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b3134f5f63dc | FCF5D3ED5218 | To get the students to help with the community then you should make community service more fun. | Claim | Adequate |
d6783979028d | FCF5D3ED5218 | First of all, you require that everybody will be graded on how they help their community. Second, you have your students see how bad the community is in some places so that they want to help. Third, you reword them with maybe a dress down day. Fourth you have them do there service to the city during school so that the students don't take up their time to do things that they think are more important.
| Evidence | Effective |
307bf45c478e | FD8FFDC82D48 | Ah, the electoral college. Don't you just
LOVE
how irrelevent, unfair, and confusing it is? In fact, it is so without flaw, that in 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, but he lost the presidency (Source 2). Some people say that the electoral college is an anachronism, but some people disagree. Those people are wrong. The electoral college was irritating in the 1960's, and it's irritating now. | Lead | Effective |
b280bf89ded5 | FD8FFDC82D48 | You should side with Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and the Chamber of Commerce (Source 2), and abolish the electoral college. | Position | Effective |
3278c6c42f8a | FD8FFDC82D48 | most importantly, the electoral college is unfair to voters . | Claim | Effective |
3d409e97c9a8 | FD8FFDC82D48 | Most states in the electoral college is based on a "winner take all" system; if the candidate gets the majority of votes in that state, that candidate gets the electors (Source 1). This means most candidates focus in on the states they know that they have a chance of winning, and focus on going after "swing states" (Source 2). If a candidate was to get the majority in Texas, Florida, and California, the three biggest swing states, the candidate would have 122 electoral votes, almost half of the 270 votes necessary to win (Sources 1 and 3). | Evidence | Effective |
56a467144ba5 | FD8FFDC82D48 | Voters for the electoral college say that people in the swing states are going to pay closer attention to the campaign and become more thoughtful voters (Source 3), | Counterclaim | Effective |
c98d91cea8bb | FD8FFDC82D48 | but should 10% of the nation decide who runs your country?! | Rebuttal | Effective |
07c8778fc418 | FD8FFDC82D48 | The second virus causing the electoral college to convulse and bite its tongue in half is what happens in the event of a tie. | Claim | Effective |
80a2097f3ea1 | FD8FFDC82D48 | If this is to occurr, then state delegates in the House of Represenatatives decide the President (Source 2). Each state only casts one vote, so the representative from Rhode Island would have just as much to say as the 55 representatives from the state of California (Source 1 and 2). Not only that, but a majority of people vote one party for president and another for Congress (Source 3). There are 538 possible votes in the electoral college (Source 1), so it isn't impossible for a tie to happen. In 1976, if 5,559 voters from Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had switched candidates, there would have been a tie (Source 2). | Evidence | Adequate |
16bbe0b9f436 | FD8FFDC82D48 | And finally, the last thing that makes the electoral college as relevant as a new wheel for your horse and buggy is that, it's mind-bogglingly confusing. | Claim | Effective |
cfc8f3af5f4d | FD8FFDC82D48 | The electoral college is run by humans, so we must account for human error. The electors are just people chosen by the candidate who don't hold a seat in government (Sources 1 and 2). In 1960, a group of racists in Louisiana almost replaced Democratic electors with ones who would oppose John F. Kennedy, and he would have lost the election (Source 2). In Hawaii, also in 1960, two slates of electors were sent (Source 3). Faithless electors have refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for anyone else (Source 2). | Evidence | Effective |
88896b819b1f | FD8FFDC82D48 | In conclusion, the electoral college is literally pointless. It's unfair and confusing. If America had decided on a majority rules electoral system, and not this pile of trash, we would still have all the same presidents we did before. Well, except Al Gore. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
5d4f6e89dbec | FD97228DE00F | The two policies are both important to the future of this school. | Lead | Ineffective |
619df6b9682a | FD97228DE00F | Although that might be, policy two is much better for many reasons. | Position | Adequate |
0ccc7ea41dfe | FD97228DE00F | policy two will allow the children in school to be able to contact there parents at any time in case of an emergency. Additionally this will insure that the students will always be in touch with family or friends during school hours so that they know they can get a hold of them at any time during the school day | Claim | Adequate |
0b472b08ba8c | FD97228DE00F | When a parents need to let there children know something they can always let them know. This will be better because that will enforce to the children that they will know of any emergencies or change of plans at home. | Evidence | Adequate |
bafa15e0d5b3 | FD97228DE00F | On the other hand, cell phones not allowed in class is good | Claim | Adequate |
33ea77205767 | FD97228DE00F | This does make sure the students do not text or call during class. They need to be learning and paying attention so they will be smart and go to college and have a great successful life. This will be good for the children to be able to be in contact with individuals out side of the school area and yet still be learning and getting a higher education. Therefore, policy two will be more efficient to the children and to this school.
