tasksource/argument-feedback · Datasets at Hugging Face

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0dee1a96a542	FBDEE9B13087	Autonomous cars would also be more efficient.	Claim	Effective
4b108de29278	FBDEE9B13087	An autonomous car would be safer than a human driven car because a computer program cannot be distracted by its passengers or get angry at someone's poor driving because a computer doesn't think emotionally, but rather logically, making the computer driver safer. Google has been test driving partial-autonomous cars in certain conditions for 7 years and has so far had no crashes.	Evidence	Adequate
6ac66b113749	FBDEE9B13087	According to Google cofounder Sergey Brin, autonomous cars would be twice as fuel efficient as today's taxis and buses. With more fuel efficient cars, pollution due to carbon dioxide emmisions will drastically decrease. Fuel efficient cars also help the American economy because if cars are using half as much gasoline, then we only have to import half as much oil, which will save us money as a country.	Evidence	Adequate
476dfdef89a6	FBDEE9B13087	Autonomous vehicles would save lives and money. With a computer at the wheel, cars could find the most efficient and safe route to almost any destination. Greenhouse gas emmisions would be reduced, therefore making our planet a better place to be.	Concluding Statement	Effective
afbe19759d0c	FBE13E9A446C	Although many could argue that the Electoral College is a fair system of deciding the president, far too many people consider it non-democratic and unefficient for it it continue being our way of electing our leader.	Lead	Adequate
947c1151e3af	FBE13E9A446C	A new system of election must be created to make up for the pitfalls that are inevitable in the Electoral College. A country that is supposed to be a democracy does not have the voting system that such a proud democracy deserves.	Position	Effective
ac6d047881d2	FBE13E9A446C	Defenders of the College may say that the possibility of a tie is very low or that the electors chosen are confirmed not to betray the wants of the voters,	Counterclaim	Effective
ccab74eb5e86	FBE13E9A446C	but just because the possibility is low does not mean you can simply allow the flaws in the voting system to exist. A small hole in a fabric can only grow bigger, and the same goes for our electoral college.	Rebuttal	Effective
70f37bb8fb9d	FBE13E9A446C	If we can't repair or replace the fabric that is our Electoral College, soon there will be problems too big for us to deal with in our current state. The electoral voters may keep the public in mind for now, but there have already been cases where electoral voters put their own wants ahead of the public.	Evidence	Effective
23fdf4a1251a	FBE13E9A446C	One thing that the Electoral College does not promote is the power in the hands of the people. Although people can vote for whatever candidate they want, the elector is the real deciding hand in the process of picking our president.	Claim	Effective
7aa42b1d2921	FBE13E9A446C	If one wanted to, an elector can completely disregard the decision of the voters and choose who they want. Considering the ratio of electors in some states to people, it seems completely non-democratic for the votes of some to be more important than the wants of the common people. Some start to feel that they shouldn't vote because their one vote wouldn't have the power to change anything, and wouldn't even ensure the election of the president they want. Another thing that lowers the morale is the absence of candidates in states that can't be won very easily. If a candidate is pretty sure he can't win over a state, he won't visit it because it wouldn't be worth his time. He also wil prioritize large states over small ones because they have more electoral votes. All of these can make a state or person feel as if the election isn't really in their hands, and when people feel like their vote doesn't matter, they don't vote.	Evidence	Effective
dba6369cd4ab	FBE13E9A446C	Besides the power it takes away from the common man, some could say that the system itself is very inefficient compared to what it could be. Even though it has a very low possibility, the fact is that a tie is possible due to the electoral college having an even number of votes.	Claim	Effective
824b2fc95fa1	FBE13E9A446C	It would then go to the House of Representatives, who might not even have the want of the people in mind. Since most of the time Congress has a party that makes up a majority of it, it would be very unfair to allow them to pick the president. It's also possible that even if a majority of the people vote for a president, the electoral votes elect the other candidate instead, like what happened to Al Gore in 2000. An election like this just has too many holes and pitfalls to be efficient. The holes need to be repaired before we can actually use this as our primary way to select a president, or else we're setting ourselves up to have problems in the future.	Evidence	Effective
67c415b7d24c	FBE13E9A446C	The Electoral College may be functional, but is largely inefficient and is not in the best interest of the common people. The vote for a candidate is not even in the hands in the people, but rather a minority of chosen electors. In a country that prides itself on the power the people have, and the control they have on how their country is run, the people have surprisingly less influence than you would think. We as a people need to speak up against the overrated system that is the Electoral College, and develop a system that fits the needs of a true democracy like America should be.	Concluding Statement	Effective
f7c3cfbd1541	FBE4AAD08E49	Do you really believe the face on mars was made by an alien? Well my name is Sydney, and im a scientist here at NASA.Im here to tell you the truth about the ¨Face on Mars.¨ Lets begin by telling you the how the face on mars was discovered.	Lead	Adequate
8609c8b83bde	FBE4AAD08E49	In 1976 ¨Vikings 1 spacecraft was snapping photos for possiable landing sites for Vikings spacecraft 2,when a human face appeared¨At first scientist like myself thought it was another Martian mesa,but something was different about this one. There was an odd ¨shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.¨	Evidence	Adequate
2ecc6f3aa8b3	FBE4AAD08E49	NASA took the image and unveiled it for the whole world to see. Once the world saw this image people went crazy over it. The ¨Face on Mars¨ was in ¨movies,magazines,radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery stroe checkout lines.¨ But then people started taking it to far and coming up with there own ideas	Evidence	Adequate
cfb27ab3222b	FBE4AAD08E49	People started to say it came from aliens,I know how crazy.	Claim	Ineffective
ab51ef0dbf95	FBE4AAD08E49	Some scientist at NASA even started to believe what the people were saying	Claim	Ineffective
a1bc695ae052	FBE4AAD08E49	Then NASA decided to go up to mars to get another picture of it 18 years later. They said it was important to taxpayers. ¨On April 5,1998, When Mars Global surveyor got over there his team snapped 10 pictures of the face.¨	Evidence	Adequate
