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6d6e1d40b9b1 | 01E9D9CD5CBF | The study the ability of humans to read subatle changesin facial expressions, thast they appiled reverse correlation technique to reveal visual features that mediate understanding of emotion expressed by the face. Facial expression not only expresses emtions but also even help reproduce them. The thought of making face... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
bbd2ffd5524f | 01F69867D1BE | Have you ever ever been required to do a summer project that your not intreasted in? Certain schools in America require students to complete summer projects to ensure they are still learning over break. Students are often assined teacher designed projects. While most students complete these over summer projects many st... | Lead | Effective |
d149f0653fd1 | 01F69867D1BE | To improve student input schools should move towards student designed projects so students will be more intrested and and involved in the project. | Position | Effective |
d9f3089308c7 | 01F69867D1BE | While a summer project is not something most students would like to do over there break, teachers could allow there students to choose a topic or unit to base there project on. | Claim | Effective |
199aea4ae355 | 01F69867D1BE | Students can use this to there advantage and choose a topic they were intreasted. Students could learn and still enjoy working on the project. Students also have an easier time working on topics that they have knowledge on allowing them to complete there work easily. Students can take advantage of being able to design ... | Evidence | Effective |
6a1cca1e1142 | 01F69867D1BE | Students being able to design there projects could allow the student to create something they enjoy doing over the summer with friends and family, rather then students thinking of it as another teacher assined project that is boring | Claim | Effective |
f4416adbb49e | 01F69867D1BE | Instead they can create something that they think of as fun but still educates them. They could also use this project to study or learn upcoming cirriculum for next year. This would allow the student to get a head start on future units and topics. | Evidence | Adequate |
7a19c3831933 | 01F69867D1BE |
Overall schools that require summer break projects should move towards student designed projects over teacher designed ones. When students have the ability to choose from certain topics and units they can decide what is best for them. Using the project to work on material that they were intrested in through out the ye... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
8ce8856c5e66 | 021663FD2F2E | In The article "Making The Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto how the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions | Lead | Adequate |
5fabd9b3a221 | 021663FD2F2E | this new technology is valuable. | Position | Adequate |
d1c5f0d13151 | 021663FD2F2E | The Mona lisa demonstration really intended to bring a smile to your face this while just imagine how a computer knows when you're happy or sad thats crazy. For example, if you smile as soon as a web ad appears on the screen another ad will follow. Lets say that you frown the next ad will be different from the one you ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
da54c636c445 | 021663FD2F2E | However the new technology is valuable by telling you how what are your human emotions. For example a classroom computer can show when a student is bored or getting confused. Also it can classified six different motions | Claim | Adequate |
73c183f965dd | 021663FD2F2E | Therefore this New technology is valuable for the students in classrooms. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
f6c1cbd86aff | 022EE73C4244 | Almost every student knows the dread of going back to school. The easy and laid back summer fads out and suddenly it's back to the old grind. The sleeping in till noon goes back to waking up at six, bathing suits get put back in the closet, and the sun tans fade. Yet, almost every student can relate to the one thing th... | Lead | Effective |
fe37cadc0c6b | 022EE73C4244 | If teachers gave students the opportunity to discover their own work, and maybe even a passion, students work would be of a higher quality and it might actually have them excited to go back to school. | Position | Effective |
5ac75720d785 | 022EE73C4244 | When someone decidedly does not like something, you can't force them to like it, no matter how hard you try. That is what it can feel like for students when teachers assign work that is not interesting to them over and over again. There is no way for every part of classwork to interest students, but teachers could make... | Evidence | Adequate |
315a20da8ef8 | 022EE73C4244 | When students have the ability to decide what they will study in a project, they are more excited and more willing to get the work done. | Claim | Effective |