| Evidence | Adequate |
c5aa5f93fcfb | FDE359A2F973 | I am an eighth grader at your school.
And I am going to propose an opinion on whether or not the whole school should be required to do community service or not.
My answer will be supported with examples and other forms of evidence. | Lead | Adequate |
95ed7e2de3fe | FDE359A2F973 | I think that you should not make everyone do community service. | Position | Adequate |
a1780a0e6630 | FDE359A2F973 | There are plenty of people who should do it and people who cannot do it. | Claim | Adequate |
020a60bf820b | FDE359A2F973 | Many teens these days play sports and have families to attend to.
Although everyone SHOULD do it, doesn't mean they can do it. | Evidence | Adequate |
229556221010 | FDE359A2F973 | I, for example, can't because of baseball.
I play in two different leagues and I am trying out for the school team.
There are many others who are just like me and just can't even if they wanted to. | Evidence | Adequate |
94c1582c2a56 | FDE359A2F973 | The people that do have time to do it are doing good for our society and so it does not mean that everyone must contribute. | Claim | Adequate |
06a772137c05 | FDE359A2F973 | Also, if you think about it, a lot of teens, especially eighth graders, will not want to do it at all. | Claim | Adequate |
6431fc46386c | FDE359A2F973 | Teens these days just aren't caring for our economy, society, etc.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
8c32977efa37 | FDE359A2F973 | And if you do not listen to me and make everyone do it anyway, there will be protesters and you never know what they might do to get you to stop it.
| Claim | Adequate |
361c8d561037 | FDE359A2F973 | It is great if people want to do it but like i said before, not everyone wants to or they just cannot have the time to help out. | Claim | Adequate |
42c90a750877 | FE21B0B76C9C | I think that not all the students should be required to do the community service | Position | Adequate |
afebc92da076 | FE21B0B76C9C | I think that the principle would be very shocked just to see how many of the student would wont to cleanup their school. | Evidence | Adequate |
36d70e230101 | FE21B0B76C9C | I bet that many of the students would think that doing the community service would just make them look very stupid to their friends. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
bcdaf4a91bd6 | FE21B0B76C9C | But what some of the students at the school needs to realize is that even if your friends may think that your crazy for doing it is not always about what your friends may think. Some of the times a friend my not know what` s best for you. And I say if you think that it would make a difference in one persons life then it was all worth it. And no matter what every person wants to live in a safe and also clean place no matter were you may go. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
c9c9549716ce | FE21B0B76C9C | I think that if the principle would require them to do it then that is not fare on the principles side. | Claim | Adequate |
84e4886b5866 | FE21B0B76C9C | Most kids loves getting involved in doing things for their community.
I think that for all the friends that think that it takes up to much time you should just try to work something out like a real friend would. No one sad that you had to work all day it doesn't matter if you only do the community service for five minutes at least you can say i did something to help out my school and my community. Not to may people can actually say that they helped make a difference in their whole community. So all for all I just wont to say, | Evidence | Adequate |
a439035d20cc | FE21B0B76C9C | just because your friends may no wont to do something that doesn't mean that you don't have to either; and also to say that you cant make people do what they don't won't to do and that comment goes to the principle. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
b5a1bfefedad | FE3141FA4163 | I thank policy one is better | Position | Adequate |
51f5dd5014c6 | FE3141FA4163 | because kids will bring cell phones to school no mater what | Claim | Adequate |
da62cabc7357 | FE3141FA4163 | They will hide them from the teachers .Teachers can't go threw the students stuff any way . Just make the kids put them in there locker during class.