34feb4f9ad26	FBE4AAD08E49	When the pictured was taken it was ten times sharper than the Vikings picture. So when the picture appeared on the JPL website,it revealed a natural land form. So After all it was not an alien monument. But wait were not done yet	Evidence	Adequate
f1fcaf3a3462	FBE4AAD08E49	People were not satisfied because they said the picture was taken at the wrong angle and on a winter day which was cloudy.	Claim	Adequate
2a170ba56de7	FBE4AAD08E49	Then on April 8,2001 on a summer day and no clouds,Mars Global Surveyor was close enough for a second look. With the teams camera they captured an extraortdinary photo. With this picture you can blow it up three times bigger to see what it really is	Evidence	Adequate
88a7a9ba73b0	FBE4AAD08E49	The team blew it up and showed it was a butte or mesa landform,most commonly found around the American West.	Claim	Adequate
661bd5e31ddc	FBE4AAD08E49	During all of this I have learned that what looks to be a face was actually a landform	Position	Adequate
eb3c480f214a	FBE4AAD08E49	The Face on Mars turned out to be neat because it got used in movies,and ect. It also led people imagineation to think that well maybe there was life on mars before us. So next time what you see can look like something, but turn into something way different.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
5046816159a4	FC1E77760D5F	If you're going to make a claim about something you must first have evidence to back-up that claim or it can't be taken as fact, but it doesn't make it untrue or true until there is evidence proving it. Instead of following what you think is true, which is based on opinion because you have no evidence, follow where the evidence leads because you will discover things that you have never knew before.	Lead	Ineffective
179f745b78d0	FC1E77760D5F	If someone is arguing that the face was created by aliens they will need evidence to prove that.	Claim	Adequate
958061659eff	FC1E77760D5F	But NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, according to paragraph 1 wasn't taking pictures that were as sharp as "Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) that snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos in paragraph 7, revealing a natural landform other than an alien monument	Evidence	Adequate
ae0fbf185b47	FC1E77760D5F	but it sure is possible that those pictures could've been covered up and are designed to look like natural land forms, as the conspiracy theorists are claiming because how could you possibly know what they did to the photos before releasing them to the public?	Counterclaim	Adequate
497e00ceb39c	FC1E77760D5F	But you will need evidence to prove that.	Rebuttal	Adequate
75f2b2875b53	FC1E77760D5F	In paragraph 10 the Mars Global Surveyor took another photo revealing a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American-West according to NASA	Evidence	Adequate
001747418183	FC1E77760D5F	but again how can you take that for literal truth?	Counterclaim	Ineffective
b40087f30495	FC39D2688C50	Isn't our country a great country to be looked upon by the world? But how could this greatness continue, if the higher authority will not to teach children to help society? Before all its power The United States of America has encountered so many things, it's the adult's job to teach the children of the future to not make the same mistakes and do what is right.	Lead	Adequate
4125a38c8e44	FC39D2688C50	Community service will be an amazing start, with this children will be responsible, grow into a better person, and become great leaders.	Position	Adequate
83c9fec362d0	FC39D2688C50	First lets talk about them being responsible.	Claim	Adequate
c96a532c3bb1	FC39D2688C50	Everyone knows how kids act- cause their kids, they don't know how things work, because they are still getting the in the use of things. With community service kids will become responsible, because kids would know that someone or something relies on them, not just kid's X-box or Wii. As a principal wouldn't it be a honor to receive word that your school is the best school, due to the students doing a great job! Yes it would, so start opening your mind to the possibilities of children may become really responsible thanks to you.	Evidence	Adequate
8e2b60d484e3	FC39D2688C50	Next, thanks to community service about 8 out of 10 kids become grow into a better person	Claim	Adequate
c3289af4d857	FC39D2688C50	Tired of children loosing it and breaking into fights, leaving trash or breaking the rules? It is very tiring, but thanks to community service all of your problems could go away! Isn't it better to hear student's say that they helped the city pick up litter, rather than making the litter? Now you see that if students are forced to do community service kids will not only help themselves, but help the school the district and eventually the world.	Evidence	Adequate
b5367e2add0f	FC39D2688C50	Lastly, with community service students will become great leade	Claim	Adequate
82669cea7d3a	FC39D2688C50	Our founding fathers did not start leading the nation immediately, no they had to start form the beginning slowly climbing their way to the top. So that's what the principal must do. Community service will be kid's stepping stone on the way to success, think about the possibilities, won't it make the school proud if they knew that because of them, the old school bully because of community service, grew into the senator of California?	Evidence	Adequate
d33855fb3463	FC39D2688C50	Now that you have seen community service from different points of views, you should now consider community service in your school.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
1a59a76b17c6	FC44783E32EE	I personally think that for once in a lifetime America and when I say America I mean the people of our nation should be able to elect presidents of the United States by popular votes	Position	Adequate
3a4650598ced	FC44783E32EE	I know some of you is questioning yourselves why would i say something like that and that reason is because I know there's people arguing here in our society about their beliefs in why one person should become president and another arguing why one should become president.	Claim	Ineffective
a31103c7a6e9	FC44783E32EE	In the passage it reads under the 23rd ammendment of the constitution the district of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral Ccllege. But if you ask me me I'll be saying and asking you or in other words the congress why do you guys have to go through all of this just to get to a president election and have a president of the United States .It's just some things the world have gone though are totally dramatic and this is the very first thing a person's going to say "the world's a very corrupt place nowadays"but in my eyes i say that the world can become a better place if the people cooperate togather and stop trying to always slice eachother's throats about a stupid reasoning over a dumb presidential election that the house of representatives have put togather and now they want to act as if they had no par-take in the action going on. So I think the people on our own should be able to vote fo rour own president and not have congress put in there who they think is fit for the position of being president. I state this because the one who always look peaches and cream aint always sugar they say things in the campaigns to get us americans on either sides but when we vote for that one who said he going to stop this and that and then when he get in the chair of being president,they don't do nothing at all	Evidence	Ineffective
