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AAAOPP13416000011976 | 3 | In the article "Driverless Cars are Coming," it informs readers about cars that can be driven without drivers in the future. These self-driving cars in my opinion seems dangerous and unnessasary the thought of a car being driven without a driver in today's society is a horrible idea. The fact that there are terrorist
... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000065510 | 2 | The author strongly believes that our Earth "twin" planet, should have more attention than what it has. As in more research over it and more resources to gain from it. The author also suggests that more attention should be forward to Venus "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing fur... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000707581 | 3 | Have you ever taken a Facebook quiz that is supposed to tell you how u feel by looking at your profile and/or after u complete a set of questions? Well people are coming up with better, and better technology everyday. In fact, Dr. Paul Eckman created the "FACS". Which allows Pc's to know how you are feeling just by usi... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000101692 | 2 | The author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents a challenging planet for the humans to land on it. In the text it said, "On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000594420 | 3 | Computers can read your mind?! No, not really, but they can tell how you're feeling. A new technolagy created by Dr. Thomas Huang, allows computes to read your facial expresions. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how this new technology can be valuable. This technology that we can use to rea... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000003670 | 3 | If you like to be with animals such as horses than we would sure have a fun time on the SS Charles W. Wooster. We have to help the animals that are being shiped over seas like horses, cattle, and mules.
When we aren't caring for the animals then we are out site seeing or playing games on the boat. In the empty stals t... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
5341681 | 3 | Limit car usage! While you may think having a car is a necessity, others completely disagree. According to the passage -''In
German, life goes on without cars'', street parking, driveways, and home garages are forbidden in a new district on the outskirts of
Frieburg. 70% Vauban families dont own cars and 57% sold the... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAATRP14318000791088 | 3 | Are you against of this technology to read people's mind? I am against it because there are people out there that suffer and want to get over their life. If that technology read their mind and the world knows it they will suffer more and never get over it. Also, there are many good reasons to agree it and there are man... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000070708 | 2 | The face on Mars is just a natural landform that gives off the apperance of a human face. Some people agree and some people want to go further in so we did.
The reason that the "face" on Mars is just a natural landform, is because we don't think there is a way that aliens could have made it so there was only one way t... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000036471 | 5 | Development of cars will improve our society and make everyday life much easier. People will be much happier and more free with cars that drive them everywhere without worrying about traffic. The advantage of having a car that will talk to you if anything goes wrong is beyond amazing. This break through will lower many... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000179246 | 3 | Driverless cars is an idea that makes society feel like it is moving forward in the future. Like the iPhone, driverless cars can be a breakthrough for the world, but are they necessary? Do we really need a car that can drive itself and almost have control of our lives in the car? No, I believe that the idea driverless ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Black/African American | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000123404 | 3 | Do u ever want to go exploring Venus? Venus is a planet in our solar system. Venus is very challenging place to go. Earth and Venus are close bye. Venus is called the evening star one if the brightest point of light in the night sky. Venus is fun place to go exploring. Venus is the second planet from our sun.
Explorin... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000093942 | 3 | The planet of Venus is one of the most intresting planets in our solar system. Being that it is our sister planet and closest to us, scientist want to study this planet more. The only issue they have is the conditions, Venus is a very harsh planet. But
scientist do not want to see this as an ending point. It is the cl... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000217736 | 3 | People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboy program because you will get travel the world and go different places. People should also participate in the Seagoing Cowboy program because people can spend time with animals.You will have a great time at the Seagoing Cowboy program
You can travel many places if you pa... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000020266 | 3 | I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program. If you think you shouldn't I will give you two
very good reasons why you should. But remember it's a once in a life time thing.
