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Venus is the hottest planet in our solar sytem. It could also be one of the most dangerous planets too. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author thinks its a good idea to strive furter into exploring Venus even with the dangers the planet contains. One of the reasons the author beleives we should keep finding new things about Venus is because it was though to be similar to Earth. Venus and Earth are even called "twins" because they are thought to be so alike. Venus was thought to once be covered in oceans that could have possibly supported life at a point in time. Venus also contains similar things to Earth like valleys, mountains, and craters. The only way we could figure more things out about Venus would be if we cept sending thigs such as rovers to research it and possibly humans one day. Another reason the author thinks we should find more information about Venus is because Venus is one of the closest planets to Earth in our solar system aside from Mars. Venus or Mars would be the next step in our space exploration. If we do send rovers or people to Venus one day, we would need things that could withstand the heat and other chaos that happens on the surface of Venus. The author states that NASA has came up with an idea that contained a blimp-like vehicle that would hover about 30 miles above the surface of Venus that would carry scientists and would allow them to study the surface. The temperatures inside the blimp would be about 170 dagrees Fahrenhet and air pressure that would be close to sea level on Earth. The conditions would be rough, but humans can withstand it. Though Venus is dangerous, that doesnt mean it's not possible for humans or rovers to explore its surface one day. Humans are driven by curiosity that leads us into similar places. If we can make it to the Moon, we can most likely one day make it to Venus and back. If humans were to one day even land on Venus, it would be a giant achivement for the human race.

Are cars even really necessary? Vehicles can cause a lot of damage to our ecosystem. Cars are not a must if wherever you need to go is right outside your door step. Rush hour will cease to exist if cars are not in use. Some advantages may come forth if vehicles were limited. Cars produce pollution that endangers our ecosystem. Countries are taking action in order to save the greenhouses. Paris had enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. According to Robert Duffer, author of "Paris bans driving due to smog" he stated in paragraph 14 "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." Duffer also mentioned that Diesel fuel is responsible for this. Why use a car if you're going down the street? In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal in paragraph 6, Rosenthal mentions that stores are placed a walking distance away rather than near a highway or somewhere you have to use a car to get to. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Other countries are introducing this motive as well. "Vauban (Germany) is an example of a growing trend... to separate suburban life from auto use, as a component of a movement called "smart planning." Nobody is a fan of rush hour. If cars aren't being put to use then rush hour will fail to exist. Andrew Selsky, author of "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" implies "... rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic..."

Using this technology that could read emotional expressions of students is very valuable. Imagine someone acting to be really happy with a big smile in their face, and then actually being upset about something. The article had a lot of possitive points about this technology. A lot of people would say no to this technology because they are getting checked by a computer. Some are also very excited to see if the computer would actually say how they are feeling and their imotions they are feeling. It can calculate how you feel just by constructing your face and seeing how all 44 mucles of your face are. Dr. Huang says "the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expresion." He is trying to say that even when people try to change the way their face acts. The computer may still know how your actual emotions are. These new technology is so amazing because it can even be on your own PC. Scientst have used these technology to in many things. They have used it specially in the famous art work of Leonardo da Vinci's, Mona Lisa. They have found out how she was actually feeling when she was being drawn. These new technology can actually calculate every emotion. Even if it is in the past. All these amazing things about this technology should be valuable in classroom. The students would be able to study new things about how this actually works. How it can make everyone feel better about it. The students actually doing this things with these technology would actually make them a bit happier. This is why this technology that reads expressions should be valuable in a classroom.

Dear TEACHER_NAME, Everyday cell phones save the lives of people. I believe that cell phones are a great piece of technology that we all use in our everyday lives. To me allowing students to bring their phones to school and use them during their free periods is a great idea, As long as the students turn them off while in classes. Phones serve a great variety of helpful communication in our lives. An example of this policy to allow phones in free periods would be such as if a student forgot their homework they might be able to call or text someone to come drop it off for them so their grades do not suffer. Also it would make people less shy and more communicative. If the students agree to this policy of turning phones off turning class time so they are not distracted, there is no way that the phones can cause any harm or distraction to the students. However, if a student is caught with a cell phone on in class or using a cell phone, the punishment should result in a detention and suspension of the phone for the rest of the day. The student could return at the end of the day to receive their phone and detention. Phones help everyone communicate better. With a phone people can easily talk with just a press of a button. Phones in school during free periods would make communication between students much easier and the life of the school much happier. Also if students were allowed to use phones at school, many students would go out and buy new phones which would only help our economy today in the United States. Many students grades drop because of their silliness of forgetting homework and projects somewhere. With a phone in school and being allowed to use your cell phone during a free period many students would be able to get their homework or projects etc. dropped off so they could still get full credit on the assignment. Allowing cell phones in school would increase grade averages in the school which would be very good for the schools reputation. Allowing the policy of cell phones in school during free periods could only help our schools and economy. To not accept this policy would just be an unintelligent mistake. Due top all the great benefits cell phones have to our everyday lives. TEACHER_NAME I really hope you make the right choice and accept this policy. Sincerely, SCHOOL_NAME Student

No Phones Allowed While Driving Today, many people both own and operate cell phones on a daily basis. So much so, that many have developed the tendency to do so while operating a vehicle. This current trend of behavior among drivers has caused a series of debates as to whether or not one should be allowed to use their phone while driving. Due to the many risks that come with a distracted driver. Thus, why drivers should not be allowed to operate cell phones while operating a vehicle. While operating a vehicle, it is important for drivers to stay focused on the road. However, cell phones are one of the most common causes of distracted driving related accidents. (The Most Common Causes of Distracted Driving). According to 4 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Text and Drive by B City of Bryan, "Five seconds is the minimal amount of time your attention is taken away from the road when you're texting and driving." In addition, it generally only takes a driver about five seconds to travel the length of a football field when traveling around 55mph. This means that when drivers become distracted by their cell phones, they create a large window of opportunity for disaster to strike. In most cases, people think that they can keep their eyes on the road while operating their cell phone at the same time. In contrast, drivers who allow themselves to get distracted by their cell phones increase their chances of getting into an accident, as well as putting themselves and many others life's at risk. For example, a distracted driver is, "...23 times more likely to be in an Hearing 2 accident," than a non-distracted driver. (National Highway Transportation Safety Administration). To continue, "texting while driving is to blame for... 1,600,000 accidents per year, 330,000 injuries per year, and 11 teen deaths every day." (National Safety Council, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study, Institute for Highway Safety Fatality Facts). Therefore, it is proven that a distracted automobilist is a hazard for not only themselves, but also other motorists and pedestrians. Furthermore, due to all the costly risks that come with texting and driving, such action has been made illegal in many states. Andrei Zakhareuski, from Driving Tests, proclaims that, "Those who are caught will be issued a citation by a policeman who will most likely be quite perturbed at the driver's ignorance and poor decision after witnessing the devastating effects of texting and driving at accident sites...," and believes that, " ... A text message that reads "ok" isn't worth a couple hundred dollar fine." Not to mention, those involved in a distracted driving related accident risk jail time, and most certainly, an increase in insurance rates. According to, 10 Pragmatic Reasons That Will Make You Stop Texting and Driving Today, "If texting and driving is included in the police report for an accident or wreck for which you are held responsible, you'll notice an even more significant rate increase. In some cases, your policy might be dropped completely." Such a spike in cost or dropping of a policy would severely impact a driver. Hence, texting while driving is not worth the risk. With the current trend of texting and driving, and all its risks included, drivers should not be allowed to operate cell phones while operating a vehicle. For, texting while driving takes a driver's attention off the road and endangers the lives of any passengers, other motorists, and Hearing 3 pedestrians. Moreover, texting while driving increases a driver's chances of getting into an accident. As follows, once involved in a texting and driving related accident, either a driver's cost of a premium will skyrocket, or he or she will get dropped from their policy. To conclude, it is not safe nor wise for an automobilist to operate a cell phone while operating a vehicle. Works Cited Zakhareuski, Andrei, "10 Pragmatic Reasons To Stop Texting and Driving Today", Driving Tests, 1 May 2019, https://driving-tests. org/beginner-drivers/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-text-and-drive/ Lohmann, Raychelle C., "Why shouldn't I text while driving?: Safety & Preparedness", Sharecare, https://www. sharecare. com/health/safety-preparedness/text-while-driving B City of Bryan, "4 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Text and Drive", City of Bryan, Texas, 8 Januaray 2020, https://www. bryantx. gov/4-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-text-and-drive/ Luhrsen, Julie, "Investigating the most common causes of distracted driving", Luhrsen Goldberg, LLC., 15 February 2020, https://www. lginjuryfirm. com/common-causes-distracted-driving/

Phones and Driving Should phones be acceptable to use cell phones in any capacity while operating a vehicle? Today, we will basically cover why people should be able to drive and use their cell phones. Nowadays, with all the technology some cars are capable to drive on their own. Tesla would be a company that has started this whole new thing called autopilot. Autopilot is an advanced driver assistance system which has lane centering, adaptive cruise control, self-parking, the ability to automatically change lanes, and the ability to summon the car to and from a garage or parking spot. If you were to have that feature the car basically drives itself with asking you every 30 seconds to 2 minutes to grab the steering wheel and move it side to side just a little. Tesla has also announced sometime in 2020 that the car will be able to detect stop signs, cross-walks, stop lights, etc,. Which means the car is fully capable to drive itself anywhere you put the navigation to take you and you could fall asleep to your destination. In addition, the Tesla model 3 has been tested and said to be one of the safest cars in the world with many of its safety features in the cars system. So if you're capable of purchasing the car then I think you should be able to use the phone while driving sense the vehicle is driving to begin with. But if you can not purchase the vehicle I think you should be able to use the navigation system on the phone and have it set up to where it's not dangerous to look of the road for a second as if you were checking how fast your going. Most people can not afford that car and they drive older models of cars which don't have all the new technology in their car and all the extra luxury. In other words, phones should be allowed for some people to use while driving, while others can not. It really can not be unfair because if it was really important for them to use the phone while driving they might think I should work harder in life to be able to do all their things while driving. So people should and should not be allowed to use their cell phones while driving.

Are you ever in that one situation where you have to make a difficult decision and you don't know which option is the right one? Seeking advice from others is one of the best ways a person can make a mindful decision. Advice from others can do this by giving different approaches to a problem, relieving stress, and prepare a person for other future choices as well as motivating others. In addition, it's entirely free! Most people who are involved in making important decisions usually do not call on others for help and are statistically proven to make choices that they later regret. This is mainly due to the fact that people who only listen to their own advice often lack perspective. Perspective from others can help give the decision maker more options and give a clearer view of which decisions are not the best to make. To no surprise, advice from others is the best way a person can use those viewpoints to their advantage. Not only do more options open up to the decision maker but they will also have enough evidence or support to lead to their final decision. Eighty-Nine percent of people who took the advice from peers or friends and looked at a situation in a different viewpoint than their own arrived at a better decision than those who listened to only themselves. Thus, advice from others can lead to more beneficial viewpoints than the advice from one's self. Majority of the time, the decision maker will stress more and more the longer they try to think of the best choice to make. This is especially true to adolescents when they are a few years away from adulthood. However, relieving this stress has no simpler solution than from the helpful words of fellow advisers. Those who give the advice won't usually understand the stress the decision maker is going through which is why most of the time their advice can be all the more relieving to the decision maker. Just like stress, calmness can also build up within a person which results in smarter final decisions, not the stressful and thoughtless ones. The loss of stress can also find people working more efficiently and calmly. Although, a person can feel the stress within them, they usually intend to ignore it and don't realize the negative impact it has on their decision making. Others could easily notice this and would address this with practical but relieving advice so that the decider may focus on work rather than their conflicting emotions. Advice from others doesn't necessarily mean it's for one decision. It can be used for future ones and even inspire a decision maker to give it to another. Statistics show that ninety-one percent of those who received advice from others applied it regularly for other problems. Of those nine-one percent of people, around eighty-percent of them shared it with others. These statistics are groundbreaking and show the vast benefits multiple opinions can have on someone. Not only that but advice from others can get people out of the habit of having a closed mindset and offer them new opportunities. From the beginning advice from others has played a big role in shaping the present and will continue to do so for the future. This is only possible however, if people are willing to be less stubborn and listen to others for a change rather than only themselves. In conclusion the points from above show that advice from other provides many benefits and opportunities which can lead to better decision making. By looking at a different perspective they can identify the most beneficial decisions. Advice from others also relieves the decision maker of the traumatizing stress that builds up within them. Finally, others' advice can help you and others make better future decisions. Remember, the greatest gift from your friends is the influence and advice they have.        

When I need advice, I don't just ask one person I ask multiple people. When someone asks multiple people they usually make a better choice. People usually make a better choice when they seek multiple opinions because it gives them more ideas for what they should do, and if multiple people say the same opinion, then it usually means it's good advice. These are some reasons why you ask more than one person. The first reason is because it would give the person more ideas on what they should do. If you can't think of what to do, why not just ask a few of your friends what they would do, then you could get an idea of what you should do. Say that you dropped your phone and it broke, and your mom is going to get very mad at you if she finds out, and you have no idea what to do. You could just call a couple of your friends ask them what they would do, then you would have a whole bunch of ideas to go off of. Since you asked multiple friends, a couple of them might've given the same advice. That is also a reason why it helps someone make a better choice. If you go to a restaurant and everyone is saying that their steak is the best in town, then it has to be good right? So if you ask six of your friends for advice, and four of them say the same thing, then it has to be good advice. Those are all of the reasons why multiple opinions can help someone make a better choice. These are just a couple of the reasons why but not all of them. There are a lot more reasons. So remember, next time when you need advice, don't just ask one person, ask multiple people.

If you like to help people out the Seagoing Cowboy program is one you must join. There are many great reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys so I thought of two reasons why. The first reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because It's a good chance for you and others to help the people that are in need. Another reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you get to explore and learn new things along the way,and according to the author It could be a opportunity of a lifetime for you. According to the article the author said "Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation" and "Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." The author also says "But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him" and "It made me more aware of people of othert countries and their needs." Being in the Seagoing Cowboys could be amazing for you. You not only get to help save lives but you also get to explore and learn new things along the way. Not only do you get to do that but you also have the chance to go to many places and meet many people and the impact it has on the world is just amazing. Those are all reasons why you and your friends or family should join the Seagoing Cowboys.

Why Extracurricular Activites Should Be Enforced What are ways that can help create a stronger and better student? The principal of Generic_School, Generic_Name, had an idea that will only help benefit and strengthen the students which is by assigning every student in the school with the responsibility of having to preform and maintain an extracurricular activity. Allowing and giving the students a place where they can spark new interests and express themselves can have a tremendous boost to their mental health along with their self-esteem because of the environment they placed themselves in, and the fact that they can express themselves. A recent study done in Harvard, said, "93% of students that participate in extracurricular activities are 86% happier with themselves and others because the students are given a chance to express themselves, and feel safe from expressing themselves". A reason that proves why its better for students to have a strong and penetrable mindset is that students with stronger mindsets tend to do better in school. According to a professor from Yale, "Students with a good mental health do better in school because the students worry less and have a more positive mindset". Both of these studies prove how beneficial it can be to assign the responsibility to every student of having to maintain an extracurricular activity because in the long run the students will be happier both with themselves and others, and have a better education, along with a stronger mindset. Students having to preform extracurricular activities can create new friendships, and bonds with people. An example of this would be if a student named Generic_Name was really into football and equally talented to the amount of love he has for the sport. Generic_Name tried out for the football team and he made the team and now played first string wide receiver. Throughout Generic_Name's football season he created a lot of close friendships with his teammates because of their strong roots of interest when relating to football. Another reason that supports the thesis of extracurricular activities creating friendships is from a study recently done in Northern Virginia, from the University of Marymount. According to a professor named Albert Finkilstein, "more then two thirds of people with similar interests become friends because of the mutual interests both parties share". Albert Finkilsteins research proves that the extracurricular activities can sprout new friendships among the student population of Generic_School. However, a very important effect that pieces together why is is so important for friendships to be made is that students with more friends have a stronger education. According to a study done in Callasbases Florida, "nearly 80% of students that have friends and are able to ask questions, share emotions with, and lastly feel comfortable with have a stronger education because students can rely on their friends for help with homework because students feel more comfortable asking questions to friends when compared to teachers". Another positive affect of creating friendships is that there will be a better High School experience for the student because of the friendships made and the trust that was formed. Overall, with creating friendships from the extracurricular activities comes a stronger education, more people to rely on, and overall a better high school experience because of the friendships made and the comfortability made from creating those friendships. Forcing students to have to be able to balance school work along with an extracurricular activity can be very helpful in the idea of making students have to learn how to maintain efficient time management skills along with being more productive. One reason as to why extracurricular activities can be beneficial and help teach how to be productive of time to students would be that the students can't risk to have bad grades because the school of Generic_School is a prestigious private school meaning that the school only accepts the students with the best grades and the students that are willing to work the hardest. According to Generic_School, "90 % of all students in the school have straight A's", and, " Any student that doesn't have all straight A's than can only have at the most three B+ and then the rest straight A's". From how strict the school is with their grades it seems that they are very productive and efficient since they only expect 110% all the time. However, it is easy to slip up or possibly fall behind and the best way to keep the productiveness flowing and for the students to do their homework every night is to never stop being productive which is why having an extracurricular activity is very beneficial because it helps teach all of the students how to maintain productiveness and how to have good time management skills. An example of a student being productive with their time would be to go home and do their homework, and to then think ahead and piece the amount of projects that could be coming up and when to do them and then align the upcoming work with days that they are free to do the work so that the students don't overwork themselves and instead get their homework done when it needs to be done and then spacing out the upcoming projects on days that they are free. Overall, having extracurricular activities can help students expand on being more productive, being able to have good time management skills, and space things along with being able to maintain such things. The strengths and effects that can be created with the idea of students having to maintain and participate in extracurricular activities are improving students mental health, students creating friendships with one-another, and lastly, the idea of students having to learn to balance extracurricular school activities with school work along with learning how to create more efficient time management skills and being more productive. 