1c30ab5ab556	FC44783E32EE	So i say let America vote for it's own presidency and not the people.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
dc1f51ee21a2	FC481B7DC611	How was the Face on Mars created? The face on Mars was created, because it is a mesa, meaning no alien created it. Many scientist believed it was an alien artifact, even though there weren't any facts given about it.	Lead	Adequate
f03903501e20	FC481B7DC611	The Face on Mars is a natural landform.	Position	Adequate
354c0316268c	FC481B7DC611	On April 5, 1998 a team of men snapped a photograph ten times sharper than the one the Viking took. Once the photo was uploaded many people were unhappy. The people still believed it still had something to do with the aliens because of where it was located	Evidence	Adequate
258d6d2e63ad	FC481B7DC611	The Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, giving them a reason to believe it was an alien artifact.	Claim	Ineffective
ecf85dc1109d	FC481B7DC611	The Face on Mar became a pop icon. "It starred in a Hollywood fim, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!"	Evidence	Adequate
9daa3f6fd3ef	FC481B7DC611	The Face on Mars became famous because many people believed it was an alien artifact and didn't know the truth.	Claim	Adequate
d9b1c4c9c548	FC481B7DC611	The Face on Mars has nothing to do with aliens, it is a natural landform, also know as a butte or mesa	Claim	Adequate
e4c5e0680388	FC481B7DC611	The Face on Mars was never an alien monument, even though many people just believed it was. It became famous for it, an once people found out the truth then weren't satified with it.	Evidence	Ineffective
d65c83c50659	FC481B7DC611	The Face on Mars was finally unmasked. Everyone found out the truth and dealt with it, even though most weren't satified about it. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and has nothing to do with aliens.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
d07c24b76a7f	FC79A84D783B	The Electoral College has its pros and cons. Either keeping the Electoral College or changing it to election by popular vote for the presidents of the U.S. will have its disadvantages and advantages of course	Lead	Adequate
79abbb3961e2	FC79A84D783B	So, why keep it if the people don't actually pick the president?	Position	Adequate
a25719be46e8	FC79A84D783B	One of the reasons why the Electoral College should be changed is because its not Democratic.	Claim	Adequate
93286050f83a	FC79A84D783B	The voters don't vote for the president, they actually vote for a slate of electors who are the ones who elect the president. "Because of the winner-take all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states" - by Bradford Plumer. Its not fair that some states won't even have a saying in choosing the president. Everyone should have a saying even if the candidates in the winner-take all system don't want to spend their time. We live in a democratic country we should be allowed to choose the persident instead of the Electoral College. Its unfair and irrational that the electors choose the president instead of the people.	Evidence	Adequate
512c713df145	FC79A84D783B	The Electoral College does help the elections avoid Run-Off Elections. Larger states will always get more attention in a campaign than a small state. This is because larger states have a bigger population than small states."The most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election". -by Richard A. Posner.	Counterclaim	Adequate
070041f3bd35	FC79A84D783B	Just because not everyone pays close attention to the competing campaign. It doesn't been they shouldn't be treated differently than the ones who do. Everyone should be treated equally no matter what there opinion or choice is.	Rebuttal	Adequate
ad4656bbeb30	FC79A84D783B	My opinion about if we should keep or change the Electoral College is biased. I don't think we should keep or even change it for the president to be elected by a populr vote. The electoral college helps weight the political balance in large states. It also doesn't allow the people to vote for the president. Either way i would be fine with whatever decision happens to the electoral college. I can't chose a way to argue about it cause i go both ways with my arguements.	Evidence	Ineffective
f7c5593897f4	FC79A84D783B	In overal the Electoral College has its advantages and disadvantages. It all depends in everyones point of view. People should be treated equally about the decision they made. Let the people be able to choose the president of the United States its a right they have don't take it away from them because it wouldn't be fair to them. We live in a democratic country and the people have the power	Concluding Statement	Adequate
a67e4de74857	FCA226021172	This process doesnt need to make a huge change just some where it can be fair to vote.	Position	Adequate
dc53cf49df87	FCA226021172	As it was stated canidates never spend time with other states and they feel their votes dont really count during the election.	Claim	Adequate
bd83e16da218	FCA226021172	I think it would be better if the canidates would vist every state and talk to them about what changes would be made if theyre the president.	Evidence	Adequate
cc446677e96e	FCA226021172	The state legislatures are more responsible than us as voters so probably our vote doesnt really matter.	Claim	Adequate
5ddac1671258	FCA226021172	Also the elctoral college truly dont pay attention to the problems about the votes and states that dont have a spark of hope that arent effected by the election but in elections it gives the chance as voters to express that political knowledge and background who would be best as our president.	Evidence	Adequate
c7331256510f	FCA226021172	Other than that the other side of the argument is reasonable too. Theyre good outcomes to it like the voter most of them upstate really pay close attention to the election they take all this information on each canidates to know who to vote and they are the most thoughtful during it.	Counterclaim	Adequate
f4b37197fa00	FCA226021172	The Electoral College is not only for the president when you vote its for the elctors so its important to choose the right president.	Evidence	Ineffective
f3e3e4ed74e2	FCA226021172	In Conclusion, its kinda in between on wanting to have it or not like theyre pros and cons on keeping it.	Concluding Statement	Adequate
8ab8877e772f	FCB208A4710C	I am writing to you today to tell you that picking up liter would be a good idea	Lead	Ineffective
016d7913957e	FCB208A4710C	I think that students should do community service	Position	Adequate
