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I wouldnt use this Facial Action Coding System on students because it those enables computers to dentify humans emotions but not real ones, it just shows the human emmotions byt the expression but not the real emotion that the human is feelin, Mona Lisa's natural face might be like that but not because the Facial Action Coding System identified that she has several different emotions showing in that paint from Da Vinci means that she was for real feeling those emotions, I think that is just how her face is , because all the people in this planet have dufferent faces that we cant not even describe if they feeling this or that because there face is just like that, But sometimes its true the Facial Action Coding System might be true because Dr. Huang observed that Da Vinci has studied anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. Dr. Huang predicts that it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. I t says that the same technology can make computer animated faces more exoressive. I believe that the Facial Action Coding System works perfectly good and does indentify humans expression like Dr. Haung said but not real emotion becasue the person can just be expressing some emotions but that doesn't mean they feeeling it that way.

Look Technology is great and all but it cant be used for everything somethings machines dont understand like us. For instance you could be like faking being depressed for a joke and then switch to being have in less than a second. And I dont believe that machines are capable of understanding our own communication. Only because we have so many different ways that we communicate to one another. "And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?" That quote from the story almost explains why that would be a big problem for the computers. But trust me computers would be very valuable in classrooms on the positive side but on the negative side it just gives another thing to go wrong in a classroom. I mean don't we already have enough technology in classrooms to helps us out and distract us. Plus what if the scaner just decided to start malfunctioning and get the wrong facial scans then you could be feeling one way, but the computer could say another. And who says that a computer tells you how you feel only you and you only knows how you really feel. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." What this quote does to theargument is it sort of shows that it would be extremely hard for the computer to know how each and every single persons own facial movements. And a computer probably cant tell you how your feeling even though you might not even know yourself how you feel. "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his or her face." This quote from the story also shows that humans can figure out faster that a computer how someone is feeling even if they are have mixed feelings. But we also have the ablility over a computer to be able to communicate to one another about our own emotions. The bottom line is that you cant program every single human emotion into on single computer no a million computers. Becasue not everyone is always feeling one emotion inside at all times. We humans feel mutiple emotions at all times. For instance you get and a on a test that you really might have need to pass and you start to cry but they arent tears of sadness they are tears of joy. And a computer will see the tears and say that this perons is sad when really that person is so overwhelmed by happiness that they cried tears of joy.

I agree with the principal about students atleast taking one extracurricular activity. I agree with him because the students get to learn more. They get to learn more about sports,working om yearbooks, and working on the student council. Thats why I agree with the principal about making the students atleast take one extracurricular activity. I dont want to make them do one extracurricular activity because im mean, I just want them to learn more new material. The students get to learn new info informationin sports if they volunteern to play in them. Then if they do volunteer for football they get to learn more information about the playbooks like runs,hard passes,punts,fake punts, and defense and offense information. Then theres more sports they can do but I dont know a lot about them. Plus then the students can make more friends while playing sports, because, football requires teamwork and you need teamwork for football. Thats why you can learn more information while making new friends The students working on yearbooks can learn more creative techniques. They can learn more creative techniques from other students who have worked on the yearbooks longer so they know more techniques with working on the yearbooks. Then people there can make more friends there too. They can make more friends by finding people who have the same interests in techniques, because ,sometimes you have to work together in situations like working on yearbooks. Working on yearbooks can be fun and boring at the same time because you have to work. Students nworking on the student council can learn new information too. They can learn from other students who work in the student council with them. They just dont learn, they can be taught how to do their job better by other students who worked there longer. Then sometimes if your not the brightest of a person fellow classmates can help you work on making yourself brighter than what you are when you walked in until the day you walked out the student council. Thats why if your the type of student who would want to work in the student council it would be a great idea. This is why I agreed with the prinicpal about making the students atleast do one extracurricular activity. The main reason whi is because they get to learn more information,make new friends, and because people can make you feel better by just saying a couple of words like your beautiful. Thats why I agreed with the principal bout his decision.

Would you want summer to be filled to the brim with boring assigments made by your teacher instead of enjoying some of your only time off school? If teachers were to construct summer projects they wouldn't be fun at all. Summer vacation is something to get excited for, not to dread. The teachers' projects would create anxiety for many but letting the students take the wheel could be interesting. The students could think of projects to not only work their minds while on break, but also to enjoy and appreciate what they've done. Teachers have a hard time giving work that is both challenging and rewarding. If they make a fun assignment, it must be easy. This is true for the opposite: If the make a challenging assignment it's garenteed to be boring. If they let the students make the summer projects they might find a perfect blend of the two. They would make something that requires skill and also happens to be exciting to do. The taachers' projects would for a fact bring anxiety and depression for a magority of people becasue summer is a time for them to relax and regroup. Some teachers may not understand this concept or try to pass it off as no big deal. Students know what it's like so they could create projects that don't feel overwelming or unfair. It could be a compremise between the students and the teachers to get done the things they need to. Over the course of summer, the projects might be forgotten if the teachers were to make them because no one enjoys them. To ensure that the projects don't get lost, students would have to think of ideas that would make the projects a blast to get though. Ideas like travelling the world and recording the experience could be trilling and get the gears turning in the students brains. In the end, leaving it to the student population of the school to make the projects would keep these projects enjoyable, challenging, and overall painless. This project would be like ripping off a bandage really quick to get it done without pain and have fun the rest of break. 

On that faithful June afternoon, the school bell rings for its last time in three months. Students rush out of their classes and greet the summer with open arms. Of course, once school opens up again in August, many of these students have forgotten what they learned the previous year. Many schools assign projects to complete over the summer in order to keep their students' minds sharp; however, there are debates as to whether the teachers or the students should design the projects. Summer projects should be teacher-designed so students can properly develop the tools that will help them succeed the following year. Teacher-designed projects will set the rigor of the class so students know what to expect. It is most likely that the teacher that assigns the project will be the one instructing the class. If teachers design the project, they can set the guidelines for the year in their summer assignment so students are not caught off guard. This is especially important for higher level classes such as honors or AP; it is best that all students are aware of the class' expectations so they can develop their skills as necessary for the course. Students can also decide whether or not the class is right for them, whether it be because it is too rigorous, not rigorous enough, or simply because the subject matter does not interest them. This way there is less fuss during the school year as students try to switch their classes. Teacher-designed projects can allow the students to grow their academic independence. During the school year, teachers are readily available in case students need to answer questions. However, during the summer it is not as easy as raising one's hand in class; students are almost entirely on their own. They will have to develop the skills needed to solve a novel problem independently. This ability is referred to by psychologists as fluid intelligence. One's fluid intelligence decreases with age, so it is important for students to strengthen it while they are young. Students may also find useful academic tools that help them to understand the material of the class. One of the more well known of these tools is Khan Academy. Students often go to these websites to understand what they could not in class. Finding these tools during the summer will prove useful, as they can still be used during the school year. While student input is important, the teachers are more likely to give projects that are closer in rigor and content to the actual class. Teachers have been trained both in teaching that the subject that they teach, so they likely know the best way to prepare students for what lies ahead. This is why summer projects should be designed by teachers rather than students.

Dear Principal, I have read both of the possible policies that you may apply to our school's rules ,and I believe that you should go with policy 1 which states that students can bring cell phones to school ,and have them on during lunch and free time because of many reasons. One reason that students should be able to bring cell phones to school is because after school the person who picks them up may have forgotten to so you would need to call them. Another reason that students should be able to bring cell phones to school is because they may have left an important assignment at home ,and if they had their cell phone it wouldn't be a problem. This may seem like it absurd to let kids bring their cell phones to school because of the distraction, but we just have to really enforce that they can not be on in class, and there will not be a problem. One more major reason that we should let kids bring their cell phones is because they may have an emergency at the school and we might have to go on lock down. This might cause us to be away from family for a long time so we would need to be able to contact them. Please look at this letter and consider it with great thought. I hope you are able to make a choice that makes our school better whatever it will be. From, STUDENT_NAME

Dear Mr. Principal, It has come to my attention that you are considering making mandatory community service hours. I can see that the decision you are faced with is a difficult one. I do not believe that community service should be mandatory. I know, Mr. Principal, that you are probably judging me as a lazy teenager who doesn't care about his community, but I am prepared with several points to back up my opinion. First of all I would like to say that I believe that community service is very important. I think that everyone can help out here and there. But also believe that it should be done for the right reason. If you change you Modus Operandae from forcing students to do community service to encouraging them to do it than they it will increase the possibility for them to carry there good habits far beyond the limit that the school would set. Another reason why community service should be encouraged rather than enforced is that man students involved with sports and other extra-curricular activities simply don't have time in the day for it during the week. Many students are preparing college and writing essays and other preparation classes after school. Won't they be more productive members of society with a good education? I hope you will consider my opinions despite my young age. I trust that you will make the right decision and I will see the error of my thinking or that my judgment is slurred. Thank you for listening, STUDENT_NAME

Many people may think that the face on mars was created by aliens but, they are wrong. The face on mars is just a natural landform. In paragraph 12 it states that what the picture shows is actually the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landform, common around the American West, this statement is basically saying that there are many landforms that can look like faces or any type of other iiregular feature. In paragraph 7, it explains how Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took a much better picture than the origianal Viking photo. When Michael Malin and his camera team snapped the photo it revealed a natural landform, giving proof that there was no alien moument at all. And with that being done, it gives us even better reason to believe that it is just the way the ground looks. The last two paragraphs in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" are most likely indicating that things can look different up close and also, from a distance. As I said in paragraph 1, paragraph 12 even states that landforms like that are common around the American West Meaning, that there could be a landform anywhere that looks like an alien, a martian or even an egyptian god!

Do you think extracurricular activities are fun? Well, there are many extracurricular activities to choose from such as sports, serve on the student council, and work on the school yearbook. Many people think it's a great idea to have extracurricular activities after school. Having extracurricular activities are important because it allows you to make learn a new sport or game,allows you to spend less time on your electronic devices, and to get you homework done at school so that you can seek help when needed. Have you ever tried a new activity? Extracurricular activities are fun to get involved in because there are many different activities. Like, basketball, volleyball, and many other enjoyable sports. Extracurricular activities that involve physical activity, are more likely to have kids join. You can even bring your competitive side out in extracurricular activities. Some students however prefer to do non athletic activities. Like, design the yearbook or serve on the student council. Whatever activity you are interested in is most likely available. Most extracurricular activities provide a bus for you to get home with out your parents having to pick you up. Have your parents ever told you to get off your phone or your video game because you have been playing on it for to long? Well, your parents wouldn't have to harp on you all the time to get off you phone or device if you were participating in an extracurricular activity. In extracurricular activities, you might even be allowed to go on your phone for educational uses. Its been proven that the more time spent on electronic devices, the more brain cells that are being killed off because you are not doing anything with meaningful. You might even learn something new! Have you ever gotten to school and realized you didn't complete a homework assignment? Well, I have and thats not fun at all. When there are extracurricular activities use the chance to go talk to your teacher if you dont understand something. Most of the time a teacher would be happy to assist you with your homework or give you another practice worksheet to make sure you understand the topic in class. In most extracurricular activities, there are computer labs that they use as study halls for students that want to work silently. This is a perfect way to make sure all of your homework is completed by the assigned deadline. In conclusion, extracurricular activities are important because you can learn new sports or other activities, have less time on your electronic device, and get time to complete your homework assignment at school with the help of your teacher. All in all, doing one extracurricular activity is good to do!

Hi my name is Jaki , and I would not be against the Facial Action Coding System that enables computers to identify humans emotions because this system could hlep us and not just us but help the teachers to notify them if there student are confused , bored , ect . As in the acticle Dr. Hanug explains "even though individiuals often show varying degress of expressions". Another example of why I am not against this is because from the article it said that we humans perform this the same impressive "calculation" everyday for instance you can probably tell hiw a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. of course , most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy . In Conclusion , With the examples that I just gave I think this is why we should have the facial acting coding systems because it alerts us about how there people are feeling and we can solve if it is needed.

When people ask for advice about something, they sometimes ask more than one person. Asking more than one person has alot of benifits for yourself. It's always good to have multiple choices about something. Second, Everyone has different opinions about situations. Someones advice could be better than somebody's elses. Having a wide variety of options or choices is always a good thing. Hearing what one person has to say could make the situation worse or it could not help it at all. It's always good to hear what everyone else has to say about a situation your going through. In general, asking more than one person dosen't hurt. Everyone has different opinions. Listening to more than one person makes you think more about the situation. For example, if your going through something that someone has already been through or is going through, they could relate more to it and give you pointers and also give advice to help you get through it. Someones advice could be a better choice than somebody elses advice. After all, always ask around for help if you need it. Lastly, someones advice could make a situation worse if you listen to them. Dont always listen to one person. They could easily lie to you and tell you to do something that can lead to serious trouble. For example, if you and a friend were having friend problems and you ask your other friend for help on how to help the situation and they tell you to go fight the friend. You are gonna get a charge while the friend that told you to do it is gonna get no consequenes. As a result, if the advice someone gives you dosen't seem right don't listen to them and go ask someone else for help. I strongly agree that asking more than one person for help on a certain situation can make a person make the right choice instead of the wrong one. All in all, asking more than one person for help isn't always a bad thing. It's always good to keep your options open. 

Some schools offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online classes or video conferencing. Online schooling has become more common over the past several years, especially for college students. Many students may excel from this opportunity, while others may not. Being in a school building is more beneficial for students. Reasons being, a stable learning environment, extra help, and social skills. Being in a stable learning environment, can help students get their work done or turned in on time. If students participated in online classes, they would be more likely to procrastinate. Procrastination can also cause students to become lazy and not get their work done. Students may also feel like they can cheat on tests, classwork, and quizzes. Cheating is prohibited in a local school building and also receives severe consequences. Extra help is also beneficial to students' grades. If students result to online schooling, there isn't always a teacher or professor present. Resulting in if a student needs help, they have to email their teacher which could take several hours. It is more efficient if the student has a teacher present so they can ask for help anytime they need it. Many students and children lack social skills. Being in a school environment can help teach students to communicate more efficiently. When working at home for online schooling, students aren't communicating with their fellow students or peers. Instead they are staring at a computer screen for five or more hours of the day. Social interactions can also benefit students' well being. Having the proper social skills allows students to be more likely to make friends. Several students and teachers may argue that online schooling is more beneficial for students. For reasons such as free time. Students that do online schooling are more likely to have free time at the end of the day. Many students have different learning paces and may get their work done faster than what a teacher teaches in a school environment. Online schooling students are also allowed to leave their house whenever they need to. Either to get lunch or take a break from their work. However, attending a school environment can award students with more opportunities. Several schools offer clubs, sports, or extracurricular activities for students to participate in during or after school. These activities also allow students a better chance of getting into a good college. Graduation is also a major accomplishment after finishing senior year. As a result in doing online classes, students don't get to walk across the ceremony stage or graduate with people that attend a local school. Several students over the past several years have resulted in online schooling. Many students may benefit from being able to work from home. However, being in a public school environment is more beneficial for students, reasons being, a stable learning environment, extra help, and social skills. Local schooling is more beneficial to a student's overall character.

Imagine its a new school year and your principal his gone on the annulment to say that he his decided that all students must participate in one extracurricular activity like sports baseball,football, work on the year book, or do a book club. Some people might be mad look upset because they don´t feel like choosing one but am cool with it. I agree about must participate in one extracurricular activity because I can make newer friends or the new comer can make new friends easier and it give us some thing to do while we wait until our parents comes home. First, sometime it is hard to make new friends you at i new school and nobody knows you and u feel alone. Your parents or teacher might say say hi and you might mike a new friend that half a lie to me it easier said then done. Now you don´t know how people will react to a samples hi,hello,or sup they might give you a a sink face or a nasty face but having some activity you can make some that like to do the same activity you like to do .yall might make a brotherhood or a sisterhood that can happen with this. Second, I know sometime our parents have to work like a hour later or something. Having these activity give them time to go home and do what they got to do I know most of those activity ends at five or six and sports ends at seven sometimes. That give to time to make dinner or whatever go home eat do homework go to sleep or chill easy as that. In conclusion having these activity help our parents and it help us that why I have agree with the resins that every student must participate in one extracurricular activity because it help us make new friends i believe it will make it easier and give our parents enough time to get off of work and do what they got to do.  

By reading this article I am in favor of keeping the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a great way to choose our next president or Vice president. The way the process works is by how many people have voted for that on person. Each canidate has to travel to each and every state and talk about  why you the people should vote for him/her. Now some citizens think that there should not be a Electoral College because they think that they are not being accounted for but when really they are. As you can see Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president but for a slate of Electors,who is in turn elect the president. The five main reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons. These are the reason why i think that we should keep the Electoral college its a great system and its been in the United Staes for a ery long time.  

Image this, Your a person who doesn't really get out much, you don't talk to that many people, and you just generally keep to yourself. Now, think about this next question I'm going to ask you. If you were like that, would you be jumping out of your seat to do an extracurricular activity? If you were in this position, you would most likely say no. For some people, they need someone to help them take that step, and get out their and meet new people. It's for this reason why I think that all students should have to do at least one extracurricular activity, because it can help them make new friends, it can help them discover new hobbies and talents, and it can improve their confidence and team building skills. My First Reason for this way of thinking is that it can help the person make new friends! For example, look at this study that the Social Interaction and Communication Association took at a local middle school. When Students were pushed, or put out of their comfort zone to more things with others, they talked around 30% more than they use to, and had 45% easier time making friends with others. This shows that pushing these kids to talk to others more, or easing them out of their comfort zone, can really help them find people they can depend on. Showing that doing something like this can really be good for them. There isn't just that, there is also more evidence that proves this point! Generic_Name, A Counselor at Generic_School, Had this to say about pushing kids to do activities to meet new people "There is usually a reason kids can be like this, it's because they haven't found the group of people that understand them, when pushed though, they can find those people, and feel like they belong,". This shows that, from what Generic_Name observed, the students can find their people if they have someone help them try something new, and that they just need that little push to find them. My next reason is that it could help you find talents and interests you wouldn't have found out by yourself. For Example, Here is what Justin Green, Author of fantasy books, had to say when asked about how he learned he liked to write, "Honestly, I first learned about my love of writing when I joined a writing club as a teenager, without that club, I may have never learned about my passion,". This shows that, even adults learned from taking that step, and learned about hobbies that they would have never known about otherwise! Another Example I have is a study made by The West Virginia Sports Association. They asked multiple college sports teams about when and how they gained the interest for the sport. A total of 50% of them said they learned about it through being pushed to take that step, and going out of their comfort zone. This means that, it's not just writing and more smaller hobbies, but sports like soccer and football as well. Showing that even famous people may have been pushed to take the step, and find their passion. My final reason is that it can build confidence and team building skills! Going out of your comfort zone can really help you feel better about yourself, and not just keeping to yourself. Some Evidence for this is that, in a study taken by the Social Interaction and Communication Association, 60% of students that keep to themselves have lower than average self esteem. This would make sense seeing how if they always keep to themselves, they don't really have anyone to comfort them in their darker times, which this rule could help prevent. More Evidence that highlights this point is when Zachary Andrews, A College student from Colombia, had this to say, "I honestly never really talked to that many people when I was younger, I didn't really like myself, and didn't think I deserved friends, but when my parents made me join the basketball team, I met and found people that I got along with really well,". This would show that their is still hope for people that have low self esteem, that just have to have help taking the big step. A lot of people on the other side say rule goes against people's right to make a choice for themselves. The most common example they use for this is that, in a study made by Mental Psychology University, 40% of students with lower self esteem and social problems often stay in their shell, out of habit and anger of being forced to participate. While that may be true, we can't help the people that will break out of their shell if we just look at the minority. Gary Smith, A Professor of psychology claimed the following, "while there may be others that refuse to participate, we can't eliminate the rule completely, doing so could lead to the students growing up with social problems, such as depression, or suicidal thoughts,". Looking at this, it shows that we are still helping people break free, and really live their lives, the others may just need more help with meeting new people. Everyone can do it, it just might take more time for others. Overall, I feel that I have made many points and examples on why students should have to do at least one extracurricular activity. Such as it helping you make new friends, it can help them discover hobbies, it improving confidence and team building skills, and how we shouldn't focus on the minority when it comes to this rule. This rule can really help so many people that can't break out of their shells on their own, and really save them from a dark future without any support to help them through it. Now, reader, I want you to think. Should we really have students like those go through horrible thoughts and stress all alone, because some just need more help than others? No, we shouldn't. To help this cause, I want you spread awareness about this rule, call local schools about this rule, and how it could help. Most importantly though, If your a parent, do this to your kids, help them have support and friends when the rough times comes. They may be groaning now, but trust me, they will be happy you pushed them, and so will you.