First of if your the kind of person that likes to save the community or help others this is the perfect job for it. If get you join the ... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000192573 | 3 | Facial action coding systems on computers in classrooms would be a very helpful tool. Some classes wouldn't even need teachers any longer. When the student looks confused the computer could change up the lesson or help you out. If the student is smiling the computer could tell they are doing well and move them on to th... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
5179277 | 3 | The invention of the automobile was one of the most important inventions of all time. Everyone uses cars! They're everywhere! But what are the effects of car emissions? Are they even worth using if they cause negative effects on people and our environment? Many people are trying to cut back on driving, or even live wit... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | White | M | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
5150354 | 4 | What would you do if you got written a ticket by a police officer for just driving your car? It could happen if we had a day that driving was banned to help the enviroment. I think this is great idea and we shold all get involved with trying to make it work. Other countries have done it and it doesn't seem to effect an... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | White | M | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAVUP14319000080141 | 2 | I personally think that the author supports this idea rather well, he has mentioned many dangerous things that occur on Venus and why no spacecrafts has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. To back up my thoughts I will include where I've found this information in the article and which paragraphs they are ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000049896 | 2 | Some people say that they face was created by aliens and others think it was just a natural landform. What do you think it is? How do you think it got there? Well im here to answer all those quetions for you.
There are so many people in the world that thought the face was created by aliens, but it really wasn't. It's ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Two or more races/Other | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000101249 | 3 | Driverless cars are coming like itor not. for one am against it. Yes you wont have to wory about going to the right place or staying awake but, there are still problems.
One thing I see as a problem is that sometypes of driverless car would take expensive road constrution as stated in pargaph 3 . Also the cars themsel... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038312 | 3 | I disagree of the production or development of driverless cars. The cars that are being developed to be driverless sounds like it could work but there are to many factors that are holding the car back from actually being safe and driverless. It will take many computer run test to make it accident free or cable of going... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000006808 | 3 | Now that Driverless Cars are coming I really think that it is a bad idea. The author did give us some good information about the car and what it can do without a driver but then yet again it is honestly a bad idea.
First, even if the author said that the car would alert the driver if anything happened that alert could... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000048781 | 4 | The authors suggestion about studying Venus is a worthy despite of the dangers it presents.
Exporing Venus wouldn't be too bad regardless of the dangers it presents. The author tells us good reasons why it wouldn't hurt to explore Venus. "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5153194 | 3 | According to the article, fellow citizens are imformed about the advangtages of limting cars. As it says in the artcle "As a result, 70 percent of Vaubang' familes not own and 57 solid a carpercent throw a cow."I'm much happier his way" "All of our development since World War 2 has been centered on the car, and that wi... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Black/African American | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAOPP13416000052205 | 4 | As the idea of a car operating without the assistance of a driver has become more popular, more and more companies have stepped up to create such vehicles. While there are many beneficial outcomes of innovating these cars, there are, however, many concerns that have arose around the idea. Because of safety issus, poten... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000066814 | 3 | The article that is called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about the dangers that you could come upon if you go to or explore Venus. Some challenges that can come with when exploring Venus, are temputure, gravity, its atmosphere, body damage, or even death. There have been many mission that scientists have planne... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000711830 | 2 | This is for the facial recination i say yes to it becuse it can modify the students lesson so that the student is not bored with the lesson. Sure it might cost a little to make this happen for the students but they are this nation future. The program that they are using will let the help out the students to get better ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | American Indian/Alaskan Native | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000197138 | 3 | In the passage the author gave some really good information about the new inovation to emotional technology. As the technology world is growing we are going to have new opertunities such as this one to make our life's easier. But the real question is this good? Or could it be bad?
Honestly i think it would be a great ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000070758 | 3 | As a scientist at NASA I strongly believe that the "The Face on Mars" is simply a martian from of a mesa, which is commonly found on Cydonia. According to the text "There was no alien monument after all." This was of course after the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) flew over Cydonia and captured a higher resolution image of... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000149372 | 3 | Driverless Cars Are Here!! Some may like them and some may not. The future is here and no more buying cars. I believe that this is newest and biggest thing yet.These car are safe and easy to use.The Google cofounder Sergey Brin has a public transport taxi system with these amazing driverless cares.
Even though these c... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000033630 | 3 | The author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers it presents. The author supported his idea of studying and understanding Venus can help us in many ways. Studying help will help us know more about Venus which will benefit in the future. And also maybe it will be the planet where it supporte... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000121042 | 5 | This new peice of technology called the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, is able to show peoples emotions and tell when people are hiding and masking their emotions. It is a new peice of technology developed by Prof. Thomas Huang, and Prof. Nicu Sebe. This product is revolutionary in many diffrenf ways. It not onl... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000003746 | 2 | In the article "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" Luke was a young seventeen-year-old boy who couldn't turn down the opportunity of a lifetime to go to Europe and help with the horses.