4290721a067c	FCB208A4710C	it is good for the community and the country. I think we can all get together and do that to help out our city.	Claim	Adequate
10819094a6c2	FCB208A4710C	But there will be some people that will probably disagree with me. There will be lazy people that will not do it.	Counterclaim	Adequate
1a64c92b5b15	FCB208A4710C	Then there are some that will. So we have to come together and make this happen	Rebuttal	Adequate
80fc3a5bb2b4	FCB208A4710C	And get a group of people in our community and pick up trash on the side of the road or just recycle. And that will make this a better community. For example make a group of people that will pick up trash on the side of the road, and a group that will recycle. And a way that will get the lazy people up is compete against each other and see who does a better job. And at the end the group that gets the most trash picked up or recycled gets a surprise. And the next time we do it the lazy people will probably get up and do it.	Evidence	Adequate
407c7cf1c044	FCB208A4710C	And maybe we can hold like a big carnival or something like that. For them at the end of the contest. And a big mile race to raise money for the community and get better equipment for the job to pick up trash. And we can raise money to build a Community park or a city swimming pool. For the family's of our community. And at the end of the year the team with the most points for the trash pick up and the recycling. will get a surprise for the effort they put.	Evidence	Adequate
4645c38a0ac2	FCB208A4710C	So these are some of my ideas	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
eebc0a71d8fc	FCBD4BC9112B	Missing lecture days can be devastating for a student's course grade, however, some schools are implementing an online alternative. Constant access to previous lectures makes learning much easier and by allowing students to take courses online at home, this solution may resolve the previous issues with the school system. While working at home, students will also be able to work in a comfortable working environment with less classroom distractions	Lead	Effective
c52f65f5780e	FCBD4BC9112B	Students would benefit from being able to take classes from home	Position	Adequate
bc286ad25f89	FCBD4BC9112B	because students will be able to be more flexible with their schedules,	Claim	Adequate
092268b08cd3	FCBD4BC9112B	work in a familiar and comfortable working environment,	Claim	Adequate
80ff843df763	FCBD4BC9112B	students will not fall behind to the same degree of missing a school day.	Claim	Adequate
3b85533d9ccb	FCBD4BC9112B	To begin with, flexible schedules are almost impossible to achieve while continuously attending classes at a desired location every week	Claim	Effective
bbb9c58a9c65	FCBD4BC9112B	Hundreds of colleges in the United States offer online courses to suffice the needs of students who have ludicrous schedules. Offering online classes to students will create space in their schedules leaving more time spent with family and extracurricular activities such as sports, clubs, etc. Many club competitions and sports tournaments interfere with school days ultimately throwing a student behind academically. The flexibility offered with online courses suits the needs of outgoing students who are constantly pressed by extracurricular activities.	Evidence	Effective
29db3217d7ef	FCBD4BC9112B	In addition, working environments are very crucial for students considering the professor may not repeat lectures even if some students were being disruptive	Evidence	Adequate
875805b79cd4	FCBD4BC9112B	Working in a familiar environment such as a bedroom with no distractions allows students to be more attentive to the online tasks at hand.	Claim	Effective
597873d17c15	FCBD4BC9112B	Many jobs in the information technology field allow remote access work from home. Taking this into account, this field of work tends to be extremely stressful but the option of working from home reduces the difficulty of getting projects done significantly. When this same online system is applied to school, the difficulty of getting school work done is also enormously reduced.	Evidence	Effective
2129add2e10b	FCBD4BC9112B	Finally, missing a day in school can be extremely devastating to a student's grade.	Claim	Effective
3836b1147528	FCBD4BC9112B	Adolescents who take a rigorous course load can fall behind as much as a whole unit, which can be taught in one day in advanced courses. The availability of classes online allows a student to review what they missed on the day they were supposed to be at school. Sick days are also roadblocks for students and the online course provides them something to look at while they relax at home. Once a student recovers from their sickness, they will have a general understanding of what they would have learned the day they missed.	Evidence	Effective
2fc301824069	FCBD4BC9112B	In conclusion, online courses benefit students because it can create space in tight schedules, work in a zero distraction zone, and all lectures and notes are available online even when a student could not have made class that day. Online courses solve many problems that make school challenging for current students. Colleges are setting great examples of how to implement online courses that benefit students. Overall, the effect distance learning will have on school will be more advantageous than disadvantageous.	Concluding Statement	Effective
a345a6ab119f	FCD5E2EA7372	I feel that driverless cars could be both a harm and a help to people.	Position	Adequate
3e245856d108	FCD5E2EA7372	What happens if one of those cars goes under a super malfunction or some of its safety units stop working for whatever reason and there is someone or multiple people in that certain car.	Claim	Adequate
1ab09c755cff	FCD5E2EA7372	But, then again they could prone some serious accidents and save a lot of lives	Claim	Adequate
df17ce19e829	FCD5E2EA7372	the passage stated that the car is smart enough to know its limits on what it can and can't do. It also gives off certain signals to the driver such as vibrating seats to notify the driver that the vehicle is about to back into to something and flashing lights on the windshield. It even uses a camera to see that the driver is still alert and focused on the road.	Evidence	Adequate
eed5484646b6	FCD5E2EA7372	So me personally, I wouldn't use a driverless car as an everyday get around car. I'd probably use it to go around the block or make a quick grocery run.	Concluding Statement	Ineffective
eb0591e239ae	FCF5D3ED5218	I think that our school is not helping enough with the less furniture.	Lead	Ineffective
37ccddfad1ad	FCF5D3ED5218	I suggest that all students in the school be required to have to do community service.	Position	Adequate
7208401218da	FCF5D3ED5218	if the students at our school would help those who didn't have as much as they did then they would be more grateful for what they have and maybe think that school is a good thing because of how they could end up without it. Our school would be better if the community liked us more and we can get the community to like us if we help them.	Evidence	Adequate

