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Generic_School economics and finance teacher, allowed students to create their own budget plan presentation, discarding the teacher rubric that was given, to show their creativity. A typical power point presentation a high school teacher assigns has basic requirements: a specific number of slides, easily-applicable pictures, and bullet point information. However, when given the chance, students embraced their creativity outside the classroom environment and created sideshows, music videos, and drawings that still portrayed the same important idea any basic power point would for the assignment. As a result, the students who got lower scores on previous power points, increased their grade tremendously. Unlike teacher-designed projects, Student-designed projects has many varieties a student can choose from; students don't have to limit their potential to strict instructions. Instead, they have numerous ways to complete any assignment feeling more confident and fulfilled. Generic_School International Talent Show showed how students from different cultures expressed their love and appreciation through creative attire. The purpose of International Night is to unite students together to celebrate their culture as one. For example, students from Peru dressed up with typical Peruvian dresses and hats and danced salsa, while students from France wore more formal attire and simply help their flag up proudly. Every student had a unique way of showing their performance to the crowd; the teachers had very little input on exactly how the students should perform and let their creativity run free. Even though a summer project doesn't exactly involve performing to a large crowd, students have the chance to show their creative ideas and opinions without any limitations.
Evidence
Adequate
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students have a unique way of showing their academic and social potential to the world
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Summer projects should be student-designed
Position
Adequate
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The sun is shining, there is a slight breeze in the air, and no one is wearing pants that go past their knees. These are all signs that summer break has officially started. Summer break is the time that all students look forward to, as it means that there aren't any more tests to take and homework to complete. It's a time when students can finally have the opportunity to have fun with family and friends without having to worry about academic stress. However, there are some schools that require students to complete summer projects in order for learning to continue during their break. With this, the question that arises is whether schools should make the teacher design the projects or allow for the projects to be student-designed.
Lead
Adequate
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These summer projects should be student-designed
Position
Adequate
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it gives students the opportunity to develop research skills,
Claim
Effective
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choose topics that they find interesting,
Claim
Effective
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result in an increase in positive mental health.
Claim
Effective
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Suppose a teacher assigns a project with specific guidelines and one topic to develop a solution to. This may make the expectations for the student clear-cut, but this type of project learning limits students in what they can explore. With the ability to design your own project, students learn how to research various topics before deciding on the one they will come up with a project to. Not only does this contribute to the development of enhanced research skills among students, but it prepares them for research in the future. In pursuing higher levels of education, it is crucial that students are knowledgeable on how to research about topics efficiently and accurately. Thus, those research skills are developed from student-designed projects and they benefit current and future educational advancement.
Evidence
Effective
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when I was in 6th grade I had a summer project of choosing an influential president and explaining what that president did for the country. At the time, I was interested in science instead of history. As a result, this project seemed lackluster and an arduous task to complete over my summer break. However, if I had been given the opportunity to choose a topic that interests me, I would have found the summer project exponentially more exciting and something to look forward to. Many students feel the same way about this, as they wish to choose the topic they will research and create a solution to. Therefore, it is evident that summer projects should be student-designed so that students can have a genuine interest in the project they are completing.
Evidence
Effective
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Time and time again summer projects are dreaded by students and a task that many do not look forward to. As a result, students are left unhappy during summer break in regards to completing a project their teacher designed. This is either because the project has limitations, is about an uninteresting topic, or is difficult to complete. These factors can leave students feeling demoralized from completing their summer project and can make summer break a dreary time. Despite these conditions that come with teacher-designed projects, these problems can be solved with student-designed projects. When given the chance to explore what interests you and choosing whether any limitations exist regarding your project, inevitably students are inclined to complete summer projects. From the perspective of a student, you have more motivation to work on a self-designed project. This increased motivation correlates to an increase in mental health. When regarding this benefit, summer projects should be student-designed.
Evidence
Effective
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Summer is the time to relax and unwind from the stresses of the school year. It's a time of mornings spent sleeping in, afternoons laying out by the pool, and nights sleeping on the roof, counting the stars that gleam in the sky. That is why students look forward to summer break. As a result, schools should not contribute in reversing the association students make between summer break and enjoyment by assigning teacher-designed projects. With the intention of continual learning occurring over summer break, schools should allow projects to be student-designed. It gives students the chance to explore their passions and make new discoveries without any limitations. Teacher-designed projects only serve in holding students back from doing projects that truly hold meaning to them. Taking into consideration all of these factors, the most logical decision schools can make is having summer projects that are student-designed. This will allow students to have a good time in both the academic and non-academic part of their summer break. 