Dear principal, I believe policy 2 is the best way to go because not every student breaks the rules and texts during class and it just would not be fair to them if they cannot bring their phones period. If you go with policy 2 you can just look over your class every so often to make sure no one has their cell phone out. You could also let the class know that they can check their phones during lunch and free time so there is no need to be checking them during class. You should be able to trust them to follow those rules because they know and should be grateful that they can check them during free times. Another reason why i think policy 2 is the best idea is because students need the cell phones that their parents provide them with to communicate with them throughout the day. They may also need it after school to call their parents to see how they are getting home, and if they don't have their cell phones there is no way they will know what to do or where to go after school. plus, they would need to call their parents if anything dangerous was going on at the school and it went on lockdown. Parents would be devastated if something bad happened to their child during a time like that and they didn't know because no one had a cell phone to call them. This is what i believe so i hope this letter has helped you and you can take it into consideration. sincerely, STUDENT_NAME

The use of the FACS is both valuable and not valuable. Humans are very complex, and they can learn to adapt. Humans can learn to be more deceitful and learn to hide thiings better. I know because, I, myself, am a human. The ability to detect human emotions is not valuable because some humans are embarassed when others know what they are feeling, and they would learn to keep their face neutral while feeling because they don't want to constantly be read like a book by some robot. This technology could be valuable because you could tell when kids in school are getting mad or even have depression or anxiety. Facs could help us to help the future generations of students to talk about their emotions because they won't have to state how they feel, but a robot would be doing that for them. FACS is not the best idea because some kids like to keep to themselves and just the thought of eveyone knowing how you feel constantly would give them anxiety and make them fearful to feel because of what others may think and so on and so forth. I dont think that using this technology is a valuable idea because then the government could end up taking the technology into the real world and using it against the people. I am not okay with being read but a robot, personally. This technology could also help to keep schools safe, by letting the administration know when someone if looking guilty or even if they are starting to get angry because of something, it could help to stop some school shootings because the students would have a certain emotion to them and then we would know to pull that student aside, or it could help students who have anxiety to tell when they need to step out of class and go for a walk or use their coping skills. I don't have a straight forward opinion on the new technology because it has alot of pros and cons. I talked about a few in the paragraphs above and while rereading my writing, I realize that I have a neutral perspective on all of this due to how many pros and cons there really are, and the ability for humans to adapt.

I have always been the friend of the friend group that everyone always asks for advice. I was so confused at first as to why? Half of these situations or problems they would bring to me, they would be problems that I have never experienced. For example, they would always ask me for relationship advice or what do when you're mad at your parents. I have never been in either of those situations. To be honest I would even ask my parents sometimes for help on what advice to give. This lead me to believe that asking for advice leads a chain reaction of asking others. Asking for advice from multiple people is very helpful so you can have more than just one view of the situation you are in. This has always helped me personally and also lead me to a better chance of helping my friends. Asking multiple of people for advice can be hard sometimes. This can lead to hearing things you dont want to hear but you just have to be open minded. There are many perks of asking more than one person for help. It could help you understand your problem from many different views. For example, when they are giving you advice they can explain to you how the situation you are in and how it can effect you and others. This is helpful because sometimes we as people only think of only ourselves and not others. Asking multiple people can also be helpful because everyone thinks differently so you can have an array of solutions to your problem that you may have never even thought of. Sometimes you just have to wonder why you are seeking advice from multiple people. The main thing that I have found that leads me to asking advice from multiple people is that they are all people I trust. I know they wont steer me wrong. Lets say you hear about the new burger place in town. You usually would go and ask for multiple peoples opinions that you trust, so you can find out if it is worth it or not and then base your decision off of that. Which also leads me to my second reason as to why we ask others. Usually someone that has some sort of experience is key. This leads us to know and trust their advice because they have been through it too. Lastly sometimes actually taking the advice can be even harder than receiving it. Even though you may not like what you heard. If it's best sometimes you just have to do it no matter how hard it is. Taking multiple peoples advice and using can also leave you with a feeling of disappointment in yourself if you were in the wrong. Sometimes it's just better to take the other peoples advice then to hear the famous words "I was right". In conclusion not one person thinks,acts,or even breathes the same. Every one has a story, and every ones stories are like a road they have bumps,cracks, and curves. This leads all of us to have our own lessons and morals. So getting others advice is always important to take seriously because it could have also been part of their past as well. Asking others for advice can also leave you with a trusting relationship and a new understanding. Yes I do believe that asking multiple people for advice can lead to a better decision and also lead to a better understanding.           

What would you do if you were forced to participate in an after school activity? I would be really mad because I don't like to stay after school, and I don't want to participate in anything. I'd like to go home and get some rest after using my brain for 7 hours straight. I disagree with this, because I think students shouldn't be forced to participate in an extracurricular activities if they do not want too and some people's families may not even have enough money to pay for thing's they would need for the activities. I think if the principal did this then he would get complaints from the parents of the kids of them not getting the activity they wanted. One reason I disagree is because, you shouldn't be forced to take anything you don't want to take. Say you chose soccer but they didn't have any room left for you so they moved you into basketball, and you really dislike basketball, How would you feel? Families may not have enough money to buy you equipment for these activities. Finally, I think it should be a choice for students to see if they want to take any of the classes, they shouldn't be forced to take one. . . .

The face on Mars could have not been by alien's because there was no alien monument at all. It is a rare thing to see something like that on a planet that has a lot of rumors of aliens. Yet you can still say or predict this wasn't an alien act. After we saw the face on Mars we had to get more pictures of it. That might not change your mind, and you still might think it was an act of alien's ,but check this out. In paragraph 3 it says that it was a huge rock formation. It resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. This could possibly mean that it's the angle you are looking at it. If you were looking at the "head" from a diffrent angle it would probably not even look like a head anymore. This is a reason why it could not have been from aliens. In paragraph 2 it says that when the face appeared on their monitors they were surprised. Even though the sensation was short lived, scientist figured it was just another martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia. Only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. You may be asking, "Why dont you target Cydonia?'. The answer is it's hard work. In fact its very difficult work. The reason we don't target Cydonia is because, "We don't pass over the face very often," says Garvin in paragraph 9. On April 8, 2001 a nice day in Cydonia We finally got a second look at it. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the face in the field of view," said Garvin. They captured another photo finally with one of their best camera's. Now you are probably asking yourself what does this have to do with aliens. The picture shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. Meaning that it wasn't an alien act. It was a huge rock formation.

When people ask for advice they normally talk to more than one person in order to make the best decision. There are many benefits that come with taking advice from multiple people. Seeking more than one opinion helps someone make a better choice because it allows one to gain knowledge, prevents mistakes, and build an open mindset. Firstly, getting different opinions allows people to gain knowledge. In fact, most people have probably learned that you can gain knowledge from other people, and this is true. When someone takes advice from others, they become more informed about that topic. For example, in 3rd grade when we were preparing for the Reading SOL my teachers, Ms. Generic_Name and Mr. Generic_Name, advised us to use many test taking skills such as highlighting and slash and trash, and in previous years my teachers taught me to take my time and focus on the questions. When it came to the test day I took my time, and I used all the test taking skills I learned and applied them. I even scored a perfect score! Till this day, I still use all of these strategies, and they make me a better test taker. Therefore, it is important to take advice from other people because they help one grow and learn. Secondly, seeking multiple opinions prevents mistakes. When someone listens to stories of other people they can take that experience and apply it to their own lives. Along with that, when someone takes advice they also form a better judgment. For instance, this summer when I was shopping for back to school supplies I was looking online to find a good quality backpack. After searching for a while, I found this cute black book bag with stars on it, and I really wanted to get it. However, just before I ordered it I decided to look at the reviews. When I read the reviews I found out that the book bag was too small and poorly made. I didn't buy it, and I was able to save my money. Therefore, getting multiple opinions is helpful because they prevent mistakes. Lastly, asking advice from multiple people builds an open mind. When a variety of options are available it opens different doors for opportunities. Quoted by Generic_Name, "Ignoring others advice creates a narrow mindset." This means that only listening to one person's advice limits the opportunities that were available. For instance, in 5th grade when we were signing up for classes I asked my friend what performing art class I should take. She suggested taking band because that was what she was going to do, and even though I wanted to pick chorus, I decided to take band because she made it seem so fascinating. However, I ended up not enjoying band, but when I asked other people about their performing art classes, I was able to see different viewpoints and options. In the end, I decided on taking orchestra, and I really love that class. Which is why asking different people for advice helps make a better decision because it creates multiple options and forms an open mindset. In conclusion, to make the best decisions it is better to seek multiple opinions because it allows one to gain knowledge, prevent mistakes, and build an open mindset. Therefore, if you are every faced with an important decision it is good to take advice from multiple people.

Dear Principal, I am very concerned about the new school policy that is students may not participate in sports or other activities if you do not have at least a B average . I don't think that should be a school policy because there are kids that try there best 100% and they don't get B averages but they really want to play sports. I think that it should be that if you are a hard working student and you want to be able to participate in sports or other school activities , you should be able to . and for the kids that don't try there 100% best on their work they should be the students that are not able to participate in the school sports and activities. also the students that are not getting good grades but are trying 100% , they might not feel well they might be sad and so if they participate in sports or school activities that will bring joy into them and they can have fun instead of constantly thinking about how bad you are doing in school. and you will have the chance to have fun and get exercise. the kids would be able to get exercise and they will be in better shape and will be a healthy person. Sincerely, Student

Cars that can drive themselves? Is a driverless car really a good idea? Manufacturing a driverless car has not even been a succeding task. Cars that can drive on their own still require an alert driver at times. If the self driving car was manufactured laws would have to be changed, the company and the owner would have issues if a crash did accure, and the owner possibly needed to be alert may not stay alert. The self driving car needs more time before being tried out with actual costumers. The driverless car manufactured by google has made it half a million miles without a crash. However drivers still are alerted to take over the wheel when parking, navigating traffic, or road construction. What could happen if a "driverless" car alerted the owner but they weren't alert and did't take they wheel in time? Major accidents could be caused from this. A driver not focused on the road could put in danger themselves and other drivers around them. If the driver was'nt alert and an accident did accure, both the company and owner would be in seriouse trouble. Certian laws would have to be made or changed to solve this issue. If there was a crash with two cars would one of the drivers be of blame as they are now or would both companies be blamed. Technology has instences when it doesn't work. Everyone has yelled at a phone or T.V before. Though when that technology doesn't work properly it's not a life or death situatiuon. Also how expensive would this be? It's well known how expensive a phone, T.V, or new computer can be. It would be too expensive to make them the sale price would have to bring back the money spent to manufacture one and the sales person would need money to actually make for the work. How many people could ctually afford it. The people it would help most likely can't even come up with the money to get one. With the rate of accidents now drivers barely stay alert when they have the wheel. But knowing, or thinking, they have the freedom to do as they please while the car drives itself they will lose focus. Drivers won't pay attention to the road. People have way to much trust in their technology they wont even think of what would happen when they have to drive. How owuld they react if they tried to take a nap and was awaken to take the wheel? they may not have enough time to even think of what they need to do to avoid an accident. What would be the point of a driverless car? Reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road maybe. Or give people who can't drive the transportation they need without public transports. This would all be great! But what would happen when the car needed them to take over. Of course you'd still need to go through training and so on to get your liscnes so people who have the inability to drive may it be physical will have no prevail in it. Also if a drunk driver was alerted they would still be driving after drinking. The only ones that coul use this technology are the ones that can already drive. Then what is the point of the driverless car anyway? There's too many saftey dangers and pointless reasons to start manufacturing a driverless car.

The author of the article states that Venus is a worthy pursuit. They state that though it may be highly dangerous, it still has value. It's worth the risk. They support this by saying that the planet has some features that are analogous to those on Earth, humans are being considered sent to Venus, and people wanting to take samples of things from the planet to test it. Venus once may have been the most Earth-like planet in the solar system many years ago, which highly fascinated astronomers. The planet was probably made up of mostly oceans and could have had many forms of life, just like our plant Earth today. To this day, Venus still has some features that are analogous to the ones on this planet. Venus has surfaces of rocks and also has features like valleys, mountains, and craters. The planet can sometimes be the nearest one for a visit. Astronomers could take the planetary visit into consideration, considering the long time frames of space travel. Though it is highly dangerous to send people to Venus, NASA has been considering sending people to study the planet. Venus has an average temperature of over 800 degrees Farhenheit, but NASA could possibly have a solution. Their solution is having scientists float aboce the fray. It would be like a bimp vehicle hovering about 30 miles above the burning temperatures. Though the humans wouldn't be touching the boiling floors, temperatures would still be at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, which everyone would still consider excruciating. The vehicle would almost resemble a jet airplane. Just like a jet travels at a very high altitude to avoid storms, the bimp would avoid the conditions of the boiling grounds of Venus. The author also stated that their would be almost never-ending solar power, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels, which is great. The conditions that humans would have to go through if they do visit Venus are not easy or great, but it would somehow be survivable for them. If humans are not able to visit the planet, then things from there cannot be tested on. If the only way humans can interact with the planet is by hovering over it, they cannot successfully take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else. Despite the many risks, scientists are trying to find a way to conduct a successful mission to understand the planet and get up close and personal with it. Many researchers are also working on innovations that would allow machines to last through the conditions of Venus. NASA is working on other ways to study the planet as well. They're considering using a very old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first seen in the 1800s and played a very important role during World Was ll in the 1940s. These devices make calcutions by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. The mechanical computers may or may not successfully operate in the extreme conditions. Modern-day computers tend to be more delicate when it comes to those kinds of conditions, despite the fact that they are enormously powerful, easier to manage and operate, quick, and flexible. It would be like dropping a phone, tablet, or computers into a bucket of acid or any heat that would be capable of melting tin. In conclusion, the author really thinks that humans should be sent to Venus to explore it. He mentions that the planet has some features that are analogous to the ones on Earth, humans being considered to be sent to it, and how scientists would like to take samples of items from the planet. The author also stated that human curiostiy will one day lead to visiting Venus. Though considering the many risks, Earth should be expanded to meet every point of our imagination and innovation.

What is the point of having to ask people for opinions? What happens when you ask people fro responses and also does it help you making a huge decision? How you need to help others make a decision? Having to make a huge decision is a pretty hard thing to do, because it may be the decision you are taking for your family , your friends or even for your self. It can be any decision because after you make the decision you might not be able to change your decision . You may have made a good or a bad decision and after sometime when you have made the decision you should not be regretting about the decision you made,instead you should be proud of the decision that you have made thinking that you have done the right decision. And this is a reason why you need to ask opinions from people and also tell people about your opinion when someone asks you something. One more thing that you need to remember is that you should always talk to people before you make the final decision. For example let's say you are buying a house for your parents and it is pretty hard to chose a house because you liked all of the houses you have seen so far. Now the only thing you are thinking about is which house I should be buying , so now the first thing you should do is go to your parents and show them some pictures of the houses you have seen and ask which one they liked the most. Then you need to go to other people and ask their opinions but never forget to consider every one's opinion because it is a way you show respect to each other no matter what their opinion was , lets say even if you think their opinion was the most horrible opinion anyone has told you. The only way to be nice to people is by showing respect to them. So now lets get back to the topic , now you have asked everyone their opinion and then you sit down and think about the decision that you are going to make , finally you come to a decision and then you go and tell everyone your decision and then buy the house for your parents. This is how you make a huge and a very stressful decision. Now lets say you have a best friend who needs to make a huge decision like moving to another country without their family and that is a pretty hard thing to do . Its really hard to live without your family for years and years together, there is never so much fun without having your family with you no matter what, even if you live with your best friend. So now your friend has got a job in Generic_City and their family lives in the U.S.A ,he doesn't know if he should move with his family or just go by himself , he can't either leave the job offer because it is a pretty big company so he comes and asks you for an opinion and you say that "I think you should take your family along with you if they are interested to go to Generic_City with you" .Then he goes to other people to ask their opinions after he has asked everyone their opinion he comes to make the final decision , soon after he tells everyone his decision and does the right thing for him and his family. Do you guys see how people make huge decisions and the reason they are able to make such good decisions is because of taking peoples opinion. When you take many opinions you can combine it into one whole decision and that's the whole point of making a good decision and the decision that you made can be the best opinions of all the opinions you had asked. After you make a really good decision , you will be really proud of it and I don't think it will be so much harder when you have to make other big decisions too. But still if you can't make a decision you can always ask people for their opinion. They will also be happy to share their opinion's. And they also might help you a lot to come to a final decision. Have you ever had to make a decision for your self or your family?. Well if I had to answer this question it would be a yes because, I moved here from Generic_City and it was a pretty hard decision to make because my sister got a college and it was her dream come true. Even though I was born in Generic_City I didn't want to come here because I lived in Generic_City for literally 10 years and I had so many friends but at the same time I wanted my sister's dream to come true and she was also born in Generic_City and had stayed in Generic_City for 10 years too. But she still wanted to come for college here. So I didn't want to break apart her dreams and then I asked many people for an opinion and finally I came to a decision and now I am happily in America and so is my sister . And that was my final decision and I really proud of it because even I am having and my sister I having the fun most , she has so many friends and I guess she has never had as much as fun she is having right now and I am really happy for her but at the same time I miss her the same because I lived with her for long. Every decision you make always has an happy ending because you alwyas will make a good desicion and and after sometimes you will be so proud of the decision you made anad you will never forget the desicion that you made but sometimes you may not have made a good decision so always remeber to take an opinion so that you will not have to regret it after the decision is been made. And sometimes you may not want share your problem with anyone and you still have to make a decision, then you should ask someone who you trust.

I believe that using this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a bad idea, most people hide their emotions for a reason. Whether its struggle in class or things happening at home, they'll talk about it if the teacher can help but its best to keep those things to yourself and figure out how to deal with it or talk to a professional about those things. In some cases it may help, some people might become dimented or tormented by something on their mind and make rash discisions that harm themselves and others around them. The new technology would probably be very expensive and difficult to implament and gain the permission from parents and school officials who may be confused about it. Many schools are struggling with money and financial issues and there are far more important things to do and invest on rather than spending money on technology that may not even work 100% and only add on to problems. Can we actually "calculate" emotions like math or something? How can computers recognize facial movements humans use to express how we feel? Each human has their own smile and their own unique way of showing their emotions. How can a computer that doesn't have its own intelligence or will discern how a human actually feels? Humans can simply look at someone and tell how they are feeling on the surface but humans also hide things deep within their mind. Most people who trully hold someone dere and care about them can tell when a person is hiding something through more than just facial expressions and facial movements. They can tell how a person feels by the way they are speaking and the way they move their body or thourgh physical changes throughout their body. I think its nearly impossible for computers to access how a person feels at a moment, whether in class or physicalogical treatment. I believe that only humans and close companions can truly discern how a person is trully feeling, there's just something thats unique to certain people that people around them can feel. A certain atmosphere that people carry and only people close to them can truly understand. Not even specifically trained people can 100% judge how a person is feeling so how could a computer thats not living do it?

I personally think that there should be an electoral college vote. Not only does it keep the popularity vote out of check, but it also holds a good amount of personality behind the fact that it carries over 100 years of tradition, divide that by 4 years per term of president, thats over 10 presidents that have won their electoral college votes. If they used the popularity vote? We would go insane. If the people realize what  they are talking about, we could go billions of dollars out of our debt hole were in.. Our spending habits these presidents we have had over the past years have lead us into doing? Im surprised were all still alive honestly. Different candidates have different ways of planning their lives in office, their daily commutes, their daily functions, what laws they are going to put into place next, the next time that they will make a public apperence, those kind of things. But when theyre talking about taking electoral college out of play because its "outdated" personally I would say throw them a box of loony toon cereal. I dont believe in throwing out something our founding fathers came up with. Expecially now that we have so many of our constetutional rights going out of play and being laid to rest for the many  years that they helped serve us justice and made us actually realize our country went to war to fight for our freedom, thats basically taking away our freedom to have who we think is best in office. Everybody talks about both candidates. The  popularity war also wouldnt work because they talk about both of them equally as another citzen would.