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Autonomous cars would also be more efficient.

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An autonomous car would be safer than a human driven car because a computer program cannot be distracted by its passengers or get angry at someone's poor driving because a computer doesn't think emotionally, but rather logically, making the computer driver safer. Google has been test driving partial-autonomous cars in certain conditions for 7 years and has so far had no crashes.

Evidence

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According to Google cofounder Sergey Brin, autonomous cars would be twice as fuel efficient as today's taxis and buses. With more fuel efficient cars, pollution due to carbon dioxide emmisions will drastically decrease. Fuel efficient cars also help the American economy because if cars are using half as much gasoline, then we only have to import half as much oil, which will save us money as a country.

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Autonomous vehicles would save lives and money. With a computer at the wheel, cars could find the most efficient and safe route to almost any destination. Greenhouse gas emmisions would be reduced, therefore making our planet a better place to be.

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Although many could argue that the Electoral College is a fair system of deciding the president, far too many people consider it non-democratic and unefficient for it it continue being our way of electing our leader.

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A new system of election must be created to make up for the pitfalls that are inevitable in the Electoral College. A country that is supposed to be a democracy does not have the voting system that such a proud democracy deserves.

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Defenders of the College may say that the possibility of a tie is very low or that the electors chosen are confirmed not to betray the wants of the voters,

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but just because the possibility is low does not mean you can simply allow the flaws in the voting system to exist. A small hole in a fabric can only grow bigger, and the same goes for our electoral college.

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If we can't repair or replace the fabric that is our Electoral College, soon there will be problems too big for us to deal with in our current state. The electoral voters may keep the public in mind for now, but there have already been cases where electoral voters put their own wants ahead of the public.

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One thing that the Electoral College does not promote is the power in the hands of the people. Although people can vote for whatever candidate they want, the elector is the real deciding hand in the process of picking our president.

Claim

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If one wanted to, an elector can completely disregard the decision of the voters and choose who they want. Considering the ratio of electors in some states to people, it seems completely non-democratic for the votes of some to be more important than the wants of the common people. Some start to feel that they shouldn't vote because their one vote wouldn't have the power to change anything, and wouldn't even ensure the election of the president they want. Another thing that lowers the morale is the absence of candidates in states that can't be won very easily. If a candidate is pretty sure he can't win over a state, he won't visit it because it wouldn't be worth his time. He also wil prioritize large states over small ones because they have more electoral votes. All of these can make a state or person feel as if the election isn't really in their hands, and when people feel like their vote doesn't matter, they don't vote.