Concluding Statement
Effective
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I think that it would be useful in a classroom
Position
Adequate
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because sometimes the teacher cant always read the students facial expressions and will keep teaching the same boring class
Claim
Adequate
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But if we used the new technology that could read the kids faces and change the course of the class to make it more interesting, then more kids wouldn't be bored all the time and they will be able to learn more about the subject that they are learing about.
Evidence
Adequate
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The new technology could also save more money by not having to have alot of teachers in the classrooms and they could use for food, newer technology, and maybe a better building
Claim
Adequate
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Also kids might not like some of the teachers that are in the classrooms and the teachers might not like the kids that are in their either, so with the new technolgy replacing a teacher would save them arguments with the kids and teachers.
Evidence
Adequate
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That is why i think that we should emplement this new technology into our school systems.
Concluding Statement
Ineffective
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Hey,how are you today.
Lead
Ineffective
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it would be a great idea for you to participate in the Seagoing program.
Position
Adequate
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if u enjoy caring fo animals then the Seagoing Cowboys program is the place for you
Claim
Adequate
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the UNRRA hired''Seagoing Cowboys'' to take care of the horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas.
Evidence
Ineffective
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the experience to visit many unique places
Claim
Adequate
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if u like to travel and visit places you can have the side benefit of seeing Europe and China or even better you can see the special sight of the Acropolis in Greece. Also you can take a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,which is a city with streets of water. Another great thing about it is that you can tour a excavated castle in Crete and marvel at the Panama Canal on your way to China
Evidence
Adequate
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But if your lazy and non disaplined i dont think this is a good trip for you because you have to be prepared for hard work .
Counterclaim
Adequate
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if you like to have fun and enjoy yourself than this would be great for you
Claim
Adequate
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you can find time to have fun on board,especially on return trips after the animals have been unloaded. The cowboys play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped pass the time.
Evidence
Adequate
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No, FACE is not created by aliens. as a person who works for nasa face is not created by aliens
Lead
Ineffective
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i say this because Face is a naural landform found on mars.
Position
Adequate
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if you look at the pictures you can find that the imagae is getting clearer and clearer.
Evidence
Ineffective
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At first NASA thought it was just a martian mesa that made it look like a eygptian pharoah
Claim
Adequate
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Afer a couple days had past we unveild the image wo the whole would could see the photo. When the image was seen by people the caption under image was " It ewsembles a human head, with eyes, nose, and mouth.''
Evidence
Adequate
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Have you even seen an image that it looks like a person? Well, that's what we found on Mars. After a few years had past on April 5, 1998, Michael Mailen and his Mars Orbiter Camera got a picture ten times better from before. When the picture was uploaded a website it was revealing a natural land form and no alien monument after all
Evidence
Adequate
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Since the image was uploaded not everyone was satisfied. Skeptics, still beleve that alien was hiddenby haze.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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To prove skepicts wrong MGS went for a second look. When they went they captured an extraordinary picture of ''Face'' for the second time.
Evidence
Adequate
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Finally I can say that ''Face on Mars'' was not created by aliens
Rebuttal
Adequate
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The image actually shows that the Martian qquivalent of a buttle or mesa which a common around the America West.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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There are many questions about the mystery of the "Face on Mars." The article states that the picture of the Face is " the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West." More information about the "Face on Mars" is in the following statements.
Lead
Adequate
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It has been scientifically proven that the Face is nothing more than a rocky landform.
Position
Adequate
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Although it may seem to be formed my aliens, the Face truly is just a natural rock formation.
Claim
Adequate
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There is no actual evidence of life on other planets. Why assume that just by a mesa? The Face is made up of shadows. You too can probably make shadows that look like something it is not.
Evidence
Adequate
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NASA has taken photos at different pixel sizes. Not everyone agrees with NASA's statement because they truly believe that NASA is hiding information from them
Claim
Adequate
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Talk about the Face began after some people decided that it would be a "good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." Afterwards, many conversations and arguements were about the Face. It became a pop icon once it reached across the nation. Many people paid attention more to what they were watching rather than what they were told by NASA, the people with the facts.
