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e678c22ef64f | F53C55BBD326 | When you are asking for advice, it is smart for you to ask for multiple opinions on the subject. | Claim | Effective |
b1954976d763 | F53C55BBD326 | For example, if you wanted to know what you should wear to a social gathering, it would be best to ask more than one person for advice. By asking multiple peoples opinions, you are be able to see what people of various ages and style standpoints have to say about certain clothing. | Evidence | Adequate |
0ec7ca34c9b0 | F53C55BBD326 | Asking for more than one persons advice and opinions on a subject is a great way to make the best choice about something. | Position | Effective |
d7f41cfba4f1 | F53C55BBD326 | seeking multiple opinions on something is a great way to make important decisions is because if you dont't, you could end up being offensive towards somebody. | Claim | Effective |
b17822733547 | F53C55BBD326 | An example would be if you are going to a costume party and you want to wear something inspired by a certain culture, you should ask multiple people. This is the best way to go about making this choice, because if you just ask one persons opinion, that one person might lead you in the wrong direction. If you ask multiple people for advice, you are able see how certain people would react and what they have to say. Knowing different opinions on something is wonderful because it helps you better understand how to be respectful. | Evidence | Adequate |
dc54b4a5cb4e | F53C55BBD326 | Not only does seeking more than one opinion on something help you make the best choices and be respectful of others, but it can also help you in the future. | Claim | Effective |
c14e15f85a63 | F53C55BBD326 | Your actions are never really forgotten. They can be forgiven, or almost forgotten, but they will always be tucked in your mind or somebody else's mind. Sometimes people aren't very cautious about what they say or do, and they don't think about how others might get affected by their actions. Asking multiple people for advice is greatly rewarding because it gives you a sense of many opinions and feelings on a certain subject. Having good and varying advice can help stop you from doing something you might regret later on. Instead of jumping to conclusions and caving in to your impulse, you should ask as many people as you can for advice. That way, you can have time to think about what to do in a bad situation. | Evidence | Effective |
112b6bd6cb13 | F53C55BBD326 | knowing and asking for multiple opinions is the best way to make your choices in life. If you don't seek for more than one persons advice, you could end up in a bad situation. People of different cultures, ages, and moral views will come up with different advice. Asking multiple people for advice is a great way to correctly make important decisions in your life. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
ea10a50daf4a | F54BD89B665A | Advancements in how we are providing education continue to grow in the number of options for how one is receiving their education, Attending classes in school is a way that a majority of people receive their education, although some students are provided the opportunity and option to receive education outside of the typical school environment, this being options to learn from home. These options can include online courses, or a video conference. | Lead | Effective |
286d878c5978 | F54BD89B665A | Students would not benefit from an education outside of the school environment as much as they would attending school | Position | Effective |
a4343fb8e7ea | F54BD89B665A | being separated from a learning environment makes it more difficult to complete work and focus, | Claim | Effective |
c8ddcbe3b18e | F54BD89B665A | participating in an online course allows for a lack of communication and ideas from other peers, | Claim | Effective |
2e7d298d33d3 | F54BD89B665A | receiving help from a teacher or an instructor would be more limited and restricted if one were to take an online course.