Evidence

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Besides the power it takes away from the common man, some could say that the system itself is very inefficient compared to what it could be. Even though it has a very low possibility, the fact is that a tie is possible due to the electoral college having an even number of votes.

Claim

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It would then go to the House of Representatives, who might not even have the want of the people in mind. Since most of the time Congress has a party that makes up a majority of it, it would be very unfair to allow them to pick the president. It's also possible that even if a majority of the people vote for a president, the electoral votes elect the other candidate instead, like what happened to Al Gore in 2000. An election like this just has too many holes and pitfalls to be efficient. The holes need to be repaired before we can actually use this as our primary way to select a president, or else we're setting ourselves up to have problems in the future.

Evidence

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The Electoral College may be functional, but is largely inefficient and is not in the best interest of the common people. The vote for a candidate is not even in the hands in the people, but rather a minority of chosen electors. In a country that prides itself on the power the people have, and the control they have on how their country is run, the people have surprisingly less influence than you would think. We as a people need to speak up against the overrated system that is the Electoral College, and develop a system that fits the needs of a true democracy like America should be.

Concluding Statement

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Do you really believe the face on mars was made by an alien? Well my name is Sydney, and im a scientist here at NASA.Im here to tell you the truth about the ¨Face on Mars.¨ Lets begin by telling you the how the face on mars was discovered.

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In 1976 ¨Vikings 1 spacecraft was snapping photos for possiable landing sites for Vikings spacecraft 2,when a human face appeared¨At first scientist like myself thought it was another Martian mesa,but something was different about this one. There was an odd ¨shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.¨

Evidence

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NASA took the image and unveiled it for the whole world to see. Once the world saw this image people went crazy over it. The ¨Face on Mars¨ was in ¨movies,magazines,radio talk shows, and even haunted grocery stroe checkout lines.¨ But then people started taking it to far and coming up with there own ideas

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People started to say it came from aliens,I know how crazy.

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Some scientist at NASA even started to believe what the people were saying

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Then NASA decided to go up to mars to get another picture of it 18 years later. They said it was important to taxpayers. ¨On April 5,1998, When Mars Global surveyor got over there his team snapped 10 pictures of the face.¨

Evidence

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When the pictured was taken it was ten times sharper than the Vikings picture. So when the picture appeared on the JPL website,it revealed a natural land form. So After all it was not an alien monument. But wait were not done yet

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People were not satisfied because they said the picture was taken at the wrong angle and on a winter day which was cloudy.

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Then on April 8,2001 on a summer day and no clouds,Mars Global Surveyor was close enough for a second look. With the teams camera they captured an extraortdinary photo. With this picture you can blow it up three times bigger to see what it really is

Evidence

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The team blew it up and showed it was a butte or mesa landform,most commonly found around the American West.

Claim

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During all of this I have learned that what looks to be a face was actually a landform

Position

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The Face on Mars turned out to be neat because it got used in movies,and ect. It also led people imagineation to think that well maybe there was life on mars before us. So next time what you see can look like something, but turn into something way different.

Concluding Statement

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If you're going to make a claim about something you must first have evidence to back-up that claim or it can't be taken as fact, but it doesn't make it untrue or true until there is evidence proving it. Instead of following what you think is true, which is based on opinion because you have no evidence, follow where the evidence leads because you will discover things that you have never knew before.

Lead

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If someone is arguing that the face was created by aliens they will need evidence to prove that.

Claim

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But NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, according to paragraph 1 wasn't taking pictures that were as sharp as "Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) that snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos in paragraph 7, revealing a natural landform other than an alien monument

Evidence

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but it sure is possible that those pictures could've been covered up and are designed to look like natural land forms, as the conspiracy theorists are claiming because how could you possibly know what they did to the photos before releasing them to the public?

Counterclaim

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But you will need evidence to prove that.

Rebuttal

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In paragraph 10 the Mars Global Surveyor took another photo revealing a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American-West according to NASA

Evidence

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but again how can you take that for literal truth?

Counterclaim

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Isn't our country a great country to be looked upon by the world? But how could this greatness continue, if the higher authority will not to teach children to help society? Before all its power The United States of America has encountered so many things, it's the adult's job to teach the children of the future to not make the same mistakes and do what is right.

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Community service will be an amazing start, with this children will be responsible, grow into a better person, and become great leaders.

Position

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First lets talk about them being responsible.

Claim

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Everyone knows how kids act- cause their kids, they don't know how things work, because they are still getting the in the use of things. With community service kids will become responsible, because kids would know that someone or something relies on them, not just kid's X-box or Wii. As a principal wouldn't it be a honor to receive word that your school is the best school, due to the students doing a great job! Yes it would, so start opening your mind to the possibilities of children may become really responsible thanks to you.

