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First of all, Venus is the second planet from our sun. In paragraph 2, it states," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Second of all, Venus atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The conditions are far more extreme than what human encountered. Third of all, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. There might be additional volcanoes and powerful earthquakes. Last of all, Venus is called the " Evening Star."
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Venus is a helpful planet because of its characteritics
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First of all, often Venus is refered to as Earths "twin". By stating that its saying that the planet Venus is just like the planet Earth. Second of all, If Venus is the same as Earth, then it would be possibe for people to visit and see the place.
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In paragraph 3 It states that," A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." Third of all, it has higher carbon dioxide, so it is helpful for us. Last of all, Venus might be useful to us someday in the future.
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The planet Venus is a safe place because of all the facts that is stated in the passage.
Claim
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First of all, If Earth is a safe place for us, then Venus would be too. Even the astronomers are fascinated of how much both the planets are alike.
Evidence
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Second of all, Venus could someday be our second home or a place where we can visit. In the passage it states, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel."
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Third of all, Venus is safe because the NASA has been doing experiments and testing on stuffs. NASA has been experimenting it on with inventions. Last of all, scientists even seek to conduct a thorough mission about Venus. By doing that scientists can understand more aboout the planet.
Evidence
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In conclusion, Venus is interesting, helpful, amd safe. Venus has been tested out and has been experimented on. By the experiments people can tell whether its safe or not. After finishing the passage, Venus is an environment which everyone would enjoy.
Concluding Statement
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Have you ever seen an alien? In 1976 the camera weren't as good as today so it could be anything. But today the cameras are great quality.
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Back then you would have thought that it was an alien but today we clearly saw that it was just a landscape and not an alien
Claim
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Its like the man it the moon it is just a landscape it is nothing big at all. By saying that it is an alien people today would probally believe that it is true they would go crazy.
Evidence
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But we found evindence that the first Viking was wrong and the it is just a moutain.
Position
Adequate
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Now a days we have new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry ,but back then they didn't have that kind of technology
Evidence
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Technology today can take ten times better pictures then back in 1976.
Claim
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As the world grows faster in technolog we can expect better and better pictures but we found evindence that on Mars there is no life forms
Claim
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So as far as we know their are no such thing as aliens. On Mars there might be pictures or thing that looklike an alien but its not it a fairytale our mind thinks it saw one but you never did. As i was saying there is no lifeform on mars,
Evidence
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Technology has delvoped over the years. From when the first sight of a camera to now it will always evolve into something better. Technoogy is the only thing will always change into something different.
Concluding Statement
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The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students is a good idea.
Position
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Some students want there emtions to them selfs and want to know there emitons. ''She's 82 percent happy. 9 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This new technology can calculate your emtions like math. Also using ''video imagery, the new emtion-recognition software tracks these facial movments - in a real face or in the painrted face of Mona Lisa.'' It can define the emotion of a real human and in a painting. There technology is very intresting they construct a 3-D computer model to the face. instead of humans trying to find out calculations them selfs they can use the new technology. Humans can perform the same way as the new technology even tho they are gonna have to estimate the percentigs
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Also can tell when children or students are tired or bored or falling as sleep so then the technolgy '' could modity the lesson, like and effective human instructor.
Claim
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The same technology can make computers-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery.'' so it can keep the students on track and still learn on there school lessons and wont get behind. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emtions. Students can change there face exprishions but the new technolgy can tell that not there real expertion.
Evidence
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The new use of this technology to read the emtional expersions of students is a good idea. The technology will be a helpful thing in the near future for all of the school to keep the studetns on track and wont get lost on there lessons. this new technolgy wlll help students alot.
Concluding Statement
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The use of this technology in a classroom would be useful
Position
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because it can help teachers identify how a student is feeling, if the are confused, and if the need help
Claim
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For example," a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. huang predicts. " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instrucuture." This is really helpful to some students because when taking an online lesson some of them might be comfused and the teacher is no there to help. So the computer can take these facial expresions and modify the lesson so you could undestand it better. This also follows along if a student needs help with the lesson, the computer could see you are having a hard time and t to help you by changing the lesson
Evidence
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Also it could help teachers identify emotions by the facial expresion.
Claim
Adequate
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"You can tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait."
Evidence
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If the student is acting up the teacher can use this new technology to see if the student is sad or angry.
Claim
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Then she can ask the student if everthing is okay or if he needs to talk to someone.
Evidence
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In conclusion the new technology would be usful in a classroom because it can help teachers identify how a student if feeling, if they are confused, and if they need help.