| Claim | Effective |
9218d0408234 | F54BD89B665A | When working in an environment other than school, in this case at home, there is a removed focus of the student due to the setting they are in, and it may make learning more difficult in terms of concentration. | Claim | Effective |
be6204bb4f4c | F54BD89B665A | Take for example, completing an online course. When students are at home taking the online course, they are placed in a more comfortable environment that lacks a working ambiance. Consequently, there is a greater chance that the student could focus their attention away from the work because of distractions that may include: television, chores, video games, and others. They may also more easily have the tendency to slack off and fall behind. While completing work at a school, students are surrounded by materials that place them in the mindset of their education, and provided help and support that encourages learning and success, rather than the at home comforts. Fortunately, at school there are a limited number of things that will focus ones attention away from what is needed to be completed, and done to the fullest potential with effort. In a working environment the encouragement to learn not only comes from the instructors, but also the other students that also attend the school. | Evidence | Effective |
6af13203cb15 | F54BD89B665A | Provided a student takes a course outside of a school, they are not always given the opportunity to have other peers around that are earning the same education. | Claim | Effective |
7de812b6fea0 | F54BD89B665A | Some may claim that independent work is a better option | Counterclaim | Adequate |
927b9bee8a85 | F54BD89B665A | but what is so beneficial from attending a school is that students are exposed to other ideas developed by other students, and can participate in engaging discussions to make further achievements. | Rebuttal | Effective |
4e9757deb4db | F54BD89B665A | Through these shared concepts, students can learn and comprehend more information off of one another, and make connections through certain ideas that are shared in class. This is demonstrated not only through group assignments, but through the participation of students during a class lesson. When a student is called on to share aloud, they are sharing an idea that may benefit someone else's learning experience, and help with their improvement and understanding of the curriculum in the class. School group projects allow students to share their ideas towards one another and further their comprehension of the relevant information. The students may develop a new way to perceive the topic, which, beneficially, is crucial for their success in the course and in the future. Ideas are not only defined through other students, but are defined through the professionalism the teachers carry in the course. | Evidence | Effective |
8322aaa6cd38 | F54BD89B665A | Students knowledge is generated through in person help from instructors, given that students struggle to make a connection and perceive the topic. | Claim | Effective |
e6613c2ffde8 | F54BD89B665A | Online courses do not give the opportunity for students to ask engaging and purposeful questions to help them make achievements. If students who are participating in taking an online course at home begin to struggle in a course, the lack of communication from someone who is experienced may further complicate that situation; however teachers i school direct students primarily to succeed in the course, and are willing to provide all the help necessary for a student's success. Even if students are taking a course through, for example a video conference, they still are not gaining the same help. If a video conference lesson was for a math course, it would be complicated for a teacher to view the mistakes made on practice that a student completed, and directly present to them what they did incorrectly. Teachers roles are to expand and elaborate on topics, so a student is able to gain a full understanding of the curriculum necessary for a test, or a future assessment. Those who are taking a course at home do not gain that full elaboration or background knowledge as a student who is receiving in person instruction would. | Evidence | Effective |
872b8bbe7dc2 | F54BD89B665A | It is crucial for a person who wants a full and purposeful learning experience to attend an actual school. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
60bc7751362d | F54BD89B665A | Although some may make claim that taking a course at home provides for more personal time to complete other necessary tasks, and can learn the same information as those who are attending an actual school, | Counterclaim | Effective |
64f3031a1c46 | F54BD89B665A | those that are not educated in a school aren't receiving the same fulfillment and educational opportunities as those who are educated in a school environment. | Rebuttal | Effective |
f17486199fcb | F54BD89B665A | Some may also believe that at home courses aren't as complex and are more flexible, | Counterclaim | Effective |
76eb2b38c3aa | F54BD89B665A | but they allow for more mistakes, and less knowledge gained through them. | Rebuttal | Effective |
cfcab842d155 | F54BD89B665A | Schools are not only beneficial but are crucial success not only in the courses they are taking, but in future roles, whether that be, for example, in a career, or becoming financially stable. Secondary options to attending a school, like courses at home, are not the same and do not hold the same roles or positions as a school do in the sense of a person's success. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
06fafd562bea | F6CA5589DCDA | Money. Technology. Opportunity | Lead | Ineffective |
73cdf43f6bdc | F6CA5589DCDA | students to attend classes from home by way of online more benefit and against for students. | Position | Ineffective |
431343d0dfca | F6CA5589DCDA | Students to attend classes from by of online is good to save time. | Claim | Adequate |
20677a648db7 | F6CA5589DCDA | However, It cost a lot of money. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
5c09441f64a5 | F6CA5589DCDA | In today's world , most of students can accesses education at home according to
The Washington post | Evidence | Ineffective |
90e70802c117 | F6CA5589DCDA | . Although, some schools offer distance learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing,nevertheless, students can not get a chance to make a new friend because their are not allowed to go school | Counterclaim | Adequate |
0327a45a8473 | F6CA5589DCDA | If they attend classes from online and no more opportunity to meet new people. spending time with friend helps student to be a confident person and gives more experiences.