Dear principle, I am writing this letter the ask you to make community service a requirement for all students. I think it would really help our community. It would even help the students by teaching them things they cant learn in school. You can even give students extra credit for outstanding participation in community service. Students would benefit from community service in many ways. One way I can think of is if a student works at a nursing home. Working their may teach them manners or respect for their elders. They may even hear some old stories from some of the seniors living there. Another way students could learn something is from cleaning up a park or beach. They can learn about our environment and learn how to clean up after themselves. They might even start recycling if they don't already. Some students may even help the school by maybe helping in the cafeteria or helping the janitor clean. Some of them may even help in the library or help a teacher with something. There are so many ways the students can help that I can't list all of them. I don't think there is enough paper on earth for me to do that. In conclusion these are my reasons for supporting your idea for community service. It can help make our town, school, and lives much better. I think you have a very good idea and should follow through with it. Maybe our school or students will even win some kind of reward for our community service. Thank you for reading my letter. I hope you make the right choice and come to a decision soon.

Cars today are driving closer and to being able to drive on their own. This can change the way people live and how people use tranportation in a positive way. Even though they aren't entirely "driverless" and still need a driver it's still a step in that direction. Driverless cars would take over public transportion system, create less accidents, and help people who can't drive well. Driverless cars are esstientally going to be the future public transportation. The cars will end up taking the postions of taxis and even buses. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisons a future where these cars will offer much more flexiblity while cutting the useage of fuel by half. These self drivng cars will also be safer for others on the road reducing the chances of a crash. Car companies have taken extreme precautions with these machines fitting them with senors all over the cars. Google has taken the idea into its own hands with some companies like Toyota. They've modified a Toyota Prius and have outfitted it with a postiton-estimating sensor on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted ner the review mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion sensor. These sensors will apply brakes and reduce power from the engine so that the driver at hand can take over. Of course these driverless cars will need a passenger that a operate the car in case of an emergancy. In 2013, BMW announced a development of the "traffic Jam Assistant", which allows the cars to handle driving functions at speed up to 25 mph. Special touch sensors make sure a driver is keeping hold of the wheel at all times. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but still need to notify the driver when it need human skills navigating through areas like work zones. On the other hand, some people wouldn't lay their lives in the hands of a self driving car. Driving laws today focus on keeping the drivers, passengers and pefestrians safe. Today, traffic laws are written with the thought of a human driver controlling the car. In most states, it has been illegal to to even test driverless car; but scientist beileve that more states will allow testing after seeing results from those states that have been doing it already. This future of self driving cars is near. Automakers like Telsa have projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving by it self 90% of the time. Other companies like Mercedes- Benz , Audi and Nissan have plans to release cars that drive by themselves by 2020.

Phone & Driving According to the National Safety Council reports cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. 390,000 injuries occurred caused by cell phone use and driving. Nearly 6,000 pedestrians are killed because of this as well. Phones should not be used while driving not only because the dangers that occur but also because the people that are harmed or killed, and it could've been prevented. It's rare that the driver ever gets hurt. It's always the person they hit or they've caused a lot of damage. Cell phones are a huge distraction while driving a vehicle. Your not paying attention to the road in front of you because something has caught your eye below the dashboard. Something that could've waited until you arrived at your destination. Sometimes you have to ask yourself is it really that important? 2018 an estimate of 1.5 million car accidents in the U.S. Cell phone use while driving resulted in 3,000 to 6,000 people getting killed or injured each year. All because someone couldn't leave their phone leave for awhile. Now they have to deal with people's lawyers and insurance company. Just everything that could've been avoided. Creating unnecessary problems for yourself. May 29, 2019 a new law was created. It prohibits people driving to not use their cell phones. If a person was to disregard this law. The result would be paying a $50 fine for first offense. That's one way to avoid the dangers and consequences of texting and driving. Another one is to make a mental note for yourself, that the text can wait. The message doesn't have to be answered right way. If it's that important pull over. You shouldn't text and drive or use your cellular device while behind the wheel. Doing so will result in someone being injured or killed, paying a $50 ticket, or even worse. Don't use your phone while di=riving, it can wait.

The majority of Americans have the luxury of owning a car. A car of course, seems like a useful innovation. It gets you places quickly and efficently, and is easier than walking. Yet so many people drive cars that the roads get congested and clogged easily as the cars just idle in the road waiting for the traffic jam to loosen up. Car usage causes the enviroment to decline and an increase in air poulltion, it would be a great idea to lower car usage since it is so detrimental to the health of the enviroment and the health of the populace. An advantage to reducing car usage is a more benifical enviroment and a better overall health standard. "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some ... areas in the United States." (Source 1). Personal cars directly contribute to greenhouse gas enissions and by cutting down personal car usage and encouraging the use of car pooling and public transportation we can decrease greenhouse gas emmmisions. Also walking and biking to your destination instead of driving helps encourage healthy living and habits as well as exercise. Cars also cause poulltion and smog to hang over cities causing the air to be full of harmful chemicals, endagering peoples health and also causing a rise in asthma for the populace that lives inside the city. In places like Beijing,China smog and poulltion from cars cause the air to be so foggy and dirty that you cannot even see the sky. "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city."(Source 2). When Paris was accosted by the same problem they solved it by a temporary ban on driving to clear the air. Without so many people driving cars we wouldn't have these many issues with smog and it's effect on the enviroment. With less car usage smog and pollution would drop. Driving not only creates an issue with air pollution but also with water pollution and the contamination of the earth. Cars run on gasoline, a fossil fuel. Which is brought up from underground by drilling into the earth. Fracking often has a negative effect on the earth, often causing oil spills into the ocean or earth. The effect of the oil spill is  pollution and mass death of wildlife in that area. By using alternative methods of transportation such as trains,buses,taxis,subways, walking and biking we reduce the amount of gas used and also the amount of car emmissons released into the air. Cars guzzle gasoline and this causes a huge need for fossil fuel, by using cars less we lessen the need for gasoline. Many people agree with the statment  that without cars their lives are easier and less stressful due to the fact that they no longer have to worry about traffic jams and car crashes as well as any other dangerous event that can happen while driving. This excerpt from the third source, shows a man's reply to the event Day Without Cars that takes place in Bogota,Colombia once a year. "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza."(Source 3). This excerpt only furthers my point that less car usage causes people to be more calm and less worried or stressed. "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter" (Source 1). This quote from source 1 which discusses a suburb in Germany that is car-free. This blurb shows another example of someone who became happier without a car. Another advantage to reducing car usage is less stress. Also to some people a car is just a backup for when public transportation falls through. "They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transporation or car-pool with friends." (Source 4) By reducing uneeded car usage we cause a more effiecent society less dependent on cars and more dependent on better types of alternative transportation. "'A car is just a means of getting from A to B when BART [type of public transport] doesn't work.'" (Source 4). By improving public transport we reduce car usage which improves the enviroment and quality of life. Less car usage will help the enviroment as well as lower stress. "Transportation is the second largest source of America's emmisons." (Source 4). By eliminating uneeded car usage and introducing more public transportation and alternate means of transport we will be eliminating one of the greatest causes of greenhouse gas emissions in America. The advantages of eliminating car usage is less pollution, healthier living and a less stressful life.

Dear state senator, The Electoral College is a process of choosing the United States president that was created when the Constitution was written. Electors from each state  choose a candidate for their state based on the people's popular vote. Some people believe the Electoral College should be abolished while others want to keep the system. The Electoral College should be abolished in the United States and the president should be chosen by popular vote for several reasons. Of course, there are many valid points why the Electoral College is still a good system and should be kept. "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast,etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president..." (Posner,19). This stops one specific region of the US, especially if the president is dominantly popular in that region, from being the main decision for president, so every state in every region has a fair chance in deciding the president. Also, "The Electoral 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 Constitution..." (Posner,21). This gives larger states that have more voting citizens a bigger influence on the desision of the president than smaller states that have less voting citizens unlike how the Senate gives an equal number of representatives to each stater reguardless of the states size. However, all these arguments to keep it lack good logical reasoning and are outdated. So, we should abolish the Electoral College and give the choice of the election to the people through popular vote. The first reason we should get rid of the Electoral College is the system is outdated and unfair. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president..."(Plumer, 10). What this means is the electoral college is non-democratic in the fact that the people don't choose their leader, the electors do based on the peoples choice but in the end its all up to them. Also, a state with more electors will have a bigger impact on the choice than one with less so it doesn't really come down to the peoples' choice, it comes down to what state you live in. Another argument is "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states..."(Plumer, 13).          

In high school, summer projects (especially for advanced placement classes) are assignments that students must complete. There is no way to get out from completing those assignments. Teachers create most of these summer projects because they know exactly what the students should learn before they reach the first class of the year. For example, AP Language and Composition has the students create 15 precis on different nonfiction pieces and read the book Thank You for Arguing in order to prepare for some of the essays that will be written for the exam. Although many people believe that teachers should create these summer projects because the students would know exactly what they need to learn or prepare for, nevertheless, students should be the ones creating the summer projects because it gives them a chance to show their creativity, use their skills from prior knowledge, and build on life skills needed for the future. Giving the students the ability to use their creativity is very important because it lets their voices and thoughts be heard. Students usually have more time over the summer to be able to express their creativity, but that is being pulled back due to the same projects that teachers have them do every year. For example, most high school math classes provide students with a four to six page study guide to complete over the summer to make sure that their prior knowledge is still remembered. What if students created their own, unique study guides to complete? How about a presentation on the basics of a unit and sharing it with the class the first or second day back? Not only would the students be able to use their creativity in a project and express their knowledge in many different ways, students in the first class would have a great review of prior knowledge to prepare them for the challenge ahead. Giving students an assignment that they create also makes them more interested and determined to complete their project. Most students would rather show what they learned their own way than the same way as everyone else, and a lot of teacher-designed assignments have the students all doing the same thing. It might be easier for the teacher to grade or review, but students aren't enjoying the assignment because they aren't able to express their knowledge that is different from everyone else. Letting the students create their own projects will give them the opportunity to be creative and express their ideas. Additionally, students will continue to use or remember the skills and knowledge prior to help them create their projects. The biggest reason why these summer projects are created is so that students wouldn't lose the skills and knowledge from previous years that are need for their upcoming classes. If the students created their own summer projects, they would not lose those skills or knowledge at all. More than likely, they would research more about certain skills or information in order to make their projects even better and stand out from their peers. Subjects such as science and english are definitely able to make this happen because the skills and techniques that are learned can always be worked on, and they are easier for students to share what they know about certain topics. For example, AP chemistry has everyone doing the same assignment before the school year starts. Students in AP Chemistry, instead, could create their own experiments with the skills and knowledge acquired from Research Chemistry. The students would not only keep the techniques/skills practiced and knowledge from the year before, but also have the opportunity to explore different skills or use the skills obtained at a more advanced level. Even though students wouldn't lose the skills and knowledge learned from previous classes, they would also learn and build on some others skills such as life skills. Student-designed projects would build on skills that students need for the future. Teachers help them practice life skills with these projects as they could be long and tedious. However, students should have opportunities to build these skills themselves to prepare them for the upcoming school year and their future in general. Students who would work really hard on their own summer projects build their organizational skills as they plan out their assignments. Time management is another skill that is taken into these projects. Practicing time management prepares them for college and their future careers as deadlines can't be rearranged, and some tasks take more time than others. They would be able to schedule how much time in a day they can work on their summer assignments. Students who create their own projects also practice focusing and perseverance. There will be times where the project comes to a stand still in progress; practicing focus and perseverance encourages students to not give up on their projects and to make it the best it can be. In conclusion, students will prepare themselves for future tasks such as college projects and career projects when they create their own summer projects in high school. So, what is the point on arguing about whether students or teachers should create the summer projects? These projects set up the students for what is coming in the following school year. The knowledge and skills used in previous classes are still needed for the upcoming classes. However, when students are able to be creative and make their own projects, those skills and knowledge would never leave them. In fact, teachers would be amazed at how advanced the skills of their students are because the students were actually interested in learning more to create an amazing summer project.

Being a Seagoing Cowboy is awesome. When your over sea, you can do all kinds of stuff. You can feed the horses, clean the stalls, and when all the horses are dropped off you can have some fun. Basicly, you can anything you want. I think you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. When the horses are around it's a pretty easy job. All you have to do is feed them, water them, and clean the stalls. Simple. You feed the horses hay and oats. Give them fresh water and clear their stalls every 1 or 2 weeks. It's a pretty easy job if you grew up on a farm. Being on a boat, we have to make stops along the way. That is when you can go sight-seeing. On our last trip we were going to Greese, we stopped at Venice, Italy. I saw all kinds of cool stuff. I took a grandola ride down the streets of water. But when all the work is done, and we are all on our way back to America, that is when the fun begins. The other cowboys and I do all kinds of stuff. We play baseball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to pass time. Sometimes we even play volleyball in the empty horse stalls. Its a lot of fun being a Seagoing Cowboy. With big orders for horses it might be hard but there are some small orders which are real easy. All in all, it is a fun job. Sometimes the trip is long, somtimes the trip is short but it is still the greatest job in the world. I think no job could be any better. You should come and join to be a Seagoing Cowboy.

If they go by Electoral college then Congress would have to count up all the votes. The Electoral Cpllege has as many as 538 electors, 270 votes will determine who becomes our new president. On the other hand changing to election by popular vote for president will give people a chance to choose there favorite canidate to become the president. Its basically like picking favorites you get to pick who you think is best and who you want to become the new president of whatever you the situation may be.  Electoral College your not really voting for a president your votins for a slate of electors. Who really chooses the presidents ? That would be the electors who actually pick the president not the people. Mainly if you win the Electoral vote you still have to go through the popularity voting comes after that. Electoral College avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate reciaves a mojority of the votes that are cast.

Have you ever felt the excitement of being with your friends after school and doing something that you all love? Extracurricular activities include chess, soccer, basketball, and choir. There are an endless amount of after school activities, so everyone can have something to do. I agree with the fact that everyone should participate in an extracurricular activity because they help one to make new friends, they are lots of fun, and they help make great learning experiences. When one comes to a new school, not knowing anyone can be a struggle. Extracurricular activities can help create a friend group for you. Extracurricular activities only happen around once a week, so you can spend that time with your friends. Many people only have a little friend group that they like to hang around, and extracurricular activities help expose people to new friends. Boosting your friend group can also lead to a boost in your self confidence around others. This is a reason that more people should be involved in extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities are a lot of fun. You get to hang out with your friends while doing what you love. There are such a variety of activities that you can do whatever you want without worrying that there isn't something for you. Besides, if your friends are doing an activity with you, it will probably be fun anyways. Extracurricular activities can help you find the fun things there are in high school and college. Extracurricular activities are a great learning experience. They are amazing because they can make your day seem more fulfilling than it already was. Extracurricular activities can help you create more skills than you already have because they help you to develop more and more skills that will benefit you later in life. More and more colleges are looking for people to play sports for them. Extracurricular activities can help to get you into college for a lower cost. This is my final reason why extracurricular activities are a great idea. Everyone should participate in an extracurricular activity because they help you make friends, they are a lot of fun, and they create great learning experiences. Everyone will have something for them to do after school because there are so many options. Extracurricular activities help you get your mind stay relaxed. From soccer to being in the musical there are so many options for extracurricular activities.

Schools should have summer projects be teacher-designed because teachers will pick projects that they know will be usefull to students, teachers put their full time and effort, and teachers will also make the project enjoyable to the students. Teachers have created many projects for many of their students, making them have a lot more credibility than students to construct a project. Teachers will know what information will be on the project makin it easier for them to construct projects that they know will be of use to students in the future. They all have insight on what a student should learn and what a student should not learn because they have been teaching all year long to students. They would take out all the useless information because they know how to filter it out, while students are learning themselves and will not know how to identify usefull information from useless making teachers more credible on the projects that would be assigned to students. Teachers can also make this project very clear and precise so that students will not get confused on what to do, how to research it, and how to write it professionally, unlike students who always go out of their way to make the project more lengthy and the basis of the project a lot more confusing to understand. Teacher know about the main ideas or concepts about these projects while students are unaware of these main ideas because they are yet to learn about it. So many teachers put so much time and effort into teaching their class everyday for an eight-month period, which makes it easier for them to create projects because they are so comfortable in this type of creative/learning environment. They put maximum effort to make all this information very precise and straight to the point while students usually, when it does not affect their grade, slack the work load by doing creating he project half-heartedly and not with their full time making the learning experience for the students researching the project also not as fulfilled to learn. When people make it seem like they put their full effort into teaching you about something, that sense or feeling that they invested a part of time into making your learning experience a lot more impactful, you are more compelled to study and learn about what they are teaching you and telling you to pracitce, which is what teacher do and are meant to do. Teachers will always have the time to give out and make projects because that is their job and they have to take it serious unlike students who either creating the project is not fulfilled to do their part or students just do not have the time of day to invest their time into projects. If students do take an investment of time to create these projects, they will not be able to focus on the other important things that they have to get done. Teachers also have a way of making learning a lot more fun and interactive on their daily teaching schedule, therefore, making them have a way to encapture a students attention into making these projects a lot more enthusiastic and enjoyable to research on. Teachers also make the projects a lot less objective based learning, teachers want to make sure that you understand the content to its fullest extent while also maintaining a curiousness towards the basis of the project, unlike students who make the project seem very boring, uninteresting, and very objective based learning which will make students to never research anything about that certain topic again because they could not learn anything fun about it or there was no interactiveness between the students and the project they were assignes to. In short, teachers have a better advantage and a lot more insight on how to design these projects because they know what information that will be of use to students, they put the maximum amount of time and effort, and they make the learning experience more enthusiastic and enjoyable to the students doing research on them. Teachers always seem to have the upper hand about how to pass off knowledge and wisdom because of these reasons.  

Dear principal, My name is STUDENT_NAME and I want you to consider policy one for various reasons. The first reason why we should have cell phones is because some parents like to check up on there son's and that can't happen in policy two, but in policy one we can do that and if you are a parent wouldn't you like to check up on your son or daughter? Second, I don't see why we shouldn't be able to bring them at all because say we forgot our homework at home and say we already missed a day of homework and if we miss another one we will get a detention, we can just call our mom during lunch break or passing period and tell her if she can bring our home work. Lastly, say we are in a lock down because someone had a gun in the campus and the man or women cuts the power off so no one can call through the telephones we can just grab our cell phones and call the police. I'm not asking you to approve it I'm asking to considerate please.

Do you knw what would be absolutly great? Well you´re probably thinking of hundreds of things, but I know what didn´t cross your mind and that is participating in extracurricular activities. Participating in at least one of these can change your life and should be mandatory. Extracurricular activities should be mandatory because of two words ¨The Future¨. Going to school is all about bettering your future. So what is a better way then having a extracurricular activity that you participate in? Besides being rich there is nothing and I´m going to tell you why. One way it´s better is it just gives you more things to put on a job application. The extracurricular also make colleges notice you more and can lead to many colleges wanting you to be at their school so everything will be paid for. The Last reason I think a extracurricular activity should be mandatory is to work on students management skills. Being in a extracurricular you would need to know how to find time for homework, studying, spending time with your family,and etc. Budgeting time is a skill you would need as you grow up no matter what you grow up to be or do. Considering that, learning how to at a young age makes it easier when you need to buget time the most. In conclusion, extracurricular activities helps you better your life and effects your future to certain levels that could make your life better if you just do it. So make sure you get involved cause you would regret it later.   