Some of the reasons to join the seagoing cowboys is that they get to see tons of awesome landmarks. If you love horses and cattle then is m... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000092864 | 2 | In the aricle "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" says that Venus is really good to study despite the dangers you might encounter. The article says that you may study it,imagen all the wonders you can find.
Also in paragrpah two it says that Venus and Earth are "twin". They say that planet Venus has the closest planet ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5149962 | 3 | Dear state senator,
I trying to understand why we have the system of choosing our state's electors when you vote for president beacuse when you vote for your candidant you are actualy voting for your candidante's electors. This process is easier for most individuals beacause you do not have to sit in a room, for hours... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | Black/African American | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAVUP14319000082103 | 1 | People referr Venus as the Earth's twin since it is the closest planet to Earth, but this does not mean that it is easy to explore. Venus is easy to spot, but people have sent spacecraft to Venus but not a single one touched Venus in three decades. This makes it hard for people to explore the planet if they can only se... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5216460 | 2 | Dear, senator
I honestely think that it should be popular vote instaed of the electoral college. i think that because its going to effect our lives, our way of living, and how our way of life is going to work. If we pick a president then thats who we wanted now what a group of people want.
Having a popular vote is th... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAOPP13416000071702 | 3 | you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you do not know how your life going to be and it is a huge and amazing opportunity.
You will be helping others who been affected by World War ll. You will be able to travel places you never been like China or the Pacific Ocean. You can get a chance to go to Greece a... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000109416 | 4 | The face on mars is not created by aliens this is a natural landform on earth there already were landforms that were created. We can't say aliens made those too. Such as vocanoes, rivers, and mountains we also couldn't say we built those because we didn't. If aliens really did build the face on mars how come their isn'... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000818435 | 4 | New innovations happen each and everyday as they have throughout history. Through these innovations
society grows and develops for the greater good of humanity. Although, not all new discoveries are as applicable as others. While the Facial Action Coding Sysytem is fascinating it isn`t particularly valuable to schools... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000094480 | 3 | Venus, whats it made out of? What are the dangers? Why haven't we gotten so much information on it? There are lots of questions people have about Venus. "Evening Star" they call it. It's not really a star but it is very bright. Venus is the closest planet to Earth despite Mars. Venus is made of gas and the surface is 8... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038663 | 4 | Both sides have good arguments when it comes to the development of driverless cars. On one side, technology is making up enough of these cars and these cars may cause more traffic problems. On the other side, this could end pollution as we know it. However, I know that certain things are inevitable and pollution is one... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
5380952 | 4 | Do you want to elect the president? The electoral college doesn't allow that unless you're an elector. Voting for president should be done with a popular vote rather than an electoral college. An elecotoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
An electoral college is unfair. In source two, it says, "At the mos... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | White | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAATRP14318000948049 | 2 | I do not approve to let people use any type of technology to read emotions. That is when it gets weird and people ask why are you feeling this way. This can sometimes lead to the student getting even sadder or madder than they were. If they are left alone and no one knows what is wrong, they will be fine.
To start off... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000232991 | 1 | Driveless cars are basically rusty cars. The reason is because, of all the things that can hit the car and damage it. Sometimes it depends on the car if it will get really rusty or not. Box Chevy, for example, those things will rust up so quick if you don't drive them. That's why I think cars should be driven.
Cars or... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000064031 | 4 | I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you may get to see new sights. You may also play fun and exiting games while your off shift or while going on the return trips. You can also help out with fun things like feeding the animals or be put on night shift.