It is the first week of school and the principal has just announced that starting this year every student will be required to participate in an extra curricular activity. Everyone is groaning and complaining about how they don't have time and clubs are stupid, but this rule is actually a very good idea. It is smart to require students to participate in an after school club or sport because students will probably enjoy the club they choose to participate in. In addition, extracurricular activities are vital to a students' future and motivate them to do better in school. If students are required to choose an extracurricular activity they will most likely enjoy the club they choose. If students are allowed to pick their activity instead of someone else picking it for them, they will enjoy it more. They will pick something they are interested in and want to spend time doing. With mandatory participation in clubs, students will have more time to hang out at school with their classmates while doing things they all enjoy. This can give them time to socialize when they are not supposed to be focused on class. In addition, some students don't feel safe at home and prefer school to their home situation. Requiring participation in clubs gives these students a safe place to be in the afternoons and mornings. Extracurricular activities will benefit a students' future in many ways. Many clubs that students can join provide them with useful job skills such as working to a deadline and working with technology. Some of these skills would not be provided in a classroom setting and certain extracurricular activities would provide more in depth experience with these concepts than would be provided in a classroom. Students can also learn how to work with others even if they are working someone they do not usually work with or someone who they do not want to work with. This is something that they will need to learn how to do regardless of the job they choose. These activities also look good on college applications and resumés as it shows colleges and employers that someone is well rounded and participated in many activities. Participating in clubs and sports at school will motivate students to perform better in class as well. Many activities require that their members maintain an acceptable grade average. This can encourage students to bring their grades up so that they don't miss out on their club. Many clubs will teach students to work hard whether they like what they are doing or not. This ability is likely to be used on schoolwork as well. In addition, students in clubs can help each other with homework and study together. Studying with another person is proven to raise test scores. Extracurricular activities make kids happy, make their schoolwork better and are vital for their future success. While some might say that requiring participation in these activities limits the amount of time that could be spent on schoolwork the actually commitment would minimally affect the amount of time spent on school work. The commitment for some activities could be as little as 1 or 2 hours a week and students can decide what kind of commitment they want to make. In truth, the benefits of these activities for student far out way the costs. This is a great rule for middle and high schools and if your school does not have a similar rule then go to an administrator and try to make it a rule because it will be extremely helpful to the students at your school.

When you are seeking for help, what do you do? You probably ask people. When I ask people for help I get lots of good answers. Asking for questions is better than staying quiet and not knowing. When you ask mulitiple people for help, you can get a wide variety of answers that will help answer your question. For example: When I had difficulty learning a unit in math, I asked multiple friends and got multiple answers that helped me learn it. Asking one person alone can get you answers but asking more people is better because maybe if you ask one, they could be wrong and all the others could be right. For example: I asked my friend the answer to a question, he was wrong but I asked my other friends and they were right. When you are seeking for help try to ask questions. When you ask questions you get right answers. In conclusion, asking questions leads to answers and less questions.

I am against driverless cars. Driverless cars do not seem very safe for a couple reasons. For years, we have been driving cars all on our own, and we have been just fine. Driverless cars may seem new and exciting and it is, but they can also cause us harm. The driverless cars have tons of technology to it. It can help us break, notify us, drive us ,and it can take over the car. Which seems great but the quote, "If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?", is a huge issue. If the technology fails and we are injured, it can be our fault or the cars. No one will really know, and that can cause an issue. The person who is injured could sue the manufacturer, but it could not be done because no one really knows who's fault it was. It will be two times more likely to be in an accident if we had driverless cars, because we could cause our injury and a technology misfunction could cause it too. The technology would take over so much that we would just sit there. Some states even make computer driven cars illegal, and many states limit the use of semi-autonomous cars. They will need every state to make driverless cars legal and limitless in order to have driverless cars. Also, the driverless cars would cost too much money for everyone to have either. It will be much safer to stick with us driving the cars, and not the driverless cars. Driverless cars can injure us and many others, and we have been doing just fine driving on our own. The driverless cars would cost way too much too. Also, every state will need to make driverless cars legal and limitless, if we developed driverless cars. This is why I disagree on having driverless cars.

"A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus with even more challenging clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere". Venus is very dangerous for humans to step foot on and could not have spacecrafts to last more than a few hours due to the temperatures and atmospheric pressure. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author implies that exploring Venus is worth the risk by explaining the dangers and the motivation of human curiosity. To understand Venus clearly, NASA wants to explore Venus on their own. They can either consider the exploration as a risk, or the exploration can be thought out as a challenge that people are willing to take despite the dangers. "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". Humans cannot undergo, let alone survive stepping foot on Venus with these extreme conditions. Earth's "twin" planet also has "the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system". Although there are many dangers to explore Venus, astronomers are fascinated by the idea that Venus has been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Human curiosity has motivated NASA to send other humans to study Venus. One way of doing so is by "allowing scientists to float above the fray". Floating above the fray would allow humans to avoid the harsh ground conditions. Miles away from the surface will still be "170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth". These conditions will not be easy, but will be survivable for humans. To contribute to the knowledge of Venus, researchers are are working on different task that will allow the machines to last long enough on Venus. In conclusion, Venus presents a great amount of reasons that can be dangerous for humans to explore. Since Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Venus was probably covered with large oceans and could have supported many forms of life. Predictions like these cause people to want to meet the very end of imagination and innovation to finally see the true value of Venus to make the exploration a worthy pursuit.

Do you think it was made by an alien or is it a natural landform? Many people have different opinions some say aliens created it, but others say that is a natural thing. In my opinion I think that it's a natural landform. I have 3 examples, first when the camera captured the picture it wasen't clear enough because there were wispy clouds. Second in the artical it said "it spotted shadowy likeness of a human face". Third the artical aslo said "formed by shadows giving the illusison of eyes, nose, and mouth. First the camera captured the picture, but it wasen't clear enough because when they captured the picture there were wispy cloud which can make it hard to take a picture or to see the picture. This example shows that they might of seen something else such as the face ,but it could be wrong because they captured the picture when there was wispy clouds. Second in the artical it said "it spotted shadowy likeness of a human face" which can mean that when the picture was captured the camera could have of captured some shadows to which can create an illusion of a face when in reality it could be the showdows. This example shows that the camera captured the shadows which can create and illusion of a face. Third in the artical it also said that "formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. This can mean that people see it in many way's. the picture creates an illusion that can make you think that it's a face with eyes, nose, and mouth. This example shows that the picture wasn't taken right which can cause an illusion, many people see a face, but that's because the picture creates an illusion of a face. In conclusion many people have different opinions some say aliens created it, but say is a natural landform. Some people may have counter calims first counter claim is why would NASA lie to us. Second counter claim is that the picture showed a face so it is a face. Third counter claim is that they had a good camera so if it shows it then it is a face. My rebuttals would be that NASA is not lieing about the pictures. Second the picture might create an illusion that makes you think it's a face. Third not all cameras show exactly what you want to take a picture of these are my counter claims and rebuttals and also my example and explanantions.

Performing community service is extremely important, not just to the community, but to those who are the effort behind it. Setting a requirement for students to do this is an excellent idea, because all of the students would then gain the benefits of community service, including important life skills, such as time management and the ability to try new things. While the argument against students being required to do community service is that they would not have time for other things that they want or need to do. What these people do not realize is that they still will have time for these things. If they do community service in addition to everything else that they do, they will have less time to do it. However, this strongly encourages the development of a life skill that is vital for success: time management. If a student does not manage their time well, they may not have time to do everything that they want to accomplish. However, once that student improves, and starts becoming a more efficient worker, they will be able to accomplish everything they want, from homework to watching telivision. With this skill, people can accomplish much more, because they suddenly have time to. In addition to this, students will be able to provide community service in a variety of ways. This allows students to try new things, like explaining concepts to younger students for tutoring, or cleaning up litter on a road. A student who tries all of these things may discover how much they love working with people younger than them, or how much they care about the environment. Even if someone discovers how much they despise working with younger children, so be it; they can go pick up litter around town. Also, if community service becomes a requirement, then all students will be able to take hold of the opportunities presented to them, not just those who chose to do so. Overall, requiring all students in our school to do community service is a wonderful idea, because, even though the most obvious benefit of the work is the results in the community, the student gains just as much from the work. They learn skills vital to a successful life in the future, including how to manage time, and the importance of trying new things. It would be taking away a plethora of opportunities to gain these essential skills if it were not a requirement.

I think that driverless cars are a good idea in theory, but in practice they seem impracticle, costly, and unsafe. Smart cars require quite alot of preperation for something that is so underwelming. Same thing goes for investing money into cars that are incredibly slow and dumb when compared to us. Lastly, smart cars aren't guranteed to not crash or accidently run off a bridge because it couldn't see that the bridge had been demolished later that day. Smart cars may be smart, but that doesn't make them better. Smart cars have to guess and assume what will happen based on what they were told by their programming. Smart cars rely a whole lot on electronics, so they could be in theory hacked or misinformed sending it into the wall of the house to it's left because it was told that everything was considered road and not impassable terrain. "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheal, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirrow, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." Even though driverless cars are possible doesn't make it cheap. It's possible to build a skyscraper out of gold, but it would probably require more then all the money on earth to afford it. Even if you could build this golden skysraper, what would happen after that? Gold is a rather soft material so it would most likely weather away as time wore on and would eventually collapse, even if it wasn't destroyed what would you do with a golden skyscraper that you couldn't do with a normal one? "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at a Radio Shack" Finally we get to the main issue with self driven cars, are they safe. Nothing is less safe then a machine that can act on its own, it doesn't require any input from the driver to accelerate or make a turn. Even with all the safety restraints in the world, these cars would still manage to injure or kill people. Artificial Intelligence isn't the same thing as a machine that can act on its own, AI actually thinks about what will happen if they do this or that, machines just do what their told. "Presently, traffic laws are written wih the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times."

You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program is where people like me help rcover other countries with their food supplies, animals, and more. 44 nations joined together to form the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). When I was frist asked I know that I couldn't say no. I belive that the cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy. I got to see Europe and China. To me seeing the Acropolis in Greece. Also in Venice, Itily. The streets were water! Caring for the animals while crossing the oceans kept me busy. I had to feed and water them three times a day. I also had to claen out the stalls. Once I served as night watchman. i had to check on the animals every hour. Once I slid down a slipery lader and almost fell overbord. I was cought by an pice of metal. Even though being in the UNRRA could be dangours it is all woth it. It could also be a lot of work. But when you get to see abunch of special stuff it is like all of the hard and dangours worck wasn't even that hard.

Extracurricular activities can be fun for some students, but when kids have to do these activities it can take away the fun of the activities. I disagree that students should have to do a extracurricular activity. Some kids don't participate in activities after school simply because the school may not offer a activity that they want to do. When students are forced to do these activities it can make them feel like they are doing the activities because they have to rather than because they want to. Students should not have to participate in after school activities because they take away students time, working parents can't pick kids up and it may be boring to some students. Some parents can't pick their kid up after school because of work and therefore they can't do after school activities. Carpooling may be a option, but all parents are different and some may not want their kid to do that. Making students participate in these activities could make parents stress about the safety of their children getting home. Extracurricular activities may also have events such as games and meets that a parent may not be able to go to because of work. Finally not having a parent at a game can make a kid feel discouraged and sad. When you have a long day at school all you want to do is go home and relax. Going home is the highlight of many kids days, but when you have a extracurricular activity you can't go home at your normal time. Students can be swamped with homework and a extracurricular activity can make a student forget that they even have homework. This can cause students to have bad grades and have bad moods. Finally extracurricular activities can make you feel stressed out because when you get home you might not have enough time to get stuff done such as chores and projects. Some students may not be in a extracurricular activity because the school simply does not have one that interests them. If you make students choose an activity then they can be bored out of their mind. Since students are bored they probably will not participate as much and things will not get done as productively. Since stuff is not getting done properly that may not be fair to the students that actually want to be there. Finally some students may even skip their activities because they don't want to be there. If you make students do extracurricular activities then things will go undone, parents will not be able to afford the activities and it takes away a kids time. If you make kids do extracurricular activities then you may as well add a extra hour to the school day just for them. If a student had a interest in a activity they would probably already be doing it. While there may be benefits to doing extracurricular activities the negatives far out way the positives. Just do everyone a favor and let the kids have a choice in whether they want to do the extracurricular activities or not. 

What if your city had a car free day? Or what if they banded the use of cars because they caused too much polution? Not using cars can be a big advantage not only to us but to our world, our oxygen. Not using cars can really make a big difference. One disadvantage of driving cars is that they can cause smog in the atmosphere and polute our oxygen. In Paris Bans Driving due to Smog by Robert Duffer, that is exactly what happened. It says that "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the ar of the global city" (10). That was a smart thng to do because cars are the main reason our air is poluted. There are many solutions to our air being poluted like not using cars when its not necessary or getting hybrid cars that can save gas and the money in your pocket. People actually lke the idea of not having to drive cars. You wont have to pay for gas as often, you can just ride a a bike or walk like these people did in the excerpt , In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." (3) Some people like the idea of not having to always stress about their car but other people think differently and want to depend on their car to take them places. What if you absolutely need your car and you ahve no other form of transportation? Maybe having a car is a nessecity to some people. "...generation will start buying more cars once thaey have kids to take to take to soccer practice and school plays..." (42). Once people start seeing that they need a car then they will have to use their car and of course wll polute our atmosphere. Whether you chose to use a car or not we still have to take care of our enviroment. Recycling counts and so does not littlering, but at the end of the day its our choice if we want to actually help our enviroment and make a difference to our atmosphere.      

Dear, State Senator I think that we should keep this electoral college because the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. On the other hand it would be way easier for people to vote. Also a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation. Plus, each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. So this would be perfect for everyone to vote. After the presidential election, your governor prepares a ' certificate of Ascertainment' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of theelectors in december of the election year. Your states certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the congress and the national Archives as part of the offical records of the presidential election. Also, most States have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all the electors to the winning presidential candidate. however, maine and Nebraska each have a variation of 'proportional representation'. Under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral college. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word 'state' also refers to the district of columbia. so i really do think that we should keep this it would be a really good thing to keep. but this is why i think that we should keep it. From, PROPER_NAME  

Dear State Senator, I have very mixed feelings about the whole Electoral College or regular people voters. Honestly there are very good points / arguments for both sides. You could possibly say that the Electoral College is a "cheat" or you could also say that the people voting isn't the best idea based on immaturity / judgment people give. From the start everyone has learned how to play fair in the game and what a cheater is, I believe that the voting of a president is similar. Remember when you where a kid - or watching your kids - playing games, laughing, and having a good time, then all of a sudden, uh-oh, some one is being accused of lying or cheating. This is why I argue that there shouldn't be an Electoral College, the state can change the people in the Electoral College and start what is considered the disaster factor, in 1960 this occured in order to vote against John F. Kennedy. Although many members of the Electoral Collage are honest and refuse to oppose another canadet, many also will. I also believe that the Electoral College will do and has done what is right for the United States. If we did change the election to popular vote then I garentee there would be more conflict and the country would start to fall apart. Honestly though, the legal voting age is 18, and teachers, parents, peers, and even commercials are encouraging them to vote, at 18 you may be a legal adult, but in reality most 18 year olds are still in High School or just getting out of. With all the influence and responsibility going to there heads these "adults" are obviously going to vote as soon as possible. Not even just 18 year olds, but also actual adults will vote just to vote. Now, tell me this, do you really want the leader of your country chosen by the people? It's a natural thing that people will pick someone just because of there skin color or religion, people judge by instinct, I know I wouldn't want the president to be chosen just because if he was Catholic or Christian. Another reasonof self conflict I have for the Electoral College is the time spand it has been. Times are always changing, from new electronics, maturity levels, and all around peope, so why have an Electoral college when it was made so long ago? Doesn't it seem very out dated? Then again, we have had it for so long and it helps many difficulties with the voting process, including ties. For example, what if there was no Electoral College and after all the people voted and there was a tie, what would we do? So given this, think again who you want to pick who should rule over you, after all it is a "winner takes all" draw. Sincerly, PROPER_NAME

Have you ever thought about what your life would be like without a car? May of us can't even seem to grasp the concpet. So many America's are too dependant on their vehicles but, other places across the world such as; Germany, Paris, and Bogota have began working on this new concept. I strongly support the idea of no car usuage, just think of the benefits that could come from it, conservation of rescourses, lowered pollution, improved safety, and just think of all the money you would save without a car. The possiblities are endless. Pollution and bad air are problems we face all around the world, and cars have much to do with it. "If the pattern persists- and many sociologists believe it will- it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment" (Source 4: The end of Car Culture). Intense pollution and bad health are problems that are faced all around the world, imagine the positive effects we would see not only in our enviroments but in our own selves if we stop car usage. We need to protect the world we live it by keeping it clean, also keep ourselves healthy in order for survival. Many families lose loved ones every year due to vehicle related accidents, cars and traffic have a good percentages of deaths each year. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capitol of France, after five-days" (Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog). Congestions has to do with traffic, adults complain every day about traffic and how dangerous it is. "It's a good was to take away stress" (Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota). We spend a lot of our lives streesing over many things, why add the stress of traffic and wrecks? We have many more important things to spend our time worrying about, we shouldn't stress over something that we can live without. Taking away vehicles would wipe out stress, traffic, and many deaths a year. Financal problems aren't a forgein subject. Almost everyone can recall a time in their life either when they were facing the problems themself or heard about a close friend or family memeber going through a tough time. "All of our develpoment since World War 2 has been centered on the car, and that will have to change" (Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars). Not only people but countries have been guilty of putting cars infront of other neccessities. Many young adults will base their finances around a car of their choice when we all know their are far more imporant bills to be paid. Also, with taking away the centering of cars we have time to face and solve more imporant issues. Taking out cars would give people a chance to get their priorities straight. This is why I strongly support the idea of no cars, I see nothing but positive results that would come and many other would agree. Improved safety, lowered pollution, improved safety, and money savings are just the beginning. I understand most can't imagine life without their vehicle but change isn't always a bad thing, especially when there's many factors at stake.   

Have you ever been forced to do something you don't want to do? It's not always fun when you are required to participate in something you don't like. Well my principle thinks that all students must participate in some type of activity or sport during school. I have a few opinions on that. First of all there are different types of people. Not everyone likes to participate in sports or activities. Theres also people that aren't very social so, participating in anything might not be there thing. Then theres some that are just lazy. On the other side their are people that like to participate and be social with people. Theres actually interested in sports or school activities. But sometimes poeple just want to talk with their friends. I think it should't be required to participate in school activities. You should be able to choose what you want to do. Like if you don't participate you should just be able to hangout with your friends while, others can play sports or participate in activities. If some poeple choose to do sports or be in any sort of activity thats great for them. These are my reasons why, I disagree if my principle required us to participate in any school activity. You should never be forced to do anything.