Students should have summer projects; however, it should be student-designed rather than teacher-designed. Having a teacher designate and choose one's project for them can be a very confusing or frustrating moment for a student, especially if they have no idea or no enjoyment for the work which causes most students not to complete the task. Also since it's during the summer, there's a really high chance that the student will possibly forget about their project or just not do it if it doesn't interest them. Which brings up to this statement, students should design their own summer project because they'll show more interest and effort in their work compared to a teacher chosen topic, everyone project will be different and unique, and there would be a better chance that the work would be done and completed. A student who has more control and more of a saying in what they'd be doing would boost their motivation to accomplish their self-given task. Basically a student will show more effort on their project since they are working on something that catches their eye and excitement. Having a teacher choose a student's project can possibly compromise the grade and production of the project because they'd find it a lot more hard and difficult to complete, especially since there will be little to no connection between the student and the teacher during the summer break. Yes, students will have a lot of time to complete the work given from the teacher; however, there might not be much progress done if the students aren't being directed/guided and told step by step on what their teacher expects from them and how the project should be represented. In this case it'd seem like a better option is to leave the students into leading their own work. Having a student design their own work can open up their creativity to understanding what they can do to make their work seem appealing and fantastic. Usually people would use this has a competition to out best their fellow peers work, which can lead to blowing away their classmates and teachers mind away when they've completed the project. The students creative work can has well be a positive boost toward their grade of their project and can enlighten their peers or others on creative ways they can improve or enhance their projects in the future; furthermore, if everyone had done their projects in a teacher design way then majority of the work will look either bland, the same, or maybe even seem plagiarized. Which should conclude on why students should take control with their own work and amaze everyone on how creative they can get when they're doing something they enjoy. Finally, there'd be a higher rate of completion because the students would want to show off their hard work and dedication they've put within their projects during the summer. After all the work they had put in, the students will feel satisfactory and accomplished that they'd want to turn the work in to the teacher; however, if the students were instead forced into what their teacher assign them it will leave them uncertain or unsatisfied about what they did, which leaves to a positive or a negative pathway. Having it one of the 2 ways could affect the students mood/mentality and effort in work to put into future tasks. So with that giving the fact, students feel more pride and accomplishment with what they did on their own terms rather them someone else's terms, would increase the rate of completion and satisfaction. Teachers should view this has a way for students to take in charge of what they're researching about. In the end maybe the teacher will even find out something new in a interesting way of learning about it; furthermore this could also be a good opportunity for students to express the topic that interest them among their peers with their self-made project. Which brings the statement once again, students should design their own summer project because they'll show more interest and effort in their work compared to a teacher chosen topic, everyone project will be different and unique, and there would be a better chance that the work would be done and completed. 

Well In this part I think is good and bad idea. I think is good because if they have any emergency in home they do not going to dismiss any classes they can take classes from home they have already tools do not needed to go outside they have everything in home, and the teacher they do not need to wake up early everyday, and also some family they are going to agree because now they do not are going to think every time how is my daughter or my son if they are safe or if they are in trouble. the bad things that if they going to give to all the students to take classes from only or video confederation some students they not going to do their work. in some others parts they do not have any internet or money to buy a computer they do not have opportunity that the others person have, also the teacher do not have any jobs they are going to need they works back, and some family they do not need to send to school to their sons because they do not have many or they want their son to work. Is very different have the people think is hard to take decision. if they are old they can choose what they want, they have to think very careful if they said yes they want to take class form online , is going to be more easy from them because they do not have a job or they do not have to take care, they can do it they have a lot of time in the world if they do not have any computer thats is going to be a really good problem form them because they do not have school open or they do not have the materials they want for learn, they have to look for job but sometimes if your looking for a job they need to know how you was in school they need to see you record, you are going to need in the future. If you are going to say no because we need to learn something, we do not have any money to pay to go to school theirs so many ways to go to school their have school that are free you do not need to pay anything, just you need is go to school everyday, and do not get in trouble. Is good idea if they do this in college for students they work they know, they have more responsibility. If you put a child with computer is going to be more concentrated in computer and maybe they going to have problems with their eyes or any problem when their grow up. if is a old is more easy from them because they brain is more they can understand and they do not have any issues to work in the computers. so is bad idea that they students take class form online they do not have any money or they do not work. 

I think The Facial Action Coding System should be put into classrooms. The Facial Action Coding System is a system that enables computers to identify human emotions. This a real system that actually works it scans your face to see what emotions you have. In order for this to work the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. I think the use of this in a classroom is going to workout great for the students and the teachers. If you have the Face Action Coding System in the classroom the teachers can scan the faces of there students will the teacher is teaching them a lesson. After it scans the faces of the students the teacher can then see if the students are enjoying the lesson or if they aren't enjoying. This could change the way teachers teach kids by doing stuff creative different days so the kids will enjoy what they are being taught. Instead of being upset about what they are learning. This is also a good idea for teacher as well to see if there students are having a hard time or if they are upset about something. Some kids don't like to talk about what they are upset about unless someone ask them first. The face scaning decive will be a helpful thing to put in a classroom. plsu while your face is geting scanned you have to make a happy face therefore the experiment will make you slightly happy. I think they should start putting these in the classrooms now. Having these in the class will make kids want to learn and the teachers will be able teach the kids because the kids will be focused. It will be a great thing to have in a school it's always good to see the emotions of the kids in the classroom. Even for the teachers if the teacher is uspet the students can see his emotions with the face scanner. All in all i think they should start putting them in classrooms. I am for the use of this technology as me being a student i think something like this would be a cool thing to have in my school.

Should America really go out without the common everyday use of cars as transportation? Just think; which is more convenient? For some people, walking may do it... but there would be much difficulty without the utilization of cars during this modern era. In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it is claimed that in VAUBAN, Germany, residents have given up their use of cars. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have no change," said David Goldberg, an official of Transportation for America. Cars are, without a doubt the fastest means of transportation from street-to-highway; and very convenient in more ways than one. Sure, it may be alright to walk whenever you may feel to, but how will you be able to get to work faster if your job is many miles away? It surely will tire you out by then. In Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog, forces have banned cars from common usage and ordered the residents to leave their cars at home or suffer a $31 fine. "Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters." This lets me know that many people disagree with the idea of not being able to have their own cars within their reach. In certain weather conditions, such as the cold, harsh winter, just the thought of traveling on a bicycle or walking does not do any good for us! And in the summer when the humidity conditions are so high and hot, we would be too exhausted to move a muscle and refuse to walk any more than what is the seven-eleven down the block from us. In addition, you can carry many personal belongings in the comfort of your car -- which is much simpler than having to stand on your legs or tire them out from excessive bicycle-riding, along with having to deal with five bags of groceries filling your hands. When convenience comes to us, it's a good idea not to reject that opportunity. In The End of Car Culture (also by Elisabeth Rosenthal) it is discussed that President Obama agrees with the abomination of car transportation. The opposing argument may say, " Observations show that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..." But I can certainly disagree and state that not only is transpotation through cars a great way to get around, but it's also entertaining. In the car, you can listen to the radio, whether its news or listening to music on the way back home from work, (which is sometimes stressful.) Atleast you know you'll be sitting in your car comfortably, while listening to music. Also, traffic jams may be problematic; but for some people, the overpopulation of many people being crammed up into your personal space in the outside air may be a real pain. Even excessive crowdedness that occurs on the bus may very well be a daily struggle for people who dislike crowds. Cars will only continue to grow in a positive way in the future, and I believe that is something our past has brought to us, and only for the good of it. So why not use it? Driving is better than walking/bike riding. We shouldn't be working our way backward, but looking to our future, and that calls for the better and more advanced technology that the people have brought to us, that our nation shall continue only to improve--and cars would be one of them.

phones i think phones should be allowed in school because if you forgot like a book or something you could call your parents to go get it so you don't get in trouble in class or if your like sick you can call your parents or guardian to bring your medicine because you can't get your medicine in school or if your lost in like a field trip you can call your parents to pick you up and without a phone you'll be lost or get in trouble or and that's why phones in school but i think it should be turned off during class other then that you won't get lose or get busted for not having any supplies but with a phone you won't get lost or miss anything you need for school and that's why i think phones should be allowed in school. and nothing will happen to you but if you have a phone I think you'll good or maybe even if you have tutoring and your mom doesn't show up or forgot you can call her and that's why i think phones should be allowed in school.

The author is very convinceing he didnt just say whats good nor did he say all what is bad. From the text he made the evidce of how Venus has made it difficult to walk on or be near. He siad that the prussure and the heat is even difficult for the bots that scincetist had made. He also siad that NASA is compelling an idea that sends human to study Venus. they are trying to make a blump-like vehicle 30 or so miles above the rollong venusian. It would still be 170 degess fahrenheit. Thought the presuure would only be as sea levels on earth. NASA even may bring old technology called Mechanical Cumputers they were first envisiond in the 1800s and played and important role in the 1940 during World War ll. they are not like the smart phones or cumputers we have. Mechanical Cumputerscan can last in heat even longer. They work with gears and levers. The author did make good points. Which are convinceing and to be honest I wish I would go now just to see what it looks like. He proved that there is more then one way to prove that we can study venus even if we cant see it in person.

We should get rid of the electoral college because with the electoral college when we vote we aren't actually voting for the who we want to take over as president of the United States. We are voting for electors that help to elect the president. Under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Therefore, many of us could be dissapointed by the outcome of who has been elected. For example if you wanted to elect John Kerry, you would vote for 34 democratic electors pledged to John Kerry. I believe we should just stick with popular vote for the president because then it is only fair. We would vote and which ever political leader got the most votes is the one who takes over in office. Who pick the electors in the first place? depending on the state, sometimes state conventions, state party's central committee, and sometimes even the presedential candiates themselves. Also, voters can't control who their electors vote for and they get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. The single best argument against the electoral college is that it is called the disaster factor. The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state. its official the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. Some people may argue that we should keep it because of 1.) The certainty of outcome 2.) Everyone's president 3.) Swing states 4.) big states and 5.) Avoid run-off elections. It is argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate that has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president was picked by poular vote. Each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee...however it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. The Electoral College is widley known as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by delcaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The Electoral College method is not Democratic in a modern sense...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate your actually voting for a slate of electors. Perhaps there is a tie in the electoral vote, then, the election would be thrown to the House of Representives, where state delegations vote on the president. If thats the case then i definetley think we should overthrow the Electoral College because then the election is now in their hands which means we have no control over who is elected at all, it is an unfair process that needs to be taken care of. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and thos electors could always defy the will of the people. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors 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 to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. Over 60% of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency. Yet, the Electoral College still has its defenders. Each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Now that i have made my point, I would like to add that my opinion isn't the only one that matters but I am positive there are plenty of other people around that agree with my decision. I believe that we should overthrow the Electoral College because it is the most unfair way of voting for our presidential representive and we have no way of controlling it.

Dear TEACHER_NAME; What happened if thers a event but you have to clean up for community service? Is right to do the right thing. Community service is important to the community because in the future the community change and everybody is happy. Some people doesn't wannabe help or they have other things to do. Is the same thing as school. Some students is in Community service. First reason, that Community service is important because the mayor of the city will be proud. Some people say ''What a mess is here!''. The community service is come for help. When you left trash then later it will smell bad. Some people hated when this happened. Please don't leave thrash on the floor put it in the trash can. Second reason is that when there's a event the people who work there have to clean up before the event starts. Some people think that takes too much time away but no. They just want to help people and the community. In school is the same thing friends doesn't want to help and some to. Last reason is that there's too much to clean up and during the night. Janitors need to clean up during the night because when the next day comes it will be clean and neat. Some people clean up their stuff alone and sometimes together. I think t

Why do people get many opinions for one thing? I believe they get more them one opinion, because it gives them more feeback on the item/thing they are looking to get. More then one opinion is better then just having one opinion. When there is only one opinion you get a little advice or feeback about the thing, but more then one opinion can be the thing you need to hear about that specific item you want. Let's say you want the new toy that came out but your friends already got it and are showing it off to you. They tell you not to get it because it is to expensive for a little toy. you say thanks for the advise and decide not to get the toy thanks to your friends who said it was a waste of money. so you decide to get the new game that came out with really good reviews. When you get it you think to yourself was this a good purchase? You ask your friends and they yes it was a good purchase and you know you made the right choice. if your deciding on what food you want to get at a resturaunt and have no idea what to get. Ask your friends or even the waiter about good options for food. He/She will name there favorites and if you name a food they will tell you that its good or its not so good. When they reccomend a food, that is there advice saying this is good you should get it. But when they dont recomend the food they are saying this is bad don't get it. so when you go to a resturaunt ask for what they recomend, because it might be a really good choice and you might enjoy it. When you get advise from friends and family they are just stating there opinion on what your thinking about the opinion does not truely matter but if you listen to their opinion you might do the right thing. This is why getting opinions from other people is a good thing, because they help you make choices you cant make by your self. This is why getting advise from other people is not a bad thing. Getting advise can be good or bad but most of the time it is good and good advise will help you and bad advise will make you regret your choice.

Venus is a marvelous planet. The Evening Star is very dangerous however, the planet is inhabited by a high amount of sulfiric acid. In the article, it supports the idea that studyig Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by being Earth's twin, supporting the idea that there was once live inhabitants, and that humans don't really know what is on Venus. There are many planets in our galaxy however Venus seems to proportionally the same as planet Earth. According to "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too" (paragraph 2). This quote exemplifies that Venus is very similar to Earth relating to size. Venus is very dangerous however, that does not stop human beings from wanting to explore the planet. Scientists are also interested in Venus from the close resemblance of Earth. According to the article, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (paragraph 4). On Venus, there is evidence of rocky sediments as well as features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. This suggests that Venus was once a planet just like Earth until something happened to destroy the chances of being able to inhabit that area. With Venus being a "sister planet", that brings the question of was there actual life on Venus? As stated in the article, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life..." (paragraph 4). This quote essentially states that the "Evening Star" holds many forms of evidence that suggests Venus could have inhabited many forms of living species. As well as theorizing, there is actually concrete evidence that life may have inhabited the planet. The article states that, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment ad includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" (paragraph 4). The quote shows the concrete evidence that is needed to say that humans or other species of living creatures could have inhabited the planet at a point in time. Despite the dangers on Venus, the planet has sparked some curiosity. As stated in the article, "...peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions..." (paragraph 6). Venus has very dangerous features of "protection" all throughout the planet. This prohibits, at this point in time, for humans or land rovers to go to the surface of Venus. Although it being a severe risk of getting a closer look, NASA has been developing several tactics to get closer to the surface. In the article it states that, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Vens would allow scientist to float above the fray" (paragraph 5). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been working on better ways to get closer to the surface of Venus without the metal melting. In conclusion, Venus that has been a place that has a curiosity of discovery for many years. In the article, it supports that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by being Earth's twin, supporting the idea there was once live inhabitants, and that humas don't really know what is on Venus.

In today's day in age drivers range from the age of 15 to 70 and older so there is indeed a large range of di? erent drivers with di? erent experiences and di? erent skills behind the wheel. Many people take pride in their ability to mulBtask while driving like being able to seamlessly merge into ongoing tra? c with one hand while trying to calm down their crying child in the back. But a common boast upon many people is their ability to use their phone while driving and not being fazed or seeing it as a distracBon since they think it is not that much of a danger to them or anyone around them. This is a very bad trait as distracted driving is the number one cause of car related accidents in America with reckless driving coming in second which can also happen when drivers use their phone as it can lead to them losing focus and driving recklessly. Reasons like this is why most cars don't have dvd players in the front seat for the passengers side as it can be a distracBon to the driver. Driving while being on a phone is also illegal in some states like Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, and Illinois with a ?ne of $50,00 and up to 1 year in prison. The main reasons why drivers should not be able to use cell phones in any capacity while operaBng a vehicle is because you are more likely to crash and you put others at risk. The ?rst reason why drivers should not be able to use their cell phone while operaBng a vehicle is because you are more likely to crash. It's been documented that 19% of drivers of all ages admit to sur? ng the web while driving. In a blog post by Napoli Shkolnik PLLC it states,"This one is preWy obvious, but did you know that you are 23 Bmes more likely to crash if you text and drive? According to the NaBonal Safety Council, 1.6 million car crashes due to texBng while driving happen each year. If you don't want to crash your car and get injured or even killed, don't text and drive." These staBsBcs show just how dangerous texBng and driving is and why people shouldn't overlook this issue as it is a naBonal problem that doesn't get published enough. Most people like to ignore the problem of texBng while driving as they might have grown up with older ?gures who do the same. A good point can be found from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where they have an arBcle that states,"Cell phone use while driving staBsBcs and texBng and driving facts show that this behavior is common and dangerous for teen drivers. In 2017 according to the NaBonal Highway Tra? c Safety AdministraBon, 3,166 people were killed in 2,935 distracBon-a? ected crashes, accounBng for 9 percent of all fatal crashes in the United States. Knowing cell phone use while driving staBsBcs and texBng and driving facts may help families manage this dangerous risk. TexBng while driving and other cell phone use while driving facts and staBsBcs show that this mulBtasking behind the wheel is becoming a life-threatening norm. Talking or texBng while driving or checking or sending social media posts takes eyes and brains o? the task of driving. Coupled with inexperience and lack of driving skills, cell phone use can be especially deadly for teen drivers." This arBcle shows that teens especially need to be more mindful when it comes to what they do in their vehicle since they are so young and easily persuaded that might think it's okay to use their phone if their friend is calling or if they want to record something while driving even though it's never safe. It also shows how since most teens just start o? driving they are inexperienced and don't know how to mulBtask. A car crash is one of the most traumaBzing things to happen to a person with many surviving vitamins gaining PTSD from the experience. With that being said using your phone while mulBtasking in the car could result in a car crash. The second reason why drivers should not be able to use their cell phone while operaBng a vehicle is because you are more likely to crash and you put others at risk. Many people use their phones while driving when they're with their friends or family as they might feel comfortable enough to do so or feel they are skilled enough to do so..In another blog post by Napoli Shkolnik PLLC it says,"Not only does texBng and driving put your own life at risk, but it also gravely endangers the lives of other people around you. As a driver, you are responsible not only for the passengers in your car, but also for other motorists on the road, not to menBon pedestrians who oben end up hurt or killed because of the negligence of drivers. Speaking of pedestrians, you know how kids can pop up seemingly out of nowhere and get on the road? Well, you are much less likely to noBce them while looking at the phone in your lap." This piece of commentary on the issue greatly embodies how other people's wrongdoing might a? ect anybody caught in the crosshairs like a child crossing the street. It also provides commentary on how much you value the people in your car if you're willing to put them in such grave danger in that case. Another good point can be found from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where they have an arBcle that says,"Because technology will change and new distracBons will be introduced, parents need to make sure teens understand the value of engaged driving, where the driver is conBnuously aWenBve and focused. Make a family commitment not to use distracBng devices while driving. According to research conducted at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), teens who do not frequently use a phone while driving believe the bene? ts of pugng away their phone while driving outweigh any drawbacks." This arBcle makes great use of the theme of technology with how it can a? ect someone's mindset. It also shows how parents need to educate their kids to be beWer drivers. Pugng their friends at risk and potenBally harming them is something that nobody wants to do. Which is another reason why people must stop using their phones while driving. In conclusion the main reasons why drivers should not be able to use cell phones in any capacity while operaBng a vehicle is because you are more likely to crash and you put others at risk. Drivers should stop trying to mulBtask everything and do everything at once and just pay aWenBon to the road. The road is shared by everybody so when one sel? sh person decides to not pay aWenBon and drive around clueless then everyone else su? ers. Although it would be considerably easier to pull over and use your phone while parked many people go out of their way to sBll put many lives in danger because of the inconvenience. Consequences gegng caught driving while being on your phone also include spikes in insurance rates as companies will charge you higher premiums. Bragging about being reckless on the road should be condemned and not boasted all mulBtasking while driving by using your phone only shows impaBence and immaturity. TexBng and driving has caused six Bmes more deaths than drunk driving yet people sBll shrug it o? due to them thinking they can manage to keep their aWenBon in two places at once. Hopefully beginner drivers are taught to take their Bme on the road and not to be in a rush to respond to a noB?caBon immediately and wait and do it when the Bme is right.