The sights you get to see could be a... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000037624 | 3 | Say No to Driverless Cars
There has been a recent developement that has allowed the world renowned company Google to introduce and develope what may become the first "Driverless car". Though there have been some pro's that have come out of the on going research such as it being; more efficent, an easier mode of transp... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000116765 | 2 | Have you ever heard of the face on Mars? It is proven to be an enormous head that is approximately two miles long that can be seen from Cydonia. Many people believe the face was created by aliens. Those are false rumors according to other companies who have studied it. NASA has known it be a natural landform. The artic... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000637024 | 1 | In the article called "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is about making humans express emotions by using a computer. Many scientists are finding out why it is possible to show emotions by using technology. First of all, Leonardo da Vinci created Mona Lisa during the Renissance. What something people don't know is the painting o... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000004638 | 6 | After the nice, relaxed weekend at the beach, Steve gets up to go to work at 6 AM to go to work that is half an hour away. His Monday morning seems to be great until he jolt upright, suddenly remembering about the end-of-the-month report he was supposed to do over the weekend. Steve scrambles around his house, quickly ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
5165195 | 1 | I think there should be a little changes like they need more meetings to choose there president and the vice president how many votes are in to choose there president. they need about 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes for our president. The electors equals the number of memebers in congressional delega... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | White | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
5025891 | 4 | Now a days you see everyone with cars driving to places instead of walking. There are some small towns that cars are not needed because everything is so close but other cities everyone has to drive because everything is very distant from one another. Cars are needed on a daily basis to get to school, or to get to their... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAOPP13416000045059 | 4 | In this article, "Unmasking the Face on Mars". Many people believe that this imprint of a human beings' face was sculpted by aliens. In this essay, I will provide many reasons why this imprint was just a natural landform that looked identical to a human face.
Scientist have discovered that this "Face" on Mars was just... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000022782 | 3 | Imagine: it's 2050, and all around are cars buzzing and swishing through the streets, quickly roundng corners with expert presicion. Then, upon closer look, one can see that every single car has come without a steering column; they're self-driving. This idea may seem far-off, even alien now, but could very much be a re... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000799890 | 3 | Using technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable, beacuse if a teacher wantes to see if the students are understanding the subject that the teacher is teaching it is faster and easier to use this technology. And by doing so the teacher can find new ways to teach the class in a mo... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000232747 | 2 | I feel like this new method of technology can be very helpful in classrooms. Apart of me disagrees that it is. I feel like this method of technology, can be helpful, but it also is an evasion of privacy. It's cool and all to know that your computer can detect if your happy or not, but it's also creepy to know that your... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000111734 | 3 | Change is inevitable. Change is something that we face everyday; it is something that the world has had to deal with for years. It challenges you, it becomes you, it makes you. When faced with the idea of driverless cars, there will be many people who doubt that it could or should happen. That could find every reason i... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000879718 | 5 | A new piece of technology, the Facial Action Coding System, has been developed and is helping with the learning the emotions of others. Some may say that this technology should not be used in classrooms because it invades the students' privacy. However, finding the emotions of students in classrooms could help teachers... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000076818 | 2 | Have you ever seen Seagoing Cowboy Program go to sea? I, Luke, have went to the Seagoing Cowboy Program. It is really run. You get to go to many places. As stated in the article you get to help out people.
Would you want to go on the program? You should really think about it. If you like to explore or help people out ... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000039145 | 4 | Scientists should deffinitely keep working with the developement of these cars. These cars could change the lives of drivers all around the world. Imagine the things we could do with these cars.
The developement of these cars could help prevent deadly accidents. These cars could also help make the driving environment ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | White | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000050031 | 1 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuite the dangers it present.
Venus is colled "Evening Star" Venus is the closes planet to Earth. human studuy Venus but can will dangerous because the human who study Venus no have idiea what are in ti's planet.If someting are ther like other species.The NASA is ... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038353 | 3 | Driverless cars could be the step toward a new world and new gerneration.
The driverless cars are not always a good thing though, because people feel the freedom of driving and love driving.
People also could have driver less taxi cabs, because of that over thousands of people would loose there jobs as a taxi driver.... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000560703 | 2 | i agree with the article, knowing that a technologly can be use to see how people emotions are is pretty cool for someone to know how you and another person is feeling. the resson why i agree to this passage is because i mean it has all sorts of context. the emotions that people have are very important because thats wh... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000202927 | 2 | The Facial Action Coding System a new technology that helps you to understand human emotions, it can calculate the movement of the major muscles of your face, it can recognize six basic emotions, and it can make a difference beetwen a real and a fake emotion
First, The Facial Action Coding System can calculate the mov... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000011513 | 3 | Driverless cars are not good. Why do we want more lazy people, more accidents or less reponsible people. By 2020 the world will be destroyed by all the unnessasary stuff we've built just to make it "better". Now a car that can drive itself is just going to make it worse for all of us humans.