Summer projects should be student designed because honestly what student wants to do their work over the summer. Student designed projects may include what they did over their break or what they wish they did over break, some students will most likely forget about it anyway because its summer and some people have to work also. i believe it would be more interesting for a student designed projects because it would most likely be, again, what they did over the summer. students, indeed yes need their education and they need to learn, that is why if a teacher just hands them a project and say here you have to have this complete before you come back after summer break. that will knock the interest level down a lot for students. when its summer break i love to go off and have fun with my friends and family, we always are out doing something weather it be hanging around the house or off on a trip somewhere, other students dont do this and it is honestly really cool, last summer my girlfriend and i went down to nags head with her family, i had the most fun time while we were down there, even though i accidentally left my wallet at her house. Students learn best when they are on their own and/or out doing something, the teachers already know what to do about a teacher designed project and that i do believe is why some students dont get along with the teacher. Teachers want to help kids and kids that have troubles listening or learning, i'm not saying that teachers dont listen because you have some of them that do, but, unfortunately teachers dont interact with students as they should so a student designed project would make it a lot more entertaining and interesting for the teacher because it allows the teacher to sit back and read about who that kid is, what that kid likes, and how that kid acts, it shows a lot of that and it is really helpful for the teacher to actually understand the student that is doing the project and know how his or her lifestyle is, i agree, students should come up with a student designed project over the summer.

The president of the United States should be decided by the Electoral College process, not by most popular vote. There are many reasons why we should keep the way we vote the same. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in it's Congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of Representatives and plus two for your senators. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. When we vote this way, there's a certainty of outcome. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College is possible, it happened in 2000, but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign effforts on the toss-up states. Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the competing candidates, knowing that they are going to decide the election. The Ellectoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the Constistution. The Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of votes cast, For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner. We definatly need to continue using the Electoral College process. The most popular vote process wouldn't be an ideal way to elect a president.

Dear principal, I believe policy one, allow students to bring phones to school and use them during lunch periods and other free times as long as the phones are turned off during class time, would be a better thing to do. Using them during free time could be good, or really bad. Having them out and texting our friends would be one thing, but what if they're texting someone they don't like, and calling them hurtful words and just tearing that person apart. That wouldn't be so great. That's why I believe we should just have them in school and not really have free time with them, just have them with us for emergencies. Walking home for an example, what if someone is walking home from school and get kidnapped, or hurt themselves and no one is around to help, then what could they do? They'd just lay there in agonizing pain until someone found them. It would be useful if we had our phones on us, just not using them. Then we could be safe, and not have so much drama. I'd consider putting in a policy three, allow students to bring our cell phones for emergencies and after school hours, not for during class, lunch

Was the Face on Mars really created by Aliens? Or was it just a very unusual rock formation, even for Mars? Well, the answer is no, it was just a natural landform. This giant rock formation, which stretches for about two miles from end to end, isn't uncommon at all. Actually, it is a mesa which just has shadows that cast on it a certain way, which makes it look exactly like a face. I know what you might be thinking. How could it only be a natural landform? It looks exactly like a face, so it must have been created by something or someone. Well, there are actually plenty of reasons why it is just a normal landform with unusual shadows. For example, the Face was found in an area of Mars called Cydonia. Cydonia is actually known for its common Martian Mesas. This means that it isn't too shocking that it is natural. Don't get me wrong, a face is a pretty rare and unusual thing for a mesa to look like. Even though this one has strange shadows that give it features of a face, it is still just a mesa. After multiple pictures that were taken of the Face, the one taken on April 5, 1998 was the first one to fully reveal that the Face was indeed just a natural landform. Even though the picture clearly showed that the Face wasn't a man-made structure, some people still weren't convinced. They said that the picture was taken on a cloudy winter day, so many skeptics thought that maybe there were alien markings that were just hidden by haze. No matter what people believed after they saw the picture taken in 1998, the picture taken on April 8, 2001 was the one that proved to the skeptics that the Face was a naturally occurring landform. Since the picture was taken on a cloudless day the next time around, there were no excuses for those who thought the Face was made by aliens. This picture actually showed that the Face was a martian, and it was about the same size as a butte or a mesa. Buttes and mesas are landforms that are commonly found in the western regions of the United States. There you have it. The Face sadly wasn't built by aliens, it was just a natural landform that happened to have some pretty neat features to it due to shadows. There is no way around it, because the pictures don't lie. It is even more obvious that it is a landform because ones just like it exist on Earth! Even though it would've been very interesting for it to have been actually created by aliens, it was just a natural landform in the end.

In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author introduces a new form of technology, the Facial Action Coding System. The new technology allows computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology will not be valuable to students in a classroom because it will be expensive, communication skills will be lost, and technology is not always accurate. As it is now, without this new technology, some schools barely have enough money to buy basic supplies needed to provide a proper education for the students. If the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is added in the classrooms it will be another expense that is not neccessary. In the passage it says, "Your home PC can’t handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa’s smile." This statement implys that, in order to use FACS, the school will have to buy not only the software, but also new computers that will support the system. That is a lot of money spent on unneccessary items when it could be spent on the basic supplies that most schools can barely provide now. In today's world communication skills are bad enough already, with the current technology that students are surrounded by each day. In the passage it states, "'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 instructor.'" If the new technology is added into the classrom and, to a point, taking the place of a teacher, communication skills will be further taken away. Teachers teach more than just science, math, or english to the students. Having a teacher in the classroom also teaches students how to communicate properly with adults and how to carry on mature conversations. Taking away that human interaction will have a negative effect on the students. Technology is not always accurate. If this software makes an appearance in classrooms and students start using it, it could give false information. The pasage states, "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci’s masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." Each person's face is compared to the exact same neutral face, which will not be accurate. Each person has a different neutral face, so in order for the information to be correct, it will need to be compared against each person's neutral face. There are multiple reasons that the new software will not be beneficial to students in the classroom, however, there are a couple reasons that the technology will be valuable. In the passage it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,” Dr. Huang predicts." The computers telling the teacher that the student is confused could be beneficial because most students will not tell the teacher if they are confused, which causes them to get bad grades if they do not understand the material. If the teacher knows that the student is confused, they can take actions to make sure that they help them understand. Later in the passage it says, "Empathy (feeling someone else’s emotional state) may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person’s facial expressions." The new technology could help students understand and have empathy, which will be a good thing. Lots of people do not have a lot of empathy in today's world, which is part of the reason why the world is a very cold place. Students having empathy could result in everyone treating each other better, if they can try to understand the things that their peers are feeling. Overall, FACS will cause people more trouble and headaches than anything. After considering both sides of the argument, it is safe to say that the new technology will not be beneficial to students in the classroom because of the combination of it being expensive, taking away communication skills, and not always being accurate.

Because Venus has all proprties that humans requied to inhabit. Also, Venus had an extremely temperatures that humans can't survived. As the author said "the temperature of Venus pass the 170 degress fahrentheid", this means that humans can't resist this temperatures. Years ago scientist fund something interesting in Venus but also dangereous, venus can be inhabit???, how we can travel to Venus??? Also the Nasa do programs to send people to Venus and study the ecosism. Venus the secund planet of the solar sistem. Scientis fund that Venus maybe can be inhabit, because they fund properties that Earth posees. But now Venus is like pangea, a dangerous planet with dangerous gasees, earthquakes, etc. and now, the humanity want to know how to lived in Venus. Venus is a planet that we can study, survived etc. But also it take a lot of time to do programs and prepare the people, also we are close to put the first step on Venus. thank you....

Dear TEACHER_NAME 50% of American students debate ! Community service is very important . But others think it takes too much time away from what they need or want to do . TEACHER_NAME is deciding on whether to require all students to perform community service . There are many ways in which students can help there communities . I understand that there are those of you who will disagree that TEACHER_NAME should require all students to perform community service , but research shows that 90% of students that perform community service will be doing themselves and there neighborhoods good ! Experts agree that doing community service will help the world ! OTHER_NAME , award winning community service performer , says " by doing community service you are being a great citizen " ! For instance , doing community service involves doing lots of things like picking up trash so that the environment can be more cleaner , Help recycle so we don't have to kill things like trees and forest , and even going to the nursery homes and showing the elders that they have not been forgotten . Not doing community service is like letting bad people escape from jail , it make the world a less comfortable and even harder place to live in ! 12 out of 12 students will not regret making the choice of doing community service . For example , when i was in 5th grade my school (SCHOOL_NAME) did community service by going outside in the school parking lots , playgrounds , and classrooms to pick up trash and all the litter . So why not want to do something to help your community ? Without a doubt , doing community service helps people to learn that it is not a time waster. OTHER_NAME , american citizen and community service program founder , says " doing community service is not a time waster if it's helping your community ! " Not helping your community is like not helping someone that really needs help , heartless! 30 out of 30 people will regret not wanting to do community service after reading this letter ! So why not do community service ?

Should drivers be able to use a phone in any capacity while operating a vehicle or should drivers not be able to use their phones while operating a vehicle? Using a phone while driving could be helpful in various ways and also could be used in harmful ways. Cell phones can take the attention of a driver causing a risk of danger. A cell phone helps drivers with immediate roadside assistance, in case of a serious car accident. Cell phone's allow drivers to get directions turn by turn with the helping of GPS technology. Phone cameras are very important in a case of a hit and run accident, it allows a person to take a picture of the license plate. Some insurance companies may require a picture of an accident. Traffic reports update on a phone in minutes, accidents, highway closings and also an estimated travel time to their destination. An activity that grabs the attention from a driver is Distracted Driving. Being distracted on the road causes fatal crashes. Many jurisdictions worldwide have made calling an illegal act. However lots of vehicles have hands-free devices, some may say that hands-free activities are not safe. Hands-free still drags away the attention from a driver on the road "Distracted Driving". Currently, cell phones are the leading cause of distracted driving. When operating a cell phone while driving increases hospitalization rate four-times higher. Texting increases the rate to 23% more likely to have a car accident. Personally, I think cellphones should not be used in any capacity while operating a vehicle. There are many accidents caused by the use of a cell phone. A person who operates a cell phone while driving is not only putting his or herself in danger but also others on the road and pedestrians. Using a cell phone while operating a vehicle is selfish because the lack of control a person has on the road. My essay provided arguments from both stand points whether drivers should or should not be able to use cell phones while operating a vehicle. On the facts provided throughout my essay, despite the many ways of communication cell phones while driving raise many safety issues. In conclude the bad outweighed the good.

Dear TEACHER_NAME, I believe that policy 1 is a great idea because most students sometimes get done with their work before others and sometimes they just have to sit there. By this I mean maybe it would be a good idea if we were allowed to have our phones with us. If this is possible we should keep them off during classes and other educational things we attend while we are at school. I think it would be a good idea if we could at least have our phones during free time or when we are done with all of our work as long as we don't bother others. It is also a good idea to have our phones with us in case there is some type of emergency while we are at school and maybe the power gets shut off or something. The reason i like this policy is because when we are all done with our work, going on field trips, or even just having free time we should be able to have them at least to text the people at our school or maybe if possible people at other schools as long as they are not texting while in class. They could wait until they are finished with all of their work and then text back when they're done. I also think we should have them at our lunch period too. I think this because maybe when we are old enough to drive or maybe our siblings or parents could pick us up to go out to lunch every once in a while as well. I really think we should not have our phones on at all or out when we are having a test because someone could text someone the answer to a question or maybe if the had a camera phone they could take a picture of their test and send it to them and that would get you in a lot of trouble. Mainly i think we should only have them out in our free time, when we are going on trips, when you have showed the teacher that you're done with your work, and at lunch. If you will can you please try to take this into consideration and just think about it and get back with me. Sincerely, STUDENT_NAME

MONTH_DAY_YEAR Goodmoring senator before I start , I would like to ask how are you doing and how's your family. I hope everybody health is great and family problems. Today I want to talk to you about some little problem that's not going as well as I thought it was going to go. Electoral College is not a good idea for us citizens. Because everybody in this country that works and come from another country , should be able to vote for their President. The Electoral College consists of 583 electors. A majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the President. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Us citizens think that's a better idea. Don't you think? The presidential election most have a "winner-take-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidental candidate. And after the presidential election, yout governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment". Listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party. According to Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole they agreed on abolishing the electoral college . The electoral college won the popular vote but lost the presidency over 60% of voters. What that means? 60% of the people didn't agree with the electoral college. The single best argument against the electoral college is what they might call the disaster factor. Us the American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was  the biggest election crisis in a century. The state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors , and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each states they know they have no chance of winning , focosing only on the tight races on the "swing" states. During the 2000 compaign seventeen states did not see the canditates at all. Including Rhode Island and South Carolina. Also  voters in 25 of the lqrgest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. The electoral college is unfair, outdated , and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertionw without much basis in reality. Bob Dole was right. Abolish the elctoral college! In conclusion, The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism , a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigtee; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. This is all I wanted to tell you , I hope you listen to what I'm trying to tell you. I know I am not the only one that thinks like this. If you would like to contact me back you could email me at EMAIL_ADDRESS. Thankyou and have a great day! PROPER_NAME

Presidents, they are the most powerful people in the United States of America. They are the people who make the tough calls for the masses to make sure the benifits of the majority are met because the needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few. Some people think that the way our presidents are elected today are not very practicle methods but some people do. Presidents are elected using two processes, those processes are popular vote and Electoral College. The Electoral College is not very practical in my book because they don't spend time in the places that they know they are going to win or not going to and Electoral College is not by majority. Presidents are like superstars of the political world but they don't spend any time in the places they are know they will win or lose. Source 2 states "Candidates dont spend the time in states they know they have no chance  of winning." The candidates for the presidential election don"t even try to sway some of the states that either they know aren't going to vote for them or the opponent has already been there and gave them his idea on cetain matters. Voters are usally more thoughtful when they dont know who to vote for so the listen to both sides, but there is also the problem of majority in some places and not others. Majority also plays an impact on the vote of the presidency. Look at how many Electoral College votes California has, they have a total of 55 votes thats more than Wyoming by a land slide because Wyoming only has 3 votes total. If one side got Florida, Califronia, Texas and Massachusetts then the opposing side would have to get all of the other states just to catch up. The distrabution of the votes is a problem because some states are humongus but they dont have a large population. Some states are really shrimpy but have a abundance of people. These are just two reasons why the Electoral College process should be tossed out of the election decisions in general. Some people say the Electoral College process is just fine because this process aviods run off elections. Source 3 states "Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recevies the majority of the votes cast." They say this because of what happened in the Nixon and Clinton race in 1992. Neither one of them got the majority the both got 43 precent of the votes cast. This doesn't help the real problems at hand like the time management and majority issues in the states that have large amounts of people and little land and vis versa. The amount of votes each state gets is based on its population and its not fair to the staets that have less people just because of there location to suffer while the smaller more populos states don't. In future election the Electoral College should be taken out of the process in which the president is elected because of the miss use of time and the distribution of population. The popular vote process would eliminate both problems if it was the only process. It would eliminate the time spent in states by making them go to every single one or close to that. They would do this to make sure they got as many votes as possible. It would also eliminate the population aspect because every state would get to make a diffrence in the election of the president instead of having 3 votes and most of the other states having twice that or more. This election process is to complicated you should dumb it down or simplify it to increase the impact of each state and the simplfication for the soon to be president. We don't want him to change his mind about doing this important job for us as a country.        

In recent years car ownership has decreased with positive consequences. Life with out cars has its advantages. It is reducing the amount of emissions put into the air, cars are resposible for 12 percent of green house gas. Life without cars can also relive stress. An experimental car free community in Germany called "Vauban" completed in 2006 is a town where 70% of its residents do not own cars and the streets are completely car free. It's constructed so everything is within walking distance. This means no need for cars, wich means little to no polution. People usaully bike or walk to their destination in Vauban."when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much better this way" says a Vauban resident. Vauban is a component of a movment called smart planning. As you can see, a community with no cars is prospering aurgurably better than one with cars. People are less stressed and pollution is heavily reduced. A life/community with no cars has little to no negative results. "After a near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air oof the global city." france need a solution to reduce the smog, so they banned even-numberd license plates on monday and odd on tuesday. with some exceptions such as electric cars and hybrids. After five days of heavy smog and no cars, smog congestion was reduced to 60 percent. Here is another perfect example how decreasing cars on the street is directly linked to pollution decrease .because they took away cars, pollution was heavily decreased. This is a huge advantage that  limiting car usage has. The USA has always been a car culture, but things are changing for the better. car liscense ownership rates have only decreased since 2005. this means we are putting out less emissions than 12 years ago! we are eqaul to where the country was in 1995. the reasons vary as to why lisence ownsership is decreasing but so far it has its advantages. People are car pooling more and using bikes and walking to their destination. the only negative side of limited car usauge is for the car industry. with less cars on the road, they get less money. But overall people will benifit from this. Limiting car usage has huge advantages and I encourage you to try walking or biking rather than using your car. You will become more socail, fit, and help prevent pollution.

Electoral College is the way American people get to chose who they want to represent their state or country. Why get rid of a system that has few flaws and gives people a since of picking their people? Electoral College should be kept because gives candiates a fair chance and lets everyone pick a representator. To begin, electoral college gives candiates a fair chance. In source 3 it states " The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electroal votes to elect a president. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." This expalins that even if only a candidate only represent one region of the country electoral college can still give them a chance to win presidency. In source 1 it states " Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors." This means electoral college gives a candidate a group of supporters to help him or her win a election. Futhermore, electoral college gives the people a right to pick a representator. In source 1 it states " The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens". Everyone who is a United States citizen has the right to vote for who they want for representation for each state. In source 3 it states " Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign to really listen to the competing candidates knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average, and the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election". Thoughtful votes or people who just vote because everyone else is doing it doesnt matter. Everyone could vote for anyone with electoral college. "Its official: The electroal college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguements in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguements against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college". I disagree with this statement because the electoral college gives candiates a fair chance to win electons and the people get to pick who they want to represent their states. In conclusion, electoral college should be kept because it gives candidates a fair chance and allows the people to pick who they want to represent them.

The electoral college is a bad thing for the United States of America and should be taken down because the electoral college is done by electors instead of the people of America. This is a bad thing because basically the popular vote done by the citizens of America don't count for anything if the loser wins the electoral votes. In the year 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote against George Bush but even though the people wanted him to be the next president Bush won the electoral votes and became U.S. president instead of Gore. Bradford Plumer wrote that, "Perhaps the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Represinitives, where state delegations vote on the president (The Sentate would choose the vice-president.) Because each state cast only one vote Wyoming, represinting 500,000 voters would have as much say as the 55 reprisinatives from California, who represent 35 million voters.  Given that that many voters vote one part for the president and another for Congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. And if an electoral tie seems unlikely, consider this: In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election;  in 1976, a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing votes away from catastrophe. A counterclaim for the argument made by Bradford Plumer would by written by Richard A. Posner. Posner says, "It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selectiong the president may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no hope of carrying their state -Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing that their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by the popular vote.... But of course no voter's vote swings the national election and in spite of that, about one-half of the eligible American population did vote in 2012's election. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people think that a single vote may decide an election...." This quote from Posner means that less and less people are voting because they know that their vote doesn't count for as much as it should.