5d1e0a284fca | 022EE73C4244 | Having students choose their project will save both the teachers and students from the painful force feeding of information. | Evidence | Adequate |
3726d4fd11d5 | 022EE73C4244 | Now, this assignment can not be a free for all, that would not be completely fair. There may be some students who go above and beyond while some may do the bare minimum and call it done. | Counterclaim | Effective |
a5b52f9c901e | 022EE73C4244 | To avoid this scenario teachers could implement some sort of rubric or guidelines for what the student chosen project would have to include and how they will go about grading it. This way the playing field is level and everyone has the opportunity to succeed. | Rebuttal | Effective |
e3354441c900 | 022EE73C4244 | A common issue faced with summer work is the student procrastination. Obviously no one wants to do schoolwork on their vacation so it is common practice to put it off for as long as possible and then rush the night before. Even if there was three months to do it! | Evidence | Adequate |
a25ac5272d77 | 022EE73C4244 | With a student chosen project, students may feel more inclined to do their work because working on something that interests them won't feel like such a chore. | Claim | Effective |
66e5faf2eabb | 022EE73C4244 | The end of summer is not fun for anyone involved, students and teachers alike. Why would we want to dampen the vacation with unexciting work looming over students heads the whole time. Students should feel excited to go back to school and be they should have something to look foward to sharing with their classes. It is... | Concluding Statement | Effective |
5f20ed34ee51 | 023CEE52C08C | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it tals about how scientest are working on new technology to overcome the chalanges of Venus and its complications. | Position | Ineffective |
7ff80a11c483 | 023CEE52C08C | In the begining of the artical it talks abou how Venus isthe second closest planet from the sun and how it is one of the two most similar planets to Earth. Since it has similarities to Earths' size and density scientest have sentunmanded spacecrafts to Venus to investigate.
Unfortunatlly no space craft has survived ac... | Evidence | Ineffective |
6460c3c57613 | 023CEE52C08C | With all these complications though scientest still are curious about this dangerous planet. | Claim | Adequate |
0859f09e1301 | 023CEE52C08C | In the second sentance of the fourth paragraph it explains that astronomers are curious because it may have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. The planet resembles a surface with rocky sediment and includes things such as valleys, mountains, and craters.
In the fifth paragraph it states that NASA is ... | Evidence | Ineffective |
7a64b833e900 | 023CEE52C08C | Now this doesn't get the scientest what they want exactly what they want | Claim | Ineffective |
bc308615acee | 023CEE52C08C | because due to the planets atmospher light doesn't peneatrate very well making it difficult to observe ground conditions. It also limits the amount that you would see in pictures and vidoes of the planet. Many researchers are working on new inventions so macheines will last longer on the harsh planet.
For example in t... | Evidence | Ineffective |
927aa74c8d21 | 023CEE52C08C | Scientest are working hard to accheve this goal to explore this harsh mystery planet. They accept the challanges that come with it and they strive to succeed not only to gain insight but to quench their curiosity that all humans have about this planet and the possibilities that it could lead to. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
ba3f708db030 | 02A3E737A10F | Students shouldn't have to participate in one extracurricular activity or any | Position | Adequate |
efeb7a805421 | 02A3E737A10F | Students have other things to do at home | Claim | Adequate |
03205305e7bd | 02A3E737A10F | Many students have a lot of things to do at home and they're already busy with other things. Students have a lot of homework to do from different teachers. For an example students are given a lot of homework and have chores to do at home like cleaning clothes, taking care of their pets, cleaning the house or taking car... | Evidence | Effective |
e0c8f73f08a4 | 02A3E737A10F | I disagree with the principal that every student must participate in an activity because not everyone is sporty, want to stay inside and do the yearbook or serve on the student council. | Claim | Adequate |
0d1e519f6453 | 02A3E737A10F | Some kids just want to go home and relax a bit after doing work at school or some just want to play games to realest their stress of school. | Claim | Adequate |
