write an essay arguing whether or not the electoral college is useful today.
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Explanation:

The Electoral College has been around since the beginning of democracy in America. The Founding Fathers set up the Electoral College in order to vote for a president every four years. The Electoral College gives each state, and D.C., a number of votes based on population. November 8th every four years, any citizen 18 years of age or older can vote for the candidate of their choosing. Based on the number of popular votes that candidate receives in each state, their matching Electors are activated to submit the final votes for a candidate. The president is decided off of the votes of the Electors. The method of the Electoral College in order to pick a president brings up issues with electors not being faithful, candidates will not visit every state, and the popular vote not counting.The Electoral College is the deciding factor in who becomes the next president. Parties when looking to nominate a candidate for presidency have to take into consideration, whether or not they will be able to get the most electoral votes in election. That issue alone leads to the possibly of a “not-so-great” person getting the nomination. The parties look at whether the candidate would be reliable and loyal to their party while in office, whether they are an obscure candidate or a celebrity, and whether they are prompt and firm or high-minded. A celebrity who is high-minded may be the better choice but because an “eminent man makes more enemies, and give those enemies more assailable points…they are far less desirable candidates” (Bryce 70). With that issue at hand the party has to decide which candidate will be the best for them in the end of the election. The party may go with either an obscure candidate or a celebrity, but they may have not been the better president.The way the electoral college works is that each state receives a minimum of three electoral votes in each election, but the state may have the population to only receive one. In order to combat the issue, the votes are taken from larger states with more electoral votes and give them to the states that need it. “Because of this process, the appointment of electoral votes always over-represents some states and under-represents others” (Edwards 2). Electors are given authority with the power to give the vote for their state. The question is whether they are “to think and act dependently, or are they merely agents of the people who choose them” (Edwards 19). This can be an issue for the people if their electors go against the wills of the people. Faithless Electors can lead to a “not-so-great president” coming in to power because their vote, going against the will of the people, can lead to the candidate people did not want to win to victory. Although this has never been a successful strategy in the past for some electors, it is still very possible. An elector can agree with the party’s views but not the candidate’s, so they could vote against them. If enough electors believe the same way, the electoral system can lead to tensions between the people and the Electoral College. Even though there are efforts to avoid a faithless elector, it can never be certain to stop. The Electoral College allows for the possibility of the “not-so-great” candidate to win in a state.The Electoral College decreases the chances of the more popular to candidate to always win. The number of votes per state leads to swing states where less people are voting for a candidate, but they are getting more electoral votes. A smaller state with more electoral votes can vote Republican and a larger state Democrat, but due to the vote distributions the Republican will win more votes in the end. The electoral votes are in favor of the candidate who may, in fact be the least liked candidate across the country. Without direct election of the candidates, the president who is “not-so-great” or popular amongst the people can win.Looking at how the Electoral College is set up, distributed, and mandated, it can be determined that it is flawed when it comes to picking the best candidate for the presidency. The better many may not even become the candidate because they will not get the votes, population is a hindrance in voting power, and the popular man may not win due to votes. In the end, the whole process of the Electoral College allows for issues when it comes to voting for the presidency and makes it possible for a “great” president to never get nominated.

In the interview, Debbie Rigaud’s says that one reason she wrote “Voilà!” was to acknowledge the “quietly suffering people” she saw as a child. Who is treated unfairly in “Voilà!” and in what way? Use text evidence to support your answer

Why does curly wife talk to lennie in the barn? ( mice of men chapter 5)

Text- " Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
Why does the narrator include descriptions of different types of men?
A. He uses them to illustrate how people face death differently
B. He includes these different types of men-- who all fight against dying, despite their differences-- to support his stance against giving up on living.
C. He contrasts how they face or conceptualize death versus how he does ( i.e passing peacefully versus raging against it.)
D. The speaker includes these different types of men in order to shame his father into living by attacking his masculinity.

Read an excerpt from "Television and the Public Interest" and answer the question. The speech was delivered by Newton N. Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to the nation’s television executives in 1961.

[1] … But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

[2] You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons. And endlessly, commercials—many screaming, cajoling, and offending. And most of all, boredom. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it.

[3] Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better? Well a glance at next season's proposed programming can give us little heart. Of 73 and 1/2 hours of prime evening time, the networks have tentatively scheduled 59 hours of categories of action-adventure, situation comedy, variety, quiz, and movies. Is there one network president in this room who claims he can't do better?

[4] The best estimates indicate that during the hours of 5 to 6 P.M. sixty percent of your audience is composed of children under twelve. And most young children today, believe it or not, spend as much time watching television as they do in the schoolroom. I repeat—let that sink in, ladies and gentlemen—most young children today spend as much time watching television as they do in the schoolroom. It used to be said that there were three great influences on a child: home, school, and church. Today, there is a fourth great influence, and you ladies and gentlemen in this room control it.