Drivers should be able to use phones while driving. Even though texting while driving is against the law people have invented apps and devices that allows you to use the phone without actually holding the phone in your hand they have phone holders and aux cables. Even if your not allowed to hold your phone while driving to change the music or change the call you can now use an aux or voice activated command like siri or alexa. Which would make it safer to use your phone while driving and not having to your phone Most people nowadays still drive while texting on the phone I know my older brother and my God dad do it all the time. I sometimes wonder if im supposed to say something about them driving while on the phone. Using phones while in the car can be a good thing in the since that in case of emergency and you aren't able to reach your phone with your hand you can use voice activation to call the police or fire department. See most people don't take advantage of phone holders while driving because its an hasil to hook to the air vent but if it's going to keep me out of jail I would use one. So in the end cell phones should be allowed to be used in any capacity while operating any vehicle.

Using a Phone While Driving In the United States the number one leading cause of car accidents are caused by distracted drivers who are on their cell phones. Texting while driving has caused over 3,000 teen traffic fatalities a year. When driving it is very easy to get distracted by devices such as phones, even those who think they are more experienced get into car accidents because of texting while driving. Society nowadays is more dependent on their devices due to the inconvenience of not knowing what is going on in their daily life. Not to mention the development of technology has been implemented on the teens of the 21st century, causing more people to find social connections through devices rather than interactions. The concern has become a negative impact to the point people are placing a person's well being, in the same comparison to one of a broken phone. The effect a device has is also impacting the mental well being of the youth, in a recent study found between the years of 2010-2015 the suicide rate on females rose to 65% while the depression rate rose by 58%. This addiction to phones has also been carried out into areas such as in cars. According to the National Safety Council, 1.2 million car crashes in 2013 involved drivers talking on the phone, and at least 341,000 involved text messaging. The concern about using phones while driving impacts the lives of not only themselves but also puts the lives of others at risk. Cars have become more developed over the ages to cater the needs of those who need to call by installing a bluetooth, so drivers will not open and check their phone while driving. In the past driving was in the concern of "keeping your eye on the road" but as time went by so did the sensibility of driving. Phones have now become a priority even when on the road and the lack of common sense is lacking more and more over time. Whatever reason, people have become more adapted to checking their phones while driving, thinking that 3 seconds of simply "checking" ,wouldn't change anything. The awareness of people driving and texting or using their phones is not impacting enough to the public. Teens are learning these bad habits and becoming accustomed to do such actions without thinking of the consequences. Thinking of how society is progressing, situations like teen accidents will not change unless the awareness of it is made more serious. In some states' they are taking the first actions to prevent accidents by adding in laws that prohibit phones to be in a driver's hand. There is nothing more serious than being able to impact someone's life by taking a brief moment to check your phone while on being in the driver seat. In conclusion, driving is a serious matter that should be taken seriously and not as a joke. There is no greater good than taking the moment to concentrate on what is in front of you rather than what is next to you. Take caution in driving and keep both hands on the wheel to prevent anymore suffering and any harmful casualties from devices. "Cell Phones." Teen Driver Source, www. teendriversource. org/teen-crash-risks-prevention/distracted-driving/cell-phones. "11 Facts about Teen Driving." DoSomething. org, www. dosomething. org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teen-driving. 1

In the article, I think that the image of the "face" on Mars is just a landform. The NASA workers think that that the face was created by aliens. I don't think it is so. When it says in the article "The camera on the board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." From the image they took, I don't see anything that has to do with aliens, and if they think the holes and landforms are made from aliens, well they are not because one aliens don't exist, and two holes can be their because of meteroids. Also how I think the face is a natural landform, the mount next to it doesn't look like a face. It just looks like a regular, normal landform, or it could of been from a meteroid that fell. If they think that aliens made those mount, they need to prove it with images of the rover going around Mars, because what they are saying about the holes and the "face" hasn't fased me one bit. On the top image of the article, it shows the images throughout the years of 1976 (left), 1998 (middle), and 2001 (right). The first image of 1976 which was taken by Viking 1 does look like a face at first, but you never know, they probably used a camera that wasn't really good, and the image was blurry. I think that is why the landform looks like a face. The second image of 1998 which was taken by Viking 2 is a little more clear, but also still looks like a face, but it is starting to fade away, the nose, mouth, and eyes. The third image of 2001 which was taken by NASA does not look like a face at all. The landform has all kinds of cracks, and lines on the mount. With the images, in the article is says "Twenty Five years ago something funny happened around Mars." So that was twenty five years ago when they took that photo, so that proves that in that time, they didn't have all kinds of cool techology to take photos that are really clear. Unlike in 2001, they had really good technology to take clear images to take a photo of the mount or whatever you think it is. When they say that the aliens made the Face, you might not want to go with it because they might research it, but they also might assume what it is right away. And how they thought it was a face in 1976, they might of not had good technology in the 1900s. And they still believed it when they took the 2001 picture, and they even have good technology now. I don't know if they still believe it now, but if they do, that is suprising me. When people put anything online about how they think it something, don't believe it until you see it yourselve. Either on the computer, or a book. But you don't have to go with what everyone is saying just because they think it is that, go look it up yourself, and if you don't think the image is compared to what they think the image is. That doesn't matter if you think different, it is who you are and what your imagination tells you what the object, image, color, etc. That is what makes you special in your own way.

In person teaching vs online teaching has been a very controversial topic for a very long time. While the majority supports online teaching, there are still some that support the idea of attending in person. Attending classes physically may yield some benefits that online classes don't, however, online teaching creates more rewards by enabling the student to adjust the class session according to the schedule, saving a lot of time that would otherwise be wasted, and providing for a stress free experience. The student can decide which time would be the best for them to attend the class, whether it be in the morning or in the afternoon. They'll be able to attend the class without having to cancel or reschedule anything. For me, this is quite valuable. I strongly dislike waking up really early in the morning, at the crack of dawn, just so I can be ready for school. With this feature, I can attend my class and get all the rest I need. Saving time could make all the difference to a student. The time that would normally be wasted trying to catch a bus, finding a parking, avoid or getting through traffic, and the sort can now be spent sitting on the couch in pajamas and eating breakfast, all while attending the very same class that could've been missed otherwise. I sometimes struggle in the morning to prepare myself and my stuff as to not miss the bus, and in turn, be late for school. This is another advantage of having online classes that would make my life, and everyone else's, so much easier. A stress free education would make the whole experience a lot easier on all students. There is simply too much time being wasted trying to understand a difficult topic with limited resources, and in a limited time. Being able to have one on one sessions with the teacher would allow students to ask additional questions and get extra help on homework and other assignments. Whenever I have trouble do an assignment, I find that asking for help from a teacher, or anyone with experience on the topic, allows me to better understand what it is I'm doing and have an easier time completing the designated assignment. Online class have their flaws too. For instance, the software that's being used could experience a malfunction, or there could even be too many students already in the session. There could also be a predetermined schedule that does not fit the student's personal timetable, resulting in them missing the set time of the session or them moving another event to a later date. Though some would say that attending class in person is more beneficial, because of the many complications of online teaching, such as having a hard time finding, managing, or even navigating the website or software, online teaching is simply more convenient because it saves time, allows the student to choose which session to attend according the their personal agenda, and provides all students with stress free learning experience.

Dear state senator, I beleive that we should throw out the electoral colledge and not use it anymore. Today it is irrelevant and it does not help out the elections, in fact I think it only causes trouble. The electoral colledge is the last deciding factor of who acuatlly gets president. How is that a democracy? The people vote for who they want to in the main election and then by popular vote is usually what party gets to send the electors that would vote for them(source 1 ph 5-8). An example of this is the famous 2000 election. That election Al Gore and George Busch were facing off fo the right to hold office. Now Al Gore had won by popular vote, but instead what happened is the electoral colledge voted in favor of Busch instead of Al Gore(posner  ph16). So this shows that Gore should have won because he had the most votes by the american people, but then the electoral colledge voted someone else. So why did the people even vote if the person they wanted in office did not even make it in. That is why we should do away with the electoral colledge. Now if for some reason the majority voted in a really crazy man into office that would completely corupt the government then it would be good too have something else that can change teh vote so that America does not get anymore corrupted. The only problem is how many times would you vote for a crazy person who you know will affect you in a very major way? My guess is not very often. Now there is some perks but they are really only for the losing president. If the pesident did not win all of the popular vote he could have won a lot more swing states than his opponent which help him better in the electoral election(posner ph20). So there is only one way that the electoral colledge is helpful and it is not even to the American voters. This is why we need a change and to get rid of the electoral colledge. So in conclusion, I have shared many reasons why the electoral colledge needs to go. I hope that you mull over these ideas and that you bring them to the governments attention. Sincerely, A student

Have you ever asked more than one person for help on what product to buy in a situation? Interviews are a perfect example of seeking more than one opinion. Interviews are seen on the news, in professional sports, and other places as well. There are a lot of people that can help you buy the right product as well. They can all open you up to new ideas. I think talking to more than one person on an opinion is a better choice because it shows you more than one option, it can change your perspective of a topic, and it informs you about what other people enjoy. First, I think it shows you more than one option. One opinion of a person might destroy your choice on an option rather than opening it up. The whole point of asking what is the better choice, is to make it better, not worse. You could already have the better opinion, and that person might ruin it, but more people would give you a good balance of what you need to know. Multiple opinions can stride you toward different answers. Different answers will most of the time make things go in the right direction. Its good to show variety in what you're going to pick in order to get the best choice. One opinion could be someone who isn't informed on the idea. They might not know anything about the topic and might just state a random answer. That can really throw you off if you don't get more ideas than just that one person. That can have the same effect as what I said before. That one person could mess it all up for you. All of the people you ask shows you more than what you thought was the best choice. Next, it can change your perspective on the topic. One person can change your option, but it may not lead you in the right direction. That direction could make you unhappy with your choice if you are comparing a product to see which one to get. You could take that one persons advice and follow it, but it might not be the best advice you could get. Multiple people have a better chance of leading you to the right opinion. When you get the opinion of multiple people, it balances out what might be the favorite option, or what might be the better option. A lot of times, changing your opinion is for the better. You could be looking at the wrong choice, and multiple opinions might lead you to the right path. It gives new ideas and ways to look at a situation and make the right choice. It can make you change your opinion. Finally, it informs you about what other people enjoy. Having more than one person's opinion might lead to an agreement with those people. You could be really stuck on a certain product you are trying to buy, and someone could save that entire situation by finding a good version of that product. You could also learn more about culture and peoples opinions in a certain area, or a certain time. Many people are different and sometimes that is based off of the environment around them, and where they grow up that could affect what a person likes. If you ask multiple people in the same area you grew up in, you should be leading yourself to the right choice. It can also lead to meeting new people, and making new friends. You could agree on an opinion and start a bond there. It all helps you on knowing not only what you like, but what a lot of other people like. In conclusion, finding more than one persons view is better because it shows more than one opinion, it can change your own opinion, and it can inform you on what other people enjoy. If you are ever interviewing people, or looking for advice from other people to make the right decision, make sure you ask multiple people and not just one person for that advice! I always ask friends, family, or other people for help and advice if I should do something or not. You've probably asked multiple people for advice as well!

As teen mature, they make opinions about issues that can affect them. Some school offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing. I think students should not be benefit to attent classes from home. Students would not be able to socialize with other students. For example, staying home every single day and not going out can lead you to depression. I personnel can't stay home all day and only focus on school. Also, teenagers need to interact with people more often and not be home all day. In conclusion, students need to get out of their home to clear their mind about all the work the school gives them. Students would not be responsible in the future. For example, when they grow up they will not have the knowledge and the resposability it take to get a job out side of home. Students would not know all the resposabilities it takes to wake up every single day in the morning to go to school and do all the work that is required to do to be able to graduate. In other word, it will affect them not knowing how hard it's to work hard for something they never force them self to do. In conclusion, teenagers should get the experience and the hard work it take to be successful in life at a young age. While some people believe that students should not be benefit to attend classes from home, others argue that students should be benefit to attend classes from home because they can do their work on their own pace. Althought this might be valid,There is several ideas to considered such as, Students would not be able to experience of being part of a club or sport in school. For example, Schools have many activies that can be helpful for students futher in life. Students will not know how it feel to be part of a team or how to work as a team. Also, In the furure sometimes they will be required to work with a group of people but they will not be comfortable because they never had that experience. In conclusion, Students wouldn't be able to do any activies in school. Students shouldn't be allow to take classes at home while other student's go to school. First, Students will be isolated in their home all the time. Secondly, They will not know the hard work they need to put in to achieve something. Finally, Students wouldn't be able to enjoy the life of a teenager. As a result, Do you think it will help student's in the future?

In the article "The Challenge od Exploring Venus," the author states that NASA has a compelling idea to send humans to Venus to study it." Their solution to surving the harsh environment would be to float above the fray. Avoiding the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of thier way. In paragraph 6 it states that," Researchers cannot take sample of rock,gas or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to uderstand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite therisks." Meeaning that if they want to be able to study Venus from the ground they would have to build something to allow them to safetly gather samples and information first hand. In paragraph 7 the author mentions that looking back to world war ll they could use mechanical computers instead of using eletcronic ones. The mechanical computers could be made to widthstand the damage of acid,heat and pressure. To test the mechanical computers they can put it through the series of test that they can create in the test chambers to see if they can widthstand it. In conclusion if we wanted to get a closer look at Venus then we would have to send scientist to venus in specially made space crafts to be able to widthstand the dangers of the sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. n

Principal, I am writing you today on behalf of the idea of students needing a B average to participate in school sports and other activities. I strongly agree with you by requiring students to have a B average. Students need to be disciplined in and out of school. If they care about sports, they need to start caring about their school work also. If students have below a B average, they do not play until they get their grades up. During practice they will be off to the side studying and doing homework. When students get into high school and college they have to have a B average to even be able on the team! If your star player has below a B average then you need to sit him until his grades get up. If you start losing the player and the team will learn their lesson that if they don't have a B average they'll have to watch their team from the sideline. Students need to start maturing and becoming disciplined when it comes to school work. School needs to come first before sports and other activities because when we grow up, we will need to have at least a B average. So I am on your side on the idea of students have at least a B average to be able to participate in sports and activities. Sincerely, STUDENT_NAME

Electoral College is a great thing and some people might think its not, but there is some wrong things about it like voters vote not for the president, but for slate of electors who in turn elect the president. I'm not going to keep it because its not a good idea and people want to vote for who they want and not vote just so someone can pick who they want like their choice didn't matter. My argument against the electoral college is we might call the disaster factor. The american people consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for mech worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960 segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new elecotrs who would oppose John F. Kennedy. ''So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.'' In the same vein, faithless electors have occasionally refused tovote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. The Senate would choose the vice-president. Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters,would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters. Given that many voters vote one party for preident and another party for Congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people.       

By Generic_Name The reason why people ask multiple people cause everybody has a different opion on the same questions. Not all people are the same and some may think the same thing. But you always need to ask multiple people so you make sure you know for sure. And just cause u asked another person dosent mean there opion is right. And say you ask for advice for some help some kids just like to joke around. So there was this one time where i really needed help with some work and i didnt know how to do it so when i went to ask all they did was joke around and tell me wrong answers. So what i did was i went to the teacher and asked him for help so when i did that he actually made me understand it so what i'm trying to say is if your friend likes to joke around when u actually need help just ask a teacher cause there gonna pay more attention then one of Ur friends will. And I had another time where I really nedded help getting my basketball form better so i tried asking my brother but he didn't help so I asked my rec basketball team so i satrted to do better in practice so thats when my coach put me as starter. The end.

Dear TEACHER_NAME, I know that you are a little conflicted on the decision of banning cell phones from school, or not. I am writing to tell you my opinion on cell phones. Maybe it will help you make a decision, and also see the situation from my point of view. I believe that cell phones should be aloud in school and for multiple reasons. One reason they should be aloud is because people need their cell phones. I am not talking about the fact that we must have our cell phones or we would 'die', but the fact that we need them for emergencies. If we didn't have our cell phones, how will we know if family emergencies occur. Or even if our parents are not home so we have to stay at another house. We may also need our phones for 911 emergencies, and even to call home to say that your going to be late. Our phone is our life line of sorts. We need them for way more reasons than texting, listening to music, or making 'petty little phone calls' as you say. So in conclusion, I think that you should allow students to bring phones to school and use them during their free time. As long as they have their phone turned off in class. It's giving them free rein, but with limits. Sincerely, STUDENT_NAME

A large percentage of people ask several other people for advice before making a choice but why is that? Getting advice from others can be extremely helpful when it comes to making a tough decision, especially if you don't know the pros and cons of your options. It isn't uncommon for people to ask for a second opinion or to seek help from more than one source but should you really bother with the extra effort when you could just ask one person who gives good advice? While getting advice from a single person can be good in a more basic situation I believe that getting advice from more than one person is almost always better. I think that asking a group of people for advice is beneficial because it gives you new points of view, lowers the level of bias, and can give you new information. First of all, asking multiple people can give you several new points of view. Whether you're in a situation you know a lot or a little about, asking for several people's advice can make you think about think about it in a whole new way. For example, you could have an extremely hard time completing your math homework and ask your teacher for advice, then gain a little better understanding of how to complete the problems. If you then ask another person about how they complete the problems you may learn even more about the problems, and gain an even better understanding of how they work causing you to perform better than you would have otherwise. This is one of the reasons why I believe you should ask multiple people for advice. Secondly, asking more than one person for advice can lower the amount of bias you hear. For example, let's say that you are buying a pet and are thinking about getting a dog but aren't a hundred percent sure about if you want one, so you ask your friend if you should get one. If your friend doesn't like dogs then they may say that dogs are horrible pets and that you shouldn't get one so you change your mind and don't get one. If you instead ask a group of people then you can hear multiple opinions which usually lowers the level of bias and gives you a general consensus instead. If you hear five people say that they believe dogs are good pets versus one person saying that they think dogs are bad pets then you can pretty safely assume that dogs are at least OK as pets. This is another reason why I believe it's beneficial to hear more than one person's opinion. Finally, asking several people for advice can teach you lots of new information. If you get advice from several people then you can learn new skills or find an even easier way to do things. For example, let's say you are taught a new way to do a math problem by one person, then get taught new information about how a particular area of the problem works by another person. You can then take the information you learned and apply it to the new way to do the problem and make it even easier, or even learn to do a new kind of problem. This is my final reason why I think that getting advice from multiple people is important. I think that getting advice from multiple people is absolutely vital when it comes to making a good decision or finding an effective way to do something. I think this because when you ask multiple people you can get new points of view, deal with less bias than when you ask one person, and gain completely new knowledge about the situation. Like I mentioned earlier, I do believe that for consulting with multiple people isn't necessary for simpler problems, but can still be helpful if you really want the extra opinions. I personally prefer to hear several opinions before I make a decent amount of my decisions. Why do you think hearing multiple opinions is important? 