Lazy people, we already ha... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000013521 | 2 | If i was a NASA scientist discussing the fase with someone who thinks it was created by aliens i would tell them that the face was not mad by aliens because it could of bin made by dust and wind or a deid person from milions of years ago also it can be a rock formed as a face .
first i think that the face could of ben... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000109863 | 2 | In 1976 the face was founf by NASA. the face was casued by a natural landform. NASA's Viking 1 was going around a planet and capturing pictues for a future place to land if they were to go to that planet, as they were going around they spotted a mark they sooned named it the Face on Mars, it reached nearly two miles fr... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000102221 | 4 | I do not think that there should be driverless cars. Driverless cars still need a driver in them. They also can drive around or know if a road is getting fixed. The cars could also be dangerous. These are reason why i think we should no have driverless cars.
First reason why we should have driverless cars, is because ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038902 | 4 | The development of driverless cars should be allowed.
Driverless cars would probably make driving safer all throughout the nation.
These cars would probably also be easier to handle and make driving more enjoyable.
In these days, there is the technology to help smarter cars prosper.
Driverless cars may have some ch... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | null | Asian/Pacific Islander | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000137134 | 4 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it talked about cars that are being created now where the driver does not need to be able to drive it, because it would drive on itself. Would this be the future? Many people say that this will become the future, but is it right to invest in them now? Some people say you sho... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000156297 | 3 | Our Earth is having a huge change by contamination, gloval warm,etc. Scientists are thinking further by searching life in other planets, this project wolud be a great idea, but this take a lt of time of investigations and stuff like that.
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Hispanic/Latino | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000022602 | 5 | In our society, technology is advancing significantly by the day. What was once a letter that took 10-day trip overseas to its appropriate destination is now just a simple text message that reaches a person within seconds. The automobile is an innovation that has also advanced dramatically, enough to the point where al... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000075828 | 2 | Luke should join the program because. It was a oppurtunity of a lifetime. And it would take care of the hurt or starving animals that were niglected during world war 2. we love animals and it would be a good paying job. It would make a huge impact on the enviorment. we also would travel across the world were they never... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000900233 | 2 | This technology that can read students' emotional expression is good. Because it can read student's behavior. For example if a student is becoming confused or bored,then the teacher will know it, by looking in the technology. Then the teacher will help the student for her or his problem. Student can also use this techn... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000070308 | 2 | About twenty-five years ago NASA's project Viking 1 took pictures of planet Mars. While taking pictures of Mars the showing of a face, near the Cydonia region on Mars, was found. People thought it was an alien artifact but, it was actually a natural landform. Shadows reflect off the landform to make it look like a face... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000116341 | 2 | I think the author support the idea Venus is a Challenging Planet very well. He talked about the Venus is a very challenge planet to study. Also the author use the example to show that. Also the talked about how NASA want to study Venus. It tells how hard it would be and how much it is challenging the scientists.
Venu... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | Asian/Pacific Islander | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000983464 | 1 | I support this new technology. It can be very useful in the future. With this new technology, we will be able to tell th emotions of some of the oldest painting. Some of history's greatest secrets could be unlocked with this technology. This technology can tell the facial expressions on anyone's face. It can be used in... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000364036 | 4 | Face Action Coding System (FACS) is a system designed to analyze and predict what emotions are being shown on a human face. The software can detect happieness, surprise, anger, fear, disgust, and sadness. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author describes FACS being used to display ads, change video games, a... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000020432 | 2 | The Seagoing Cowboys is mostly about helping other countries. We help them take care of the horses. They give us hay, and seeds to feed the horses.
We had to feed the horses, and cleaned there stables. If you like helping people, and animals than join. You have night watches each night, and you get to check on the hor... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000018179 | 3 | Do you really think the "Face on Mars" was created by aliens? The "Face" is nothing but an ordinary landform of Mars. Pictures, common sense, and science have proved that.