If you do a lot of the students will dich school any way, to be on there phones. You will just make all the kids mad.
| Evidence | Adequate |
0a531d59c7c8 | FE3141FA4163 | Some kids will ask there parents to transfer school | Claim | Ineffective |
7590d001ffbd | FE3141FA4163 | If you chose policy one you will make the student happy. | Claim | Adequate |
c47eae3589bd | FE3141FA4163 | The happier the students the happier you should be. It might help the kids, like make new friends. To do better at school not thanking about there phone, give them something to look forward to school.
Help the students have fun at school. They may have fun at school. Help them help you. | Evidence | Adequate |
8ccd8dee3e4a | FE3141FA4163 | You can make school fun with policy one. We use them to pass time on the bus.
It can really help. To listen to muics on the bus, play games. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
8712429cb43f | FE4703854EB4 | The Electoral College is a process, The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is requierd to elect the President.
Under the 23rd amendment of the Constitution, the Distict of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College.
Also each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors.
You help choose your states's electors when you vote for president because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. | Lead | Adequate |
1c06c6e0e66f | FE4703854EB4 | Personally, I think that the Electoral College has to stay | Position | Adequate |
5f441cf9ec81 | FE4703854EB4 | how else are we the people vote for the cadidate that we want, I think that the Electoral College is doing us the people a favor of electing our candidates. | Claim | Ineffective |
2b757c03c9ed | FE4703854EB4 | I also think that is better that we have Electoral College to help us and help the cadidates tu become president and return the favor to us by making the world a better place to live. | Claim | Ineffective |
adbcf06b326c | FE4703854EB4 | if we did't have Electoral College we would't have a president to help our lifes to be better | Claim | Ineffective |
005ed61fccfe | FE4703854EB4 | so that why I belive is better to have Electoral College in our favor | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
99f01751d3d3 | FE477BD61B22 | United States of America, the land of the people right? When people think of America they think of freedom, so isn't it our job to keep it that way? | Lead | Ineffective |
17545b28efa7 | FE477BD61B22 | With our electoral college, the people of America aren't truly given the right to where their vote matters. | Position | Ineffective |
6b9f27f85b1c | FE477BD61B22 | The electoral college has so many flaws such as the disaster factor | Claim | Adequate |
f4b19369a940 | FE477BD61B22 | risk of a tie | Claim | Adequate |
3202cf5db29c | FE477BD61B22 | and even how unfair it is to our countries voters. | Claim | Ineffective |
2ec2d5571d18 | FE477BD61B22 | The disaster factor is the risk that the electors could always defy the will of the people. | Claim | Adequate |
10033ae77956 | FE477BD61B22 | The electors are picked by state legislatures, so it could easily happen where electors disobey the right citizens have and do what they choose, or the legislatures replace electors with malificent unpatriotic electors that will try to cheat the vote. How is that fair to us? Knowing that thousands and thousands of voters dedicate their time to focusing on which candidate is truly the most deserving, proactive, and thoughtfull. "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..."
The Office of the Federal Register . Here was a time where had already been done, and it is sure to happen again. | Evidence | Adequate |
5d12a0f5f08e | FE477BD61B22 | Overall the electoral college is completely unfair with so many different problems that over rule the right of ther people. | Claim | Ineffective |
223dbf8c5995 | FE477BD61B22 | For example, "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning..."