| Evidence | Adequate |
fee440a4eeee | F6CA5589DCDA | To begin, a lot of students work on weekend also some students work after school too. For example, most of students are working forty five hours in a week. This shows that more students can get tried so they do not like to go school. They just like to focus on their education by an online | Evidence | Adequate |
9a3e10d990e3 | F6CA5589DCDA | Clearly, It is important to use a technology at home because we do not need to spend our time and students might can not get a ride on time. Technology is the best to makes a life easier. | Claim | Adequate |
c6440d530e95 | F6CA5589DCDA | Besides, the technology make us a lazy and affect on our body. For example,when we use our smart phone it so bad on our an eyes. | Counterclaim | Adequate |
f8723a899744 | F6CA5589DCDA | Furthermore, students to attend classes from home by way of online might expensive to start a class,because students can not get enough money for online class | Counterclaim | Adequate |
8c5947973d6f | F6CA5589DCDA | Actually, it cost a lot of money so students going to ask their parents to cover the paid. For example, parents can not allowed for their children to attend on an online because public school is free for all students. They just do not like to pay on an online for student and they think student can not understand on an online. | Evidence | Adequate |
8fb751a0cb3d | F6CA5589DCDA | Students would benefit from being able to attend classes from home. This shows that how students should learn more stuff by way of online. | Evidence | Ineffective |
7abacad86b68 | F6CA5589DCDA | Obviously, learning as an option for students to attend classes from home by way of online more interesting thing. | Claim | Ineffective |
e9bf73522c5d | F6CA5589DCDA | Overall, attend classes from by way of online make students confused | Counterclaim | Adequate |
e81a3a7af9ed | F6CA5589DCDA | If the student do not get it something in the class then students always have a chance to ask the teacher what going on that stuff, but an online some students even more difficult to understand what the teacher talking about. Sometimes it is better to look the people how they focusing on their action, because we do what we see. students can make a mistakes but they can learn from each other. | Evidence | Adequate |
abd17a0af1cc | F6CA5589DCDA | Attend classes an online more useful on this time; to learn how to use different apps, get learn more option. and it is necessary.
| Claim | Adequate |
44272de7b63a | F6CA5589DCDA | In conclusion, students to attend classes from home of online more benefit and against for students. | Concluding Statement | Ineffective |
a3d8698c7c05 | F93D06BC99D8 | Once, there was a woman named Generic_Name who was tasked with budgeting her family's money and spending it in the best way. She needed to decide whether to stay home during Spring break and spend a little more on food and eating out more often, or she could go on a vacation and use less money on dining out. There is no bad decision here, she thinks, but the vacation that her family wants is very expensive so budgeting would be harder. She asks her friend, Generic_Name, who just took a family vacation, about whether she should take out money to spend on this lavish vacation. She decides, based on Generic_Name's opinion and based on her own, that she should allot funds to this vacation that the family wants over Spring break, and eat out less often. She found later that she made the poorer of the two decisions. Did you know that many people around the world receive advice every day, and learn that the advice they received was incorrect. Those people deeply regret their decision that they made earlier that was incorrect | Lead | Effective |
89dad7582a79 | F93D06BC99D8 | Seeking multiple opinions when you are making a decision helps you make a better choice | Position | Adequate |
6a0f352d4797 | F93D06BC99D8 | it allows you more views of a topic | Claim | Effective |
100f7998e9d3 | F93D06BC99D8 | it gives you a higher chance of having correct advice | Claim | Adequate |
a267f0441467 | F93D06BC99D8 | it is mathematically easier to make a decision with multiple opinions. | Claim | Effective |
6aa24b0e5b6d | F93D06BC99D8 | As you seek multiple opinions, you can see different sides of the issue that you maybe didn't know about. While this happens, you can find minor issues in your argument or point of view. These issues can be easily resolved before you make the decision, but after the decision happens, it is final and cannot be changed. By asking many people their ideas, you can get a better selection of viewpoints and opinions, just like in a research project, where you want to get information from multiple sources, not just ones that you agree with. When you combine all three of these reasons, you can find the better outcome that there is to be chosen from in your decision that you are making. Furthermore, with these multiple views, you will most likely get correct advice. | Evidence | Adequate |
