electors are the ones who elect for the president not the people. When we vote for a presidential candidate we're basically voting for a slate of electors. The residents of the other regions are most likely feel that their votes don't count and that the new president will have no intersts, also that he really isn't their president. | Evidence | Ineffective |
c67f85c8272e | DEEAFEA856D5 | Keeping the electoral college is the best idea. Some people might not like it but some would. | Claim | Ineffective |
70c1f1fc43ed | DEEAFEA856D5 | Others might not like the idea of voting by popular votes for who can be president. Also under the amendment of the constituation, the district of Columbia is allocated three elctors and treated like a state of purposes of the electral college. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Unlike the others. They just vote by how big the state is and by how many repesenitives there are. | Evidence | Ineffective |
79f4e2bd2e4d | DEEAFEA856D5 | The electors are picked by depending on the states which makes it fair enough. | Claim | Adequate |
96bc9be9d2dd | DEEAFEA856D5 | Back then the louisiana legislature barley succeeded in getting rid of and getting new democratic electors. If the election was a tie it would be handed over to the house of representatives, where state delegations vote on the president beacuse each state casts olny one vote. | Evidence | Adequate |
24484db2e3a7 | DEEAFEA856D5 | The winner of the take all method of awarding electral votes as a couples years ago. Election focuses their campagin efforts on toss up states. | Claim | Adequate |
23ea710665f1 | DEEAFEA856D5 | the voters in the toss up states are more likey to pay attention to the campaign, knowing their going to decide the elections. but the most thoughtful voters should be the ones the decides the elections not the electors. | Evidence | Ineffective |
3b96a1a4a0ab | DEFEAAC01F83 | I think that it's a good idea, | Position | Adequate |
194d461376e2 | DEFEAAC01F83 | it will make the students work harder to improve their grades | Claim | Adequate |
c1510b2c57c1 | DEFEAAC01F83 | will be a good way for the students to study more and to do better in school. | Claim | Adequate |
6625f468a708 | DEFEAAC01F83 | If their grades are to low to do any sports then they need to at least a B to do sports and if they have lower then they will just have to try harder or do better next time. It might get more people to get better grades and maybe more students to join sports | Evidence | Adequate |
53185950a010 | DEFEAAC01F83 | but they might also not want to do sports because of their grades | Counterclaim | Adequate |
71fd2c01c71a | DEFEAAC01F83 | if they can't get better grades then they can't play | Evidence | Adequate |
d776512cba38 | DEFEAAC01F83 | Many students want to do sports and many don't, and some just don't care. | Claim | Adequate |
c5e097126a03 | DEFEAAC01F83 | For the people that struggle with work and grades and all they get are C' s then they won't be able to do sports, and if you change the school's policy now they that might jeopardise other people that wanted to join sports from playing those sports and people that have worked their butt off to do these sports that now can't play because of their grades will mean that they did all that hard work for nothing, and that they will have to do something else that will suite them | Evidence | Adequate |
7e2ba6f61992 | DEFEAAC01F83 | So I don't know if it is such a great idea to change the policy and make it so you need at least a B | Claim | Ineffective |
2eacc316ac56 | DEFEAAC01F83 | maybe people will like the idea of it and maybe they won't but sometimes people go through with things that they disagree on and sometimes they like it after they do it and succeed then they'll think differently about your policy and they might still dislike it | Evidence | Adequate |
cd4ad22e035c | DEFEAAC01F83 | So I would have to say that I agree and disagree with your new policy | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
b55b10431332 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | Some people don't like the electoral college, whie some people do. The electoral college is a process, the founding fathers established in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President byh a vote in congress and election of presidentts but popular vote. The process is the selection of electors, the meeting with the presideng and vice, and the counting of the electoral votes. | Lead | Adequate |
21abb2f67a8e | DF4EFA9A98D7 | The Electoral college is unfair | Claim | Adequate |
9ee3410cb5be | DF4EFA9A98D7 | and practical | Claim | Ineffective |
face8bf21dbb | DF4EFA9A98D7 | the election of the popular vote should get the president due to the swing states | Claim | Adequate |
23aa8c7f090e | DF4EFA9A98D7 | They should favor in changing to the election by popular votes got the president the of the United States. | Position | Adequate |
54f04464a045 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | They should favor in changing the election by popular vote since the electoral college is unfair. | Claim | Adequate |
20d056fe2763 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | It is unfair because is regraded as a non-demcratic method of selecting a president. | Evidence | Adequate |
f72a810e5845 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | It should be overulled by declaring the candidate that recieves the most popular votes. | Claim | Adequate |
9573c416481d | DF4EFA9A98D7 | For example, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of popular votes compared to 51.3 percent of popular votes for him and Romney. It is possible that the winner of electoral will not win due to the national popular vote. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8351a5336c48 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | The should favor in changing th election by popular vote since the electoral college is practical. It is practical because they avoid problems in the election. | Counterclaim | Ineffective |
377434c5896c | DF4EFA9A98D7 | The arguments in favor mostly assertions without much basis in reality and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. | Evidence | Ineffective |
d5463e5c7e0d | DF4EFA9A98D7 | Also, the electoral college avoids the problem in election. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
63f78c1b4cc0 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | They avoid the problems in the election which no candidate recieves a majoriy of the votes cast. For example, Nixion and Clinton both had 43 percent plurality of popular votes. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority vote, that pressure greatly complicates the presidential process. | Evidence | Effective |
77f433e3f933 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | They should favor in changing the election by popular votes since there are swing states. | Claim | Adequate |
5722cc4c7d00 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | In swing states there are thoughtful votes. the winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states. They mostly focus on the swing states. The toss up states pay more attention to the campaign, realling listening to the competing candidates. | Evidence | Ineffective |
72b7545b3513 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | The electoral college is unfair to votes because the winner take all system in each state | Claim | Adequate |
bedc739b34f6 | DF4EFA9A98D7 | all candidates dont spend much time in states knowing they will not have a chance at winning. (
Richard A. Posner, 3) Swing states line 20) | Evidence | Adequate |
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