Concluding Statement
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There are some students that would enjoy extracurricular activities, and some students that will despise it. Some students might like different activities then the other, but would extracurricular activities really benefit the students lifestyle?
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I agree and disagree with the principals decision.
Position
Adequate
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First, I agree with this decision because, if students are interested on a extracurricular activity, then I think that they should totally do it.
Claim
Adequate
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When a student joins a school club, a sport after school, or do service hours, they will be able to have an experience on what it's like.
Evidence
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Also, they would be able to make more friends and would be more active and social to others.
Claim
Adequate
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If the student is some what shy or is trying out something new, then they can open up with others and would try to be comfortable with the environment and the way they cope.
Evidence
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some students would not have the time to be able to join an extracurricular activity
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they can either be working on homework, or they have something important they have to do after school.
Evidence
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Also, some parents would also not have the time to pick their kids up from the after school activity.
Claim
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Parents may not have the money to put their child into an extracurricular activity.
Claim
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First, some after school clubs you need to be payed for, like theater and most sports. Most parents can't afford to pay a certain amount of money to put their child in a after school activity. Parents need to provide money to pay their rent, electricity and water bills. High school and college students are starting to buy things with their own money that they work for, and some students wouldn't be able to pay for an after school program.
Evidence
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In conclusion, I think that is really depends on how your family copes with it and your schedule. Most students will have the time for extracurricular activities and others don't have the time to. This is why I think that It depends on the students schedule.        
Concluding Statement
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From small town suburbs to largely populated cities, car usage can drastically affect a community. In developed worlds, personal automobiles are an increasingly popular trend, and help people go about their day to day business. Many would rather drive down the street to a grocery store of job instead of walking there even though it is common knowledge that the pollution and other harmful emissions cars create is bad for the enviroment and the people living there.
Lead
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The question remains, what are the advantages of limiting car usage?
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Many believe that automobiles, especially the very popular "car", can be very bad for the enviroment. According to the article, "Paris bans driving due to smog", it explains how near-record pollution within Paris caused a partial driving ban. This was to help clean the smog infested air in the dense city. Although many delivery companies complained about lost revenue, congestion within the capitcal lowered by 60 percent. By Monday that week, "the smog cleared enough for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuesday". In another article called "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", this one tells how Bogota, Columbia has also banned cars to promote alternate transportation and reduce smog. The ban is only for one day a year (called The Day Without Cars), but it's helped cause the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, new, smoot sidewalks, less traffic, and new restaurants and shopping areas. Business man, Carlos Plaza claims "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
Evidence
Effective
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Both of these articles explain how limiting car usage in a city can be benificial to both the city and its residents.
Claim
Adequate
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On the other hand, some believe that less cars is NOT benificial. In source four, it claims that the lowered amount of people driving automobiles will be harmful to the profits of the car industry. To further explain, "companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themselves 'mobility' companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle".
Counterclaim
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This, without a doubt, is to combat the loss of sales and encourage people to continue buying their products. However, thos is pretty much all there is on the negative side of limited car usage. For the rest of the community, this doesn't affect them and is in fact quite benificial.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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Cars, both the rose and the thorns in a community and enviroment, can be both benificial and harmful to people, depending on who you are. For most regular pedeastrians and citizens within a city, less cars means less pollution, traffic, and stress. Unless you are a business owner of a car dealership or working for a delivery company, limited car usage means very postive things for social relationships, health, the enviroment, and general living conditions of a busy city. The less harmful emissions of gases from cars could greatly affect the outcome of our clean, energy efficient future.  
Concluding Statement
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Today, many humans own and operate cell phones on a daily basis. The introduction of the modern-day cell phone has made life easier. The cell phone has improved communication between individuals despite the distance. Cell phones have also made receiving information easier for the user when lacking understanding on a certain subject. In other words, the invention has made life more convenient, which resulted in dependence on the object. However, there must be a limitation to the usage of the object, especially when using the cell phone at that time can be life threatening. One of the many times that a cell phone should not be operated is while driving.
Lead
Effective
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Drivers should not be allowed to use cell phones in any capacity while operating a vehicle because the action is extremely dangerous for every person on the road.
Position
Effective
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According to the studies conducted by the National Safety Council, it was shown that using a cell phone while driving has led to 1.6 million crashes each year with 390,000 of them resulting in injuries.
Claim
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The reasoning behind this is when the driver takes their attention away from the road, the dangerousness of the situation increases by 400%. During the time the driver looks down at their phone to check a message, read the GPS, or receive a phone call, an accident can occur. Therefore, to prevent any accidents, all distractions must be eliminated, such as cellular devices. Moreover, by eliminating all distractions, the safety of everyone on the road is increased
Evidence
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After the realization of how dangerous the operation of a cellular device is while driving, more states started to amend laws against the action.