Dear TEACHER_NAME, I think that it is a great idea for kids to help other kids by doing community service .It is even better when they volunteer themselves. That shows that those kids care about their peers and want to do something positive for the community. On the other hand, some kids think that community service takes too long. I'm not judging because some activities do in my opinion take to long. Maybe I could suggest some other things that those kids could do. For an example, some kids could recycle or not leave the water on while not in use. My aunt use to recycle cans. I never really thought about it but now i understand that, that was a good idea. Instead of throwing those cans in the trash, she was actually saving materials. I also learned last year about my carbon foot print. I learned that leaving water on, leaving the lights on, and using the air conditioner could be replaced with a better idea. Plus leaving the water on and lights on when not needed is wasteful and instead of having the air conditioner on, an open window would probably work. Not only does it run up a monthly bill. Its just wasteful when not being used. Those are just some examples of ways kids could do good by not doing a lot. Now that I think about it. i once sat down at the dinner table and ate half of my food and was planning on throwing the rest away, but my mother stopped me. She explained that some kids, my age and younger don't get to eat. So I should be thankful and not throw away food that some other child could be gladly enjoying. In conclusion, the moral of this letter is that i feel that some kids shouldn't get discouraged from doing something for their community. It doesn't have to be major, like painting a house. Instead it could be something simply, like not littering. Yours Truly, STUDENT_NAME

My opinion is that we should study venus. Yes, it might be dangerous but if you would want to find out more about venus then that's the option. "Researches cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." We wouldn't be able to see it far away. We would need to see it close up so we would be able to study and explore it. Venus has something we want to learn about, not specifically that but about it. It has so many things that we want to see and study. "Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite it's proximity to us." Venus is the hottest even if it's not the closest to the sun. "Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Studying venus would be much better. We would know more about venus and it is. We would know what it has and what don't it have. "Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been the most earth like planet in our solar system." Some of venus features are unknown but some are analogous to those on earth. "NASA's possible solution to the hositle conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." "Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky." Venus is the second planet from our sun. We are curious what venus has and study it. It has so many things that earth dosen't. It's a whole different planet. "NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus." It might be dangerous but one day we will get to go to venus. NASA is trying there hardest to get a person to venus but we need more materials and money for that. Almost 3 decades we haven't went to venus. It's a challenge to study and get back. NASA will complete this challenge.

IF i really had a saying to this, i would ask my self the same thing "does the electoral college work"? For now all i could say that the only good thing electoral college is good for is for ,messing things all up. the college electoral compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Too me what's even wrong is that according to a gallup poll in 2000,taken shorly after AlGORE,thanks to the quirks of the electoral college,won the popular vote but lost the presidency,over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. The electoral college is really bad we dont need it no more it's time to take it down, they been lieing to us. Under the electoral college system,voters vots not for the president ,but for a slte of electors,who in turn elect the president. the fact that they even did that how can they get a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy. Faithless electors have occasionally refused to a vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. thats why i think its time for the electoral college to go and never come back because they dont care what we (the poeple) have to say then we dont need to hear what they have to say. 

In the world of education, there have been many arguments about which way of learning could benefit the most people. Some agree that the system we have now is the pinnacle of what we can do to help younger generations learn. However, there is definitely more we could do so the next firemen or police officers in line don't make the same mistakes we have. One of these things is autonomy, the chance to build a new road for one's self. Who wouldn't love the true freedom to become anything by just working to improve skills? One of these bits of autonomy is the chance to try distance learning. What is distance learning? It is when a child decides to take school from home, online, or have video courses with a teacher. It isn't exactly homeschooling or tutoring, in the sense that instead of having a family member, or specialized teacher come to enlighten; rather, it is when a teacher from the school that the student has probably gone to takes the time to teach one-on-one, along with online courses. As of now, only a percentage of schools allow this, but if this opportunity were introduced to more schools, the whole county would have a higher success overall for two reasons: it helps those who learn better in a small environment, and there isn't the stress of actually going to school. There are many children all over the world with social anxiety, learning disabilities, or who are just very introverted. When compared to the much more prominent demographic, they are often looked over and left out. If, however, we put them in a more solitary environment, they most likely would excel in academic studies, due to it being less stressful for them. Just imagine people running all about, bumping into and pushing others, when they normally can't even go up to the staff to ask for help. Having the choice of distance learning could take away that stress, and open a whole new road for them to go. There are others that, unlike the people in the last paragraph, love socializing. They go out a lot, talk with their friends every day, and just love being around people, but there is just one problem; they absolutely loathe the school system and the way it sucks the life out of them. Well, if they tried distance learning, those students wouldn't have the troubles of the system lingering over them, and they could just get the work done. Sure, one would say that it takes away valuable social time, but if one thinks about it, it could also leave some free time to hang out with friends. Having that option, they wouldn't have to worry about whether or not they're precisely following the rules, if they're causing too much of a ruckus, or simply about what others might think of them. Autonomy is a wonderful thing. It's nice to just relax and not feel like you have to go down a certain path. I do agree, though, that there needs to be some rules so people won't take advantage of everything. Distance learning is the very middle of those two extremes, understanding that one has the power to be anything they want as long as they work hard, while also knowing that there are still certain tasks they need to accomplish, and certain rules they need to abide by while doing said task. If we all let the small stars shine, they will shine brighter than any other.

Luke's Point Of Veiw "Come on! Please join with me!" I begged. "It will be so much fun!" "No. I don't want to. It seems boring." Sam said. "Don and I are doing it. Wouldn't you want to help someone in need?" I said. "How about this, I will talk it over wiht my parents and see what they think, then I will make the final decision. Ok?" he explained. "Ok. Meet me at the Big Tree tomorrow at 3." The we bothed walked off. I really hoped that Sam would agree. We would be like the three muskateers! I thought. Don, Sam, and I have been best friends since I could remember. DOn had already been my neighbor, so when Sam moved in a couple houses down we decided to start being friend swith him. I'm glad we did. Don and I have been apart of the UNRRA for a while now, and we were home for a brake. Our only mission while being home is to try and get people to join. We already got a couple, but we needed more. There is always work to be done on the ship. "Hi Mom." I said walking into the kitchen. "Dinner smells good." "Good. How was your day?" she asked. "Anybody new recruited?" "Still working on Sam. He said he would tell me his final answer tomorrow." I told her. We ate dinner and then cleaned the dishes off. "Mom, is it ok if i go back out to town?" I asked. "Sure. Just be back before dark." I went to the common area because there is normally still a lot of people ther at this time eating, playing with animals, or little kids running around. I walked into the common and sure enough, people were there. As I was walking, I felt a tap on my back. "Looks like we had the same idea, Luke!" It was Don. "Yeah! So glad you're here. Have you gotten anyone?" I asked. "Yeah actually. Those men sitting over there talking." He pointed to 3 men chatting on a bench. "Good job!" I congradulated him. "Sam and I are meeting at the Big Tree tomorrow for his final decision. He said he was going to talk it over with his parents tonight." "Oh good. Let's go get some more people." he replied. "Hello." I said to a man around my age petting his dog. "I'm with the UNRRA group, the "Seagoing Cowboys" and I was wondering if you are interested in it." "Hello, and sure. Tell me about it." he said, with a kind smile. "What UNRRA stands for is the United Nations Relief and Rehabilition Administration and what we do is carry animals on ships to different places. FOr example, we went to Greece and unloaded there. We carry horses, young cows, and mules. We also have spare time on the ship. We do table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, readong, whittling, and we can play volleyball and baseball." I explained. "That sounds very exiting!" Where do I sign up?" he askeed. I handed him a paper. "Put your adress, first and last name, and age on here. We leave in a week to head bak c out, so in a couple of days someone will show up and say if you are drafted or not." "Thanks!" He said after signing the paper. It was getting dark, so Don and I decided to head home together. We talked about small things like where we might go nest, how long we will continue doing this, and we also talked about other jobs we might want. I got home and went to my room. It was a long day, so I went to bed shortly after. I woke up to the sun peering into my room through the window. The house already smelled like blueberry muffins. "Good moring, sweetie." my mom greeted. " Good morning, Mom. Muffins smell good." I said. "Eat up." She put a plate in front of me with 2 muffins. I devoured them pretty quickly. At 3 I am meeting Sam for his decison. I hope he decides to do it." I said. "Me too. It would be fun for the three of you." A little later I took the papers of all the people I have gotten to my boss. He lived right in town. It took me about 10 minutes to get there. I knocked on his door. "Hello Luke!" he said. "Hey Mr. Kyle. I brought you some more papers of people." I told him. "Great!" I will look through them right now actually." he exclaimed. "I might have one more later today also." I said, getting exited. "Wonderful. COme back and let me know, alright? he smiled. "Will do." I walked back to the sidewalk. I went to the library, the market, and the barn just to kill time. It eventually became 3, so I walked to the Big Tree. Sam was already there. "Hey Sam!" I Greeted him. "I'll do it!" he exclaimed. "Really?" I asked. "Yeah." he replied. "Great!" Let's go to Mr. Kyle." I said.

The way we should change the way we choose our United States president. I am against the Electoral college. I feel like with the Electoral college my vote does not matter. The Electoral college is a pretty unfair way to choose out president. I think its time to try something new. A expirement prehaps. How do we know the popular vote system doesn't work if we had not tried it. You know what they say don't knock it to you try it. We can avoid what happend in 1968 or 2000. Im just saying and im not the only one saying this but the Electoral College is unfair and irrational. The Electoral college is a voting castrophe. Many people fell like their vote doesn't matter or even make a differance. Their not the only ones. Some people just feel like the Electoral College is way too complicated to understand. Some just rather have their vote go straight to the president. Well they say their trust is rarely broken. Well thats still means it can be broken. Also, whats with the ''winner take all'' ? People here that say '' wait what?''.  Well to start off its a little bit unfair. We the people just want to pick our president of united states not some electors who might not even be that loyal to the person you voted for any way. We young generartion should try something new in the future. Which im saying that the Electoral College is a little bit old and outdated dont yout think. This Electoral College can be unfair and irrational at times. Also complicated as well. We voters wish their was an easier way to choose the president. well their is, we just haven't been useing it yet. They say they want to avoid another 1968. Or, even a 2000 election. Well i haven't seen any change or concern for this matter. Instead of chaging the rules , how about we change the voting systems in all. People have been trying to abolish the Electoral College for decades. People like President John F. Kennedy. Even one of our presidents was oppose to the Electoral College. Who is the Electoral Collage any way. Just some people who Dont currently hold office. Well whats the point of knowing who your voting for but not actully know who your voting for. Basiclly voting for someone who can not be trusted or not be loyal enough. We have to vote on trust and confidence. I know i want my vote to matter. So you see why we should change the way we choose our president. The Electoral college is a pretty unfair way to choose out president. I think its time to try something new. Many people fell like their vote doesn't matter or even make a differance. I just want to seeif any change can happen in the future. This Electoral College can be unfair and irrational at times. Also complicated as well. If we want to avoid 1968 or 2000 lets make a change. Atleast lets try it out for a election or two to see how it works. Instead of going off of this is what we been using so we are going to keep using it. Im just saying and im not the only one saying this but the Electoral College is unfair and irrational.

Although online school would we a good convenient way to learn while still being at home, taking classes in a school would be easier for teachers to manage. Online courses, even with the technology we currently possess would still be a hard task to complete and manage. Furthermore, some students dont have the type of financial stability to afford high end devices to power such a complicated task, even if the government buys all the devices, it would cost way more than to have a school built due to the fact that so many devices in the hands of students would require constant maintenance. Also with the recent strikes of teachers in the the previous months, setting more responsibilities on teachers would only create more tension between the wages of educators and their responsibilities that they not to fulfill. Using myself as an example, I could not be in my house all day because teens cannot be confined into one area of the house, schools offer the space to handle it, students can study work and move freely around in a classroom without being tied to one area. Also, having more technology control our lives constantly meddles with our social life, we keep limiting social interaction which is a very important part of our lives, being around and talking to people is a great way to deal with mental issues like depression and social anxiety. Also, online courses cannot offer extracurricular activities which gives students an ample amount of new experiences which colleges are looking for, if we all have the same school material than colleges cannot find students who shine and that offer more than the common teen. In other words changing our current schooling method could set other thing to change for the worse. One other big flaw with online schooling is that we already have millions of dollars in our current school system, switching or adding online schools would only solve a non existent problem and it would only place us deeper in the debt of our government. While online schools would help our impaired citizens, that could be easily overruled by the fact that we can easily make a new classroom in our current schools that offer extra help to impaired students. what makes internet school a poor choice is the many variables that could cause online classrooms to fail, the internet might go down, the power shuts off, technical issue that might cause you to miss school for a few days and, weather conditions that might interfere with the connection. Finally, we cannot let technological advances take over our lives because ultimately we still need to have some sort of control over programs. While it is acceptable to have some sort of technology to help us make our lives easier, we cannot just lay back and let it do the everything. Our current schooling system has barely any flaws in it so there should be no reason to replace a good system that we have created. Instead of trying to create a new solution we should just make it easier on ourselves and improve on what we already have.

MONTH_DAY_YEAR Senator Rubio: Hello, my name is PROPER_NAME, a freshman at SCHOOL_NAME. It is much appreciated that you took time out of your busy schedule to read this. This letter is in regards to the Electoral College. There have been many ongoing diputes on whether or not we should keep the Electoral College in order to elect the President. It is felt that the Electoral College is not the way to go when it comes to voting for the President. The reasons being for this is that the Electoral College doesn't truly represent the people, and it doesn't allow everyone to know the true facts about each candidate. First of all, the Electoral College does not represent everyone truly. The Electoral College is overall risky. It is stated by Bradford Plumer from the passage, "The Indefensible Electoral College..." , that there were several incidents regarding corrupt electors whom did not fufill the popular vote of their state. He stated the incident in the 1960's, when the Louisiana legislature almost replaced Democratic electors, in order to not have the popular vote go to Kennedy. Electors can also choose who to vote for and have no care in who the general public votes for. Why risk giving your voice to people who are shady, untrustworthy, and won't care for your opinion? Furthermore, in the passage of "What Is the Electoral College?" , that most states have a "winner-take-all" system. However, in Maine and Nebraska, they use a system similar to "proportional representation". Why would the USA need this in order to choose a President? Why can't things all be the same? Secondly, the Electoral College does not give everyone a chance to know the candidates a little better. In the passage, "In Defense of the Electoral College:..." , he states that candidates focus more on swing states instead of all of the states in general. This strategy creates a problem for those who want to listen and get to know who the candidates are, but live in states that don't get visited. Which in turn, doesn't allow the general public to get to know who they are. Another problem is that when the popular vote is lost in a state, those who lost no longer have a say in the election. Why have your vote squandered to the majority when you can have a direct election that will always give you a voice in your country? To conclude, the Electoral College isn't the greatest way to pick a President. The Electoral College should be abolished for it does not always honestly voice the general public, and does not give everyone to the same opportunity to understand a candidate's motives. The Electoral College may give a clear winner and is less time-consuming, but are we working towards a speedy election? Or towards what the people want? Over 60 percent of registered voters prefer a direct election. Which would you prefer Mr. Rubio? Sincerely, PROPER_NAME

Would you beleve there are faces on Mars mad of rocks or made by some living creature? Some would think the NASA's photos of the face is made by living creatures. The photo first came about from the viking1 from 1976. NASA has always had weird and unusal thing come from photos. But in 1976 the Viking 1 undescoverd a face on Mars Viking 1 was snaping landing sites for its sister ship. When it took a photo of a mound that looked like a face. A few days later they put the photo out in public and they went crazy. The MArs Global Surveyor in later years proved that it was just shoadows on a mound with a better camera it showed mor detail that it was just a mound of rock. There are people who still thing it is aleins. Even if there were objects with the camera you could see shack youcould see everything. What the photo really shows is a bette or mesa landforms its a lava dome that takes the form of aan isolated mesa. these are common in the American West. The "faces" are just showdows on a lava dome. The faces are just shadows on the lava dome. With the high reasolouton camera we proved that.

Driverless cars are the future of transportation. These types of cars will allow for the easy transportation of people without the need to take accout for human fatigue. Increasing technological standards along with the development of new programs are allowing for the development of driverless cars with power and complexity never before seen. While driverless cars have been a reality for mulitple years now, the technology to be able to allow them to function is just now being completed. After maunufactures discovered that it would be too costly to devlop smarter roads, the focus shifted to smart cars, cars capable of driving themselves. Driverless cars would allow for the development of new transportation infrastructure and an upgrade to the traditional way of driving, as well as being more fuel efficient and more enviromentally friendly. Google's own self driving cars have been able to driver over half a million miles without a crash. (Paragraph 2) Here we can see that the technology is there, it just has not been able to be implemented and the law has not caught up to where self driving cars are. People would become better connected in a world occupied by self driving cars. The reliable and more affordable use of transport that allows for the car to continue driving even after the driver has fallen asleep or become fatigued will allow for people to better communicate and be more easily connected to friends and family. New technology, like the "LIDAR" (Paragraph 4) becoming more readily available to the average consumer and not sitting at a price point well out of the average persons reach allows for the driverless car to become more of a reality. Even looking outside of truly driverless cars, cars that used assisted driving features, like cars made by BMW, GM, or Google, are still capable of helping the driver drive in a more safe manner. Technology has been developed that allows for the driver to be alerted to a hazerdous situation by vibrating the seats, flashing a light, or finding another way to notify the driver. (Paragraph 7) The technology is present to allow self driving cars to function, it just needs some fine tuning. Cars that have been made by these manufactures "... can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves," (Paragraph 7) It is important to understand why driverless cars propose a danger to us, however, because the benefit of an automated car is not gained without risks and challengs. Driverless cars, at this very moment, are not capable of dealing with complicated traffic situations or roadblocks, and this is primarily the argument for why these cars should not be allowed on the open road. Other arguments include the reasoning that the enjoyment is being taken out of driving by allowing a computer to do the driving for you. In regards to that, I respond by saying that cars that will have automated features will also be able to be driven. Most are not completely autonomous and will allow for the driver to take control at their leisure. In a hypothetical world where the autonomous car drives perfectly in all conditions, the driver would still be able to take control of the car and drive as s/he pleases and continue the drive as they wish it to be driven. Some people might see a driverless car as a loss of freedom or a loss of control, but a better way to observe the idea of a driverless car is to think of it as a car, just like any other, with a few extra features; and one of those features happens to be that the car is capable of driving itself. Another argument not stated in the document was the issue of misuse of the self driving car. A major trajedy in our society is that people would possibly try to use its autonomous abilities to achieve a terrorist goal. A driverless car could be used as a weapon for a group not willing to lose their own members in a fight, but this is still not a reason to stop the development of new technology. We as humans can not let fear stand in our way and give up on our evolutionary duty because we are afraid that someone else will hurt us for it. We are required as competent members of an advanced society to continue to devlop this technological marvel and use it for the betterment of mankind. Of course evil will still exist, and it always has and always will. It is important that we continue to develop, to move on in the face of danger and not let fear take hold of us. With self driving cars, the possibilities are endless. We have the power to travel anywhere and drive anywhere without worrying about fatigue or losing your way. We could leave Chicago one night, get a good nights rest, and wake up in Washington D.C., parked at your hotel. A fully developed automated car society would help to reduce the risk of collisions and would reduce emmissions that are harmful to the enviroment. Advanced technology has become more readily available to the consumer in recent years and allows for the driverless car to be cheaper and easier to produce than ever before when technology that these cars required was but a dream. Driverless cars could allow for a safer society that is more connected with transport that is cheaper and more reliable than that of the traditional car. Greater fuel efficiency and the lower enviromental impacts would promote the development of these cars by companies wishing to see a better world. The self driving car is the next step in the automobiles evolution.