First, there are pictures that show what the "Face" really is. The "Face" is nothing but a common mesa(2). The mesa just looks like a face because ... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000038950 | 4 | In a couple of years, cars completely controlled by humans will be outdated. There are positive arguments and negative arguments about driverless cars. I am for positive cars for multiple reasons.
My first reason that driverless cars are a good idea involves drunk driving. If a preson is drunk and trys to drive somewh... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | Yes | White | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000092668 | 3 | In this article the author claims that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, even despite the dangers. The author tells us that Earth's "twin" is Venus and its also called our "planetary neighbor". The author wants us to be able to make a device or maybe
something that can travel to Venus to study and find multiple fact... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5073261 | 2 | Us citizens have advantages of limiting car usage. We have advantages because in Freiburg "street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg." This phrase basically talks about how the people in that district don't have any car/driving priv... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | Black/African American | F | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAOPP13416000025089 | 4 | Did you know driverless car coming? Imagine driverless cars no one drives them no more. Sensing the world can read positive and negative back. "Within 10 years. . . sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels." Driving or Assisting? BMW announced the development "Traffic Jam Assistant." "The car can ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Two or more races/Other | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000086510 | 2 | Do you know who the Seagoing Cowboys are and what they do? I will be stating reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys and an explanation of what you would do. This job could be or could not be the program for you.
I think that people should join this because of internatinal travel to help people across the globe. Also if ... | You have just read the article, 'A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves.' Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program allowed him to experience adventures and visit many unique places. Using information from the article, write an argument from Luke's point of view convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys ... | "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves
by Peggy Reif Miller
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II.
Luke Bomberger had no idea that his life would change soon after his high school graduation. He was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000052322 | 2 | Driverless cars are a good invention to have because they can prevent night crashes. Many car crashes occur when a person is tired or drunk. This car will take care of your driving if you're drunk or in a bad situation when you can't drive such as, being pregnant and alone.
First of all, let's say you are on a road tr... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
5188751 | 4 | Electoral College is the way American people get to chose who they want to represent their state or country. Why get rid of a system that has few flaws and gives people a since of picking their people? Electoral College should be kept because gives candiates a fair chance and lets everyone pick a representator.
To beg... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | Black/African American | F | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAAOPP13416000075685 | 3 | The Face, is it a natural landform or actual life on the planet Mars? In this argument I believe that the Face on the planet Mars is not alien life, but is a natural landform that has formed over periods of time.
I believe that the Face is a natural landform because of the information from the text.
Starting of on Ma... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000003775 | 3 | Driverless Cars
For this day, and age technogoly is a big part of our generation. Everyday a genious comes up with an idea that'll forever change the way we do things. Driveless cars are coming in the near future and, it doesn't sound very safe. Will individuals really put there trust in a car? Make sure you ask yours... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Two or more races/Other | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000728448 | 3 | It would be wonderful if some computer could read a humans emotion. Sometimes when we feel like we need help we tend not to ask for it. If a person might ask you whats wrong and you feel like lying a computer could help you out in that problem. So many people could be help emotionally.
Reading a students emotion when ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Hispanic/Latino | F | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000414119 | 3 | We all have emotions and how we express them can be different than how other people express them. In the article "making Mona Lisa Smile" it talks about a new software called 'Facial Action Coding System'. the facial coding system can help kids in school to learn the lesson better and the teachers adapt to the kids and... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAAOPP13416000007088 | 4 | In my opinion, driverless cars might be a good idea especially for some people that likes to travel alot. Driverless cars does not sound bad but to others,
they might say things like the car will malfunction and hit another car. There will always be an argument about driverless cars, saying that they are to dangerous ... | In the article “Driverless Cars are Coming,” the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Using details from the article, create an argument for or against the development of these cars. Be sure to include: your position on driverless cars; appropriate details from the article that suppor... | Driverless cars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | Black/African American | M | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Google cofounder Sergey Brin can. He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. The cars he foresees would use half t... | null | null | null |
5214678 | 2 | THE ADVANTAGES IN LIMITING CAR USAGE ARE VERY DRASTIC. IN THIS NEW APPOROACH STORES ARE PLACED A WALK AWAY, ON A MAIN STREET, RATHER THAN IN MALLS ALONG SOME DISTANT HIGHWAY. ANOTHER POSITIVE ON PUTTING LESS TIME IN YOUR CARS IS THAT THE POLLUTION LEVELS WILL DECLINE VERY MUCH SO. CONGESTION ON THE STREETS WENT DOWN BY... | Write an explanatory essay to inform fellow citizens about the advantages of limiting car usage. Your essay must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your respons... | Car-free cities | null | null | No | White | M | In German
Suburb, Life Goes On
Without Cars
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
VAUBAN, Germany—Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going
where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up
their cars.