Claim
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As stated by the Governors Highway Safety Association, 47 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia have outlawed texting and driving. As a consequence, violating the law can result in a large fine and even facing prison time depending on the state. The laws showed some form of effectiveness as the rate of traffic deaths among adults decreased.
Evidence
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Some may argue that using a cellular device should be allowed on the pretense that the driver is using the device as a GPS.
Counterclaim
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This, however, is not true. Even though the driver is using the device for navigation, the probability of an accident occurring when distracted is still 400%. The GPS defense will also be used as a justification for operating a phone while operating a vehicle. Through the form of loopholes, drivers will use the GPS excuse against police officers to avoid the ticket.
Rebuttal
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The different sides of texting and driving, whether to allow it or not, is an irrational debate. The debate between the sides is a debate between what is right and safe versus what is fun yet dangerous. Many laws and economic consequences have been set into place to avoid the death and destruction of using a cell phone while operating a vehicle that can take place.
Evidence
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In addition, cell phone providers have also run campaigns against the lethal act.
Claim
Adequate
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While ignorance is bliss and most drivers highly doubt the possibility of an accident because of using a phone while driving, there is still a 400% chance of crashes occurring due to being distracted. Laws being passed to establish security among citizens are in vain due to the ignorance of people that do not care about the risks. They do not only put themselves in danger, but the driver is also responsible for the passengers, pedestrians, and the other people on the road.
Concluding Statement
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One day when they were seing how to lande they spoted a face on the red planet mars. It all started like this there were viking 1 was looking for a clear space so his siter viking 2 could lande in the planet mars. So they were looking with the ship camaro to see for a clear spot when they spoted some thing looking straight at the camara and they took a picture because they dint knew what it was. So when they got back home they took a copy of it so the scientist could see what it was. Then when they were looking at it the said it was a face and then everyone started asking queestion.
Lead
Adequate
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it wasent the body it was just a humen head with"form shadows given illisuin in eye its nose and mouth".
Claim
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So when they saw it had all the stuff they whent back to se it again whe the misioon was over for the viking 1 and viking 2
Evidence
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.Also this time there camara system was way beter then imn 1988 so they took some more photographgs .Then when they came back they kept on studieng it even more and it took them aloong time to figer it out untile whan day the finally knew what it was. So they setteld a miting for everyone come back in one place and when everyone was ready
Evidence
Adequate
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the scientist said that it was just the dust that had made a pile of mountin making it look like it was a humen face so they said it was just a natural landform.
Claim
Adequate
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So when that hapend every one was bumed because they thought that they had actully found live in a nother planet called the red planet. So everyone was happie because they actully thought they found live in mars but the dint. After that they just left the mission stuff were they were because they were sad because there was no live they just left every thing were it was.
Evidence
Ineffective
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So what the picture actully shwode was the martin equivalent of a butt or mesa land forms common around the american
Position
Adequate
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After all that hapend the whole story was about the face and mars and if there was live.
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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Cell phones are becoming more and more included in our daily lives. From communication, to making and watching videos. They are very essential to us and our day to day schedule. But shouldn't let them ruin our lives either.
Lead
Adequate
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As they say "There is a time and place for everything" (Gloria Tesch), and driving is not the time and place
Position
Effective
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According to sources, in 2011 out of 1.3 million car crashes, at least 23% of those crashes involve cell phones.
Claim
Effective
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A lot of these drivers reported that they were texting and driving during the time of the accident. The rest reported to have been talking on the phone. Majority of the vehicles that were involved were light trucks and motorcycles. More than 3/4 of drivers said they would likely answer calls while driving and rarely consider traffic situations when deciding to use a cell phone. Most drivers said they would answer a call or text while driving but would feel unsafe as a passenger if the driver was texting.
Evidence
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For instance, statistics are stating that gender and age play a huge role in these accidents. Statistics state that females use their phone while driving more than men.
Claim
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People try to say that teens or novice drivers are the reason for all these accidents.
Counterclaim
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But according to the data ages 30-39 year olds are the main source of the deaths and drivers ages 15 - 19 had the highest percentage of distracted drivers - 16% of those involved in accidents were distracted. The percentage of fatalities linked to distracted drivers increased from 10% in 2005 to 16% in 2009.
Rebuttal
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Majority of the states have made laws to try to ensure the safety of americans.
Claim
Ineffective
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No state bans all cellphone use for all drivers, but 39 states and D.C. ban all cell phone use by novice drivers, and 20 states and D.C. prohibit it for school bus drivers. Washington was the first state to pass a texting ban in 2007. Currently, 48 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands ban text messaging for all drivers. All but three have primary enforcement. Of the two states without an all-driver texting ban, one prohibits text messaging by novice drivers.