Summer, the down time between school years, is effective because it gives students a break from the constant stress and work of school. However, over the summer break, it is common for students to forget information previously learned. This is why many schools have begun assigning summer homework or projects to help students retain knowledge and advance their skills. The main question about these summer projects is, should it be teacher lead to student lead? If students were to design their own assignments, it is most likely they would compensate for extra time and activities but they would also not create challenging and retentive assignments, as to allow themselves extra free time. If teachers designed the assignments, it would be harder to compensate for all the busy activities during the summer that the students will also be participating in, but they will create a consistent and advantageous project and remove student laziness from the equation. Although many older students work during the summer, the amount of time spent working is often over-estimated by themselves because they are enjoying the lack of school work. This created the perception that students are already preoccupied where the fact is that they have plenty of additional time to work on and complete projects. The addition of projects will also reduce the amount of time spent in the first few months of school reviewing past content, as students will be more refreshed upon their return to the school work environment. Additionally, summer projects will help prepare students for the year round work involved in a real-world job. Schools main purpose is to prepare students and young adults for the work environment experienced in the real world, and therefore need to be realistic to cause good work ethic and consistency. If students, who have no real conception of the outside world, design their own projects, they will be too easy on themselves and not advance their skills. Teachers, on the other hand, who have a complementary knowledge of the workforce, will be able to create useful and realistically challenging projects. There have been many studies done on students who have studied over summer break, and it is obvious that they have the clear advantage to those who have not practiced their skills. The greatest weakness attributing to student information loss would be becoming complacent or lazy over the summer, which is why students should have strict, organized, teacher lead projects over the summer.

With the information that has been found there's no prove that the Face has been structured by aliens. Scientist have stated that the Face was form by natural causes, others say that they may have found more information about the Face but than what they are saying. The Face was made by natural landform not created by aliens. The face wasn't stuctured by aliens so therefore was made by natural landform. NASA has plenty of evidence that the Face was form naturally, for example that it hasn't really been discovered that aliens actually exsist. Throught the years of 1976 and 2001 there were pictures of the face not yet comepletely form so therefore scientist think it took 25 years to form comepletely. Others may say that NASA has more information than what they are telling us. For instants in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars," in paragraph 5 it states that "evidence that NASA would rather hide." I argue that the Face wasn't created by aliens but from natural landforms. Natural landforms, created by aliens no one will actually really know what they think. I think it was naturally formed not created by aliens there really is no real evidence about it created by aliens. There could be thousand possibilites that it was form naturally or created by aliens. There are plenty reasons to believe that it was natural causes but not as much as it being created by aliens, after all who doesn't love a good mystery.

I think that using this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in their classroom is valuable. It is valuable becuase it can show when a student is losing interest or becoming bored or even if they are confused. it would be able to show the pace the student is learning and how comfortable they are with it. Teachers should be able to use the Facial Action Coding System becuase it can help the students stay more focused instead of just sitting there and letting the information go into one ear and out the other. It can help the teachers be able to keep students on task. Another reason why this technology might be a good idea for teachers in their classrooms is it can help showing when a student might not get the material or they might be confused and not understand what they are working on. With the help of the Facial Action Coding System, it can help the student get more help from teachers and their grades might even go up because it is showing the teachers how they are truly feeling in that class. The last reason why I agree with having the Facial Action Coding System is valuable is because it can show when the students are ready ti move onto the next thing because they are comfortable enough with the material. It shows the students are ready for the next thing. It could also help tell if the class is too easy and the student might need an advanced class or the things they are learning are too challenging for them. This Facial Action Coding System is valuable in many ways. It may not be the most important thing to have in the classroom but it will help with putting the students with what they are ready and comfortable enough with to learn.

Have you ever mad a bad choice and needed advice to help you make a better choice ? Sometimes we all make make bad choices and dont think before we do. However its important think it out clearly or talk to somebody you feel secured with. I once made a bad choice in class but i talked to my school consular and was all better for the rest of that day. However, theres different people you could go to for advice. Also theres different places or things you could use to get your mind off of something so you could make that better choice and dont get mixed up in trouble. One person you could go to for advice is a home counselor or school counselor. Counselors, are very helpful if your parent is working and you feel angry or sad and feel like you about to make and bad descions your counselor could help. They could take you out for something to eat and talk to you about the problem you having. They could even put you in a program too keep you focused. Also, a second thing that could help you out is talking to your love ones. Me personally i think talking to your mom and dad. And most of the time people act different ways because they lost a loved one or somebody not in there life that they need to be there for them. And good things your loved ones could do to help you out they could take you shopping and buy you something you like to make you feel loved and know that someone is here for you. sometime theirs very hard trying to talk to someone so its very important that you go to somebody thats easy to talk to and understands you for good advice. Next, i think something that could help you out and could take your mind off certain things is a vacation with your whole family. You could have quality time and know that your love you and tell your family about what been going on and they maybe could have a solution to help you out. Also why your on your vacation you could explore different things and get enjoy different great activities. you may even get closer to one of your family members and you start to come come to them more for advice. In conclusion, sometimes it may be hard not to make bad choice but its always great to to talk to someone you trust for advice. however sometimes it may not be a bad thing it may just be for and ordinary thing like needing helping pick out a pair of shoes or a shirt and you need advice so you can have a better choice. Therefore next time if you need advice to make a better choice just go to a relative or an friend So next time, you could understand.

"The Challenges of Exploring Venus" is an artical about how Venus is a close neighbor yet incredibly hard to study up close. The author suggest that is is worth the risk needed to study Venus and he had some compeling arguments. after reading this ask yourself would you take the risk? Venus is a very extrem environment, with temetures that can melt tin. it is so extream that no space craft had survied more than a few hours on the surface of Venus. The planet had an atmospher of mostly carbon deoxide and is rittles with cloudes of sulfur. Despite all of that the author still belivews we should continue to explore Venus. on of the authors key pointts was "...once have been the most earth-like planet inour solar system." The auter went on to say "Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like earth." I belive this is a great reason to explore Venus more deeply, because if it has any truth to it why is the planet so deadly now? we should lookinto its past and make an understanding of what happend to Venus so we know what could happen to us and possibly even try and prevent it. The author concluded thier artical by saying "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value,not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also,because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." i belive this is the authors main point, not just that we should know more about the planet but that it keeps us sharp and provieds problems to slove. The human mind is curious and will alway want to "know how it works" or "whys it do that" and if we dont presue those questions then we are learning nothing. So in conclusion althoghVenus is an extream environment we should explore it more deeply. We should try to find ways to do so. the author gave many points but his best one was simply that the peopel are curious and want to know so show us.

The author talks about the challenge of exploring venis, he talks about how astronomers are interested in venis because it may once have be the most earth like planet in our solar system. The fact that there is a possiblity of there once being life on that planets surface, that is amazing. The facts abouts about venis and how the author shows that it can be dangerous to be on venis. The first fact, the atmosphere of venis is 97 percent carbon dixide. If there was life on venis at once, then the life like creatures didn't last long. The planet venis could be the twin of earth. On the suface of venis it is about 800 degrees fahrenhiet. The chance of there being life on venis, there is about 50/50 chance of there once was life. the fact is that the pressure of the planet being 90. that could crush any lind of living thing. There can't be a creature that live on a surface that is hot. The pressure of the planets atmosphere is 90, humans can be crushed easily. The distantce from venis to our earth. the planet venis is rearly near our earth. it is in the orbit in our solar system so yes it is close by to the earth. Just about anything in the salor system of our is close to us. The author is right, the dangers of life on venis is very risky. It can crush anything with the pressure. It could kill anything that goes past its atmosphere. the athor despites the risk and the way venis is.

Cell phones are a big part of our society today, but students have problems with bringing them to school and using them whenever and wherever during class time. If not told when and when not students can use their phones, students will use them at anytime including during class and study time. Policy one is a superior choice because students will be able to bring their phones but only use them during free time, there for putting a halt to interruptions during class time. This way students can actually learn and are not worried about texting friends in the middle of class. If you also take them away during study time students can study for a big test they have coming up that week. If policy two was implemented students would ignore the rule and bring and hide them anyways. Students would not pay attention because they are too busy trying to hide the fact they have a cell phone out during class time. Study time would no longer be "studying time" and it would change to "texting time". Students do not always follow instructions, of course you will have some that do, but a majority of them will blow it off and do whatever they like. Both of these policies are good choices however, more people would follow instructions if policy one was used, of course not everybody will follow directions, but a majority will. Policy one is the better choice for principals and students. That way everybody gets what they want.

In this passage, the author uses evidence to support the idea that human curiosity should overpower and enable us to explore the unknown and seemingly impossible regardless of the risks or repercussions. Venus, Earth's closest neighbor to the sun, poses one of these risks that could be overcome by desires of humanity. Despite its realtion in size and distance to Earth, Venus is much different and inhabitable for humans due to its thick atmosphpere corrosive atmosphere. Though it seems that true exploration of our sister planet could never be completed, isn't it worth the risk to discover as much as we can for the saie of humanity and its curiosity? The author of this passage seems to think so and does a great job of explaining why further exploration of Venus needs to occur regardless of the obstacles. First, the author notes a specific way in which humans can encounter Venus' landscape and conditions that is both safe and productive. In this way, a form of spacecraft would not come in direct contact with Venus' surface, but it would hover above its atmosphere and be able to collect data on the dily occurences on Venus. This circumstance would allow humans to study Venus for themselves instead of a ship that would send data back to a base on Earth. The author also notes that researchers are developing ways to allows spacecraft to survive the conditions on Venus for a long enough period to collect data from its surface. Based on the type of technology that we have today, systems like these can be improved to resist the extreme conditions of Venus itself. If scientists are able to make products on Earth that could last through simulated versions of Venus here, then there should be no debate whether its worth a shot or not. Overall, the author makes great use of the evidence they have to support the idea that Venus is worth exploring despite its obstacles. They also do a great job of looking into the developments and possiblities of the future that can further enable scientists and researchers to fulfill the desires to learn more about Venus. They wrap up their essay by saying that the exploration of the unknown should not be pushed aside because of the obstacles presented within it, which is a great overview of the side in favor of adventuring through Venus altogether.

I believe that we should not get rid of the Electoral College because it is a process thart some people like to take! This college had a lot of electors, 538, and to elect the president you have to have 270, and theres is more than enough electorals so why get rid of it? Each candidate running for president in your state has there on group of electors. I do not think that the Electoral College is doing anything harmful or bad so I think that there is no reason to get rid of it! As many of you guys know many people vote, over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. They all say that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Now I think we should also get rid of the electoral college because they backed there answer up and i could not. There are 5 reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president and now I am going to tell you what they are: 1.) Certainty of Outcome 2.) Everyones President 3.) Swing States 4.) Big States 5.) Avoid Run-Off Elections

Why is seeking other peoples opinion can help someone make a better a choice? Seeking for one persons opinion is not a choice, it's an advice that could be right or wrong so you could just take it or loose it. Don't get me wrong I believe people and friends have good advice but sometimes you just need to think if it's the right advice for you, depends on what problem you have. However, with multiple people you can listen on what they think and from what there saying you instantly can tell if it's a right or wrong choice, and the person needs to know what position your going through so they can help you out. With one person it's hard to choose who your going to talk to cause not everyone has the best nor the worst advice or solutions. When it comes to different personality's it also comes with different result's and it's shocking to hear other peoples opinion when it's way far different from the others, I think that's why it's better to have more then one opinion cause as your listening on what there saying it's it's almost like being in the person's mind and seeing a different type of perspective. I think having multiple people with multiple opinions can help a lot, because a lot of people could have the same experience that you had before, but if they did not then that's something different but I also think it's based on the person who is giving you advice, for an example if you had a funny or silly friend who is always your best pal but yet you come across a situation that is serious and you come to them for advice and they still act kind a funny with it I would say that's not the best person to come to, but if it was a more serious and chill type of friend I would go to them to get the best result but that's just me. Again not everyone has a best answer but what you hear off of them can help you make the better choice. In conclusion having more then one opinion is the best way to help you out in any situation cause listening to other peoples opinion it's like your seeing from there point of view on how would they handle it and just by sorting it out from the wrong to the rights you can make your way to a better answer.

I have met somebody that thinks the face of Marsis an aliencreated abject. He says this with no information at hand. I am writing this to convince him that it is not an alien created object with some first hand knowlege. " The face of Mars is defenitly an alien created stucture because there is now way thats natural,"said Earl. "Well I am going to show you three reasons why this cannot be a alien created object. "The first reason i have to support why this is not alien made because after a NASA Surveyor revealed that the images were a naturaly formed stucture and that there was no alien monument"said Spencer. This is a big give away if it was aliens we would be able to tell" said Spencer. " The second reason I have to share is that it is an illusion" said spencer. " Yea but the aliens probably wanted it to be like that" said Earl. " No because Mars has many natural disasters such as eruptions and Mars quakes, dont you think that could have formed it?" "The last reason I have to support my theory is this." said Spencer. If aleins really did make that don't you think they would keep track of it the stucture?" said Spencer. "Look at these photos,you see it has parished?" In conclusion, Earl was convinced that it wasn't aliens that did it. Spencer did a great job of convincing him and now we can all look at that face and know it is not aliens.

Electoral College method should not be kept because it gives larger states a bigger adventege and is unfair to voters. Even though it can be argued that the Electoral College method should be kept due to avioding problems of a run-off in a election. The Electoral College consits of electoral votes that each states recieves due to the population of the state. This gives larger states like California having 55 electoral votes to have a bigger say in the election. Meanwhile states with a less population rate like Alaska only have 3 electoral votes. This turns off voters because they know that their state isn't a big deal in a election. Candidates go for the electoral votes of the bigger states with the most population to win the election. The Electoral College is a method that is unfair to voters. The winner take all system in each states makes candidates or even voters not want to spend their time on current states they know will not have a impact in the election. It ends up being the electors who elect the president, and not the people. The Electoral College method is not democratic in that perspective. The Electoral College is a lack of democratic pedigree and unfair to voters, it is impacting votes due to electoral votes being in power over the people. Due to the Electoral College method turning off voters it should not be kept.        

Phones and Driving Although cell phones have not been around for a very long time, they have become a key part of our lives. People use their cell phones for just about everything such as: texting, talking, schedule planning, internet surfing, etc. Sometimes we can even do two or more of these things at the same time. Unfortunately, people are also choosing the wrong time to be using their cell phones: while they are driving. As a society, we have become so focused on how much we can do at one time that we are willing to risk our personal safety as well as the safety of others because we can't put down our cell phones. Using a handheld cell phone while driving is dangerous to the driver themselves for a couple of good reasons. Several researchers have proved that using cell phones during driving makes driver more exposed to fatal accidents. Focus of the driver is not on the road or traffic and it becomes difficult to handle phone and vehicle at one time. Cell phones during driving also reduce the mental capacity of drivers as they fail to concentrate on minor or major activities happening around them. As already discussed, cell phones distract drivers' attention resulting in comparatively slow response to traffic signals and other related traffic events. Studies have shown the fact that breaking reaction time is also slower while talking on a cell phone during driving. The perception, vision, general awareness, and concentration of the driver are impacted while communicating on a cell phone during driving. Especially during bad weather or driving on slippery roads, drivers engage in conversation pay less attention to these areas increasing risks of fatal accidents. Although, there are grave negative impacts of using cell phones during driving it is pertinent, for the sake of arguments, to present benefits also. The most important benefit of cell phones during driving is again the security factor. During emergency situations cell phones can provide help and driver can make emergency calls, even reporting any dangerous scenario such as roadside accidents. Through cell phones a driver can locate the desired route. Furthermore, using FMs on cell phones can provide information about weather and traffic

I find the ideas behind the electoral college extremely ridiculous, and my claim is completely justifiable and backed up. Why vote for some one if youre actaully only voting for a board of people who could possibly not vote for the canidate of your choice. There also always a chance of your canidate winning popular vote and still losing to electoral. There is also the idiotic winner take all system that most states have in place. This "winner take all" system means that if a canidate recieves a majourity of the states votes, they get all of the votes for that state. I find it irrational because if you're going vote for a board of members who may or may not vote for the person in which you are rooting for, why even vote ? While this possability is extremly low, There is still always a chance it may happen. The way the voting system is set up your canidate can win popular vote by 20% more than their opponent and still lose by a 5% lower score in electoral vote. There have been cases in which this happened as well. (i. e. Al Gore, Richard Nixon) My final point against the Electoral College is the winner take all system states use when it comes to voting. This sytem makes it so that as long as there is a majourity in a state, the person that has that majourity has all the votes for the state. Some counterclaims that state that we should keep the electoral college enacted state that there will always be swing states. This means that instead of going to lots of states they go to the few states that they know could be pulled to either president. Over all I find the current system of voting a total disgrace to our glorious country. Its ubfair, unjust and a complete mess. I believe that we should act imediately upon this system and shut it dwon as soon as possible.