5986a3e97577 | 02A3E737A10F | I think that students don't need to participate an any sort of activity that has to do with school because people want their minds off of school and not have to worry so much about it. Kids just wanna have fun out of school and don't want to do anything school related. Well most kids don't want anything to do with scho... | Evidence | Adequate |
a9d46712d873 | 02A3E737A10F | I think that the principal should not decided that every single gosh darn student should do an extracurricular activity. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
e36134b9e9ac | 02DACD6071FD | Have you every herd about the story " A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves"? If you haven't you get to become a Seagoing Cowboy. You also don't just watch farm animals you can stop at places like Greece,Itay,& China on your trip. | Lead | Adequate |
9312c509fc2f | 02DACD6071FD | You have to try this out | Position | Adequate |
b5812a378920 | 02DACD6071FD | When you go and become a Seagoing Cowboy you get to live on a boat with farm animals. Also while on your way to your distanation you get to stop at cool places. You can stop Greece,Italy,& China. Also even a castle. You get to see different cultures. When your fun and amazing trip comes to an end and you have to go hom... | Evidence | Adequate |
2fdae40d3aab | 02DACD6071FD | I belevie if you do go you would have one of the best time of your life. | Claim | Adequate |
9a07bfe21f26 | 02DACD6071FD | Also keep in mind this is to help paces after World War II. | Claim | Adequate |
7fd6e0773bcf | 02DACD6071FD | And you get to see how this world changed from a war. And how people are doing in their new home that was maybe was distroed. And when you do help you see how the people are happy and so thankful for you help with supplies. So they can now live again with some comfort. | Evidence | Ineffective |
8c6277128522 | 02DD203E0599 | This essay is about if drivers should or not be able to use cell phones in any capacity while operating a vehicle. | Lead | Adequate |
bc0f305560fc | 02DD203E0599 | I strongly feel like drivers shouldn't be able to use their cell phones while operating a vehicle because it can be dangerous for them and everyone else on the road. | Position | Adequate |
891ea1f779cd | 02DD203E0599 | Using your cellphone can actually be deadly | Claim | Adequate |
7fccafa75c59 | 02DD203E0599 | because cell phones can cause inattention blindness while driving, you are putting yourself and others around you in danger, and placing a ban on cell phone use while driving is proven to be effective.
| Evidence | Adequate |
54a1880a8c04 | 02DD203E0599 | Using your cell phone while driving is very common nowadays. | Claim | Adequate |
09c1436528db | 02DD203E0599 | When people use their cell phones while driving it sometimes has a negative effect. Cell phone usage while driving is a common occurrence in today's society. Unfortunately, it often has a negative impact on drivers using phones and those surrounding them. Because of the growing popularity of cellular devices in modern ... | Evidence | Adequate |
86b011929354 | 02DD203E0599 | When you are using your cell phone while driving, you're doing all three types which are manual, visual, and cognitive. | Claim | Ineffective |
492b86b8daf0 | 02DD203E0599 | Manual distraction is when you are taking your hands off the wheel for even just a split second. Many deadly accidents are caused by someone bending down to simply pick up their phone that fell on the floor of the car. Many of us don't realize how distracted we are when using our cell phones until we look up from our s... | Evidence | Adequate |
9bac6a121820 | 0300455258CB | There is a lot of young teenagers and also adults getting into car accidents. Its because of our cellular devices, texting while driving. | Position | Adequate |
c3bfa0bd98cc | 0300455258CB | Teens and adults spend most of their time on their cellular devices. They are either on social media or texting. Nobody gets on the phone anymore its all about texting now | Evidence | Ineffective |
b00c67691273 | 0300455258CB | It is very dangerous to text while driving | Claim | Adequate |
ccb725ab9e17 | 0300455258CB | because you are putting more attention on texting then the road, and they take their eyes off the road while they are driving, which increases the chance that the driver can lose control of the car, and could get into a car accident or worse die. Texting and driving are worse than drinking and driving | Evidence | Adequate |
57632ebf19b7 | 0300455258CB | Also, it's illegal to text and drive but people still do it cause they don't think about the consequences or what could happen. | Claim | Adequate |
89084575ca31 | 0300455258CB | Texting and driving is one thing you should not be doing cause a lot of things could happen and texting is not worth risking your life. When you can wait to text the person back or just get on the phone using Bluetooth to the car and talk, its better than risking your life or someone else. | Evidence | Adequate |