Evidence

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Next, thanks to community service about 8 out of 10 kids become grow into a better person

Claim

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Tired of children loosing it and breaking into fights, leaving trash or breaking the rules? It is very tiring, but thanks to community service all of your problems could go away! Isn't it better to hear student's say that they helped the city pick up litter, rather than making the litter? Now you see that if students are forced to do community service kids will not only help themselves, but help the school the district and eventually the world.

Evidence

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Lastly, with community service students will become great leade

Claim

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Our founding fathers did not start leading the nation immediately, no they had to start form the beginning slowly climbing their way to the top. So that's what the principal must do. Community service will be kid's stepping stone on the way to success, think about the possibilities, won't it make the school proud if they knew that because of them, the old school bully because of community service, grew into the senator of California?

Evidence

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Now that you have seen community service from different points of views, you should now consider community service in your school.

Concluding Statement

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I personally think that for once in a lifetime America and when I say America I mean the people of our nation should be able to elect presidents of the United States by popular votes

Position

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I know some of you is questioning yourselves why would i say something like that and that reason is because I know there's people arguing here in our society about their beliefs in why one person should become president and another arguing why one should become president.

Claim

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In the passage it reads under the 23rd ammendment of the constitution the district of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral Ccllege. But if you ask me me I'll be saying and asking you or in other words the congress why do you guys have to go through all of this just to get to a president election and have a president of the United States .It's just some things the world have gone though are totally dramatic and this is the very first thing a person's going to say "the world's a very corrupt place nowadays"but in my eyes i say that the world can become a better place if the people cooperate togather and stop trying to always slice eachother's throats about a stupid reasoning over a dumb presidential election that the house of representatives have put togather and now they want to act as if they had no par-take in the action going on. So I think the people on our own should be able to vote fo rour own president and not have congress put in there who they think is fit for the position of being president. I state this because the one who always look peaches and cream aint always sugar they say things in the campaigns to get us americans on either sides but when we vote for that one who said he going to stop this and that and then when he get in the chair of being president,they don't do nothing at all

Evidence

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So i say let America vote for it's own presidency and not the people.

Concluding Statement

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How was the Face on Mars created? The face on Mars was created, because it is a mesa, meaning no alien created it. Many scientist believed it was an alien artifact, even though there weren't any facts given about it.

Lead

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The Face on Mars is a natural landform.

Position

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On April 5, 1998 a team of men snapped a photograph ten times sharper than the one the Viking took. Once the photo was uploaded many people were unhappy. The people still believed it still had something to do with the aliens because of where it was located

Evidence

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The Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, giving them a reason to believe it was an alien artifact.

Claim

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The Face on Mar became a pop icon. "It starred in a Hollywood fim, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!"

Evidence

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The Face on Mars became famous because many people believed it was an alien artifact and didn't know the truth.

Claim

Adequate

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The Face on Mars has nothing to do with aliens, it is a natural landform, also know as a butte or mesa

Claim

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The Face on Mars was never an alien monument, even though many people just believed it was. It became famous for it, an once people found out the truth then weren't satified with it.

Evidence

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The Face on Mars was finally unmasked. Everyone found out the truth and dealt with it, even though most weren't satified about it. The Face on Mars is a natural landform and has nothing to do with aliens.

Concluding Statement

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The Electoral College has its pros and cons. Either keeping the Electoral College or changing it to election by popular vote for the presidents of the U.S. will have its disadvantages and advantages of course

Lead

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So, why keep it if the people don't actually pick the president?

Position

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One of the reasons why the Electoral College should be changed is because its not Democratic.

Claim

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The voters don't vote for the president, they actually vote for a slate of electors who are the ones who elect the president. "Because of the winner-take all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states" - by Bradford Plumer. Its not fair that some states won't even have a saying in choosing the president. Everyone should have a saying even if the candidates in the winner-take all system don't want to spend their time. We live in a democratic country we should be allowed to choose the persident instead of the Electoral College. Its unfair and irrational that the electors choose the president instead of the people.

Evidence

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The Electoral College does help the elections avoid Run-Off Elections. Larger states will always get more attention in a campaign than a small state. This is because larger states have a bigger population than small states."The most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election". -by Richard A. Posner.

Counterclaim

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Just because not everyone pays close attention to the competing campaign. It doesn't been they shouldn't be treated differently than the ones who do. Everyone should be treated equally no matter what there opinion or choice is.

Rebuttal

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My opinion about if we should keep or change the Electoral College is biased. I don't think we should keep or even change it for the president to be elected by a populr vote. The electoral college helps weight the political balance in large states. It also doesn't allow the people to vote for the president. Either way i would be fine with whatever decision happens to the electoral college. I can't chose a way to argue about it cause i go both ways with my arguements.

Evidence

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In overal the Electoral College has its advantages and disadvantages. It all depends in everyones point of view. People should be treated equally about the decision they made. Let the people be able to choose the president of the United States its a right they have don't take it away from them because it wouldn't be fair to them. We live in a democratic country and the people have the power

Concluding Statement

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This process doesnt need to make a huge change just some where it can be fair to vote.

Position

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As it was stated canidates never spend time with other states and they feel their votes dont really count during the election.

Claim

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I think it would be better if the canidates would vist every state and talk to them about what changes would be made if theyre the president.