So "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a great little short story that includes very interesting facts and it's all on how to go about studying the planet Venus despite the dangers. That's not even half of it either in other words let me give you some knowledge that I have gained from this wonderul author. And this is where I'll tell you about the why scientists are still discussing further visits to the planet, so it say's in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" that it once long ago may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system then also Venus still today has a surface of rocky sediment besides that includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters fun fact Venus is called our "Sister Planet". Now let's go to some of the reason's why human-beings aren't able to survive on Venus basically the story say's venus average temperatures are on average eight-hundred fahrenheit,the atomspheric pressure is also 90 times greater than what we experience from here on earth there for as you can see the conditions are too extreme for humans to survive on the planet. Furthermore let's talk about how NASA plans to study Venus. So NASA's solution is like imagin a bimp-like vehicle hovering thirty-plus miles above Venus to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up there, but it doesn't mean it's not going to hot it will be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit and thje air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Finally for this conclusion I will just voice my own opinon about the short story on "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the thing I liked about the story is that it wasn't that hard to break everything down in to a little essay but besides that it was good and very informational story. I loved it!

Electoral College , whats so great about it? Why should we keep it, whats the point? their are so many things wrong with electoral college that their is really no point in keeping it. according to the passage I read "Does the Electoral Work? in source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College:Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by:Brad Plumer" you have to vote on a elector that might not even vote for the candidate you want over 60% of voters would prefer a direct vote anyway so... why don't we just do it, with the way we do it now with electoral college mistakes are being made. then we have this winner takes all crap witch is completely unfair too voters. You have to vote on a elector that might not even vote for the candidate you want...its almost like you're not even voting whats the point in voting if your elector might not even elect your candidate and half the time when you do get to tell them they don't listen and take advantage of their power. mistakes are being made with this way of election half the time voters cant even control who their electors vote for and sometimes voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate... electoral college is too confusing it needs to change. the electoral college is also unfair due too the winner takes all system in each state. This winner takes all system that we have in each state is horrible completely unfair to the voters why should we even try if we know we cant win? sure yea that's how we have done it for a long time and i know some people are scared of change but change isn't always necessarily a bad thing. Just to wrap things up here you have it this is my opinion on electoral college i think it should change imagine how mush better the process would be 60% of us want this anyway... its time for a change.      

Some schools offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing. Some believe that attend classes from home is not great for the student. But others think that if you attend classes from home you learn so much more. Attending a school can get you ready in the real world then just attending classes from home. Those who say attending classes from home say that because teacher cant teach the way they want. They have to follow the way the schools wants you to learn. For example, the teacher does not want to teach some of the stuff hes given but he has to because at the end of the day this is his job and he does not want to lose his job. When your attending classes from home you have more sleep and you wont be tired because it will be at your own time. And also you dont have to be in a class that the teacher dont really like to teach because over time some teachers lose that feeling that they loved. However, people believe that attending schools is way better then just staying home. Some reasons you should attend school then stay home is that you will have more fun in a class room then just home all the time. For example, you will make friends and do stuff together the will make your time more joy able then just at home. you wake up and go to school you see your friends and you make jokes and help each other and it is limitless. Another reason you should attend school then classes at home. Schools have field trips,sports,after school activities that you will probably love to do. Because you have the chance to try all of them at school. For example, there are filed trips to the art museum that have great at works like the monalisa. And filed trips to New York and other places that you will love to see. Sport teams are like family, you watch each others back and help improve you game together and thats something you cant get from home or video conferencing. Other reason why you should attend school with others is that someday you will find a bond with someone or a group that will last and you will be grateful for. For example, There were couples in high school that later on got married and there were these groups that became friends actually the became family. In conclusion, Some schools offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing. Some believe that attend classes from home is not great for the student. But others think that if you attend classes from home you learn so much more. Attending school is better for your kids in the long run. You can learn more in school then you could ever at home and you will make friend and maybe family.

Dear Principle, I have heard about how you are deciding on banning cell phones, or allowing them at school. I hope you will consider to allow them at school during free time, such as before and after school. We students have many important uses for cell phones, such as calling our parents, calling friends incase of a problem at school, or to dial nine-one-one when needed. If there was a problem where we needed to be picked up because it is raining and we do not have an umbrella, we would not be able to if we did not have our cell phones. Another example would be if a friend or classmate needed a ride home. And when parents pick up their children, their is always a long line at the front of the school, so they call them to let them know they will be parked by the curb two blocks down the street. Another reason is if they need to call their friends for homework, such as when a science project is due. They can also call them to let them know that they left a belonging at their house, or if they have a question only their friend can answer. If they had a argument in school, and want to talk about it, wouldn't they want to call their friends? Well they would need their cell phone in order to do that. Let us say that a female student was walking home, when she happened to encounter a bully is abusing a child younger then him. She would not be able to do anything but tell an adult right away. But let us say it happened in a alley next to an abandoned store. The only choices for her would be to interfere, or call nine-one-one. The latter is a much better idea, considering that it is a lot safer, and she would not get hurt. I hope I have convinced you of why cell phones should be allowed in school. It helps students keep in touch with parents and is a great backup in an emergency! If there was a problem where the students were to use their cell phones in class, it can be solved by telling the teachers to confiscate them until the end of the day. Thank you for taking your time to read this letter. I can not wait to hear you decision! Sincerely, STUDENT_NAME

This article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto revolves around this idea of using a computer to read people's experssion and emotions. It can tell how much precent you are happy, sad, surprise, andger, fear, etc. It can just tell the basic emotions. This type of technology usage is not valuable to read the emotionla expressions of students in a classroom. It's just going to be a waste of money and resouces. By using this technology in classrooms, it is useless. It can not read in deatail of how the students are actually feelings, it cannot tell in dept of emotions. In paragraph three it states "Eckman has calssified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". Here one can see that these computers only reads basic emotions. These basic emotions can be read by humans. We have our fellow humans to be able to tell how we feel, more than a computer. Begining of paragraph 5 states "we humans perform this same impressive "calculations everyday" and "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face". I think that techonology has already been a huge part of our lifes and we don't need a computer to read our emotions. I think if we have that in a classroom then it will ruin the interactions between classmates. Iphones, the internet, computers, video games has all been a huge part of society. People are addicted like it is drugs. Addictions to phones has become worse in recent studeis. People take their phones EVERYWHERE, to the bathroom, to bed, to school, to church, to parties, etc. It has become social network online. Kids barley go outside and play anymore, teens don't hang out much; all because of this small device. I think it is not of value to have a computer in a class that reads emotional expression. While having a technology that read peoples emotional expressions would futher ruin the interactions between humans, It will be very costly to make such devics and put them in every classrooms. It would just be a waste of money and resources. In the article it says "the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles" it also says "your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile". The process of this techonology sounds like it will be expensive to build such a high tech decoding. The article also says our PC's is not complex to handle this new techonology. So this new techonology must have complex algoriths to be able to decode a smile. Which will be expensive to make. I think this type of techonology is not of value to have in a classroom to read students emotional expressions. The technology will ruin interactions between fellow classmats and it will be expensive to put in every classroom. There needs to be more connections between students, a device like that would make connecting with others worse. This type of technology should not be in classrooms.

Feelings and emotions are ways we show people how we act and what we are feeling at that moment. Only we know what we are feeling at times or even at that moment. Our emotions determine who we are and what we show from the expressions from our face. Its hard to determine what a person is thinking and what they are feeling at any moment of time. I think it is time though because someone has found a way to determine someone's emotions. Finally someone has found a way to determine someone's feelings and emtions with a simple computer program. The person who worked and worked to show us this is Dr. Huang from Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans to communicate with computers. This idea for trying to communicate with computers brought up the idea of the feelings and emotions of a human being. They use simple calculations of the facial movements that are used to determine your feelings and emotions. They begin the process with a 3-D process of the face and control every muscle on the face to mimic the emotions and feelings of a human being and that is amzing. The movements of the face is called a "action unit". Dr. huang relies on a psychologist to determine the emotions of that scan and to give six emotions that will determine every humans feelings within those six basic emotions. I think that these basic emotins are basically all the emotions any human uses for every day life. Thats why Dr. Paul Eckman picked them because them are the most common and most used emotions ever. In paragraph three is the way humans move their muscles on their face to show emotions. Facial expressions are the one way humans can determine how someone is doing or feeling at that moment of time. In paragraph four they talk about how the program can even show that facial expressions of how Mona Lisa was feeling or what emotions she had of the time of the painting. The fact that we perform the same impressive calculation of determining a person's feelings just by looking at them is a perfect way for them to study and perfect the programs way to scanning emotions. The demonstractions of each scan are amazing at showing what the program and the computer can really do at a time where technology is at it's prime. I feel like the computer and the humans who are trying to communicate with them are a great way to show feelings and emotions through talking. This program is gonna change the world of technology and the world of emotions for the better of the country and it's people. I think that what they are doing is a very constructive way of showing that you can find ways to determine a person's well being and their happiness. This program should be kept going at it's fullest for lots of years and should get to a point where it even helps out the crime system. As a last thought the program has to perfect this to get to maximum use of what should be used to help determine these feelins and emotions for the better.

Everyday or every other day people die in car accidents because they use cell phones while driving. According to research cell phones are leading factors that cause accidents. Studies show that a cell phone put drivers at a four time greater risk of a crush. Despite of a danger, people still use cell phones because they want to be always available and keep in touch with other people. Also, they think that it is safe because they can drive using two hands or there knee at times . however, they use arguments that cell phones are necessary in emergency situations. Although some people support using cell phones while driving, there are evidences that they are dangerous and people should avoid talking while driving and that it can wait until they get home. people who work depends on a cell phone like lawyers or businessmen say that they always have to be available to answer the phone to keep their business running. However, because of their habits, they can create dangerous and scary situations like a collision or an accident. Business issues can be stressful and dangerous while driving because it can cause emotional reactions that can lead to tragedy. Because of the conversation they might get upset and this can lower their driving ability that can lead to lose control over the car. So if people don't make a decision to put away their cell phones their routine can harm innocent people and can also be harmful toward themself. I understand that people have a busy schedule and need to get around place but you can put that to aside and put your safety first . that's the most important thing people forget they never think about what situation they can be in , if they don't watch the roads and be careful were they going because not only are they putting other people lives in dangerous , there also being put at risk. And some people have a family to go to and parents be expecting their kids to come home from school and work at times. And not to hear news from an officer that there child was in a terrible accident, Which is never good for any parents or anyone to hear. I think drivers shouldn't use there phone because it's to risky for them not to focus on the road and they get distracted by other things on their and may end up losing control of their car because of something they could have avoided which some teenagers and adults should realize it can wait.

Distractive driving Two seconds is all it takes to risk the lives of the driver and people on the road. For the driver to take their eyes and brain off the task of driving is highly dangerous. Drivers should not be able to use cell phones in any capacity while operating a vehicle because they are putting their safety and others endangered and risk rising insurance prices. Multitasking and using a mobile phone while behind the wheel is distracting to the driver, which can be life-threatening. Distractive driving effects all drivers equally whether the driver is talking on the phone, texting, on social media, or taking photos. For example, Emily wrote, "Unfortunately, more and more people are making the dangerous decision to text and drive, which causes 1.6 million crashes and almost 400,000 injuries per year, according to The National Safety Council-that's one out of every four car accidents!"(Delbridge) In other words, studies found that operating a mobile phone while driving slows the reaction time of the driver, and restricts a driver's perception skills; which increases the likelihoods of being involved in a collision. Distractive driving is equivalent to drunk driving because the behavior causes negative consequences that are life threatening. Especially for inexperience drivers and those who lack skill. To add on, the "Children's Hospital of Philadelphia" states, "In 2017 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,166 people were killed in 2,935 distraction-affected crashes, accounting for 9 percent of all fatal crashes in the United States." (Distracted Driving Research) All driver should know that if they cause an accident because of risky behavior, their car insurance rate will certainly increase. It is important to know because the bad behavior of distractive driving can have an impact on other drivers too. For instance, Emily's article states, "Because of this, car accident rates have risen over 14 percent since 2014. Not only does this make driving more dangerous for everyone, but it also contributes to increased car insurance premiums for everyone." (Delbridge) The car insurance premiums are established by many different components, including the drivers' neighborhood, age, distance of commute, driving history, and the behavior of other drivers. The last category is why texting and driving effects everyone. Those who tend to use their cellphone while driving is the reason that the annual U.S. traffic fatalities are rise with insurance claims. Drivers should not use their mobile phone in any way while operating any motorize vehicle. If there is any need to use the cellphone for emergencies, the GPS, or music, Please, pullover or do it before you start to proceed driving. In conclusion drivers need to drive and only drive because whatever it is that is distracting is not worth people's lives. Work Cited Delbridge, Emily. "Are You Paying Higher Car Insurance Because of the Texting Epidemic?" The Balance, The Balance, 13 June 2019, https://www. thebalance. com/how-texting-and-driving-push-insurance-rates-up-4163808. "Distracted Driving Research." Center for Injury Research and Prevention, 7 Nov. 2018, https://injury. research. chop. edu/teen-driving-safety/distracted-driving-research#.Xe_nJ-hKjHo. Wallington 3

Trying to detect someones emotions is like playing the game "Clue", it's a mystery and very hard to figure out. But what if there was a software that allowed a chance to put the individual infront of a camera and the thought of guessing was no longer an option, because all the answers are sitting on the screen? Professor Thomas Huang from Beckman Institute has created such a software, a software that has the ability to calculate someone's emotions much like in math class. This new software can open doors for the future, and give us new advancements in the classroom, but could it be an end to simply asking if some is okay? Could this be the end to emotional privacy, or simply emotions? The new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has many promising attributes and the ability to open new doors for technology and learning environements in the future. It being able to calculate emotions as easily as math problems, could help us decode a lot of the mystery that is the human mind. The process starts wiht a 3-D computer model of the face, and contains information of all the 44 major muscles in a human face and with the help of psychologists, it can classify six emotions and associate them with movements of facial muscles. This type of technology has the ability to be used in a classroom to watch when a student is getting bored or tired to help the teacher better themselves when teaching. Or maybe even help in real world situations when someone goes in front of a jury, or even during interviews for a job. But how accurate is this new software, and how do we know we can rely on it? The Facial Action Coding System is seemly flawless with many positive outlooks on what is instore for us in the futrue, but has two big questions sitting on its shoulders. How can we rely on this system? And how do we know that this is even an accurate reading? When thinking about someones emotions, one thinks of the individuals emotions as diverse and extremely different from everyone elses. So how can this software accurately read individual emotions around the world? Dr. Huang says "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression", he firmly believes that his new software can identify the most mixed emotions with the use of video imagery and emotion recognition. This however, still does not provide us with a good example of how we can be sure that this is a reliable way to read someones emotions and could potetially ruin human socialization and emotions toward one another. While this new software may seem like the "next big thing", there are many ways that this could potentially ruin the human race. Society right now is circling around the phone, it is how we communicate, have a social life, and figure things out. It is in our way of life and we have adapted to the idea of constantly having a phone at our beck and call. So why not add in another way of relying on technology, but this one can help us figure out someones emotions, since simply asking "Are you okay?" is too hard and time consuming. Why not just stick them in front of a camera to have it tell them how they are feeling instead of trying to listen to how they feel and talking with one another. This new Facial Action Coding System has the ability to open many new doors, but it could close the door for human socialization. The Facial Action Coding System is an advancement in technology and has the abilities to open and grow our future. It had the ability to help out in classroom environments and give more support during other real life situations. But with it can come the destruction of human socialization and emotions and make a total mess of how we interact with each other. While trying to figure out someones emotions is very difficult and challenging, it may be better to stick with such ways rather than completly giving up what makes us human and causing a catastrophe in the human world.

Dear TEACHER_NAME I think us students of SCHOOL_NAME should have our cell phones during lunch & free period, because it would make us happy. This would be stated in the code of conduct saying that they have changed the rules saying we are aloud to have our cell phones during lunch & free period , We would sign the code of conduct stating that we would turn our cell phones off during our core classes so we can get our education. If we didn't follow this rules that were applied to us in the code of conduct then we would have to suffer the trouble we would be in. If not following the rules. Another reason i think we should have our cell phone during lunch & free time is because after we eat out lunch we don't have anything to do just sit around & talk to our friends. Like in our core classes after we finish our work and the teacher had nothing for us to do, then we should be able to have our cell phones out during that time too it would be fair. The Teacher have there Cell phones out during class sometimes & i think that us students & teachers should be treated the same way. Even though the teachers are adults and we are kids we should be treated the same way. That's my opinion on this subject. this in my policy to TEACHER_NAME. Sincerely yours, STUDENT_NAME of SCHOOL_NAME

I argue in changing the electoral college , popular vote would be a chance for normal americans to get there voice heard in the government. A big problem is how the voters votes go straight to the electoral college and wouldnt make a change at all also how theres a bigger chance of a tie happening in the electoral college then by popular vote One reason why the electoral college should go is because the voters votes arent really being heard. For example in paragraph 10 it says that ' under the electoral college system voters vote not for the president , but for a slate of electors who in turn elect for the president " , thats techinally saying that the electors are the ones who are really voting our voice means nothing we could have wanted another president to have won but if the electoral college gets more votes then us then so be it , thats our new president! We dont even know who the electors really are they could have been picked by anyone like how it says in paragraph 10 they could have been picked by the presidential candidates themselves who knows. They say we control who the electors vote for but not always , theres a high unlikely chance that there would be more popular votes for one president like in texas for john kerry that all 34 electors would go to congress and vote for john kerry thats insane. A second reason is how theres a bigger chance of electoral college tie happening then a popular vote one like how it says in paragraph 12 " in 1916 , a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and a 3,3687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe". If the electoral college has a tie then theres even a bigger chance of the people voice not being heard at all. Once a tie happens the election goes to the house of representatives where state delegations vote on the president as said in paragraph 12 , a single representative from Wyoming representing 500,000 voters, would have no say compared to the 55 representatives from California that makes Wyoming have no voice in the election compared to Califorina. The house's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. Finally thats all i have to say regarding how the election should be changed to having the popular vote determine the president , we want our voice to be heard! Sometimes the electoral college doesnt pick the president that we wanted and if there was a tie to happen in the electoral college which is at high risk some of the states voices wouldnt get heard at all , thats why we should switch over to popular vote maybe more people would actually get up and go vote because they would know their vote actually means something. Like it says in paragraph 14 " Abolish the electoral college! ".