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in th... | Paris bans
driving due to smog
by Robert Duffer
After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the
global city.
On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-number... | Car-free day is
spinning into a big hit in
Bogota
by Andrew Selsky
BOGOTA, Colombia—In a program that’s set to spread to other countries, millions of
Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving
the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams.
It was the ... | The End of Car
Culture
by Elisabeth Rosenthal
President Obama’s ambitious goals to curb the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions,
unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:
recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer
... |
AAAOPP13416000145753 | 4 | The Face isn't made by aliens becuase it is just a natural land form, and if we look at pictures taken be our spacecraft is will show us it is not a face. Also the Face was proven to be just a land form by Global Surveyor when it took a new picture in 2001.
The face is also not alian made becuase if it was there would... | You have read the article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars.' Imagine you are a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone who thinks it was created by aliens. Using information in the article, write an argumentative essay to convince someone that the Face is just a natural landform.Be sure to include: claims to supp... | The Face on Mars | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Unmasking the Face on Mars
Side by side: a Viking 1 photo from 1975, a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001.
New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: a mesa.
On May 24, 2001—Twenty fiv... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000029724 | 3 | "The Challenge of Expoloring venus" the author suggests that studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The article states that
"Venus is the closest plant
to
Earth
in terms
of density, and size, and occasionally
the clostest in distance."
Scientsits what to study Venus becasue
of it bei... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Not economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | F | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
AAAVUP14319000053510 | 4 | In "The Challenge of Expliring Venus," the author supports the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He does this by showing us the challenges Venus withholds, then gives us solutions to the problems and tells us why we should even explore Venus.
First, he provides problems the reader mi... | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Using details from the article, write an essay evaluating how well the author supports this idea. Be sure to include: a claim that evaluates how well the author supports the idea that studying ... | Exploring Venus | Economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | The Challenge of Exploring Venus
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even and amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe va... | null | null | null |
5164142 | 3 | When we vote for our next president, do you have a voice? When you vote, you pick an "ellectoral college" to do the real vote. Our founding fathers decided to establish it, It's a weird system to follow though. No matter who has the popular vote, over fifty percent of the votes, will not win because of this system. I b... | Write a letter to your state senator in which you argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Use the information from the texts in your essay. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your... | Does the electoral college work? | null | null | No | White | M | What Is the
Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the
Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and
election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The... | The Indefensible
Electoral College: Why even
the best-laid defenses of
the system are wrong
by Bradford Plumer
What have Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the
AFL-CIO all, in their time, agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electoral college! They’re not alone;
according to a Gallup ... | In Defense of the
Electoral College: Five
reasons to keep our
despised method of
choosing the President
by Judge Richard A. Posner
The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of
selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the
most po... | null |
AAATRP14318000407847 | 3 | There is great value in the use of having the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom of students. Many teachers could really benefit from using technology that reads emotions by knowing the kids better and helping them. If teachers were to use the Facial Action Coding System in their classroom, they could help the ... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Not economically disadvantaged | Not identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
AAATRP14318000944089 | 3 | I think that the new technology, FACS
which stands for facial action coding system is valuable. Because knowing how others are feeling can help develop stronger relationships and bonds with friends and family. And can also help a person console another person if they are feeling sad, lonely, and angry, even if the oth... | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Using details from the article, write an essay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom i... | Facial action coding system | Economically disadvantaged | Identified as having disability | No | White | M | Copyright Restricted | null | null | null |
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