b8212dd34061 | 030F2D5F039D | Yes, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable | Position | Adequate |
e5ae92d2ff47 | 030F2D5F039D | so students can study and understand how the artist felt when he or she painted on the canvis. | Claim | Ineffective |
3389d2d2b95a | 030F2D5F039D | They could be happy, sad, surprise, angery, disgusted,and afraid. | Evidence | Adequate |
a2b19fe0dd8c | 030F2D5F039D | The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is a good thing, because not only students can the device but middle age people can use the device too. | Claim | Adequate |
c0df93775ef2 | 030F2D5F039D | paragraph 1 said "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.";and how we know that? you may ask. The FACS "Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS" witch was stated in paragrah 3; they said all 44 major muscles in the model must m... | Evidence | Ineffective |
880138981a1e | 030F2D5F039D | Paragraph 4 said "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" and that means every you move your expressions change. They also gave an example they said like not smiling as broadly. They can move and mix emotions in da vinci's masterpiece witch the Mona Lisa useing the FACS. Dr. Huang's new computer software... | Evidence | Ineffective |
eb5b82158731 | 030F2D5F039D | So lets say you was trying to see all of your mom's emotions in one picture, | Evidence | Adequate |
e20f767ca9de | 030F2D5F039D | by useing FACS you can move rotate and mix emotions to figer out your mom emotions, and to have students and teacher do that thats cool | Claim | Adequate |
87e885430b55 | 030F2D5F039D | So yes, its valuable. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a49c23db6764 | 037059DAD8EF | "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions." -Nick D'Alto. The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is very amusing system that can read how a human is feeling. The thought of a computer software being able to decipher what I'm feeling is shocking.... | Lead | Adequate |
3c3b0c54835c | 037059DAD8EF | I believe the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of a student in a classroom is valuable. | Position | Adequate |
b74a11853b35 | 037059DAD8EF | There are many reasons why I agree with the use of the FACS. For instint, technlogy would be able to identify how you feel about what you're learning, | Claim | Adequate |
3d6c668d1896 | 037059DAD8EF | it'll make you a more emotional person | Claim | Adequate |
db8889f0ff9f | 037059DAD8EF | it will help you stay on task. | Claim | Adequate |
7742d3a09234 | 037059DAD8EF | I think the FACS has a good chance of changing the future in a possitive way. | Claim | Adequate |
1aaf01867a83 | 037059DAD8EF | The FACS was desinged to to recognize six everyday emotions. This would be helpful when a student is confused or does not understand what the teacher is trying to teach. | Claim | Adequate |
2c8d3582a012 | 037059DAD8EF | The system could then modify the classwork that the student is working on. With more practice the computer could then change the difficultiness of the assignment according to how the student feels. For an example lets say a gentelman is stuck on a math problem. The frustration that the gentelman is showing will be seen... | Evidence | Adequate |
223f88c57968 | 037059DAD8EF | The positive effect that the FACS has on the students is another reason why it will be vaulable in classrooms. | Claim | Adequate |
b6e3d5f4bc10 | 037059DAD8EF | In the passage it says," According to Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expreess emotions, but also may even help produce them. ("Putting on a happy face" actually works!)". This proves that it has been proven by experts that this system could help spread positive vibes. "Whoever th... | Evidence | Ineffective |
b2f2c65c8168 | 037059DAD8EF | Finally, the FACS could help identify when students are bored and are not paying attention. | Claim | Adequate |
d0faef02f15f | 037059DAD8EF | This will help a student pay attention and not stay behind. The solution to this would be to modify the infromation to be interesting or less difficult for a student. I assume that this would decrease the amount of missing assignments and improve grades. This will be better fro the students to gain knowledge. | Evidence | Adequate |
11fba8973075 | 037059DAD8EF | In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System should be used in classrooms for students. They will help improve their interest in topics at school, help the students understand better, it will help students be more possitive, and finally is will have a big impact on all of us. The Facial Action Coding System would be a... | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