The Office of the Federal Register , this shows how it is not really fair to all the states as even if the popular vote comes close, the winning candidate takes all the electoral votes. | Evidence | Adequate |
753a2fc9a959 | FE477BD61B22 | It is possible as well for the electoral votes to tie for both candidates | Claim | Adequate |
751773777edd | FE477BD61B22 | in which case if this were to happen it would be a catastrophe, as the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. "...the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from Calfornia, who represent 35 million voters"
The Office of the Federal Register . The population difference between the two is beyond comparable with California exceeding Wyoming with over 30 million voters. And to know that the two states would each get one vote? How is that, in any way possible, fair to American voters. | Evidence | Adequate |
5bb2554bd485 | FE477BD61B22 | With so many problems with the electoral college and it being unimaginably unjust, the common thought would be how could this possibly still be the final word of our presidential election. If the Disaster factor, risk of a tie, and undoubting unfairness still haven't woken up our government, then how far and much destruction of our country's freedom will it take for the United States of America to truly be, the land of the people | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
455945be6069 | FEF2E1612F55 | What are the chances in favor of keeping the electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states? Does the Electoral College work? | Lead | Adequate |
7da199012298 | FEF2E1612F55 | First of all, What is the electoral college? 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.
The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the selectors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president,and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. | Evidence | Ineffective |
fd3253c57f79 | FEF2E1612F55 | What's wrong with the electoral college? Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn the president. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all systemin each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing on the tight races in the "swing"states | Evidence | Adequate |
f1fbdb1338ef | FEF2E1612F55 | It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elactions are spurious at best. | Claim | Adequate |
c8d0f2b3def1 | FEF2E1612F55 | It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college. | Position | Adequate |
583505dd00c8 | FF07E6BF0858 | An Electoral College is a vote to elect the President/Vice President. Only votes that count are the ones done electoraly by Congress. Out of the 538 votes that are going to be done, you need 270 or more to win. Thats extremely disrespectful to the people of the Unites States. Don't they have a say in wether to elect the President or not? | Lead | Adequate |
6e0e6447dc29 | FF07E6BF0858 | you should banned Electoral College votes and approve it by popular votes because it is your people's (persons living in america) lives you are affecting.
| Position | Adequate |
b8fa5f2720d6 | FF07E6BF0858 | When it is time to elect a new president, citizens want to know thier votes help elect the President of thier choice. | Claim | Adequate |
99d1a9942c8b | FF07E6BF0858 | In fact it just went to help thier candidate mabey support the Presidents election. Plethora of Catholics voted for Romney to win because Obama supported abortion. We never know if the all the citizens vote could have made romney win because it just goes to help the candidate help the person running for president win. If Romney won 1,000 lives a day could be saved. Obama helped with some problems to though, he made Obama Care, that gave people insurence for less money. Him helping the less furtienate is great. | Evidence | Ineffective |
996e3932c998 | FF07E6BF0858 | In, addition, making popular votes can help your citizens feel better. | Claim | Adequate |
a9004b0e38be | FF07E6BF0858 | You are helping them by choosing wich president will help them and thier family have a better life. The citizens know what they need, they know if Obama is going to help them or not. They know who to vote for because they are providing what they need to live good life. If more citizens vote ofr one president then another, gues what? You just helped more then half of the us a citizens because they knew wich president helped them more. The trouble is out here and you can only fix it with us.
| Evidence | Ineffective |
aed273f4cf0f | FF07E6BF0858 | In conclusion, citizens should have the choice of the President because they know what they need and what presidnet will provide it. The citizens have a choice to elect the President. No one knows the real problems but the people and with thier votes you can help them individually. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
1b320dcd995d | FF6086271D2B | I am strongly in favor of keeping the Electoral College | Position | Effective |
112c533389ec | FF6086271D2B | it not only is more efficient than popular vote, it is also smarter | Claim | Adequate |
3ac372525f69 | FF6086271D2B | The Electoral College is a fool-proof way of not disputing the outcome of who gets to be in it. | Claim | Effective |
7f2e52df00f6 | FF6086271D2B | It avoids problems by the canidates not recieving majority of the votes cast in the election. | Claim | Effective |
7b5b23f60401 | FF6086271D2B | Everyone who is in the Electoral College was cast there for a reason by the popular vote. | Claim | Adequate |
179dc7a33493 | FF6086271D2B | You also must know that the system has its faults | Counterclaim | Adequate |
3d4713100440 | FF6086271D2B | There aren't many of them but i believe that they are needed to keep the College going and allowing it to vote the right way instead of the wrong way. | Rebuttal | Effective |
a45b03f61771 | FF6086271D2B | First of these reasons, there are more problems with popular votes than electoral vote and have a fool-proof way of keeping disputes in the low. The Electoral College is less susceptible to problems if the poular votes are used to elect the college. | Claim | Effective |
f8c313a0bb90 | FF6086271D2B | In
Defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing a president, in the first reason it says that, "...The winning canidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceed's his share of the popular vote." | Evidence | Adequate |
87c6e7dead4d | FF6086271D2B | Secondly, Having an Electoral College avoids run-off elections, where the problem is cause by each canidate that is running to not get any of the majority of the votes. | Claim | Effective |
44600cf451b1 | FF6086271D2B | To put it in more simple terms, In some cases there have been ties by the popular vote, or very close ties. In The same article as mentioned in the above paragraph provided the example of one time that this has happened. " Nixon and Clinton both had a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority of the Electoral College." The Electoral Colege breaks the tie in the poular votes because they reduce the pressure of having run-off elections. The states have a "winner-take-all" system, so that when the elections come, the president of those who are voting for him in the electoral college get to be with that president. The larger states recieve more attention from the canidates, so the popular vote getting tied up also does not happen very often.