According to the Washington Post, there has been an increase in student population in schools around the U.S. they are being crowed with more and more students every year. Because of this more students in the future will need to take online classes at home instead of going to the school and doing so. Being able to do class work at home, will benefit the students that live far from the school; they attend and make it easier for them to get the education they still need. Distance learning will also help the students manage there time better. Because of the fact the students don't have to go and spend time at the actual school. The travel time it takes the students to go and come back from school would not be a factor anymore if they attend online classes in there house. A reason distance learning could benefit students is that it could improve student attendance. If you were sick and could not go to school you can work on the things you will miss at school. Another thing is that for the students that struggle with transportation to get to school on certain days; instead they can finish the school work at home which would be easier instead of stressing over how they are going to get to school. The way it would benefit students is that it will help them focus more on work than instead of focusing on transportation to school. This could also benefit on the days that school gets canceled. For example school gets canceled because of a snow day or some other reason. Something that is really big on news right now is the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The U.S. is deciding to close schools in certain states around the country. Distance learning could benefit by if some schools were to actually close, it would not affect student education as much as it would if there was not a way to learn at home. If there was a snow day and some parents did not want there kids to walk to school on the sidewalk because it was dangerous; and they could drive them either because of the fact they had to go to work. A easier and safer way would be just to have them do the school tasks in there house. In the past when it rained or snowed really hard and the next day I had to go to school sometimes the roads would be flooded or their would have been an acident that prevent me from getting to school. In those cases it would be nice to have the option to learn from home instead of going through the trouble to figure out a way on how to get to school. In some cases it is better for the students to work at school than it is at home. A reason being is at school they can meet new friends and be in a better working and studying envoirment. Another thing would be that their are less things that could distract you from completing work. For example when you are at home you have all your computers, phone, TV, and things like a Xbox that could get you distracted or off topic. When you are at school their are friends that can distract you to but when you are in class it is hard to do anything else besides work. The reason is that your teacher won't let you go on your phone or talk to your friends as much before you finish with your in class assignment. A Benefit from going to school is that a lot of the things that you learn come from talking or hearing it from people at school. So if you attend classes at home instead of going to school it impacts some things that you could actually learn from going to school. A lot of the things I have learned in my past is from talking or asking a friend how to complete an assignment, if you are at home and have nobody to talk to it is not as beneficial as it is going to school. The fact being that their are benefits from learning at home and learning at school. Because when you are at home you can get distracted easier cause their is no teacher that is watching over you to complete your assignments. But when you are at school you are surrounded by other kids that could talk to you and disturb you on doing your work. Their are pros and cons in both situations but having the option to attend classes at home is better than not having the ability to. Because of that I think that distance learning is better in most cases cause it gives you more options in how you can complete work.

Do you ever have a yearning to have an experience where you help people, and see new places? I had one of those eye-opening trips myself when I took part in being a Seagoing Cowboy. All citizens should participate in this program. In this essay, I will explain why this program should include you in the next trip overseas. When having deep affection for men and women who have served in wars such as World War Two, you long to give help back to them in repayment. That is why it feels so amazing to sail overseas with vital needs for discouraged people, such as animals or food. I have served for nine trips(the longest contributed by any Seagoing Cowboy), because it gives yourself satisfaction to keep youself busy with activities that lift people's spirits. If you join this program, you can feel like a warrior in different ways. On these trips overseas, you can also live through rewarding and beautiful sites. With our free time in other countries, we had the opprotunities to see the Acropolis in Greece, and parts of China. We also got to experience what a gondola ride in Italy felt like through streets of water. Visualizing these historic places really make you want to see more of the world, and keep helping our world's health. People opposed to the UNRRA may have many doubts why you would risk the danger and time. It is true that you sail where destructive and gruesome battles have taken place, but you can visualize the importance of why you need to help those citizens who have lost so much. Even though some may also state that it is too much scrificed time away from home, the time goes by fast while playing fun and relaxing games such as:fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and tennis tournaments. There are many reasons why you can make up for risks and sacrifices on this trip to pass time or feel more connected to your service. Becuase of the ways this trip is so benificial to participants, it is a great program to take part in. Seeing beautiful sites and repaying soldiers help you analyze so much more about other places and war. For many people, it concludes as an opprotunity of a lifetime, that will never be forgotten. For these reasons, all citizens should participate in the UNRRA program overseas.

Have you ever thought of taking classes online? Do you think you have good time management and could finish all of your assignments on time? Lastly, do you believe that students who attend online classes at home benefits them? Online classes have become more frequent over the years do due students being home schooled, don't have time during the day to go to school, or because they want to take extra classes; Whatever the reason may be, there are many students who attend online classes but is it benefiting them? I believe that students being able to attend online class won't benefit them because there are more cons than pros to this issue in a student's perspective. One con is time management; it is a key factor, especially when taking online classes from home. This could be a problem for some students because taking online courses is nothing like taking them at school. The reason why I say that is because that I believe that in school there are teachers that make it their priority to keep students on task and make sure they finish their assignments on time. At home, there may not be someone there to encourage a student to do their school work or even finish it on time. Not having someone to help a student physically can cause the student to slack off. Even giving too many assignments in one day everyday can cause a student to become overwhelmed and not finish their work because of it. Some students have terrible time management skills and if they cannot find the time to put themselves on task, then they can end up failing school which can take a toll on their mental health. Another reason why I believe online courses do not benefit students is because it can affect their social life. At school students are with each almost everyday, they talk, help each other, and experience all kinds of students with different cultural backgrounds. Meanwhile at home, a student is just on their laptop everyday by themselves. This can cause a student become distant with others, not wanting to leave their house, also not being open minded to other students with differences. It could even cause the student to become uncomfortable around others and become antisocial because they are so use to being by themselves. Lack of resources in another problem. Some students cannot afford taking online classes; sometimes, students have to pay to take a certain course. They also may not have internet access at home or where ever they may be. Another one would be probably not having a laptop unless a school does provides one. Also, not having a teacher helping you right then and there. Usually, the most common way to communicate a school teacher is through emails. Teachers receive a huge amount of emails daily and some days, they cannot get to everyone and that can become a problem for students, they may become frustrated or stressed. Having lack of resources can make a student slack in school and have no motivation to finish it due to being stressed. The pros of taking online classes I would say is being at home. A home makes a student comfortable, they don't have to wake up early, and they don't have stay at one place full of people for 6 hours. Another reason can be if a harmful virus spreads in the region the students live. Attending online classes while a crisis is going on in the outside world can be good because they won't become behind in school if they can manage their time wisely. It also benefits their safety and health. My third pro would be if a student needs to support their family or need to support themselves but also want to get their education, they can attend online classes that are flexible. Even though this issue has its pros and cons. I still stand with my opinion that students that are able to attend online classes is not as beneficial as it should be. A student would need to be very dedicated and have good time management skills. Majority of these cons can affect a student's learning ability, social life, and most importantly, their mental health. For the potential problems of attedning online school, they need to be fixed and need effort from both, the school system and the students.

Phones and driving,The main meaning behind a phone is to have communication that's why it was created now the question is should we or should we not use our phones during driving. We need our phones for one thing and that's calling,Anything else other than calling could may or may not result in a crash or even death. Phones today are mostly used with teenager behind the wheel and there has been many accidents of teenagers using their phones while driving. Phones theses days cause many distractions while driving but that is their choice to pull out their phone while driving. So in my opinion i think we should have our phones while driving,so now let me explain why. Phones,Now a days we use phones for many other things other than calling. Our phones has been changing and still changing and adding more options other than communication such as apps. Apps are mobile applications that you can download on your phone. There are just so many things that we can do on our phones,we may wanna take a picture while we on the road or we may wanna watch a movie on our phone but like i said before we need our phones for many reasons and i'm not just speaking teenagers i'm speaking for everybody because now a days we live and run on our phones so only thing i can really say about texting or anything That has to do with a phone in driving is stay safe. Conclusion,in my opinion everyone doesn't need to have a phone while driving but no one is going to make a law saying we shouldn't have a phone while driving. It's just not gonna happen because it would not be a suitable law to create when everyone around the whole world has phones and use them while driving. We the people are just gonna have to be more careful when behind the wheel while driving.

Phones and Driving Having phones while driving to some is safe, while others believe that it is may be dangerous. It is helpful to have a phone while driving because many people may need it for mapping instructions or directions to get from point A to B. It is also helpful because a lot of people may need their phone to communicate in case of emergencies. However, it may prove to be dangerous to allow teenagers or young adults to have phones while they are driving. This is a controversial topic that has lead to country-wise conversation. Having phones while driving can be extremely helpful for people who need assistance while they are driving A large number of people need phone in order to use "Google Maps" or other forms of navigation. Especially people who are new to driving may depend heavily on the navigation systems. There are people out in the world who do not fully understand how the highways and other major speedways work. They will be forced to use the navigation systems to help them get to where they need to go. Even though this may pose a risk to people who are distracted easily. They may want to use their phones to do other things. However, people still need to know where they are going. Being able to get where people need to go is better than being stranded or having to pay for "Ubers" or other forms of public transportation. Phones also may be helpful to those who need their phones for emergencies on the road. No one knows or expects bad things to happen; so, in the event that a bad thing does happen people need to be able to make important phone calls to emergency services. If someone in the car suddenly has a heart attack, are they supposed to just drive faster and hope they make it to the hospital in time? Whoever is driving may need to call the police. Even if something bad does not happen in the car but it happens outside of the car. What if someone drives past a fire or they see a suspicious object on the side of the road; are they supposed to just assume that someone else will see it too? Phones may be dangerous but they are a necessity, whether it is on the road or in a vehicle. While having phones while driving may be helpful to those who need GPS services, it may also prove to be dangerous to teenagers who are new to driving. Teenagers of this generation have a habit of discovering new forms of technology; especially when it comes to social media. Students of high-school level or maybe even college may fall victim to the effects that driving while having a phone may provide. When a student is driving and using the GPS at the same time, the student may want to check notifications on a topic that they were interested in. Or they may try to text back a friend before they reach a stop light. Even if the student makes the choice to text at a red light, they may end up texting after the light is green while unaware of it. This may lead to a crash, especially if it is on a main road. Having a phone while driving is a topic that deserves further conversation and discussion. Some argue that phones are a very useful tool, especially if it is being used for GPS purposes. Some also say that phones are useful in case of emergencies. While another group suggests that phones should not be allowed for the simple fact that it is a distraction. This topic is still under discussion and no end is in sight.

I am for the developement of driverless cars because they could create a lot of oppritunities for so many people. Special needs people who arent allowed to drive cars will now be able to because the car would drive itself. Blind people would not need to see. They would also not have to always be supervised or have to bring someone along with them when they go out. Many blind people are very independent and rather do things on their own so now they would be able to. Deaf people would not need to worry about being able to hear the ambulance or police when they are on their way to an emergency. They would also not need to worry about not being able to hear children playing around in the streets for saftey issues and the honking of other cars. That also goes for blind people. People of all ages would also be able to drive a car and not need to rely on someone else for support, even though there would still be an age limet for certain poeple to be able to drive the car but it would be much more safe. In many countries they do not have the same laws as the United States so it would be way more simple for people that live in another country to come to america and drive a car. In Enland they drive on the other side of the road. If you grow up in a place with one set of rules and go to another place with a different set of rules it can become very complicated and confusing for that person. People who are afraid to drive or think they are not capible of doing it will also now be able to do it without and insicureities. In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it says that google has has cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven mor ethan half a million miles without a crash. Some people get their drivers lisence and can't even drive properly. There are so many car crashes due to reckless drivers that could be reduce because of driverless cars. Drunk drivers will no longer a large part or car crashes. Familys would no longer have to worry about their loved ones getting home safe or being safe on the road. I know some people may make the arguement ''If they technology fails and someone is injued, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer?'' and to that i would say thats why we need to keep on developing driverless cars becuase there will be trial and error but there always is for anything new that tries to be made. Cars today are not top quality safe so there is no reason to treat driverless cars anydifferent if a mistake is made. If someone is injured then the driver and and driverless car would be examined to determine the cause of injury. Therefore i am for the development of driverless cars because i think it would make the world a better place.

Every 4 years, the first Tuesday in November. When its time for it, president elections is one of the most hectic times of the year. But what should the winner depend on? Electoral College should be removed by the government and just have popular vote be responisble. Electoral College can have electors go on the opposite canidates side so they lost a vote, which is just wrong. This argumentative essay will argue why Electoral  College should be taken out by government. One may say that Electoral College is the best system for voting, but then again that may just be the cheaters. Electoral College believers think that having electors go on either side to let one canidate win, is right. "Knowing 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 popular vote.."(Posner). So these Electoral College followers agree with the electors actually selecting the winner because they don't have to do anything. People can just sit back and watch the electors take the power, while the others do nothing but be slumps. In source one, the Office of the Federal Register mention that "when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors.", which means that if voters have friends in the position of an elector, voters might just vote for the elector because theres nothing else to really pay attention to. Even though there are people who support the Electoral College, there are many people who are against it. In source three, Posner states "it is the electors who elect the president, not the people."If one has gone through an election, theres a long process and hassle of being able to vote, but if people go through the craziness to vote, why not make the vote count?""Faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please."(Plumer, paragraph 11). Not only are voters wasting their time to vote but the electors cheat. For example, if one candidate has the urge to win, they will send one of their electors to be on the opponents side so the opponent loses a vote that they believed would be theres. Electoral College also may not be fair to those in a small state. "a large state gets more attention from presidential canidates in a campaign than a small state does...", as said by Posner. Its not fair that even the people who vote from a small state, won't really get recognized because there are bigger states to overrule, and even then, the electors will still choose who they desire. Electoral College is an unfair, and a cheating way to vote. To conclude the argument, Electoral College should forsure be removed. Citizens favor popular vote over an electors vote. Candidates and voters enter a whole different threshold to express their political preferance. Why should the government even have voting if there really not truly being seen in the correct way. Citizens want to take a stand and vote in what the mind believes in. Take out Electoral College, and let the voters vote, actually count.

You make choices everyday, and there is a lot that goes into it. Everybody always wants to do the popular thing, so they get multiple opinions. Multiple viewpoints, advice and the aftermath are all things that people take into account before making a choice. Many people often seek multiple viewpoints. Lots of people ask their family for opinions. Lets say I'm at Target with my mom and I see a pair of boots I think are really pretty, I'm going to ask my mom if I should get them or not before I spend money on them. Friends, just like family are credible resources. If they are a good friend, they will tell you the honest truth no matter what. Many people want multiple viewpoints. Even if it's just buying a pair of boots from Target, one wants to make sure they are pleasing everyone. Everybody has a different opinion and they should all be respected even if you don't agree with it. No two opinions are the same. Nobody wants to do the unpopular thing. From my experience all anyone wants to be is popular. Lots of people have different advice. You might ask Generic_Name if she likes your shoes and she says yes because they are unique and then you ask Generic_Name and she says no because they are to plain. Everyone has a different opinion and thats okay, they are entitled to it. However, that can make it harder when trying to make a decision. Nobody's thought process is the same as the person sitting next to them. The after math of a choice is also important. Social media has a huge role in decision making. For example, if Taylor Swift is wearing a watch everyone is going to decide to go out and buy that cool watch. Everybody wants to maintain a good reputation. Not a lot of people, at least a far as I know, want to be known as the "weirdo". Just as many people that want a good reputation want attention. There is good and bad attention. It's all about finding the balance of the both of them. There is a lot that goes into a choice. Multiple opinions are nessesary to make a good decision. More then one viewpoint can be crucial to making a good choice, no two people have the same opinion and that after math is also important are all things to keep in mind when inquiring advice. Choices take more then just your opinion.          

community service is a good thing to do but some kids just need to take care of other things like watching little brothers or sisters while your mother is a way working and i think that community service should only if the children volunteers in this. The children should not be forced to do this and also this can be used as a punishment if the boy or girl has done some thing really bad to were it goes to a point the child must perform community service for an mount of time depends on what they have done but. Community service is a good thing for the school and if the service is recycle things you find at your school floor maybe there can be a class for this. Were the students go and help the school by cleaning up trash up off the floor and putting the right items in the right bin or clean the windows and other things like help teachers file things and do things like a T.A. But the students must be the ones that volunteer in this or it can be used as extra credit for some classes and that way students will join in and help by doing community service at there schools or at home. community service can help you and help others around you and might enjoy the school or were ever you are helping at and by you doing this you not only help others and your self but you are also helping the earth be a better place. For all that live on it and have fun livening there lives with there parents and or friends.

Well the best option for my is what you attend the classes from home by way of online . My reason or my thought is, what you cant learn, in online classes, and thought what you can do it , doing others wor,k in you free time, and the school has good ideas for student what take, classes like after school just in home . So in my position is that because if you work so is you cant take the class for one hours, and you work ,and is more benefit for myself but ,each person has diferent ideas . Examples: If you not have work is more time for you ,for what you keep doing you class online. If you wnat the class . you has more time for to think best for work online and make a good work and your class. With this examples are much more for what you take any option or my option what is the best or most better already is in you home . If you not have time like time complete is for that what you take this option ya what has work and not time like for stay in the school all the time . Others examples is whent you have 18 year old has to much resposabilities and others case it 's not easy . I think whent a teacher said you need that class is for one reason, and you nedd take that class but you cant took with you teacher what, is most better for you. So and my opinion or my position is take class from home in online, and to much better what ,take video coferencing. One reason because im take that option is because in my home is relax, and with food and alone and not voices and nothing, and in my home take my time for think most better i think is the most important for my work in home and i think what the work in online is not easy so need my time for to think, and good ideas and good answer, and the idea is what you learn with any option you take for this case . The student in this time has more option for any problem . One reason for what i take this option is for the time ya what much student are major or not have much time for coming a school because the work or others case. Other reasons what the student take this option is beacuse is home not in other pleace ya what not has ride or cars for take that class or classes en other pleace . My intentions is what others student take this option what is classes from HOME because is the best ,option for any case too if you want free time is more easy for you take this class or classes home by way of online, and is more choice that idea and minus dificult just what in home or online you not have teacher for explain any question so for that reason is little complicate but not impossible make you work so you cant do it , forever you want , nothing is this life is impossible but too not is easy everthing is sacrifice. Abd you has see you work good and past the class sin difucult . My reference is the option class FROM HOME BY WAY OF ONLINE. Is the best option and more benefif for learn in home, and more easy for the time or others problem and i cant wait what everthing stay good for my cass or classes .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

We all know that driving makes life easier in terms of getting from point A to point B, but there are also many benefits that come from not driving or maybe not even owning a car. Not driving proves to affect the community in a positive way such as: less polluted air, happier people, and less congestion on the roads. A study in Paris showed that the less drivers there are on the roads, the less smog there is in the air. France uses diesel and they tend to have more smog than "other European capitals" (par.17) who use gasoline. So by cutting the amount of drivers on the road, it also cut the amount of smog in the air. People used the roads less due to the amount of smog in the air and when there were less poeple on the road, there was also less pollution in the air, making for clearer skies. Also, in the United states, the percentage of people getting their licenses and of those who own cars has gone down in recent years. "If the pattern persists... it will have beneficial implications for carbon emmisions and the enviornment" (par. 34). Just like in Paris, the fewer people driving, the better our enviornment gets as the years go on. Alternatives to driving could be walking, using "public transportation", or biking to get to the places we need to go. These alternatives can help us "save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety" (par. 43) which are not only beneficial to us, but to our enviornment as well. In Germany, there are certain places where you are not permitted to own a car and if you do, you have to pay $40,000 to be able to park it in a garage along with the payment of your house. Obviously, not many people are going to want to pay that much money, so they get rid of their cars in order to live in those parts of town. Not owning a car can even reduce the stress levels of some poeple and make them happier in the long run. A "mother of two" stated "when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (par. 3). So maybe this whole not owning a car thing is not only good for the enviornment around us, but also for our physical and mental well being. Sure, driving is nice, but it can be very stressful when having to deal with all the careless drivers around us and all the rules and responsibilities that driving entails. Not only will less driving improve our enviornment, it will also result in less congested roads. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog" (par. 14). No one likes having a polluted enviornment around them, and the more pollution there is, the less crowded roads will be. The clearer the roads are, the clearer the skies around us are. In conclusion, driving does have its benefits, but not driving has even more, such as: the ability to keep our enviornment healthy and clean, less congestion on the roads, and happier people all around.     