When searching for advice, do you ask more than one person? If not, here are reasons on why it is better to ask more than one person. Asking more than one person for advice can help you in numerous ways. When in need for advice, it is best to ask more than one person because it helps you be certain that one person is not just trying to make you feel better, it makes your options more clear to you, and helps your make up your mind faster. Firstly, asking more than one person is best for you when you are doubtful of your decisions. Sometimes, there can be a case where a friend will not know what to say, and may just lie to make you feel better. Although, some people may not lie to you when you sat in gum or if your hair is messed up, it is always safe to ask multiple peers. When getting help with multiple people is best for multiple other reasons too. Second, having multiple friends give you advice makes your options more clear. At some times, you may over think your problems and may need someone to break it down for you. In addition, with your thoughts being more cleared out, you may have more room to think and may be more comfortable to talk with others about everything. Altogether, When you have more than one person to help talk things down with you, your options will be more open to think and tell others. Lastly, when asking multiple people, you can make up your mind faster. Having multiple people help you break down your problems lets you see them more clearly, letting you get through them faster. Also, when you have help to make up your mind, you have less weight on your shoulders. In general, when you have multiple people by your side for advice, it makes you feel better altogether. In conclusion, when you need advice, it is best to ask more than one person because it help you make up your mind faster, makes your options for clear for you, and helps you make sure that one person is not just trying to make you feel better. It is not right when somebody fakes advice for someone just to make them feel better for example, "Your dress looks really pretty!" or "You have nothing on the back of your pants, just keep walking.". This is why it is best to ask more than one person. If you ask only one person if you sat in gum or ask if your hair looks good, then it is probaly best for you to ask another peer. What do you think?

First of all studying venus isn't a bad idea wanting to explore the deepest point of venus can change history and life, we can figure out many secrets that venus has and what kind of life form could be on venus because in every planet their's always something that hasn't been discovered. Venus is a planet that will soon be explored NASA has been sending spacecrafts to land on venus but they still don't make it, For three decades many factors contribute to venus reputation and has been a challenge for humans to study, even thoe 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets venus and clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere and a temperature of 800 degrees fahrenheit and atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than what we expirence on earth those conditions are way to extreme that humans don't encounter that on earth Another reason why it should be studied more and have future plans that someday people from NASA will land is that because many astronomers believe that venus may have once been the most earth-like planet in our solar system and that venus was onced probably covered largely with oceans and could've been many forms of life in venus many many years ago. Many scientist are looking for a way to get samples of rocks,gas,or anthing else that they can use to find out more about venus but they cannot do that. many researchers are working on innovations that will allow machines to last longer so they can get enough samples for them. Overall i think that finding new ways to explore and studie venus is a great idea i think that will change history maybe in the future venus can become our second home if we find out more about it and venus will soon be an explored planet and hope that will continue with other planets.

Making technology that can identify human emotions would be important, but not very much in everyday use. If a student were not able to identify their emotions when seeing a therapist or school counsoler, then this device would work best their specifically because therapists/counsolers are trained to help with humans and their emotions. Let's say that students are in a class to learn about psychology or somethig of the sort. It would be very useful to find out what a person is feeling down to the percent. This device would also be helpful there because it tells you about the muscles that move to show a certain emotion. 'For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when surprised...' (D'Alto paragraph 3); students can study their muscles that make their emotions by learning about these muscles. In paragraph 9, it states '...Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them'. Just by making faces and using this technology, students can learn so so much more about their emotions on a deep level that can help in many ways. It would benefit students, teachers, therapists, and more. In conclusion, this device and technology can help many different people in many ways. Students can learn about their facial muslces, therapists can help their clients learn to identify what emotions they are feeling, parents can hep understand how their children are feeling, etc etc. Students can even help one another feel better in small classroom situatioins all together.

Extracurricular activities are very important in a students life. They develop communication skills, social skills, and among others, your ability to work well with other people. On the other hand, they should not be required for all students to participate in. Although all students could possibly find something they're interested in when it comes to after school activities, such as clubs or sports, not all students are capable of handling the responsibilities that come along with an extracurricular activity. Have you ever come to the conclusion that not every student can even maintain good grades at school? For some children, it's harder to balance school work and their everyday life alone, but if you add an extracurricular activity to their plate of responsibilities, it may be too much for them to handle. For a principal to make extracurricular activities a necessity at school, is not very considerate. As an adult you must realize that not every person, let alone children, can handle the same work load as others can. Even though research has shown that extracurricular activities can be very beneficial for people, as it pertains to their physical, and mental well-being, it can also be damaging if too much work is placed upon one person alone. Stress is a very common factor in a child's life, and the majority of it is from life at home, and the excessive amount of work received at school. But in comparison, some kids can handle the load, and like the responsibility given to them. Not all children are like that though, and that is what the principal fails to realize. Although the principal may not have come to light about the amount of stress that could potentially be put on the students, the gesture to make the activities a necessity was most likely at their best interest at heart. For the kids that work well under pressure, or have the capability to handle the challenges they face, the change in the schools priorities for the students probably won't affect them as much. Although only one extracurricular activity would be required, not all students could be able to wisely manage their time to fit the activity in their schedule. Also, maybe not all students would be able to find something they enjoy with the options given at their school. If someone were to make it a priority for all students to participate in an extracurricular activity, it would be extremely recommended for the person to make the activity choices an exceptionally wide variety, so that it is more likely for students to find the things they enjoy to do. With the exception of making sure that there would be an activity to match each students interest, the idea would not be too bad. But in the same breath, that'd require some type of survey or application of some type, that every student must take in order to find out their interests, so that way making the activities wont be as difficult. Although keep in mind, that not every student may want to participate regardless of whether or not there is an activity they might enjoy. There are some students that just don't like the idea of doing extra work when it's not required. It's not necessarily that they're lazy, but they just dont see the importance of going out of their way to do something that they can't see the immediate benefits to. Enforcing the change could arouse some anger in a vast majority of students, and possibly parents, but if the students are given an option to not participate in an extracurricular activity, things would most likely run a lot smoother. Most people would call these types of kids, "average" due to the fact that they settle for the amount of work given, and typically don't want to exceed expectations. Perhaps making them participate in beneficial activities wouldn't hurt, they just need to be a little more open minded to the idea at hand. But the idea as a whole would potentially cause a lot of stress to the principal, considering that not every child will have the same perspective on the idea, nor will their parents. Yes, the motion being taken will have several benefits, and several stressful altercations, but at the end of the day everyone is different, and not everyone is going to have the same opinion when it comes to this situation. Even though the principal is only asking each student to participate in at least one extracurricular activity, it still may be too much to ask of some kids, considering their life outside of school, and what they find important in their lives as far as activities go. But maybe enforcing this act could open not only the students' eyes, but the parents as well, that trying new things isn't always such a bad idea, sometimes we just need a little push to get us started. But despite all the possible benefits of the idea, it still probably shouldn't necessarily be a requirement for all students to participate in an extracurricular activity. You never know how much stress someone deals with just by handling their personal life, one activity may not seem like much to you, but for some people one activity could be a handful. Forcing the students to participate in activities that they may not like, could possibly lead to a decrease in social skills, instead of an increase.        

I , Luke Bomberger, am a memeber of the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Saegoing Cowboys help people who were affected by the war. I believe everyone should join the Seagoing Cowboys program for three reasons. Not only do you get that warm fuzzy feeling from helping people out, but you also have a once in a lifetime chance to go sightseeing have the time of your life onboard, and explore the most beutiful and amazing places on Earth. By becoming a Seagoing Cowboy you get to help out the less fortunate explore go sightseeing and have fun. We help people by bringing them animals from overseas such as horses, cows ,and mules. When we bring the people the animals it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling of acomplishment. You should also join because after our missions, we have some time left to go sightseeing in the area. Some of my favorite things to see were the Panama Canal and "seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special." I also had the opportunity to expore much of Europe and China as well as taking a gondola ride in Italy. I also got to take a tour of a castle in Crete. If you think that the fun stops when you climb back aboard for the ride home, think again. The stables where the animals were kept becomes a baseball field and a volley ball court. We also have table tenis tournaments as well as boxing and fencing matches. Being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun as well as important. In conclusion, "the cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy." I reccomend becoming a Seagoing Cowboy because not only are you helping the world, but you get to have fun while you do it such as sightseeing and exploring. I myself have gone on nine trips as a Seagoing Cowboy and loved every second of it. It also opened up my eyes and "made me more aware of people in other countries and their needs." So,unless you are doing something useful with your life, become a Seagoing Cowboy. You won't regret it.

The principal decides that he wants to make kids join extra curricular's, I do not agree with this because, the principal should not "force" kids to join or do any activity. Kids should have their own choice whether they want to join or not, and they should be able to have a variety and enjoy it. Firstly, kids want to be able to enjoy school, they want to have fun. But if the principal agrees to go on with his plan , has he thought about what the kids want? If a kid wants to have a certain activity in play, but that certain activity isn't available, what can he do? Schools don't really provide much of a choice to choose from, kids want to have a wide variety of options, but with the same topics over, and over it's going to be less interesting. "Soccer, yearbook , photography, art, football, cheer, and study hall" , these are the same one's that an average person would usually hear for their choices of activities. But what if they want more, what if they want more options, and choices? There would be no point in joining something if they weren't happy about it, they would want to have fun and enjoy what they would be doing, they wouldn't want to waste their time doing nothing. If kids are enjoying something, they tend to become more euphoric. If being happy makes them enjoy the subject that they are doing, then this will encourage them to keep on doing the activity. While we encourage kids to do more, we are teaching them new skills as well. Also, as adult, and as kids. Shouldn't we be able to make our own decisions and be more independent with ourselves? An adult of any matter should not force kids to do something that they might not want to do, even if they have the advantage of being older. Kids want to be more independent in life, they should have the freedom to do specific things. They have already started to make their own life choices by joining other activities such as , sports, and more. But why would someone take the time to just, make them do something that they wouldn't want to do.? Kids should be able to hold accountability for their choices that they make, and they should be able to have the power to make them. But if the adults are constantly making the decision for them, when are they ever going to learn to choose for themselves? Although the principal is not making them do a certain club, or program, he is still making them join an activity. If a kid does not want to join the activities , what can the kid do about it? He can't complain and get away with not joining, it would be unfair to the other kids who have participated. As we grow up we learn to be more dependent on ourselves, being able to say yes, or no, to a certain thing would let us have more responsibility. Its what we're supposed to do, we are supposed to be more reliant on ourselves. But if we are constantly being shut down by an adult, we cannot have the power to make our own choices. Although there are other opinions, and other reasons as to why I disagreed, these two arguments are the main one's I have chosen. 

People can be Indecisive, It could be a decision between going on vacation with your family or helping your friend with something they're struggling with, or some other really difficult decision. When this comes up, people normally ask for help, but how much help do you need, and who should you ask? Let's go back to the decision between the vacation or helping your friend. You probably shouldn't ask for help from your family or the friend that you want to help, because the answers could likely be biased to one side or the other. What you should probably do Is either ask different friends or other students that have no bias towards your friend or family. Another great option can be family members that aren't going on the trip that again, you believe won't be biased. Now that you have a decent Idea of who to ask, how many people should you ask? Well you can ask as many as you want, but I would recommend at least four to five people you know you can trust. If you only ask one person about something, what does that give you? How do you know If they're biased or not? Well, to answer those questions, It doesn't really give you much of anything If you only ask one person because someone can be biased, and you can't tell if someone Is biased toward something unless you can read minds, which you can't. Deciding things can be very difficult, But If you were to ask a few trustworthy people, and know who to and not to ask without bias getting In the way, maybe It can be much easier to decide between the vacation with your family, or helping a friend out.

In this artical the auther explains why exploring Venus is a good idea by stating that it is the closest to earth in size,dencity,and mass aswell as being the cosest in distance. He aso states that it could help us get better at sace travel. In paragrah one he is talking about how Venus is closely similar to Earth in size shae an mass by saying "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of Density and size, and occasinally the closest in distance too." He also states in paragrah five that NASA is working on a methid to buuild on Venus by having large floting blimps that fly over the death and missery of the planets serfice. exploring Benus could also bring about new methids of taraforming to make a planets serfice hospidible. Exploring Venus could also bring about new ways to space travle and new technology. In paragraph seven the auther mentions mechanical computers that dont relay on electricity and small and insitive chips but insted rely on gears and clock works. So all in all exploring venus is a goodish idea if we can figure out how to actualy , one make it there and two figure out how to sistain a perminant bace. there is plenty of good evidence in this artical about space exploration and the such and why i think Venus is an exoplanet (a planet that culd or has sistain life)

Could you trust a car that drives itself? I know i could'nt and im going to tell you the reasons why. I think it is very dangerous and it would cause a lot of accidents. We'll see if I can change your mind about the driverless cars. Now how could someone trust one of these things? It takes no energy to drive a car so how could people be so lazy to want a driverless car. Sure the car alerts you when your in danger but people fall asleep while driveing cars. So imagine how many people would fall asleep in a car that you do not have to do anything to operate it. Also imagine how much they would cost! A regular car is already a lot of money, so one of these cars would cost a ton of money. Also think about your kids don't you want themto actually learn how to drive? This world is already dependent on cumputers enough. It would also cost a lot of money to fix them beacause most ordinary people couldnt fix them. Wouldnt you rather have a car that you can fix yourself? If you know how to fix a regular car then it would save money because you wouldnt have to take it to a mechanic. I hope I have changed you mind about these cars. I know they seem cool but they just would'nt be safe. Also it would cost a lot of money for one and a lot of money to fix one.

I feel that this system would not be the right way to tell about someones emotions,jsut becuse you have a system that tells you this person is feeling his way doesnt mean they are actually feeling that way. Everyone has their own way of expressing either they way they feel or they way thefeel about something or someone. In the passage of paragraph 4 it says "his new computor software stories similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huangs emotion algorithms are a different sort of ' Da Vinci code"! how can someone tell you how you actually feel about something jsut because it was made by a doctor that thinks he can make something up and tell you how your feeling. i wouldnt have a computor tell me how im feeling today or the next day. everyone has their own way of express how they feel. you shoudnt have someone telling you that oh your feeling this way today or your gonna feel this way the next day because everyone can feel different everyday. i woudnt use this system is it was me so i think this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. i wouldnt recommend anyone to use this system

if we go to the second planet from the sun the gravity would be more tense and would have different affects on humans. the gravity on venus would pull them down more than earth because it is closer to the sun by two planets away. but we also need to think about the air and the atmosphere because if we just go there then we might die. the air on venus is un supportive to humans and the water is not there or it might be a type of water that if you drink it it will kill you. the storms on venus are acid storms, the rain is acid. so i think the only reason why the author is saying that venus is a challenge is because not only the facts above. but also that the fact is that on the serface, temperetures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we humans experience on earth. so he also might be saying that it might be a challenge because if we take a rocket, it might be torn apart if we dont have the right mesurements.

Should or should not people use Cell Phones while driving Essay Lately these days people have been using their cellphones while driving a vehicle. There are all types of cell phones like the iphone, samsung, LG and other well known phones. Some people think using cellphones while in a vehicle is a good thing because the phones are entertaining to them,people also use phones for checking the time, email, calendars, GPS. Some people think you shouldn't use a cell phone while driving a vehicle because they are a distraction,including watching videos, music, social media. Cell phones shouldn't be used while people are driving a vehicle because of the horrible outcomes that may come like death, killings, car accidents and more. First of all, driving a vehicle while on a cell phone can cause all types of car accidents and more. People shouldn't drive or use any type of phone while driving because of the many dangers that may come. A lot of people get hurt or permanently injured from car accidents just for being on their cell phones while driving. Cell phones cause distraction and they aren't looking at the road. So many people have gotten into a car accident over the years and one reason can be because people being on their cell phones while driving, using or traveling in a working vehicle. These are some reasons why using a celling phone while driving is dangerous. Second of all, vehicles are dangerous in general to people and animals, especially when people are using their phones while driving a moving vehicle. It's ok for people to drive normally but when people drive a while on the phone, there is a 90% chance he/she will kill someone or themselves. You or that person may accidently kill someone and that someone meanwell to his/her family so either the family members might sue you of your money or just have broken hearts. For example, people who are driving a moving vehicle while on your phone can cause a lot of problems for them because they can cause many bad situations that could lead to the death of them or someone else who didn't deserve it. These dangers that may come shows people another reason why they shouldn't be on their cellphones while driving. Third of all, no one should drive while on their phones is not good. Think of the many consequences that he/she could face if they ended up killing someone or hurting themselves. If you kill someone even if you didn't mean to you could face time in jail. For example, if you or someone else where to kill someone just because you were on your phone while driving you or that person could face time in jail or will get sued by that person's family and there's a 50% chance they'll make you pay more than thousands of dollars. The consequences shows people why driving while on their phones is not a very smart decision. Driving while on your phone is not good and makes you an evil person. If people are on their phones while driving they could get killed,someone else might get killed and he/she will face sometime in jail or get sued by that person's family. People who drive working vehicles while on their phones are not they smart people. All of these reasons and more is why people shouldn't be on their phones while driving.

Although the students being able to design their own summer project sounds great, it's better to leave it up to the teachers so that they can have all the required information, add an appropriate amount of work and properly introduce the subject for the following year. The idea of a student designing their own project is to give the student a little freedom. By allowing them to design it, teachers are able to see if students are capable of adding enough requirements based on what they've done on previous ones over the past years. One of the main reasons why deciding to let the teachers create the summer projects would be a great idea is because the teacher would know how much information would be needed for when the students present in class. The presentation needs to have enough information so that the class can learn something from each students' project. That's how you know it's properly made is when the students can take something home from what they learned in school. I remember my freshman year of high school my class had to design their own project rubric and the class failed to add certain typical required tasks. The projects were not as informational as they were thought out to be and that led to the students being confused during the presentations. Another reason why the teachers should probably be designing the summer projects is because they know the appropriate amount of work to give the students and when to lay back. Most of the time students don't want to do a lot of work and that's very understandable, but a lot of times nine out of the ten would try do as least work as possible. For example, in eighth grade I had a history teacher that allowed the students to create their own study guides, so knowing how lazy most of them were, they did the least amount of work as possible. The following class, we had our test on certain events that happened during the great depression and most of the students either failed or got a low grade due to the lack of work and information we had on our study guides. From then on the class was required to complete the study guides that were made by the teacher. The third and final reason why it's better to have the teachers design summer projects is because the teacher is the only person that could properly introduce the subject. In the beginning of each year, teachers inform their students on how the class would run and how the assignments would be graded. I'd say all the teachers that I have had over the years but one, have properly introduced how the class would run and how the work would be presented. I had a history teacher in seventh grade that had an accent that I couldn't quite understand and I was clueless about where she might have been from. The first day of school was going well until I got to history, I had no idea what she was saying, she seemed very disorganized, and she was always forgetting what she wanted to get to for class. She wasn't very clear on how the work was going to be graded and she would have us take our own notes, which I don't mind but it didn't help that I couldn't understand her. I went the entire year guessing what she was saying and worried about what type of assignments i'd be getting. Even though most students would prefer to design their own summer projects because of how much control they'd have on the work required or just simply wanting to do it themselves, it could be very beneficial for the students if teacher designed it for them. The teachers would be the best people to add in all the information needed for proper and factual presentations and they'd be able to balance the amount of work. Most importantly the teachers would be able to introduce the subject the best, for the students' to understand how assignments would be during the school year.