4cbcc30e00c5 | F93D06BC99D8 | When you are seeking advice you will have a higher chance of finding the correct decision because getting multiple options can make finding the general consensus easier, it can help you in finding poor decisions, and it gives you past decisions to see what happened and what might happen to you | Claim | Effective |
f3f6f26da2a3 | F93D06BC99D8 | When you know several opinions, you have a better understanding of how others feel about the issue and can reach a general consensus, what the majority of people think, about the topic that you are deciding upon, which can make the correct advice easier to find. By seeking multiple opinions, you can find which ones are poor choices and which ones are ingenious ideas and doing this can make finding correct advice easier. If you seek multiple opinions, you may find out that others have had to make the same decision and had a positive outcome who'se decision you may want to follow. You also may find people who have made bad choices that you would not want to follow. By doing these three things, you increase your chances of finding correct information in the advice that others give you. If you get correct advice by asking multiple people, or if you don't ask anyone and make the wrong choice, you would be on trend mathematically with how many people you talk to, and your result. | Evidence | Effective |
483742b96681 | F93D06BC99D8 | For many decisions, you don't need advice of your peers, but some do, and it is best for those that you get more than one opinion. Studies have shown, that the more sources you have, the more likely you are to make a correct decision, and likewise, the less sources you have, the weaker your decision will be. When you have more people's opinions, you have a higher chance of finding the general consensus and making the correct decision. By mathematics and by logic, you should be able to find correct advice if you have more opinions and beliefs. | Evidence | Effective |
b1f96b34280e | F93D06BC99D8 | Generic_Name found out much later that she made the wrong decision about the Spring break vacation. While her family was on vacation, she learned that there was a Martian Flu outbreak at her office and she will not be able to work along with her husband, who was recently fired.
When Generic_Name made the decision, she should have known that many of her coworkers had Martian Flu and that it was starting to spread when she planned the vacation. She lost two paychecks and they had to live on savings for a few months until they ran out of savings. Generic_Name's husband got a loan from the bank and they barely had enough food to survive, but Generic_Name learned her lesson. This lesson was when making a major decision, you should seek multiple opinions before you make the final decision. When people make a decision, they sometimes don't get a second or third opinion, and they make a poor choice. If only these people were able to make a better decision and be given more. Had they asked more people for advice, they would be able to see that they were wrong and that the other people were correct. In order to make a correct decision, you need to seek advice and this helps you by giving you more points of view, gives you a higher chance of finding correct advice, and puts math on your side. So next time you need advice, ask multiple people their decision, this will drastically improve the outcome of your decision. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
a4b420e3e878 | FA1CE35CA43F | Hook: Talking to more than one person when seeking advice is a better choice
Bridge: seeking more than one persons advice helps you get ideas | Lead | Adequate |
2a16a9b35d03 | FA1CE35CA43F | Thesis: Talking to more than one person when seeking advice is a better choice | Position | Adequate |
00e40ad46796 | FA1CE35CA43F | you get to hear the different pieces of advice and which piece is most recommended | Claim | Adequate |
c9a92d5862da | FA1CE35CA43F | it gives you many options of pieces of advice you can take. | Claim | Adequate |
522ee7310817 | FA1CE35CA43F | There are multiple opinions of hearing multiple peoples advice. | Claim | Adequate |
ee3903559c94 | FA1CE35CA43F | you get to hear which piece of advice is most said
Supporting detail number 2: you get to choose from all the opinions
Restate thesis: There are multiple opinions from hearing multiple peoples advice because you get to to hear which piece of advice is most said and you get to choose from all the opinions. | Evidence | Ineffective |
1b21100916fa | FA1CE35CA43F | hearing multiple ideas gives you many options of advice you can take.
