The title of this article is Does the Internet Make You Smarter? It is written by Clay Shirky. The article is written in the Wall Street Journal. This journal entry is written to people who are used to the old routines of past and think that the internet is going to make the new generation stupid. This is also written to the new generation that is supposedly going to be so stupid‚ as a challenge to doing something great with the opportunity we have been given with this newfound technology. This journal
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Does Parent have More Severe Driving Habits than Teens? Fast and rough driving on road always lead to accident and these kinds of accidents lead to critical injuries to the person. We have seen that our parents always force their kids and teach them to drive carefully and focus on the pathway. But the fact is that studies show that several parents are driving more critically as compared to their kids. What does the study shows? This study is the resultant of modern technology as many parents
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ROY SLATER (20’s) is a hopeful screenwriter‚ working in a bank. He lets his imagination run away with him as he fantasizes about the bank being robbed. Roy strikes up a friendship and romance with bank teller JENNY FLYNN. Their boss JOHN isn’t happy about their relationship. When Roy’s mother dies‚ he promises to keep the house and make her proud. Roy’s friends‚ ELIJAH WASHINGTON‚ a struggling African American actor‚ and BERNIE ADELMAN‚ a stand-up comedian‚ all stress over their finances. When
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Are We Training Our Kids to Kill H.J. Cummins talks about a lot of really interesting‚ viable information that explains his belief that games with killing in them increase violence in children. Although the facts in the article make sense have reasonable support I think that his claims are over-exaggerated. I do not think that video games significantly increase violence in children enough to cause them to take another human’s life. I believe that these video games are purely for fun and kids can
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter Steven Johnson’s argument in “Watching TV Makes you Smarter” that television increases intellectual and enhances our cognitive faculties‚ therefore making us smarter Johnson’s states that‚ “For decades‚ we’ve worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily toward lowest-common- denominator standards‚ presumably because the “masses” want dumb‚ simple pleasures and big media companies try to give the masses what they want. But as that
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“Our identity determines where we belong” Today‚ we explore the relationship between our identity and where we belong. Identity. What is it? Is it how other people describe us‚ how we answer‚ “Who are you?” or how we perceive ourselves. Either way‚ as members of the human race in general‚ we strongly desire to belong in one way or another. We belong to many groups during the course of a lifetime‚ some subtler than others. Gender‚ race and family are all examples of groups that one typically belongs
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Becoming a Parent It’s sad to know that some people will never know how becoming a parent really feels. Becoming a parent can change a person’s life in many different ways. I always knew I wanted kids when I got old enough. My son is 12 years old and growing up fast. It hasn’t been easy and it isn’t going to get any easier from this point because he is becoming a teenager. My daughter is about to turn four in December and with her it has been a whole different experience than with my son. I can
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to be Good Parents? Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I am Chong Cia Ling‚ the founder of Brainy Montessori. I am so grateful to have such an honour standing here to deliver my speech entitled “What does it take to be good parents?”. I am sure all the parents here will agree with me that being parents is tough. Bringing up children is a very difficult task. Everyone wishes to be good parents. However‚ sometimes we could be so discouraged and helpless when we get the feedback that we are not good
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license to be a parent should not be provided because if the mother were to fail the test.‚ just imagine all the struggles she has been through. The U.S. should not require a parent license because parent-child relationships could be jeopardized‚ it would be difficult to enforce‚ and the government having too much control of our private lives. Having a loving bond with the the is like a “happily ever after” but not if a license determines if you will keep your child. Instituting a parent license can
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many more British soldiers than usual. I feel that the situation between the colonists and yourself needs to change. I also feel that we should remain loyal British citizens‚ however‚ I think you should lower the taxes and the harshness levels. I believe so because of taxation without representation‚ conflict between us colonists and Britain‚ and that we have tried to make peace with you several times‚ but have been denied. The first reason I think that we should change our relationship with Britain
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