[5] If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school. What about your responsibilities? Is there no room on television to teach, to inform, to uplift, to stretch, to enlarge the capacities of our children? Is there no room for programs deepening their understanding of children in other lands? There are some fine children's shows, but they are drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more violence. Must these be your trademarks? Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day …

[6] You must provide a wider range of choices, more diversity, more alternatives. It is not enough to cater to the nation's whims; you must also serve the nation's needs. And I would add this: that if some of you persist in a relentless search for the highest rating and the lowest common denominator, you may very well lose your audience. Because … the people are wise, wiser than some of the broadcasters—and politicians—think.

What type of evidence does Minow use to develop the idea that there is little hope that programming will change?

By describing an example of what happened when he watched television for a day straight
By giving expert testimony that explains how damaging television is to the human mind
By including statistics on the number of planned hours of programming designed to entertain
By providing facts about how much television people and especially children watch

Read this sentence from the story.

They weren't his friends from home, but they still had good senses of humor, and excellent stories, and Malik found himself laughing along on the way home.

What does this sentence reveal about Malik's interaction with the boys?

Malik feels a bit uncomfortable and is struggling to fit in with the boys.

Malik is enjoying their company and is beginning to make friends with them.

Malik wants to hang out with the boys he meets, but he knows that eventually they will all move away.

Malik doesn't feel a connection to the boys like he does with his friend, Jamie, back home.​

If a poem makes use of figurative language like similes and metaphors, which TPDASTT
section does that fall under?

A: Title
B: Paraphrase
C: Diction
D: Theme

The waters know their own, and draw
The brook that springs in yonder height; So flows the good with equal law Unto the soul of pure delight.

What is the best interpretation?

Why was Mr. Sawicki called to the witness stand in the July 14th section?
A. Steve put him on his list of the people that he liked and liked him.
B. Mr. Sawicki was outside the drugstore and heard Mr. Nesbitt getting shot.
C. Mr. Sawicki is Mr. Nesbitt’s brother-in-law.
D. Mr. Sawicki heard Steve admit he was at the drugstore that day.

Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Page 286 End

Which came about as a result of the Industrial Revolution? Select all that apply.
A. more types of entertainment.
B. more books.
C. better jobs.
D. better educational opportunities

Paraphrase the following two sentences from the first paragraph of the selection.

The boy muscican Wich details from the text provides the best support for one of the central ideas

Read this sentence from "President Obama's National Address to America's Schoolchildren."

And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself…

What does the word discouraged mean?


out of control

not hesitating

very frightened

not hopeful

write a ONE PARAGRAPH

Why is it important for us to understand the difference between teenage brains and fully developed adult brains?

Part A

Based on the article, what can be inferred about our chances of one day understanding how the Egyptians built the pyramids?


It may take many years yet, but we will be able to discover how the pyramids were built.

Advances are being made, and new technology will reveal how the pyramids were built in the next 50-100 years.

We will likely discover how the pyramids were built in the near future.

We may never discover how the Egyptians built the pyramids.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?


"It increases the sense of awe and wonder, proving the amazing power of the rulers who built them."

"Built over 4,500 years ago, the pyramids served as proof of the power of the men who built them."

"How did ancient people with little understanding of modern engineering and no modern construction machines build them?"

"The real method remains a mystery. According to Kara Cooney…this is exactly what the ancient Egyptians wanted."











































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According to Esperanza what is a quincesñera

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from the book ‘brown girl dreaming’


What do Jackie, her grandmother, and her sister do on Saturday nights,
and why does Jackie ask her sister to read to her on those nights? *

The two Socs that approached the Greasers that were walking with Cherry and Marsha were



Bob and Jerry


Frank and Bob


Randy and Frank


Randy and Bob

The writer wants to replace the underlined word in sentence 10 (reproduced below) with a term that is consistent with the information provided in the sentence and maintains the style and tone of the passage.

The territorial wrasses at first reacted aggressively when presented with a mirror in their tank, but over time they developed erratic behavior: dancing and bobbing in front of the mirror, sometimes upside down.

Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

wacky
A

unusual
B

far-out
C

messed-up
D

offbeat

What Makes a good rapper?
I will mark you brainly

How does Roosevelt want Americans to respond to that conflict ?

How does society train guys to be guys and girls to be girls?

meaning of triumphantly​

After reading a novel set and written during the english civil war,you are tasked with writing a literary criticism of the work.Which approach would be the most fitting?

In "Racing the Storm," which character is a foil to Keri?
O Anastasia
O Lee
C the truck driver
• the waiter

I need help I’m stuck on this question

what does pore over mean?

write about
glance at
examine
copy

Holocaust survivor would feel about today’s use of the word, ‘ghetto’?

Write about the benefits of learning a new language

how much do you think the average pg&e bill is for a month in an. apartment in Solano county?​

I ONLY NEED IDEAS
Q: Write a story on " It was a great disappointment but this was a blessing in disguise".
I only need a main idea or prompt to write on, please share ideas.

(The sentence needs to be included in the story it can be included in beginning, starting , ending or middle, there are no restrictions to that)