During summer break a student is very likely to lose touch of their skills since they will not be attending school on a regular basis for a long period of time. That is why some schools are beginning to introduce a series of summer projects for students to keep their minds in check over summer break. There are many benefits to having these summer projects,but hence the question should these projects be designed by teachers or should students themselves design these projects. Although having a summer projected designed by a teacher would allow the teacher to grade the projects more efficiently as they would be on the same subject, having students design their own projects for summer break is better because students will turn in better quality projects and be more enthusiastic about completing them since they can choose a topic that interest them, teachers will enjoy receiving a variety of interesting projects to grade, and students choosing a summer project can use it to better benefit themselves as a whole. To begin with, student should be able to choose their own summer projects because they will be more enthusiastic and turn in better quality projects since they can choose a topic that interest them. If a student were to be given an assignment during the regular school year they normally would not be able to choose the basis of it , but would be entrusted with turning in a quality project even if they did not enjoy doing it. Giving students the opportunity to choose a project that caters to the interest of them surely will be one of good quality. More likely than not a person whom is doing something that they enjoy will have an urge to do more of whatever they are doing, so translating that over to education doing more on a project will definitely make the quality better and they will surely be excited to complete it. For example, a student who enjoys fishing would turn in a much better project of much better quality on the amount of a striped walleye salmon in the Colombia river, rather than having to do a project on counting how many times the Yakima Washington fire department responds to a four alarm fire. To summarize, students should be able to choose their own summer projects because they will be more enthusiastic about completing them and turn in better quality projects. Furthermore, having students choose their own summer projects is better because teachers will enjoy grading a variety of different topics. Giving one singular topic for every student to do a project on must be boring to grade for the teacher, but giving projects to students that they can choose can let the teacher learn more about their students. For example, if students in a 10th grade class were assigned a summer project of counting the average number of meadowlarks in an Oklahoma corn field before sundown by their teacher they surely would not enjoy sitting outside counting birds all day long. Now some people may like watching meadowlarks in a corn field, but if a group of students who played cricket could choose their own project they would choose the average number of pegs caught in a single game. Cricket is definitely an interesting sport to play and watch , so while grading the project the teacher could discover that some students in the school enjoy cricket and the teacher could start a cricket club. Now think, of all the different projects student could turn in if they could choose their own project. To summarize, allowing students to choose their own summer projects is better because teachers will enjoy grading a variety of interesting topics. Finally, students should be allowed to choose their own summer projects because they can use the project to benefit themselves for the better. During the summers many students are either working at jobs like life guarding, or playing club sports like volleyball or soccer. Giving students the opportunity to choose their own project could also free up time for students to be able to get more done. If students were to be given a tedious project like measuring the amounts of bi phenol A in milk jugs or a project that required arduous labor, like making trails for a local boy scout camp they would have little time left in the day to work a shift at the pool or go to soccer practice. For example, if a student played soccer during the summers they could do their project on the average amount of times the soccer ball hits the crossbar in one hundred shots. This project would more than likely be enjoyed by the students, but also the student could use the project as a benefit and work on their shooting skills if they were to do a project based on soccer. To summarize, student should be allowed to choose their own summer projects because they can use the project to benefit themselves. To conclude, giving students the opportunity to choose their own summer projects is better because they will be more willing to turn in a better quality project since they can choose something that interest them, teachers will enjoy reading about things that interest students from a variety of projects , and students can use these projects to benefit themselves and free up their summer schedule Doing a project that interests a student will surely be an interesting project to look at and definelty one to get a good grade. What do you say, if you were to be given a summer project choose something that will interest you not somethig generic and boring.   

A Word Of Advice Why do people ask for advice? To feel reassured? Or maybe they just want help in their situation. No one will ever be sure of the answer why, but there are always specific people that you should get advice from. There will always be people in your life to give you advice. Parents, adults, teachers, and your legal guardian are always good examples. Dependency is a great thing and is used in day to day life. Its a great support system for tasks the might seem puzzling. Say you often second guess said persona's advice. You should always seek multiple opinions because sometimes you can get advice from the wrong source. Everyone has had different experiences and everyone has their own opinion. For example you ask someone what the best food is at a restaurant you have never been to before. Well you dont want to be disappointed if you pick something you dont like so you should ask a friend for their opinion on the matter, but you should only get advice from the people you trust. What are one of best ways to get advice? Hosting a survey is a good example but not necessarily for personal topics. Surveys are a perfect way to collect data and get a wide opinion. The internet is also another good place to get good advice. It has millions of topics ranging from medical advice to shopping advice. For example if you were sick and you didnt know what sickness you have the internet is a good way you can self diagnose. It can list treatment options and the time you might have to take for you to get better. Regardless on what it may be the internet is perfect for advice. Wikipedia is a website that has information on everything and is basically one big glossary for all topics. You can talk to millions of people over the internet and if you trust them enough asking them for advice can give you multiple answers, but they can surely help you find advice. Multiple opinions can form a better choice. If you give power to other people to formulate an opinion it helps get a situation have a greater outcome. In America we use democracy to form our nation. Democracy is very useful and its what we use for our political tendencies. Voting is how we decide everything and it is a majority rule system. America's president every four years is decided by voting and is a very fair system. but its all opinion based and thats what makes it so great. America is fueled by the voice of its own people. But even that in its own way is advice. At the end of the day advice comes in many different forms. It can be verbal, political and just plane out personal. Multiple voices formulate a greater outcome. Advice can be found anywhere and everywhere. Even though advice from others is great there is no better advice but your own, but you should always get your advice from good sources. But that is just a word of advice.

Some schools offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing. Do you think students would benefit from being able to attend classes from home? In a way that's a great idea not only for students that have anxiety but for students that also have an hard time being in a loud class setting, Every student learns different. For example, take an student that lacks attendance in school or a certain class they'd love to have classes that they can take at home, Relying off what I previously stated earlier in my response every student learns differently and maybe at home could be a rejoice for some students,But it also has its pros and cons what are some pros you might ask? the pros are you can do how much work you want in an untimely manner, you don't have to get up earlier in the morning to get dressed you can stay in your bed clothes, also everything you do is in your secure location. For example, first off no loud students, annoying teachers, and etc. Now for the cons. homeschooling doesn't give the child an actual high school experience in a way they don't have access to an teacher at that second or whenever they're stuck on an problem. As for myself, I take online classes right now at home and school and feel like its way better because the work gets done quicker and the house is quiet enough for me to work and learn, I also love listening to music while i work so in a way thats better than an teacher telling you that you can't do this is or that because you're at home. I also know that many home school or online classes let you take your class when ever you want so that's an plus also you don't have to get up from your nice cozy warm bed in the morning, it's almost kinda like i'm torn in between because I like going to school also and seeing the different people that I go to school with instead of being at home in front of an laptop or computer screen everyday I have classes. It gets repetitive and you start to miss being around people regular school gives you the opportunity to meet new people join an club that you might have interests in also many sports teams that online schooling just doesn't have. You know what I think should happen? i feel like they should make it so they have this class or location that's away from the rest of the school and the students that would love to do online schooling or classes could go there and still get the high school experience but without all the extra things they have to go through. although both have their separate own pros and cons the best option for me and i'm sure a lot of students would feel this way too is the online schooling yeah I feel like everyone should get their high school experience but not everyone has the mindset to come to school everyday. For instance, imagine an scenario where an kid just lost an family member or has a very bad accident and getting up and going to school isn't the first thing on their list I feel like that's where they would implement an online schooling for that particular child because it happens a lot in the U.S. where children are falling behind and instead of putting them in online classes or so the school decides to fail them and put them in the same class that following fall or next school year not knowing what may or may not have happen to that particular child everyone's story is different and everyone comes from a different background and set of parents. For my final reasoning why online schooling is an better option is because what if we have snow days or commonly in the US are school shootings first and for most, Snow days are common in Virginia and we have to make up those days we miss with online schooling we wouldn't have to do that we could all be on our online schooling taking the class for the day(s) we missed due to that snow day , Second off, School shootings have been a lot recently and with online courses and/or classes it cuts back on that dramatically, Finally let's talk about other things that could change/happen as a result of switching from regular schooling to online it cuts back on fights at school dramatically also it reduces bullying and other things and dropouts, But I know you're asking yourself but what if the student does't have access to such thing like an laptop or computer the school should issue out laptop and other things to the kids that need them. So in other words, online schooling would be the best option not only for myself, but for a lot of others as well who have an hard time with certain things not every students work ethic is the same some are slow others are fast some catch on quick others don't it just depends on who you are or how your work ethic describes you. Homeschooling also does not have an high dropout rate it has an 87% chance of graduation with homeschooling it's the better option. staying home, eating when ever you want, doing your work when ever u want, listening to music when ever you want. and so forth not to mention there is no time limit to homeschooling and also no stopping mark so u can go how far you would like. Yes 1000x times yes students would benefit more from homeschooling and/or online courses.                                                                                    

Have you ever imagined a world without drivers? Google cofounder Sergey Brin has envisioned public transportation systems that are driverless. Driverless vehicles is a bad idea because of, safety, more money being wasted in production, and driving itself. First of all, the saftey of a driver is in danger when a computer takes over. At any given moment, the car can fail, and the driver can get injured. The text states, "The human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." In the 21st century, we have cell phone. If a people already today use their phones while driving, imagine when driverless cars are introduced to the public. People will be paying more attention to their cell phones that the road. Secondly, making these car will take a large amount of money. The text say that a Toyota Prius was modified with numerous cameras and sensors to make this driverless car mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. Buying a car made with all those modifications will cost you. Also, adding more systems in the car such as, entertainment and information systems, will cost money too. Driving was always fun to everybody, but with the idea of a driverless car, the fun goes away. "The phsychological aspects of automation are really a challenge." To fix the problem, BMW project manager says that they have to interpret the driving in a new fun way. BMW says they will add entertainments systems. That is a dumb idea because you need to be paying attention to the road. Driverless cars, will become worse thorughout the course of its production. There will be failures within the car itself and the technology inside it. There will also be more problems to worry about, such as the systems breaking and the car breaking down. Do you really want to sit and watch a computer drive you to your destination?

My fellow citizens we want people to limiting car usage or get raid of problems with cars for couple of reason. First reason is people rather walk instead of dealing with cars because of getting your excrise. Second reason is pollution. Last reason is making greenhouse gas. All this is solution to our problems in life. We will like to take care the people and the Earth to keep it in shape and clean. Some people think it more relaxing to not deal with cars they instead they walk like the people in Vauban, Germany residents from there have given up their cars. In the streets of Vauban are completely ''car-free'' and street parking, driveways and home garages are forbidden in Freiburg. 70% of Vauban's families do not ow cars and 57% sold a car to move over there. at this new approach sores are paced a walk away on a main street rather than in malls along some distant highway. Pollution is one of the most problem that we have and want people to limiting car usage. Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Mororists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave cars at home or suffer a 2 22-euro fine $31 same applyed to odd-numbered plates in diffent day of the week. Almost 4000 were fined. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blamed from France. Diesel make up 67% of vehicles in France, 53.3 % average of diesel engines in the rest of Westen Europe. We are trying to put greenhouse gas out in the world to make it less polluted in the world. We are trying to make the wrold a better cleaner places for our future.

Many schools offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home. Students would use this resource to attend class through online or video conferencing, instead of actually going into school everyday. Students would not benefit from being able to attend classes from home because at school they have deadlines, they have peers at school to interact with, and they have many resources available. Students can benefit from being in school instead of online school if they have deadlines. Having a physical deadline for many students allows them to make goals for themselves. By doing so, they can either procrastinate or start working straight ahead to get the paper or homework done. Producing goals as a student can make school life easier to maintain. Although in online school, they do have deadlines, but many students choose to do it later than the deadline. This can often set them back, but by having deadlines to get their work done at school, they will be able to maintain their course to succeed with good grades. Having deadlines in school, students will be able to maintain their success with completing assignments on time to obtain good grades. Many students can benefit from going to school instead of online school because they have peers at school to interact with. Often times school can be boring and make students not want to do their school work, but by having friends in classes students would want to go and do their work more. WIth having many peers at school, students can interact with eachother to make school more fun and have a better learning enviroment. In doing so, students would want to go to their classes or have study groups with their friends. Also, students and their friends could interact and engage in the class lectures and boost the learning enviroment to be able to have more fun, which makes students work harder in school to acquire good grades. Having a fun learning enviroment shows that students actually learn better as well. Students would not benefit from attending classes through online school because they do not have a lot of resources. When students go into school, they have many available resources that they can use. For many school projects or research they need to conduct, they would need some guidance or information. To get this information they could turn to any teachers or professors, and they could even go to the school library. Often times, students would not be able to acquire such resources at their own homes. By being able to get information from books or teachers, they would get valuable and accurate information that would help them to succeed in their research or projects in school. Critics may argue that by having students attend school from their homes and through online/video conferencing, students will benefit more than if they went into schools. Often times students cannot commute to their school/college or perhaps they cannot go into school because they are sick. Although, being able to go into school and listen to teachers lectures or get resources will be far more beneficial. Students should attend school rather than online or video conferencing because they can maintain their grades through deadlines, have a better learning enviroment through friends in their classes, and there are many resources available that students would not be able to get at home.

Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is the closest planet to Earth of density and size. Venus is the brightrst points of light in the night sky for many can see it. Since Venus is sometims near Earth people have sent many spacecraft to land on it. Each times they sent a spacecraft it was not successful because the surface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, clouds of highly corrosive sulfic acid, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater. Even though Venus is so inhospitable astronmers are fascinated by it because it's once believe to been Earth-like long ago. In the text it said, " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particulary compeling idea for sending humans to study Venus." They make the spacecraft hovering over Venus so it avoid the bad ground condition. It will be thirty- plus miles above the surface but it will still will be very hot around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but pressure is close sea level of Earth. People are striving to meet the challenge to show Venus has value, not because to gain insight on the planet.

Dear principal, I believe that children that are in school should be aloud to have there phones just not in the class room itself .I think that because it's not really fair telling someone that they cant have something with them even if it is off in there pocket or purse because it is not bothering anyone if its off .I mean really the only age groups you have to worry about having phones is middle school and high school student because most elementary school kids do not have cell phones . I also think that if you have your cell phone in class and it goes off and interrupts the class it should be took for a week or two and then your parents can come and get it back from you .That is because it will teach them not to bring it in class or it will get took for a couple of weeks and most kids that have phones use them all the time and they know how hard it is to go with out them . So there for they know that if they bring it to class and it goes off they wont be able to talk to there friends except for in school and if they have a house phone to call people on . So maybe if you enforce this policy most intelligent kids will not bring there phones to class except for if they are put up and also off. So maybe if you do that you wont have to get rid of phones totally at the school you just have to make sure phones are off when kids step in the class and also make sure they are put away . So now you have heard my opinion on what to do about cell phones in school what do you think of my idea ?I think your idea about getting cell phones out of the school totally is a little bit to hard on the kids .I understand why you don't want cell phones in the school nut still in there free time they should be able to do what they want well in reason anyway .So please take into consideration my idea about letting the kid have cell phones at school just off when you step into the classroom .Let me know as soon as you can what you think of this idea . Sincerely' STUDENT_NAME

Some students don't think that doing extracurricular things like sports, yearbook, or be on student council are fun or even interesting. Students shouldn't be forced to do something they don't want to do. It should be their choice to do something that they like, instead of the principal's choice. Students have so much homework now, that they do not have time to do extracurricular things. To some kids school is more important than sports and other things. They want to focus on their future as an adult, so they want to prioritize school and not the other things. Doing good in school gets you a good job. A good job, gets you good money. Some parents can't afford to buy the thing that the kids need to do the extracurricular activity. What if a student wants to do a sport, but they can't because their parent can't afford to buy the gear that they need. Gear is very important, so when you play a sport that you want to play, you can play safely. What if the kid is doing an art class and they need paint brushes and crayons, but they can't afford to buy it. Plus they don't even want to take that class, they are only taking the class because their principal is forcing them too. Student might not be interested in the extracurricular activities that the school offers. Why should kids be forced to do something that they don't want to do? It's wrong for someone to do that to a child. Kids are tired enough from waking up really early and then having to do something else in the day. Maybe they aren't committed to doing something because they aren't interested in it. What you do in school is depending on your career, why would you do something are you aren't interested or committed too? These students shouldn't be forced to do something that they don't want too do. Either they are too busy, they can't afford to buy what is required to have in that class, or if they aren't interested in it. Students should be able to choose what they want too do, not the principle. 

Dear principal, imagine being the best basket ball or football player in the school but you couldn't play because you have a just be low the standard grade. I say no because there are really good that would just ruin peoples athletic ability . what if there was a really good basketball player .an his only way to go to collage was to collage was to get a scholarship . but they couldn't because he didn't have a good enough grade. how would it make him feel knowing he's a good player an not being able to go to collage , i think the you move the requirements up one more grade. Say this kid only has a C and the football seasons start a n his sport was football. an he tried to do everything he could to move his grade up to a B but it still didn't budge? then to top that say he only had a C in one class and the class was really hard. but the teacher still only gave him a C . and he would miss out on football season because of one class he had a C in. Then he has problems at home an he just gets stressed out an cant consternate. then he would just want to take his stress/anger out in football, but he couldn't cause his grade in the ONE class wasn't good enough! then his parents are fighting and he cant work cause there always in each others ear. so he walks around school with nothing to take it out on . but if he had that one grade up he could depend on sports . So this kid walks around school an he trys every thing to bring that grade up he does exta credit an he also stays after class to get help. an nothings working soo he gets into fight cause he feels that's the on;y way to take

Dear Senator, An Electoral College is a vote to elect the President/Vice President. Only votes that count are the ones done electoraly by Congress. Out of the 538 votes that are going to be done, you need 270 or more to win. Thats extremely disrespectful to the people of the Unites States. Don't they have a say in wether to elect the President or not? Thats why you should banned Electoral College votes and approve it by popular votes because it is your people's (persons living in america) lives you are affecting. When it is time to elect a new president, citizens want to know thier votes help elect the President of thier choice. In fact it just went to help thier candidate mabey support the Presidents election. Plethora of Catholics voted for Romney to win because Obama supported abortion. We never know if the all the citizens vote could have made romney win because it just goes to help the candidate help the person running for president win. If Romney won 1,000 lives a day could be saved. Obama helped with some problems to though, he made Obama Care, that gave people insurence for less money. Him helping the less furtienate is great. In, addition, making popular votes can help your citizens feel better. You are helping them by choosing wich president will help them and thier family have a better life. The citizens know what they need, they know if Obama is going to help them or not. They know who to vote for because they are providing what they need to live good life. If more citizens vote ofr one president then another, gues what? You just helped more then half of the us a citizens because they knew wich president helped them more. The trouble is out here and you can only fix it with us. In conclusion, citizens should have the choice of the President because they know what they need and what presidnet will provide it. The citizens have a choice to elect the President. No one knows the real problems but the people and with thier votes you can help them individually.  

Venus is said to be the most earth-like planet in our solar system. There are however many things that Venus makes it challenging to be studied or understand. That is just one of many very well told reasons in the article that the author provided to state why we should keep studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. THe author provides information that pushes people to want to know more. In the article the author provides us with information on the ways how humans have studied Venus. In the the article the author tells the reader how humans have sent a lot of spacecrafts to study Venus but no spacecraft survived for such a long time on just landing on Venus. The author expalins that that is the reason to why no furthur studies have been made in over three decades. Another thing of information that the author provides the reader with is to why the atmosphere is challenging for us. In the article the author provided the reader with information like the degrees and pressures of the atmosphere. In the article it is said to be over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atomspheric pressure is 90 times greater than the pressure on earth. Also on the discovery on the thirty plus miles abover surface tempatures change to 170 degrees and the pressure changed close to the sea level on earth giving the impression that its survivable for humans. This discovery make scientists want to know more on why that is the case, leading them to keep making new discoveries no matter the challenges it brings them. The last thing the author provides its readers is with imformation on what NASA is working on to know more about Venus. The author states how NASA is working on different approaches to studying Venus. They are working on simplified electronics which some have in fact worked and have lasted for three weeks. It has studied and has gathered more information. The author states many information for the reader that supports to why the idea of studying Venus is worthy of pursuit, the more interesting information she provides the more the reader would want to know. The reader would think it is worthy to pursuit to get more discoveries and know the planet further more.

There are very many pros & cons on why "Driverless Cars" would be a good thing. I can name a lot of good and bad things about them. I am here to tell you my position, & to tell you pros & cons on this situation. These things can be very helpful in deciding whether these cars are a idea or not. Everybody may have different opinions on this situation. Personally I think driverless cars could be good & bad. Here's why. Driverless cars could benefit a lot of people in many ways , for example if you are running late and you dont have time to do something before you leave the house you can do it in the car. On the other hand its a bad thing because they say the car tell you when it needs human assistance, but what if you're so busy doing the thing you were doing while you were runnning late you don't pay attention to the car telling you it needs your assistance. So before you know it you end up in a accident. Some people think that the car isnt a good idea. They believe that "the only safe car is the one that has a human driver in control at all times". I see why they would think that . Considering the fact that all of this is running off of technology, who's to say that something horrible is going to happen. Technology malfunctions all the time , so what makes people think that these driverless cars are any different. So there's a problem with a car running off of technology. They say that they plan to have these problems solved , & a handful of car companies plan to have cars that drive by themselves in a few years, but they get closer to where they want to be with this everyday. Thats how I feel on the situation of driverless/smart cars. Until they get all the problems under control & get everything to the point where no one has to wonder about what would happen in a certain situation, I think that they are a bad idea. They have good reasoning on why they should be made but the list of why they shouldnt overshines that.