| Claim | Adequate |
9db08807d445 | FA1CE35CA43F | you get ideas from other people
Supporting detail number 2: you get multiple opinions
Restate thesis: hearing multiple ideas gives you many options of advice you can take from ideas and multiple opinions. | Evidence | Ineffective |
58c3f6a31682 | FA1CE35CA43F | Talking to more than one person when seeking advice is a better choice than talking to only one person because you hear other peoples ideas and opinions and you get to choose which one fits you best. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
4aa4bb146743 | FAA638E881EB | Why do people ask multiple other people for advice | Lead | Ineffective |
f33a66570956 | FAA638E881EB | People who seek multiple answers is to get a different perspective with each and every answer. | Claim | Adequate |
4435dbd5b7ef | FAA638E881EB | Getting more than one advice can help you make a good choice. | Position | Adequate |
3e3890278efc | FAA638E881EB | It's good when you get advice from people who is going through what your going through and getting their opinion. | Claim | Adequate |
d07a4799980d | FAA638E881EB | Getting advice from multiple people can help you get a different perspective | Claim | Adequate |
96c355eac45a | FAA638E881EB | it is helpful because it will make you see your problem in a different way. It gives you reasons why you should do something and why you shouldn't something. It gives the person who is asking for advice two options. Let's say you broke your moms TV remote and you don't know how to tell your her so you ask a friend what would they do if they were you. Your friend gives you their feedback and you still aren't sure if that was good advice so you ask some other friends and they tell you what they think you should do and you come to your answer. Asking multiple people on a problem will help you in many ways because they can give you a reason why you should do something and give you their feedback and they try to help you. | Evidence | Adequate |
78f29d764013 | FAA638E881EB | Talking to different people who has went through the same or they are going through what your going through they can give you advice like what not to do and what you should do. | Claim | Adequate |
def4f42fdca9 | FAA638E881EB | By getting that advice it will make think of a solution. If that person that gave you advice because they know what would happen if you do the wrong mistake they would probably want you to do the right thing and they would encourage you to make the right decision. Here an example let's say that you said something rude to your friend, Generic_Name, and now they are really upset with you and won't talk to you. So you ask your other friend,Generic_Name,what you should do because she also went through the same thing but she did the wrong thing and lost her friend so you ask her what you should do and she tells what she what she would have done and you take her advice and you got your friend back. Talking to people who know what your going through is really important mostly when you don't know what to do. | Evidence | Adequate |
9b10066df532 | FAA638E881EB | Getting multiple different types of advice will help make a better choice by giving you different options to choose from. By getting other peoples advice and have an option you can decide on. You pick the advice that would best benefit you and help you. Seeing what would other people would do if they were in the same boat as you and how they would take care of it will make you want to make the right one. I think it's a good thing that people ask more than one person for advice because I like to the answer a problem that I feel the most comfortable with and that I know won't get me in trouble. I feel like asking multiple people for advice is great because you trying to fix a problem and you are thinking about solutions and getting more than one way to go about it. You also see how others would act in a problem so I think getting multiple advice is important. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
76ab17e68bb1 | FAA9FC1B315B | In my personal opinion when some schools offer distance learning as an option for student to attend classes from home by way of online or video conferencing I mostly disagree. | Position | Adequate |
7fddfd2a1f9c | FAA9FC1B315B | Its not because I am attending a public high school. | Evidence | Ineffective |
9e44ace4877a | FAA9FC1B315B | One of the reasons why I disagree is because this might hurt the students communication skills. | Claim | Adequate |
51bfcfa31b3a | FAA9FC1B315B | when you have classes online you are not at the school you are home taking this class so you basically don't associate with anyone except your teacher now since i have never took a online class i wouldn't be able to tell if its better to not know no one or to associate with anyone but personally I just dont't thing it's good for students to attend online school if you are someone that like to work with people and not just your teacher. Other students also might be able to understand some stuff that you don't understand and that they should be able to help you. They won't be able to help you if you not there with them. | Evidence | Adequate |
c351cd6214d7 | FAA9FC1B315B | The second reason why I disagree and I really don't think that online schools is not beneficial is that it hurts your participation skills too. | Claim | Adequate |
b6cb9c9a873c | FAA9FC1B315B | Here in school we do so much activities connected to things we are learning and it helps very much because if you do activities connected to the things we are learning it gets stuck in your mind. Its also better to ask questions and to understand better. There might be some stuff that you didn't understand face to face with your teacher its better to ask them like that and understand like that instead of emailing them or contacting them through different thing.