| Evidence | Effective |
4b5cd268de80 | FF6086271D2B | Last but not least, it is incredibly important to know how the Electoral College works because if you do not, then you will not know how effective of a sytem it is. | Claim | Effective |
6976cedf0821 | FF6086271D2B | In
What is the Electoral College?
it states that, "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president." The popular vote can get tied up pretty easily, but it is a lot harder for the electoral votes to get tied up because only 270 votes are needed to elect the president. | Evidence | Effective |
6518ebc682db | FF6086271D2B | "...But each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee.." and this quote was selected from
I defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president . The electoral college is trusted to vote for the president that they believe will make the best decisions for our country. | Evidence | Adequate |
a68259a1cc93 | FF6086271D2B | Even thought this might be a really improved method on picking our president, it still has faults | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ecb2d086096b | FF6086271D2B | In what's wrong with the electoral college, is saying that "The most worrying prosepct is the tie in the electoral college....in that case the elction would be thrown to the H.O.R., where state delegations vote on the president." If this ever does happen, MAny people in the senate or house of representatives would have to vote and would have to rake on responsibilty of the as many as 500,00 voters. | Evidence | Effective |
9a6e94f8e23b | FF6086271D2B | As you know, it is important to keep the best desicions of your country in mind , while thinking about your citizens that you are representing. The electoral college answers the questions of having disputes and arguments over who becomes preseident. It is an efficient way of keeping a fool-proof outcome and avoid run-off elections. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
1118a8ad6ec0 | FF8BAC351714 | I disagree with the students attend classes form home or vidoe conferencing | Position | Adequate |
ea59f5a29196 | FF8BAC351714 | one of are student will not get on, | Claim | Adequate |
8756ec2f90ad | FF8BAC351714 | they will fall asleep | Claim | Adequate |
05b8fb910e53 | FF8BAC351714 | they will not do there work | Claim | Adequate |
b4fa9e558d44 | FF8BAC351714 | the by them doin gthis alot of kids can fail reason why i say this things because i know students im am one; that me explain to you why I say this . | Evidence | Ineffective |
88f722a161a7 | FF8BAC351714 | students will not get on | Claim | Adequate |
8dae53191537 | FF8BAC351714 | they will be like i get on next time and keep on saying in till they think it not useful at all then they will not get on and just go outside and play with there friends or sometimes there Mom or Dad have to keep telling to get on and they migth not listen to them or just get on there ps4 or phone . | Evidence | Adequate |
f0756cd25896 | FF8BAC351714 | Number two reason is that they can fall asleep while on it | Claim | Adequate |
e5effe67fb83 | FF8BAC351714 | the teacher cant do nothing about it but if we was at class a real class they can tell us to get up and make sure we doing what we suppost to do by going to class that can make the teacher work way more easy for them. | Evidence | Adequate |
926f74f8ff8a | FF8BAC351714 | Last reason but not least is that they will not do there work | Claim | Adequate |
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