Evidence

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The state legislatures are more responsible than us as voters so probably our vote doesnt really matter.

Claim

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Also the elctoral college truly dont pay attention to the problems about the votes and states that dont have a spark of hope that arent effected by the election but in elections it gives the chance as voters to express that political knowledge and background who would be best as our president.

Evidence

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Other than that the other side of the argument is reasonable too. Theyre good outcomes to it like the voter most of them upstate really pay close attention to the election they take all this information on each canidates to know who to vote and they are the most thoughtful during it.

Counterclaim

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The Electoral College is not only for the president when you vote its for the elctors so its important to choose the right president.

Evidence

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In Conclusion, its kinda in between on wanting to have it or not like theyre pros and cons on keeping it.

Concluding Statement

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I am writing to you today to tell you that picking up liter would be a good idea

Lead

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I think that students should do community service

Position

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it is good for the community and the country. I think we can all get together and do that to help out our city.

Claim

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But there will be some people that will probably disagree with me. There will be lazy people that will not do it.

Counterclaim

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Then there are some that will. So we have to come together and make this happen

Rebuttal

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And get a group of people in our community and pick up trash on the side of the road or just recycle. And that will make this a better community. For example make a group of people that will pick up trash on the side of the road, and a group that will recycle. And a way that will get the lazy people up is compete against each other and see who does a better job. And at the end the group that gets the most trash picked up or recycled gets a surprise. And the next time we do it the lazy people will probably get up and do it.

Evidence

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And maybe we can hold like a big carnival or something like that. For them at the end of the contest. And a big mile race to raise money for the community and get better equipment for the job to pick up trash. And we can raise money to build a Community park or a city swimming pool. For the family's of our community. And at the end of the year the team with the most points for the trash pick up and the recycling. will get a surprise for the effort they put.

Evidence

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So these are some of my ideas

Concluding Statement

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Missing lecture days can be devastating for a student's course grade, however, some schools are implementing an online alternative. Constant access to previous lectures makes learning much easier and by allowing students to take courses online at home, this solution may resolve the previous issues with the school system. While working at home, students will also be able to work in a comfortable working environment with less classroom distractions

Lead

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Students would benefit from being able to take classes from home

Position

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because students will be able to be more flexible with their schedules,

Claim

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work in a familiar and comfortable working environment,

Claim

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students will not fall behind to the same degree of missing a school day.

Claim

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To begin with, flexible schedules are almost impossible to achieve while continuously attending classes at a desired location every week

Claim

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Hundreds of colleges in the United States offer online courses to suffice the needs of students who have ludicrous schedules. Offering online classes to students will create space in their schedules leaving more time spent with family and extracurricular activities such as sports, clubs, etc. Many club competitions and sports tournaments interfere with school days ultimately throwing a student behind academically. The flexibility offered with online courses suits the needs of outgoing students who are constantly pressed by extracurricular activities.

Evidence

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In addition, working environments are very crucial for students considering the professor may not repeat lectures even if some students were being disruptive

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Working in a familiar environment such as a bedroom with no distractions allows students to be more attentive to the online tasks at hand.

Claim

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Many jobs in the information technology field allow remote access work from home. Taking this into account, this field of work tends to be extremely stressful but the option of working from home reduces the difficulty of getting projects done significantly. When this same online system is applied to school, the difficulty of getting school work done is also enormously reduced.

Evidence

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Finally, missing a day in school can be extremely devastating to a student's grade.

Claim

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Adolescents who take a rigorous course load can fall behind as much as a whole unit, which can be taught in one day in advanced courses. The availability of classes online allows a student to review what they missed on the day they were supposed to be at school. Sick days are also roadblocks for students and the online course provides them something to look at while they relax at home. Once a student recovers from their sickness, they will have a general understanding of what they would have learned the day they missed.

Evidence

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In conclusion, online courses benefit students because it can create space in tight schedules, work in a zero distraction zone, and all lectures and notes are available online even when a student could not have made class that day. Online courses solve many problems that make school challenging for current students. Colleges are setting great examples of how to implement online courses that benefit students. Overall, the effect distance learning will have on school will be more advantageous than disadvantageous.

Concluding Statement

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I feel that driverless cars could be both a harm and a help to people.

Position

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What happens if one of those cars goes under a super malfunction or some of its safety units stop working for whatever reason and there is someone or multiple people in that certain car.

Claim

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But, then again they could prone some serious accidents and save a lot of lives

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the passage stated that the car is smart enough to know its limits on what it can and can't do. It also gives off certain signals to the driver such as vibrating seats to notify the driver that the vehicle is about to back into to something and flashing lights on the windshield. It even uses a camera to see that the driver is still alert and focused on the road.

Evidence

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So me personally, I wouldn't use a driverless car as an everyday get around car. I'd probably use it to go around the block or make a quick grocery run.

Concluding Statement

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I think that our school is not helping enough with the less furniture.

Lead

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I suggest that all students in the school be required to have to do community service.

Position

Adequate

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if the students at our school would help those who didn't have as much as they did then they would be more grateful for what they have and maybe think that school is a good thing because of how they could end up without it. Our school would be better if the community liked us more and we can get the community to like us if we help them.

Evidence

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