Also the teacher might not respond as soon as possible and that might be a problem and affect your grade and thats why its better to talk to your teacher face to face and deal with understanding face to face that's my second opinion. | Evidence | Adequate |
2adbc4226dbc | FAA9FC1B315B | My last and final reason is that you might get lazy and miss classes since you take it at your home | Claim | Adequate |
31e16304039d | FAA9FC1B315B | That might affect your grade too which is very risky if you're not a productive and committed person to your education online class is not for you. For example me personally it will not be good for me because I am a very lazy person i am pretty sure I will miss classes either by sleeping in or some other unexeptalbe reasons . But also there are people that are very organized and careful people out here that can risk this for those kind of people online classes are good and they can take it because thy are committed to Finnish there education in a very careful way. | Evidence | Adequate |
3e42be96d2f6 | FAA9FC1B315B | Those are my good reason why i don't agree with online classes it's a good thing that schools offer distance learning as an option for students if you have a good reason why you don't actually go to the school but personally i dont agree with this situation. | Concluding Statement | Adequate |
53a29f8edc81 | FB56AA75F65F | When someone needs advice, would it be beneficial for them to ask more than one person? Since people have different beliefs, opinions, and understandings, they do not think the same way all of the time. | Lead | Adequate |
79f60416dc77 | FB56AA75F65F | There are numerous reasons why getting advice from multiple people can be advantageous | Position | Effective |
8577b953196d | FB56AA75F65F | some people could be more educated in the topic than others | Claim | Effective |
7e3bd1695618 | FB56AA75F65F | every person will have a different perspective. | Claim | Effective |
a71bdb1e90d5 | FB56AA75F65F | If someone who does not know much about the topic is asked, they might not give the best, up-to-date answer. However, someone who is knowledgeable in that specific area will probably be able to connect with the subject and give better advice to help. For example, if someone asks what color the sky is, one person could say it is red, and another person could say that it is purple, but a scientist that was asked could say that it is blue. The scientist would be more educated on this subject. Therefore, they would be able to provide the more helpful answer. If the one asking had only talked to one person, it is more likely that they would get an incorrect answer or a response that is not as beneficial. | Evidence | Effective |
8e805668f2d9 | FB56AA75F65F | Some people will feel positively about the topic while others feel negatively. People have their own opinions and their opinions are how they form an answer. For instance, if someone asks someone else for advice on where they should go for dinner, the action relies on the answer that the person gives. If they say that they should go to a certain restaurant, it could be because the person giving advice likes that restaurant. On the other hand, if the person asks multiple people, they will get a variety of answers because everybody has a different opinion. The more people that someone asks, the more answers that they will get. Therefore giving them a plethora of opinions to base their choice off of. | Evidence | Effective |
814615dd8452 | FB56AA75F65F | There are many reasons why someone should ask multiple people for advice including getting a more educated answer and receiving different opinions. Asking more than one person would provide someone with better advice and a variety of answers. Whether somebody asks two or five people, all of the answers that are given will lead them to make better choices. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
479fb02ae14b | FD05FDCEA11B | My footsteps seemed impossibly loud as I walked into the classroom, and it felt as if everyone was watching me. I glanced around, taking in the unfamiliar eyes staring me down.
I'm never going to fit in here.
One of the eyes turned away from me and began to speak. She formed strange sounds with her mouth in a language that wasn't familiar to me. I turned around and ran out of the room, feeling so alone, so deserted. Salty tears stained my cheeks.