Evidence
Adequate
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Conspiracy theorists began saying that NASA was holding out on them by not saying the complete truth about their discovery
Counterclaim
Adequate
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Scientists still held onto their beliefs and avoided correction by a few simple facts.
Rebuttal
Ineffective
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The time that the first picture was taken could have been a perfect time that the sun was creating a shadow. I believe that the Face is just shadows that are made by indents on Mars
Evidence
Adequate
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You would need to have more than pictures of a rock formation to support your theories on whether or not alien-life does exist or not. More goes into a theory if you can support it with proper evidence.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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In 1976 something very strange was found by the Viking 1 spacecraft. It appeared to be a face on the surface of the planet Mars. With this discovery NASA scientists took further investigations into what this picture could actually be. The scientists looked at the picture and determined that it was not a face only a mesa that looked like a face because shadows were casted onto it.
Lead
Adequate
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NASA realeased this picture to the public saying that this was not a face on Mars only a mesa.
Claim
Adequate
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This attracted the publics attention and it became a huge pop icon that appeared in books,magazinse,radio talk shows,and even in grocery store isles for Twenty-Five years.
Evidence
Ineffective
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Many conspiracy theorists thought that this could actually be evidence of life on Mars
Counterclaim
Adequate
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But if this was true why would NASA not realease it to get a huge government grant to try and develope a way to send people to Mars to explore.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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On April 5,1998 Eightteen years after the Viking 1 and 2 were shut down the Mars Orbiter Camera came into orbit range of Mars and started taking pictures. The team of scientists espiecially focused on getting a picture of the face so they could reveal to public that there was indeed no face on Mars.
Evidence
Adequate
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The picture came back alot more clear and showed that there was no face on Mars therefore stating that there was no ancient civilization that NASA was hiding.
Claim
Adequate
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On April 8,2001 Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough to take another picture of the face,And this time the scientists angled it perfectly so they had the best possible picture to stop all the non-sense about the face on Mars. They took the picture and enhanced it three times the size.
Evidence
Adequate
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This picture was released to public and it showed that the "Face" was actually a martian equivalent of a mesa.
Claim
Adequate
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In conclusion there was no actually face on Mars,And the entire time it was only a landform which there are very many of on the entire planet of Mars.
Position
Adequate
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In my opinion, Im against of the value of using technology to read students emotional expresses.
Position
Adequate
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Not every student wants another person nor even technology to know what their emotions are.
Claim
Adequate
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852FFC3A2437
I believe all people go threw something in life and that they just want to keep that something a secret. I also believe that in life we have to go threw a path on our own ; there would be sacrifice , tears and smiles but its apart of growing up and facing reality. Not everyone gets the same amount of help as the other person. Some people just need their worth to try living on their own. A bunch of students dont have a mom , dad or they dont even have both. Some student live their lifes without parents , who will they be able to trust ? In this article , I believe other people like this idea that their willing to help people out but some people rather just face their problems on their own.
Evidence
Adequate
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Dont get me wrong though . Its quiet an amazing work for actresses that are willing to improve their acting skills; It has quiet pontiental that they invented a 3-D computer to identify mixed emotions.
Counterclaim
Ineffective
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I believe that the Facial Action Coding Sydtem could work.
Position
Adequate
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From what I read, it is pretty high tech and they know what they are doing. If they ad these to classrooms to tell how boring or fun they are and how to make them better I think some kids would actually want to go to class.
Evidence
Adequate
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There are three things I think really make this possible,and they are muscle scanning
Claim
Adequate
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used for interigation
Claim
Adequate
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making class better.
Claim
Adequate
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The muscles in faces can really tell the actual expression of an individual or even an entire class.
Claim
Adequate
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In paragraph 3, line 2, the author says, "All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." This means it uses 44 different muscles in the face to figure out someones emotions. This can be very accurate it seems like, if you have an investigation and you have 44 pieces of evidence, how likely are you going to be right? Very likely.
Evidence
Adequate
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That brings me to my next example, interigation.
Claim
Adequate
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imagine you have 8 people who have been caught and there was a murder. If you ask all 8 of them I garantee you will figure out who murdered the person. In paragraph 7, line 12, the text states, "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."
Evidence
Adequate
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This can tell you if a person is lying or not, along with a couple other factors.
Claim
Adequate
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Lets say someone is being asked a couple questions, if they asked the person if he broke into a house recently they can tell if his stress levels are high.
Evidence
Ineffective
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Then we can also make class better with this facial scan.