Driverless cars can have many different positive and negative aspects about it. Yet people only tend to look at the positive. A person's brain tends to "shut-off" after being told the good things that can come of something new, that they don't really hear the bad of the product. Salesmen use this same technique. Sure having a driverless car can have some purcks, it is still just a acciedent on wheels. What is really the point of owning or even making a car that doesn't allow the driver to even drive? Especually when there are so many things that would have to change in order to make room for the new vehicle. The law was originally made and planned out for cars that are originally driven by humans, but once you get a car that can drive itself, then those laws will have to change. In paragraph 9 it clearly states that "even if traffic laws change, new laws will need in order to cover liability in the case of an accident". It proves that the laws would have to change, not only for traffic safety, but also what would and should happen in case one of those driveless cars were to malifunction and cause a serious accident. Even then who would be at fault? "If the technology fails and someone is injured, then who is at fault?" The manufacturer could be the at fault if it had to do with the malifuntion of the car's interior of the engine. Or it could be the driver's fault if he or she didn't properly check their car's buttons. Yet the car would still be able to control itself so that the driver is allowed to do many other things. In the case , to say, that the driver has been drinking that night and is in no way in shape to drive for a certain amount to drive. The car can "handle driving functions of at speeds of 25 mph... they can steer, accelerate, and even break themselves" (paragraph 7). This just shows the car's many capabilities of what it can do. Also the car has a feature that can allow the driver to turn of the autopilot and allow the driver to take control in case it is needed. Since "the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern" (paragrph 8). This goes to prove that drivwers are safer in this type of car. As safe as the car may seen, It can be a real challenge to not only operate it, but also it can just be a rea challenge in itself. Dr. Werner Huber, who is a BMW project manager, admits that "the psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge we have to interpret the driving fun in a new way" (paragraph 8). Even a BMW manager admits it's a challenge to handle such a car. Plus should the resoncibility of controlling a vehicle really be taken away from the people? Those who are learning or know how to drive should know that they should never have the privilage to be on the cell phone. People need to learn that their actions-such as drinking and driving or texting-do have concequences that they should learn from. In paragraph 8 it states how "something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone". Well that is something that no one should be doing in the first place. No wonder it wasn't available to drivers before. Driveless cars should not be driven at all do to the fact that there are just to many risks that are being taken when such a car is being driven on the road. It just creates immature and irresponsible people and is too much of a hassle to deal with. Even for the Government. That is the reason why some states in the U.S. are making it illegal to even test the computer driven cars.

I agree with the deision of the principal. I think that the students should do something that benefits them or the school. Things like playing a team sport can help in many ways. For example you get exposed to new people from your school you may have never talked to, and even kids from schools you dont even go to. And if the kid becomes very good at the sport they are playing then they can get recognized by colleges. If the kid were to join the student council they get experience on being a leader for a group of people, they would have to make decisions for themselves and others, and get the experience they need to help them succeed in the real world. These are all important skils that I think each person sould have some experience with. If the kid wanted to work on the yearbook they would learn about photography. This gives the kid a chance to go around the school and talk to some of the teachers, and students. They get to take pictures and dont have to sit in their classrooms for as long as their classmates. They get to see their friends, and learn about the art of photgraphy which can open doors for jobs in the future. I think these activities arent just to make it so the student has something to do with tht hour or hour and a half of their day. I think these activities are extra chances given to us to help prepar for the future. And give us the skills needed to succeed, like working with others, and being a leader. These skills may not be offered agian in the future so I would suggest taking advantage of what you have been given. But these activities arent just done to help make your future a little brighter. Than done to help make the youth of the person playing these sports, oo on the council more enjoyable for them. To help them have fun and spend time with the people they enjoy. This can create memorys that peoplle want to keep because of the way they make a person feel. So choose wisely when picking the activities, make sure its oone that you know you will enjoy.  

If you would be a Seagoing cowboy you could go all over the world like France,Italy,Japan,China,Poland,Germany,and Africa. It would be the chance of a lifetime. The things you would get to do is countless. One of the things you could do is baseball. The other things are volleyball, ping pong, fencing, boxing,reading, whittling, and games to pas the time. There are a lot of more things to do. You may get hurt, but every day you get hurt. I fell off of a ladder I cracked my ribs, but im still doing it. life is about risks. You get to work with animals like horses,sheep, mules,and pigs. It takes time to get there so thats why you have the games so you have something to do. You can do sight seeing EVERYWHERE. Around the world is where we go. My favorite place was Venice, Italy I took a ride in the gondola. My second favorite place was the excavated castle in Crete. If you want to join Im not forceing you to but, if you want to you can. You can do anything you want with in reason. You are helping the victoms om world war ll. The places we are going to may have some ruins. They were destroyed by world war 2. Some think about if you want to come help us to help others. Your Choice....

Cars polut the environment so a couple governments banned them. the bennifits of banning cars are actually better than some one would think. An advantage to banning cars is less polution, less clutter in the street and a happier life. Less polution is great especially with all of the machines running now adays. polution causes holes to from in the atmosphere, the atmosphere is what hoilds in the air we breath. The atmosphere also plays a much larger role in our way of life. Ever heard of the word global warmming? Well itws because the earths outside temerature is hotter then what it should be, because there are holes in the ozone layer. The ozone layer is like insulation in your house it keep cold air in on hot summer days. most polution comes from cars alone just because they are used so much byt everyone. Having less clutter in the streets is always a good thing. Having less cars will lead to less accidentrs and less fatalities. People will not worry as much and it'll cause less stress. with having less cluttered streets that means more people will be walking by stores and resteruants, which leads to more buisness for store owners. living a happy life in very important. I believe that if your not happy then your not living right. Banning cars reducess stress and stress mAKES PEOPLE UN HAPPY AND NOT LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

What is your opinion on extracurricular activities? Your principle has decided that every student has to participate in an extracurricular activity,do you agree/disagree with this decision? I disagree with this decision because in the long run,its taking away many opportunities. Such as,after school jobs,family time,and activities that you enjoy. After school jobs can be a nessicity. You never know what one is going through,some one might be supporting their family that way. If your always at school,when will you have the time for work? Work and supporting your loved ones should come before and after school project if possible. I know your family says school first. You also need to find time for your family/friends. Spending time with them,and having fun,is making memories. Its okay to go to school,work really hard,and even though your tired,socialize with them. They love you and your company. so make the most of that. I know its hard,Going to school,to practice for hours on hours. Then finally going home. Trust me,I do it everyday,sometimes you don't have time for extra credit,let alone extracurricular activities. Us athletes dont get the recionization that we deserve. In conclusion,This is a bad decision. Yeah,its okay for kids that just go home and lay around all day. The people that work after school,their stressing. Its okay for the lazy ones,but the ones that are working their hardest,its a challenge.

Dear state senator, In my opinoin I think we should absolutely keep the Electoral College system. I think we should keep the way we elect our presidents because it's a non-democrac way. It's also easy and fast by killing two birds with one stone. Our founding fathers compromised the Electoral system and since we can't get rid of our admendments and change the Constitution I don't tink we should get rid of the Electoral College system. It may be old, but new things aren't always the best things. I think if the Goverment wanted to change it they should try it on a state first before they roll it to the rest of the nation, and we all know the goverment isn't that smart and won't do it because we are their test animals. Another reason to keep the Elctoral system is because it's easy and effciant. If we just have the elction just be based off votes and not popular party it would be messy. The Electoral College System allows certainity of outcome. No run-off election because mostly likely there will be no tie. No arguing about the president being from a certain place or region so that state favors the president. Winner-takes-all system allows the people to pay close attention to the election. Swing states allow a little excitement during the election because some states like Florida you don't know which way they are going to go.  Big states also like Florida gets the president on the edge because the can loose every small state and still win with the big ones. 270 votes are not a lot of votes to win an elction with, but every vote counts. Some people may not vote because there are only two parties that most of the nation only cares about the Republicans and the Democrats. Some people dont like tovote in fear of their party not winning due to its unpopularity. But everyone should vote to express there politcal power. That's why we should keep it because if we change it we're changing our minds in the way vote.

Have you ever wanted to be a seagoing cowboy? I got a chance to. It was a lot of fun. My friend convinced me to do it. You should do it also. A seagoing cowboy is a person who takes care of animals while they are being shipped overseas. The job is to feed the animals, wash the animals, water the animals, and clean the stalls. We also get breaks. We get to go sightseeing and do things that other cultures do. The job can be hurtful. If there is a storm, the boat will get slippery and you can fall. I almost fell over board once. It was scary. You should get this job because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Plus, the animals are well behaved and they would love to have new people. If you love to go see places in other countries, you should get this job. If you want hard work, this job would be perfect. In your free time, you can play games, read, or whittle something. According to the article, the job is a once in a lifetime event. Based on the passage, I got to see Europe, China, the Acropolis in Greece, Venice, a castle in Crete, and I got to see the Panama Canal. In paragraph six, it states that my job keeps me busy. Helping out on a farm or working a tough job can prepare you for the hard work. Those are some reasons of why you should be a seagoing cowboy. Being a seagoing cowboy has some up's and down's, but overall the job is a lot of fun. You get to experience and see so many things. Sometimes, it doesn't feel like work at all. It feels like fun. A whole lot of it. Now do you want to be a seagoing cowboy?

November Nielsen 2/3/15 Dear state sentor, Should the president use popular vote to get elected or use Electoral College? That's a tough decision. Honestly, I believe that the government should use popular votes instead of the states votes because not everyone in the one state that the president is trying to win over will vote for him. Also, I think Electoral College is a bad idea because it's too much of a big process. Electoral College votes are way more complicated then they should be. That's why I believe you should get votes based on every individual instead. For example, if you're trying to win over California but not everyone in that state wants you to rule them, then why make them angry? Everyone has their own opinion I believe. Everyone has their own voice. The people like to be heard. I also believe that you should just get elected based on popular votes because then everyone will be more interested in voting for you. If more peoples opinions are a matter to you then you're most likely to win. I say this because people who want to rule us, such as yourself, are people who should care. People who like their opinion being heard are people who should be important to a ruler. So after reading my letter i assume that it had some meaning. I hope you changed your mind about how you want to be elected. Electoral college is a too confusing process and it cannot always be used. Sincerly, November Nielsen

Dear Mr. Senator, The peope of American should let their voice be heard. Why should we rely on the electoral college to pick our prisendent? In fact if you're going to rely on the electoral college to pick our next president why let civilized American citizens vote? I would say it is time for a change and let the American people's voice be heard. It seems as if the passage is more in favor of elections based on the electoral college votes. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. At the most basic level,the electoral college is unfair to voters because it's a winners takes all system. The electoral colllege consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect your president. The elctoral college is anachronism and it's time we should be open minded and look in to the future and rely on the Americans votes we should not rely on 538 people to vote for the millions of people we have in America. Even if we had a combination of  the popular vote with elctoral college that would make it more fair than just having the electoral college pick the president they want in office. Instead of relying on this piece of history lets rely on bring cheap clothes,food,and gas prices back.                                                            

These are some good reasons why it is good to ask people for some advice! It is good to ask people their own advice because you can listen and hear from differnt point of views. When you have other peoples point of view,you get a bigger picture of what you're doing and how do to it. You get more of an understanding and a bigger and wider verity of choices to choose from. People ask more than one person advice so they can understand it more and not only use their on own ideas but also listen to what other people have on their mind. Its good to ask people what their idea is because sometimes your idea doesn't always work and you need a backup if it doesn't, you may also find it helpful to go online and search differnt type of ideas from around the world. You can also find it helpfulto ask your parents,teachers,friends, and maybe some people you may not know. Before you think of starting anything the best thing to do is ask questions,you can get alot more information out of it then you think. Plus other people may do the same and get lot of resources to choose from. It is possible to use your own ways of thinking,but after you ask for advice you need to plan out what and how you're gonna do with the information that you have gathered together. You may also want to do a rough draft or write on a piece paper before you ask for any advice,it may give you a better headstart then jumping straight to it and asking questions. You could also make one of those Diagram so you can compare and see whats differnt from the advice that you have so you can see if its alot better. You have to ask yourself questions like, "Does it make sense?," "Does it have an meaning?," "Does it have an main idea to it?," and "Does it talk about what im typing/writing about?,"those are some simple questions you can always ask yourself before you start typing/writing. It is more simple then brain storming your own idea and trying to figure out alot of stuff by yourself,that'll take alot of time and it'll be more frustrating then usual,but all you have to do is ask a close by friend or family member what their idea on something would be. After you get all of your information and details about what you wanna type/write about to get now easily put it down on whatever paper or computer you're using at the moment,you will get it done faster,more neat,and more detailed then you would have if you wouldve thought of an idea by yourself. You can still make ideas by yourself but asking for advice would be alot more easy then you think!      

In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Studying Venus is a good idea and learn more about the Venus from other planet and Venus has a pretty good nickname and The National aeronautics and Space Administration has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study venus, Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. First, studying Venus might be dangerous but it good to learn more about other planets than alwys studying our panet and Venus sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one od the brighest points of light in the sky, making it simple for even an amateur strgazer to spot. Second, Venus is the most closet to Earth in terms od density ans size, ans occasionally the closet distance too. Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These difference in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus because Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Third, Venus is a thick atmosphere of alomst 97 percent cabon dioxide blankets. Even more challenging are the clouds of ighly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. 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. In Conclusion, their is alot of ways to study and some of them are not the same as someoe who wrote it and studying Venus or Mars are very good to study in other planet it because Venus and Mar are the closet planet in Earth. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only becuase of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeovers.

Working From Home Should students be allowed to attend classes from home? I agree that attending classes while at home would be beneficial for many people and can actually help them work better. One reason is that it would be less stressful for the student and put a lot less pressure into getting the work done. Another reason is that it would give them more time to work, for example they could relax and take little breaks while working instead of having to cram all that work into one class session. My last reason is that it would help improve grades. If a student is allowed to work while being at home, it would allow their brain time to think more about their work and how they can improve it. Attending classes from home would be less stressful and put a lot less pressure on the student. For example, one class session is an hour and thirty minutes. Teachers give a lot of work to students and expect them to get it done without any problem, but the problem is they can't because being forced to do a lot of work is not very fun and with very limited time can put a lot of stress on the teenage brain and also damage their mental health. Expectations now a days are really high for students but their mental health and state aren't taken into consideration. Time is of the essence. Students need time to get their work done and whatever they aren't able to complete becomes homework. Having to do a lot of work without being able to take a break can really suck. Imagine if you had to do a bunch of work without being able to take a rest because whatever you don't complete you're gonna have to complete at home. If students could work from home, they'd have all the time they need to get their work done and they could take a break if they got too tired. At home students wouldn't have to worry about time because they could complete the work at their own pace. Grades are important, and when a student gets a bad grade, it isn't exactly the best look. Working from home would allow students more time to think about their work, when in a classroom students can't spend a lot of time thinking because they don't have much time. On the other hand, being at home would give them all the time they could possibly need to complete their work and how they could improve it for a better grade. If students could improve their work they would get better grades, and there's no better place to do that then home, the place you're most comfortable with. To sum it all up, students should be allowed to attend classes from home because it causes less stress and pressure which is better for their mental health, gives them more time to think and do their work, and helps improve their grades while in a place they're more comfortable with.

Dear senator, the electoral college many be a good process to help select a president. "The founding fathers established it in the constiitution as a compromise between election of President by a vote in Congress and by popular vote of qualified citizens.(infor. find in paragraph 1)", but in my opinoin i think that we should change the election by the popular votes. By doing that, it allows voters to have a fair vote. There would not a "winner-take-all" system anymore, but above all the candidates can have a fair fight against each other without the interfrence of the representatives. Well to start it off, why would having the popular vote be better than the electoral college? That's because the electoral college is unfair to voters. "The winner-take-all system in each state caused the candidates to not spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states.(infor find on paragraph 13)" Perhaps you are wondering, what does the reprentatives got anything to do with electoral college being unfair to the candidates. When there are two candidates who are tie in the electoral vote, the decision whould be thrown to the representative to decised. "The single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, and the 55 representatives from california represent 35 million voters.(infor find on  paragraph 12)" By given that many votes for just one representative, is it fair for the candidates? Not only that, but what about the 55 representative from california, what if all those 55 representative voted for their candidate from california? You know without thinking, of course the candidate from california would win. Would it be fair for the candidates and the other voters? Although if you think about it, electoral vote can help in cerent ways. Like what if there is not many voters that voted? Or being in a tie, but of course that wouldn't happens, and like i said earlier it would'nt be fair to some of the candidates and voters who tried hard to elect or be elected. Like i said before please change the system of electing president by popular votes instead of electoral college!

Are you a teacher for a public school in need of a different way to teach students! Well read up because some public schools are offering distance as an option for students to attend class from their home from online. Big companies have done this for the last decade. It's a brilliant idea for public schools to attempt this idea and, I'll explain why, Firstly! it's a safer way of learning in modern America where pointless shootings in school happen. Secondly If a Student who's bedridden or medical handicapped have a chance for Public Education or dont fall behind of other students. Lastly this technology isnt the hardest thing on earth, Its as easy as pressing three buttons and having Wi-fi. Now for the deeper expiation. Let's get the serious point out of the way firstly. Public and Private schools aren't the safe haven for students anymore. Not after the rise of school shootings in America, so the idea of a safer way for students to learn from home seems like a better option for the ones that get bullied for example. Your counterargument of having the student tell the teachers about it is invalid and only give room for more harassment of the student. So leaving the student on a screen thats being watched by the teacher and away from said students who pick on student is a way to reduce bulling and mass school shooting. Next point is a really important point as well. Life happens let's be honest people are doomed to get sick or harmed in a way where they can't move much or at all. Such things prevent Students like myself from being caught up in classes during such important and demanding times like the next couple of months. Plus a nice little bonus is fellow students are there for the sick student which is always great to see. Now Its time for the last part. Finally, This technology isn't hard to set up and maintain. Should be easy as three buttons and a front camera on both or single computer. there is way's to watch the student so they don't get distanced and or abuse the power: Like playing games, watching videos and, any social media, since learning time. Not game time. The point I am trying to get to with these is well, technology is changing and schools arent changing as fast with the technology. So many problems with school can be counter-acted with this tech. like the problems of bullying that sadly leans to mass shooting. Extremely sick/handicapped students falling behind after life dealt them a bad hand. I am a student and hopefully you reading this will be looking forward to this new way of learning.

Dear Principle, Changing the grade point to a B would mean that less people will be playing sports. You could have your best QB in football but you would have him playing because he is a C+ average student at School. Then your team would probably not be good at all. You wouldn't have a good team for any sport. The students would be constantly getting harassed by their parents. And they would have nothing to do on the weekends. Plus the attitude of the Students would change and the principal and teachers wouldn't get any respect at all. There might end up being more people in ISS or some with Detention because of their Attitudes. The pep rally's would be ruined. A lot of the students that play sports are the ones that have the C-, C+, or even just straight C's. Some have B's and A's but there wouldn't be enough talent on the teams in any sport for the school. The thing that matter's the most on the football and basket ball teams and any other team would be their talents. Many schools have the talent but some of them are not the brightest people. But some are just smart enough to still play the sport they love. The schools need to leave the grade point to a B because what other extra activities are the football and basket ball players going to do after school? Science Lab, Writing Stories for school, News Paper. No, their not because they because it's not what they love. They probably hate everything else or mostly everything else because they play the sports. They get the Fans fired up and gets the school spirit going. But that will be all gone if the principle raises the grade point. No one is going to get rallied up if they don't have any of the cool popular kids that everyone is friends with on the other team. It would not be the same. Not like it would be through the past. Also that it has been the same for many years. What's the point of changing it now. It would be pointless. And imagine what the parents would be saying also with the letters.