a2db434c4ab5 | 0411A43FF828 | How much value would come out of going to Venus? Scientists have tried many times to study Venus. Unfortunatley, they've always come out as failures. People could argue that the effort of studying Venus is useless and ineffective. However, scientists have little to no knowledge of how the planets in our solar system we... | Lead | Effective |
0e5d095f7af2 | 0411A43FF828 | The author of the article is right about the exploration of Venus being a worthy pursuit. | Position | Adequate |
4508ca456dfa | 0411A43FF828 | The author of the article does mention how difficult it is to study Venus by bringing up the planet's harsh atmosphere in Paragraph 3 | Counterclaim | Adequate |
bc108d224e7f | 0411A43FF828 | Which further proves his point how valuable it is to study Venus. | Evidence | Ineffective |
0582e9b6bba1 | 0411A43FF828 | He also points out that Venus may have been a lot like Earth a long time ago in Paragraph 4. | Claim | Adequate |
920e6b44d345 | 0411A43FF828 | This doesn't just further our understanding of Venus, but it may also give us more information about Earth as well. | Evidence | Adequate |
13851dce0740 | 0411A43FF828 | In Paragraph 5, the author mentions NASA's plans on how to study Venus. | Claim | Adequate |
4a223be3f9cf | 0411A43FF828 | He does mention that those plans may have challenges fo their own in Paragraph 6. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
ac0ded4b9bcc | 0411A43FF828 | The author pushes to try those plans out in a realistic manner. The author being realistic with the reader, makes the reader want agree with him more. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
7c17dbb34874 | 0411A43FF828 | The author backs up his suggestion with great evidence, but does it in a realistic way. He realizes how dangerous it is to study, but pushes for it by bringing up how little we know about Venus. The author's suggestion is correct and scientists need to find a way to study Venus. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
97caf0b48e4b | 04147BBED91A | New software has been developed that improves accuracy in percieving the emotions of others | Lead | Adequate |
5bfc73ad40f2 | 04147BBED91A | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom could be valuable, or it could be a waste of time, depending on how you look at it. | Position | Adequate |
ee7e01c3ffc3 | 04147BBED91A | Technology has been upgraded throughout recent decades, and most recently, technology has taken a different approach. The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe. Dr. Huang and his colleagues are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to commu... | Evidence | Adequate |
401421cde43d | 04147BBED91A | Having physical contact is very important when it comes to emotions, using a computer to detect, sounds a bit far-fetched. Schools have teachers, and school counselors, so that students can talk express how they feel. Some people don't see why this feature could possibly be useful in a classroom. | Claim | Adequate |
f225251a6e00 | 04147BBED91A | There are many issues going on in the world, much worse than trying to figure our expressions. So, why aren't we using this tchnology, and these smart people to work on something more important? Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad, what would you need it for | Evidence | Ineffective |
44b6cc50a239 | 04147BBED91A | Human communication is very important, using a computer to detect how you feel is simply a waste of time, in some opinions. Making faces can reveal so much about the science of emotion. | Claim | Adequate |
058f4ce3597e | 04147BBED91A | On the other hand, what could the Facial Action Coding System be useful for in classrooms? Students may be able to use this feature in physiciatry studies | Counterclaim | Adequate |
311d9dc7492f | 04147BBED91A | Students may also use this feature in art classes to really capture what the artist was depicting in the work. For instance, this new software was able to create percentages of Mona Lisa's emotions. The latest innovation in computer software may be very useful for art classes, knowing how a person may be feeling in a p... | Evidence | Effective |
2953f330d3ea | 04147BBED91A | However, a computer cannot feel, cannot have sympathy, and cannot understand many things about humans. | Rebuttal | Adequate |
0f1fbaff772e | 04147BBED91A | Reaching the final conclusion is up to you. Is a computer being able to identify your emotions useful in classrooms, or not? | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ba6a9d0294ee | 04217B837E28 | Venus is a very dangrus planet its ben proven, not one human has lasted more than a few hours floating above the fray,its been more than three decades since a space ship has tuched venus but | Lead | Ineffective |
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