Claim
Adequate
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If they put this into a classroom more kids would want to go to class because it can make class better.
Evidence
Adequate
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But it can also have some down sides.
Counterclaim
Adequate
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Some teachers might use it to be more serious and less fun. Then kids wouldn't want to go to school and just stay home. But if the classroom is more fun and less stressful the kids won't learn as much
Evidence
Adequate
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In paragraph 6 line, the texts says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" this means they can have
Evidence
Adequate
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the computer tell them what they are doing wrong and change it to where the classroom is fun but you also get alot of learning in.
Rebuttal
Adequate
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This is why I think it could work. this is a very smart idea for the future and I think that most people would like this idea too. It can really change the future and these are three ways I think its a good idea.
Concluding Statement
Adequate
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Our solar system revolves around many different planets, one being Venus. There are many people who study each and every one of the planets in our atmosphere, from the distance it is from us, to the gravitational pull, to its velocity, etc. To have a better understanding of each planet, technology has helped immensly as well as going into space and seeing everything for ourselves in person.
Lead
Adequate
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Being an explorer in space comes with both good and bad things. For example, as stated in the passage, "no spacecraft has yet to survive the landing or visit to Venus." Many people may not find this as a huge issue due to the fact we humans aren't necessarily built as spacecrafts, and of course I agree, but in my opinion that is still a risk. Another con is that Venus is the hottest planet, although Mercury is closer to the sun
Evidence
Adequate
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as the author mentioned in Paragraph 3, Venus can be deadly due to the pressure and heat it holds.
Claim
Adequate
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As everything else in life, there can be a good outcome. I believe learning about what is surrounding us outside of Earth is very important. Not only will we be infromed, but there has been said that there was life in Venus almost as much as we have on Earth, they don't call Venus "Earth's twin" for simply no reason
Evidence
Adequate
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I strongly believe that we're closer to a better future each and everyday that goes by, scientists, geologists, etc all try to capture some sort of new information that can possibly help our future in a good and positive matter.
Claim
Adequate
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In conclusion, all the information the author of this passage provided me with gave me a better understanding on whether or not it's worth it to continue trying to discover more about this similar planet to Earth
Evidence
Ineffective
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8555ED31A266
From what I read, I can intake that yes it can be dangerous as I stated in the second paragraph, it can risk lives, but at the same time life is full of risks. It's important to me as well as I'm sure it is to others, to know if there can be another life somewhere completely different and that not being a state or country by any means, it's literally a different planet. Therefore, traveling outside of Earth is a huge challenge, but fear shouldn't stop us from gaining such innovation for our future.
Position
Adequate
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The advantages of limiting car usage
Position
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less pollution
Claim
Adequate
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less traffic,
Claim
Adequate
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less money involved
Claim
Adequate
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For example, in the German suburbs, large garages that are at the end of development where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. So cut down cost on that Germany people have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. That doesn't mean that car ownership is not aloud but there is only two places to park, large garages and homes
Evidence
Adequate
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This cuts down on money costs for Germany by a long shot
Claim
Adequate
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Although citics may say that it will be difficult for people to get around
Counterclaim
Adequate
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it stands that people are just happier this way. For example, Heidrum Walter is a media trainer and a mother of two says, "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."
Rebuttal
Adequate
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In Paris, they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city, after days of near-record pollution.
Claim
Adequate
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Motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Same for the odd-numbered plates the following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. Which is an effective way to lessen pollution in Paris since it is so polluted in the first place. They also said it was easier to imagine than a car-free Champs-Elysees. Doing this got them great results as well, congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after five days of intensifying smog, which is rivaled by Beijing, China for being known as one fo the most polluted cities in the world. The smog was cleared enough on Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
Evidence
Adequate
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In Bogota, Colombia millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day. Which left the Colombian streets devoid of traffic jams.
Evidence
Adequate
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Traffic jams are pretty annoying and no one wants to go through them so making up a day like this is extremely good for the environment and for your phyci as well
Claim
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, it is important to know that all of these things these countries are doing are for the good of the world. It is good that it is more of a mandatory participation then a optional objective so that people won't take global warming seriously even though it is.
Concluding Statement
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The challenge of exploring venus is so one knows what is there. Pluse no one knows anything about it soneone would have to go. Then agian it would take forver to get there and there whould be no air maybe bc its in space.
Lead
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