A week ago, I had taken a 14 hour long flight from
Generic_City to Generic_City. It was my first time being somewhere else other than my home country, and I felt so intimidated by the new environment. Strange shapes, strange sounds, and strange people with impossibly bright hair and piercing eyes surrounded me. It was all beautiful to me - but at the same time, the most horrifying thing I'd ever seen. I felt trapped in a haze. This haze was brimming with thoughts of never fitting in, never adapting to these alien surroundings, and mostly - the crushing feeling of homesickness.
This haze pushed me down into a deep cavern, and I was encapsulated by darkness. Even though my parents tried to find me in this cavern, every search effort was in vain, until something miraculous happened. An angel, perhaps, entered the deep labyrinth and ushered me out. Her name was Ms. Generic_Name. She gave me a new perspective, a new bias. Ms. Generic_Name told me to view this unfamiliar atmosphere as something special, a new opportunity - not a hostile monster trying to swallow me whole. She told me to be glad of the change in my life. This was the first time I had ever listened to somebody's opinion and savored it in my heart. I didn't know the importance of listening to the viewpoints of others at the time. I thought
I always knew what was best; after all, nobody knew me better than myself. I took her words and used them as fuel for learning English and making friends. I thought her words were all I needed, but somehow, I was still in despair. I still struggled. So - I decided to let someone else tell me what they thought was best.
After school, I talked with my parents. I told them what I felt, that I was always alone. That I felt so, so homesick. They told me it was good to feel that way. Moving overseas was a tough thing to endure, and they said it was healthy to let myself feel down sometimes. They told me I didn't always need to pretend I was happy when I was not. These two opinions from Ms. Generic_Name and my parents shaped me as a person - I learned to let people in, and know that seeking multiple opinions is a wise thing to do. Because of this, I learned to speak English and surround myself with a group of compassionate, kind friends who guided me through my darkest times. I learned to let in my parents and take notice that they always wanted what was best for me. I learned that I didn't always know what was best, and that was okay. | Lead | Effective |
b897c00291b5 | FD05FDCEA11B | I can't name all the things I've earned through listening to multiple opinions. But, I can name the many benefits of listening to multiple people. | Position | Adequate |
4a68f3b49050 | FD05FDCEA11B | Everyone has gone through unique things. After all, our lives are not the same. What people have experienced shape them as a person, and since we're all different, some people may offer advice that's helpful to you while others may not. You'll never know if you've sought out the best advice if you only listen to one person. | Evidence | Effective |
9769229c308a | FD05FDCEA11B | If you hear multiple pieces of advice, you can learn new things, | Claim | Effective |
c2541627761b | FD05FDCEA11B | not everyone has gone through the same things. If someone has been through something that you haven't, it can prepare you for the future and teach you a lesson. | Evidence | Effective |
27be2abc803e | FD05FDCEA11B | people have different biases. | Claim | Effective |
ef1b70549c0a | FD05FDCEA11B | If you only hear one side of an argument and not the other, you can't know for sure which side you stand for. Since you don't know anything about the other standpoint, you can't make an accurate conclusion. | Evidence | Adequate |
8aab1be84363 | FD05FDCEA11B | people have blind spots, because we're only human. | Claim | Effective |
84896183867d | FD05FDCEA11B | One person could have partially helpful advice, and another person might have the guidance that the other was missing. If you've heard "incomplete" advice, such as I have, it may not help you as much as it could. If you listen to someone else's opinion, they may correct the blind spot. This would help you to the full potential. | Evidence | Effective |
59361f7f7596 | FD05FDCEA11B | Seeking multiple opinions is an important thing to do. When you're stuck in an impasse, these pieces of advice could be the only things to get you unstuck. Multiple opinions can help you know that you've found the best advice possible, teach you something new, and make sure you've received all the guidance you need. So, ask multiple people for their opinion. You never know what it could teach you. | Concluding Statement | Effective |
c42e3ed1626b | FD8A9514C8BC | Not too long ago I got into a disagreement with one of my best friends, this made me a little sad. But something that always helped me feel better was talking to trusted people about it. | Lead | Adequate |
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