Evidence
Adequate
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In conclusion, texting and driving is not safe at all. It takes away people that are not deserving of the pain that they're receiving. Laws and regulations have been set to try and help lower the deaths caused by using cell phones and driving. Life would go much smoother if people just listened and played their part.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Growing up going to school, I always looked forward to summer break. It was my time to be free and to be a kid again. Going to the beach, family cookouts, and hanging out with friends are things I always looked forward to doing. Each summer would be better then the last. Until my mom got that call from my school, reminding her about our summer break project. She would bother me nonstop, asking me thousands of questions about it daily. Looking back to my past summers I never once did a student-designed project.
Lead
Effective
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If schools were to change summer projects to student-designed instead of teacher-designed
Position
Adequate
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students would do subjects that they are interested in resulting in more projects being completed
Claim
Effective
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students would be able to pick a subject that they know they are good at rather then them doing something they have no experience with.
Claim
Effective
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Throughout my years in school I never once did a summer project that I was truly interested in. Most projects made us read a certain book and summarize it in some unique way. Every summer, one after another, we did the same type of project. Over and over again, reading a book and summarizing it. Those projects started to get boring and some summers I didn't even do them. Students never got a choice with anything. We didn't get to choose what project we did, we didn't get to choose if we worked with a group, we didn't even get to choose what book we did our report on.
Evidence
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In the past I have come across many assignments including projects, homework, and classwork that I have gotten terrible grades on because I had no idea what to do or what they were even talking about. When the teachers are designing the summer projects they are following the guidelines of their boss or school district. They don't think about how well the students know it. They don't think about the future and what the students grades are going to be. They think about one thing and one thing only, designing the project and designing it right. If students were able to design their summer project the grades would be so much better.
Evidence
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Teachers could say, "These projects are simple, your just reading a book and answering easy questions." What if some students can't actually read? What if some students just aren't good with English in general?
Counterclaim
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Teachers need to stop categorizing all students and start looking at us one by one. Teachers should know each students strength one by one but they don't.
Rebuttal
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Summer break is a time for laughter and fun. Summer break is a break from school. Students shouldn't have to stress the fact that they have a project due on the first day of school. Specially a project that is challenging and overall boring. Teachers have no intent on making the projects interesting or easy for the students. They honestly just want to get it done so they can go on their break as well. Allowing students to design the summer break projects would be a step in the right direction. 
Concluding Statement
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Many people believe the face on Mars is an extraterrestrial being. Although it may seem true, the face is a natural landform.
Lead
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There are many facts to show this is a natural landform.
Position
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Many scientists have seen this face as life on Mars. Some conspiracy theorists have said there is life on Mars,and NASA is trying to hide it from the people.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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In 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over the face, but they revealed there was no face to be seen. There was only a natural landform. Scientists have began to lose hope of ever seeing the face again. If they were ever able to find the face again, they would have money to do more investigation. Although there were no extratrrestrial beings, people still believed the face would soon appear again. Scientists are still trying to look for ways to explain it all.
Evidence
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Reasearchers are still looking for the face on Mars. Scientist Jim Garvin states, "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes an the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were !"
Evidence
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He is comparing airplanes, pyramids,and small shacks to the face which is no longer there. This statement proves that the face is a natural landform.
Claim
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Many landforms on Earth form then after years or even decades, they decay down to nothing.
Claim
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Although landforms are always forming, they are also being destroyed. Without oxygen on Mars, there is no way the face is able to survive.
Evidence
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Although the face is not real and is a natural landform, researchers will stop at nothing to prove it is real. Conspiracy theorists are still trying to find the truth. Little do they know the truth has been revealed, the face is just a natural landform.
Concluding Statement
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Cars. Everyone has cars. On the street, in their driveways, in parking lots. You think everyone uses car. Well your wrong
Lead
Adequate
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Not everyone has cars or uses cars for that matter.
Position
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In Vauban, Germany residents given up their cars to walk the streets. Where we generally park in like parking lots, parking garages, street parking, home driveways, and home garages are all forbidden. In Vauban their streets are completely car-free. They do allowed cars there but some people just want to walk to safe their community. But if you have are car you can only park in two places. Those two places are your house, and large garages at the edge of the development. I would never give up my car to live in Vauban, Germany. In matter of fact 57% of people have sold their cars to live there. To believe or not 70% of Vaubans families do not own cars. To me its hard to think that people actually walk everywhere they go.
Evidence
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