The Electoral College is not perfect and it may be called broken by some people, but in all truth it isn't. Nothing is perfect. The Electoral College is a good way to make sure that a election won't end in a tie (95+% of the time). It also makes sure that certain regions, or states, don't control the vote with their population. The Electoral College can be edited if it needs to though. The Electoral College is very good at insuring one winner. It has this ability, because to be a tie both canidates have to have 269 votes which is highly unlikly. To have a President chossen majority has to vote one way (270). Now with a "winner-takes-all" system that his country, USA, has, there are only so many combinations of states' votes for one party that there would be a tie. Since the beggening of the Electoral College there has only been two ties. The Electoral College does make it easier for there not to be a tie, because more people voting into selected individuals then having them vote makes it easier for less mess ups and faster counting of votes. The Electoral College also makes sure one part of the country does not get favored and make the others feel like their votes did not count. If one canidate is favored in a area and if it has a lot of people then that candidate would win with a direct vote. The bigger cities with more people would get every political ad and the canidates would be more focused there instead of getting everyone's opinion. The other places would feel left out and would be less likely to vote meaning not a true meaning of who majority wants as President. Nothing is the world is ever made perfect forever. The Electoral College was clearly a great idea when it was made or it would never be put into action. The Electoral College does have slight problems that rarely happen. The best thing about it though is that people could vote and change details about it if it was that big of a deal. As "Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution," people wanted/ thought it would be fair to count the District of Columbia as a "state." So people took a vote to make the change, thats why it is the the 23rd Amendment. When the USA gets more population, for a short time, there will be a odd amount of electoral votes, that means no ties. Until the popluation grows or decreases enough to make a even number of votes again. There is pleanty of things wrong in this world, but one thing that is pretty good right now is the Electoral College. More times than not it has one winner and one loser, and rarely a tie. It makes sure that nobody is a favorite or feels like it. Also it shows things can change if something is a problem or needs fixing. The Electoral College is not perfect, but is not broken. Thank you for reading my letter, I hope you take it into concideration when deciding to keep it or not.

Yes i think students would benefit from being able to attend classes from home in the way that they can be more ready to start the class, and they will focus. -The reason why i though that is because sometimes at school the students they have shame to show to other the best of them, " the intelligent student told me that i can't do anything or i can't speak very well English" still if we want make our goals we can do it. Without go to the school. -For example: If a student is on his house alone with no one told him what or how he need to do the correct things, but he has a lot of question about what he is doing in his online class. He will try to find the way to solve the problem by himself. Also if i was in my home find new imformation and i work to much during the day then i would be hungry then i can go to the kitchen for cook something very fast and go back to my room continue with my homework. And if i have a question i will ask for help to some teacher by texting. Eventually, attend classes at home with no pressure could made different and confortable for the students who are shy or maybe need a teacher only for one student for explain the class that the student is taking. Below for those students that don't like to wake up too early in the morningt they have the choose to study more later since at night without necesary be ready for school. Many cases when girls are pregnant they can still going at school, but it was diffult for them had to continue study and also after that they giving birth too. i know that because a friend told me and another girls too, she told us the process that she has to pass during her pregnancy and after when she has her baby with her I don't know how hard it is, but i can imagine in this position. So what my friend do? during her pregnancy she still coming to the school i saw her many time she was so tired with her belly and then when she has her baby yet she take in her house the next classes i was surprise about it either i do not how unconfortable it was for her that a teacher was with her when the baby start cry or when the baby need to eat, later she was done she back to the school but she didn't feel ok for leave her baby at home. This story make me think about it if i have the election to choose how i can study i prefer study and take the classes in my house better that school. I think the students would benefit from being able to attend classes from home that's great idea. but there are many problems; what happen if the student do not have money to pay the online classes? either their families do not have the recourses for help them another reason that's why we have to work and make money for us and we missing many days in the school for stay at home because we want sleep more hours or we coming to the school and we are no pay attention what the teacher is talk about the class, So i think this if a student want money need to work and continue study online maybe in that way is more easy pass the class and the SOL. Attend classes from home by way online help this type of case the students go to work few hours and then coming home for the rest of the day to study or another option is one day work and the next day don't and stay at home taking the online classes, in summary "NEVER GIVE UP" when we want something that we can't get it in nowhere only in our effort we can make that possible. Also with some help ask when we do not understand something and put the best of us all including: try to solve the problems, research good imformation, and the most importat thing that we have to do is study. sometimes the other people make feel us so bad or without no reason to be in this world, go ahead and desmostrate to that person who do not believe in you that you can do it. During school year is possible learning for online or video conferencing,in the videos explain clearly what or how to solve math ejercise or another kind of materials. Examples of benefit to attend classes at home are: - Spend more time in the computer - More focus in the homework - Use the iphone for imformation whenever we want - Study all the day - No talk with your friends during your class - Finish more fast with no distraction All that things are benfit if the students being to attend classes in their home in the winter they don't have to worry about how cold is outside in the morning or what clothes is appropriate for school, and have to coming in the school in a good mood for study and see somebody that we do not want to see and prevent be involve in problems with another student. Could fine stay at home by self in own class than go to the school. Many student suffer of depreciation and that is so bad for them. If they school giving to them the opportunities to take the classes online it is more better for their healthy, this is my opinion about attend classes on the home.          

In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author reveals that, in the near future, automatic cars that remain capable of running without a human driver are very possible. Although the author presents some negatives of these driverless cars, the positives most definitely overtake the negatives. Driverless cars are an amazing, technologically advanced, useful invention than any user would benefit greatly from. Every type of user, whether it be someone who uses itonce a month or every day, would benefit from attaining a driverless, automatic car. They are coming soon, in the very near future, and there are many good things that society should look forward to whenever they become a reality. Driverless cars seemed to be such a futuristic idea until automobile companies began creating automatic systems within cars. Although these cars still require a human driver, they are very close to getting to the point where a driver is not necessary. In the article, the author states that cars already made, "...alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." This statement reveals that although the automatic components are very useful and beneficial, the cars still, at this point, require a driver. However, sensors that have been advanced within the last ten years can almost individually run the car. The author states that even though the progress of sensors that can lock the brakes, accelarate the vehicle, and steer the car has been very substantial, "Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." By stating this, the author opens readers up to the fact that different sensors are being created in order to complete the different tasks and skills that driving requires. Soon enough, within only some years, a few companies have stated that they believe they will have a completely driverless car completed by the year 2020. These completely automatic cars will help and assist users by allowing for better transportation and accounting for more accurate driving techniques. The invention of these driverless cars will not only assist users of the technological advancement, but will also help to save the environment. The cars that Google cofounder Sergey Brin, "forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." When the author states this fact, readers can understand that these driverless cars would ultimately change the entire world. By using less fuel, there are less toxic fumes going into the air. Currently, air pollution is a large issue in today's society as a whole. If these driverless cars are invented in the short time that they are predicted to arrive, the world could take a complete turn towards a better ecosystem. Ultimately, driverless cars seem to be a very positive oncoming invention. As they are already more than halfway towards becoming an actual item, many companies are working extremely hard to bring this idea fully to life. The benefits of more efficient public transportation and easier assistance remain very important and useful to the people of today's society. The fact that these public transportation driverless cars would be better for the ecosystem and allow for less air pollution is yet another reason in which they would benefit greatly everyone and the entire world, in the long run. Driverless cars are not something that people should be afraid of; they are simply just technology being taken to the next level. As many people, such as Sergey Brin, foresee, driverless cars would benefit and take over many daily tasks, help the environment, and solve issues for public transportation.

Dear Principal Students should take community service because it will take away time from learning in class and not enough time to finish any work. Some teacher say this is good because teacher want there students to go take care of there community but education is more important because it will help u get into college and help make money to support your family. on the other community service is good because it help makes a better community and a better life. parents wants there kids to go to school because they want there kids to have a better education then, them when there were kids and have a better life. so they don't have to do or find there way around things. parents want there kids to have a easier life. if students don't go to school this there is no reason to even have schools in the first place and just clean the community every day like its a job and don't get paid at all. its better to go to school because when you get to you are paid to go to school. not like its free and you want or you don't want. now this days students, will do anything to get out of class and out of school. students would fly school because they want to give away there one and only chance to find a good job. they would even try to get in trouble and get sent home and there parents don't care if they do that or even if the teacher calls them and say that ur kid however some may say that community is better because it keeps the community a better places to live but some teachers and parents disagree with this because teachers are like your second parents and they want u to go to school then do community service. some may say that school is important because its good that students have a high education to get there degree. that is way people been going to school and that way the community have school and the main point of have school is to help students.

Technology involving computers, smartphones, and even cars are slowly but surely taking over our lives. Cars are one of the most purchased and used items of our world and without owing a vehicle or having other means of transportation, life would practically be hard. The world around us is constantly changing and with change comes new and fresh ideas. One of the new ideas that is thought to help improve our lives are driverless cars. Driverless cars (also known as taxis) are cars that can drive themselves around while the passengers are at rest as they wait to arrive at their destination. Although driverless cars sound exciting and fun, are they really? These new driverless cars are not completely driver-less, take the fun out of driving, and will cause several issues down the road dealing with accidents and injuries. Google has created cars that are driverless and that can drive themselves under certain conditions. However, these cars are not completely driverless. Driverless cars tell the driver to take over the wheel when the car itself cannot perform human driving skills. Such as pulling in and out of driveways,going through accidents and construction sites,and on certain roads and streets. Driverless cars can acccelerate, steer, and brake themselves but overall these cars are still not completely driver-less. The point of having a driverless car is being able to simply enjoy not having to drive, not wait until it is your turn to take over the wheel. Take a look around you. We have smartphones, computers, and even elevators to help make our lives easier. Studies have shown that the country that has the highest obesity levels and that also happen to be the laziest are Americans. Technology is the creation of something that helps make doing ordinary tasks easier and according to many doctors these new inventions involving computers and phones have made us more and more lazy. So what's next ;cars that drive themselves? What happened to taking a drivers test at the age of 16 and praying that you passed ? What happened to the thrill of being able to drive your parents car (legally) for the first time? Is that now going to be taken over by these new driverless cars? Driverless cars would in fact take the fun out of driving. Overall driving has become the worlds' "norm" for our way of living. Yes, having a car that can assist you while driving would be very helpful, but having a car that drives for you would not. In that case, what would be the point of owning a car when you could instead call a taxi? Everyday our world is changing. Ideas and inventions are growing bigger and better by the second. Driverless cars are smart and creative inventions but cars were created to help make our lives easier;not live our lives for us.

Dear United States Senator, Voting in the United States of America has always been the same way, by using the Electoral Collage to cast votes for the presidency. Now, the Presidential Election should be based on poular vote rather than using the Electoral Collage. It is an unfair, unbalanced method for determining the president of the United States. Every president changes history, so if the wrong one is put into office, American history can be altered. An unfair, proposterious method is sure to have great detestment. Say one canidate had the majority of votes from the American people, by popularity. Yet, the other candidate had the majority of Electoreal votes from the Electoral Collage. The canidate who recieved votes from the Electoral Collage wins, even though his opponant had the American peoples' majority vote. This happened in the year 2000, when nominee Al Gore had more popular votes the George W. Bush, yet fewer electoreal votes, allowing Bush to be president. Even more so, when voting for a presidential canidate, one is in truth voting for a late of electors, rather than voting for the canidate straight on. (Source: #3) If the electors vote one way, when the majority of a state really wants to have the opposing side, there is nothing that can be done to change the electoral votes. Some may argue this is a fair method, but in reality, it is not. (Source: #2) No American should be misprepresented when voting for a presidential nominee. Unbalanced voting is sure to be an uproar, especailly when speaking about the president of the United States. California has the most Electoreal votes, stacking up at 55 votes in the Electoral Collage. Wyoming, along with other states, has a mere three votes. A grand total of 538 Electoral votes is what results from adding up all states votes, but 270 is needed to win the presidency. It won't matter who has the popular vote, all that matters is the person who wins the electoral vote. On the other hand, people who live in states with small populations may argue this is a more representing way of voting for president. But it really isn't balanced. The state may have a popular vote towards one side, but when the electoral voter palces his vote, he may choose to betray the people of the state. People cannot change the electoral vote if they are misrepresenting their state. That doesn't sound balanced or equal at all. The scales should not tip towards the lighter side. If the election was determined based on popular vote, rather than the Electoral Collage, then the American people would recieve a more accurate determination of presidency rather than what is already in place. An unfair, unbalanced mehtod should be thrown out the window, trashed. People want want people want, and should be fairly and equally treated to reflect thier true intents. The Electoral Collage is an unfair, unbalaned election strategy that should be disregarded. We should change this election to using popular vote to acurratly, justly portray the wants and political views of the people living in the United States, where the citizens have power in determining what they choose happens in the counrty. The land of the free, America, should have free say in choosing the president. Abolish the Electoral Collage, and instead put in its place the means of popular voting. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerly, an American Citizen.

There are many advantages of limiting car usage, such as it saves gas and it helps relieve stress.  "Its a ood opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"(Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota) says a business man that goes by the name Carl Arturo Plaza.  There are amny different ways to get from point A to point B and Back to point A in a safe, and helpful way. Such as taking the bus, taxi, carpooling, bike riding, or even skating. Limiting car usage saves gas because you can use someonjes elses gas instead of your own and you can conserve yur gas when ever you really need to use it to go to the store or get something that you really need later on tin the day when you get bac to point A  and see and use your car. "Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel overs gasoline.  Diesel makes up 67% of vehciles in France,m compared to a 53.3% average of diesel engines in the rest of the western Europ, according to Reuters." (Paris bans driving due to smog) Limiting car usage also relieves stress for some stressful people. Some people that i know get really flustered ehen they drive and they have road rage, and they have to take pohone calls and get distracted from the road and sometimes some people just need to have someone else take the wheel and they neeed to get themselves together and take a moment and reliEze that.  na dnoone needs a stressed driver that just makes all of us nervous. In conclusion limited car usage is good because it save sgas and is tgood for reliving stress.

Dear Senator, The Electoral College should not be the deciding vote for the president of the United States of America. Every popular vote of the people should be counted towards deciding the next president. If America is a democracy and in a democracy people pick the leader then every citizen's vote should count, not just the majority. First things first, only a few states have taken action towards my claim. Those being Maine and Nebraska. These states have made a "proportional representation", which is unlike the "winner take all" that the other 48 states have adopted. The text states "Most states have a winner take all method system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate" (What Is the Electoral College?7).This portrays that with the "winner take all" method various amounts of U.S. citizen votes have gone unaccounted for. Multiple occasions have dimmed the surface of our elections where their voices aren't heard. The author says "faithless electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please" (Plumer 11). Going into this further, that means that one person can disagree with hundreds of people's votes for his own vote of the opposite party. Also, if a tie was to occur int the total electoral votes then the outcome would be put into the hands of the House of Representitives. If the people were to vote in the first place this occurance would have never came close. On the other hand, it is much harder to calculate the total number of the  popular vote being that there are millions of people voting. It is much easier to count and not dispute over a hundred or so votes than a million. But, having people know that their vote doesn't make it to actually voting for the president makes them not as ethuisiastic about voting. The text says "no voter's vote swings an election"(Posner 23). This explains why only about one half of eligible American voters voted. In conclusion, America is a democracy, which means people elect the president, not a elector but the people. The author states "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational." (Plumer 14). This further explains that electors cannot make decisions without being biased toward their party. Also portraying well, the feelings of many Americans who feel the same way.     

Dear Principal, Imagine, not being able to play in the biggest basketball game of your life because your grades were not as good as the principal would expect them to be. I find it very unfair that students are not allowed to participate in school sports or other activities with a C average. Interpreting this law may cause many conflicts such as making a sport team not do as well, and affect the students future. To begin, not allowing the students to play in the game may cause the team to lose an important game. In Red Silver, New Jersey, RELATIVE_NAME, who was very good at basketball was unable to play in the championship game because his grades weren't that well. As the game was close come to the fourth quarter, RELATIVE_NAMEs team couldn't hold onto the game. RELATIVE_NAME was averaging 22.9 points a game, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists, and those statistics in the championship could've made his team possibly win as they lost by 20 points. RELATIVE_NAME missed being eligible for the game by one point in his average. His average was an 82, which is a C, and B average is an 83. RELATIVE_NAME missing the championship game affected his team for the worst, as the Red Silver could've won its first basketball championship ever. Also, having a C average can affect your future greatly. RELATIVE_NAME, tall and corpulent, was very good at football, yet not a great student. RELATIVE_NAME was being scouted by Division1 scouts from colleges such as Florida. Being a C+ student was his only fear from making the "big colleges" in the nation. In Maui, RELATIVE_NAME dominated the football season. Unfortunately, he was forced to sit out of the biggest game in his career because he was not academically eligible. RELATIVE_NAME was affected so greatly on this incident, all of his Division1 scholarships were gone because the scouts didn't want a student like RELATIVE_NAME in the school. RELATIVE_NAME was not very intelligent, but if he was to have someone tutor him, he would've went to any college he wanted to go to. In conclusion, i think that maintaining a C average to play on the school sports team or other activities the school offers. RELATIVE_NAME and RELATIVE_NAME both were affected off of this negatively as they could have had potential in going far in life. So in my opinion, i think that the principal should let students participate in school sports, as long as they get help in the subjects they are struggling in. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Sincerely, A student

I think Policy 1 is better because if we had our phones at break and lunch if an emergency happened i could inform someone. Also, if we could use our phones in our free time we would be distracted from fights with means no crowd to hover over the fight. I do believe we should be able to use cell phones but only at break or any free time. Say if a student didn't feel good instead of going to the nurse we could just simply ask our parents to pick us up to save time. I wouldn't recommend Policy 2 because what if there is an emergency at school, or if you walk home you wouldn't be able to contact anyone. I think it's a horrible if you cant bring your cell phones to school, you never know when your going to need it. In this case i hope you realize Policy 1 is much better. I hope you look over this response carefully and choose the right policy which is obviously Policy 1. Sincerely, STUDENT_NAME

The author who wrote "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," did a wonderful job at suggesting that studying Venus is a worthy job. The author seems very educated and intellectual. The writing also seem very credible. The author backed up their idea by supporting their beliefs well with evidence. The author also provided numerous informations of planet Venus. Not only did they support it with facts, but also with wisdom. The author started by giving readers information about Venus and how it relates to Earth, our world. The author described Venus as "Earth's twin." The author also let the reader know that Venus in the "closes planet to Earth in terms of density and size." By doing so, we may feel more connected to Venus since Earth is our home. It chatches our attention because we may feel that we can relate. After readers get into reading, the author provided more great details about Venus. He described planet Venus conditions and why it is so challenging for scientists to study the "Evening Star." According to the author, the "conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth" and "would liquefy many metals." He also gave a background information on how each "previous mission was unmanned" and "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This illustrates how dangerous Venus is. However, the author turn this negativity into a way to learn mistakes. The author says "Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus," in a way that those factors that may have led to fail previous missions could now be avoided. Mistakes do really teach us lessons. After the author discussed about the dangers and challenges of Venus, readers may wonder why scientists would even bother to study such a life-less planet. Nonetheless, the author did a great job of backing up the counterclaim. The author argued back the counterclaim by explaining how Venus was once like Earth. It may have been a planet that "supported various forms of life" and "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." This may give readers hope and maybe change their perspective a little bit. The author knows best about the dangers of exploring Venus than anyone. However, the author supported why it is still worth studying Venus by backing up with science. He talk about how NASA is working on devices that could stand on the harsh conditions on Venus. He also provided other promising projects NASA are working on such as " a vehicle hovering over Venus" that "would avoid the unfriendly ground condtions by staying up and out of their way." By doing this so, readers may be more hopeful and trust the author more. This also give the author to look forward to the future and more energy to further study Venus. The author also believe that it may be "survivable for humans" even though Venus does not have "easy conditions." It is in human nature to fight for survival, so readers may be interested. The author is not only intellectual, but also very wise. They finished their argument by talking about how it may seem pointless to study such a dark world, but it is not always about science and facts but also it may "lead us into many equally intimiating endeavors." The author believe that we can do so much more than what we are given and are restricted of. The author believe that we should go beyond the limit. Never to hold back our curiosity but to let it "expanded to meet the very edges of imaginaton and innovation."