Tessa Johnson Professor Harrison Composition II 2 October 2012 Effect of Video Games on Kids Growing up‚ playing outside was what I did for fun. Whether it was riding my bike‚ playing with friends‚ or swimming‚ I was outside for hours at a time every day. Today‚ kids have access to things like Xboxes‚ Playstations‚ and Nintendo DS. In a study conducted by Gentile‚ Lynch‚ Linder & Walsh (2004) "adolescent girls played video games for an average of 5 hours a week‚ whereas boys averaged 13 hours
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On the eve of his wedding rehearsal‚ an author who wrote an “I Hate Kids” book suddenly learns that he’s a father and agrees to help his new son find his biological mother. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: NICK PEARSON (30’s) an author‚ who wrote I HATE KIDS‚ is about to get married to SYDNEY. During his wedding rehearsal‚ a teen boy MASON (13) claims to be Nick’s biological son. Nick doesn’t believe him. The AMAZING FABULAR‚ a questionable psychic‚ supports Mason’s claim. He’s the one who told Mason that
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things pertaining to kids should be banned‚ but I beg to differ. I’m pretty sure companies intentions aren’t to corrupt the mind of children‚ but to only make a profit from their merchandise. Now‚ it is understandable for a parent to be on the fence about these advertisements because i’m sure we have all seen a ad that simply wasn’t for the eyes‚ and ears of a child‚ but a company has to do almost what ever it takes to sell their product by any means. Yes‚ it is known that kids under the age of eight
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Should parents spank their kids or not? Parenting can sometimes be a very strenuous job. It is a blessing to have a child‚ yet raising a well brought up kid carries a lot of responsibility. There are so many dilemmas that parents face during this demanding road and still‚ there are so many different opinions about proper nurture. Should a parent be strict or easy going? Should parents spank their kids or not? The latter is the question that is being discussed in this essay. While there are many
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Who are the Kelloggs Kids? In the early 1900’s the breakfast food manufacturer of Kellogg’s was searching for a commercial artist to promote their product‚ Kellogg’s Corn Flakes to persuade the viewers to purchase their cereal. The work of Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s‚ series of images‚ “The Arrow brand of shirt collars”‚ caught their attention. J.C. Leyendecker’s created twenty paintings between 1912 and 1918. His paintings ran as full page advertisements in magazines such as Ladies’ Home Journal
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Why Kids Turn to Drugs There is no simple answer to why a young person might begin using alcohol or other drugs. Many times‚ it is a combination of several factors‚ including society‚ family and peers. They may turn to drugs to escape stress or loneliness or to overcome shyness in social situations. They may want to be seen as grown up or as a risk taker. Or‚ they may simply be curious. Teens often want to be like their role models as well. So‚ if their favorite music group‚ older sibling‚ parents
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Teaching Our Kids in a 21st Century Economy Assignment Gist: This text us about the many challenges we face in education today. The author of this text specifies proposed plans in changing this and giving our kids a better 21st century education. Who is the audience? The audience of this text is educational leaders. Ex. (Board of educations‚ Principals‚ Superintendents‚ School and district administration‚ etc.) How do I know this is the audience? The speaker says many things throughout
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working at a video game company which was really a CIA front to create a game to drum up support for war against Iran.” this is say how they were making games for kids in the of like 15 to 18 years old or even younger to make them think that war is not a bad thing and to support the idea of war. Those kinds of war military games that kids from all ages now a days play make them want to join the military when them grow up. Which that’s exactly what the government wants‚ these game influences a young
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In Eric Schlosser’s article‚ Kid Kustomers‚ he demonstrates how child advertising has developed by the tactics marketers use to get children to want and demand certain companies’ products. The big boom in child advertisement began in the 1980’s. Working class parents had to spend more time at work‚ so this meant less time at home with their children. They made up for for the loss of family time by spending more money on their children. According to Schlosser‚ many industries started to pick up on
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Throughout America’s communities today‚ the quality of schooling varies from school to school. In the book Our Kids the author‚ Robert Putnam‚ believes that the increased gap between the wealthy and poor is what causes the differences in school quality and opportunities for the students (Putnam‚ 2015). Recently‚ I had the pleasure of interviewing two of today’s youth‚ Josh and Erin. Their names have been changed for the sake of anonymity. Josh is a 17-year-old student at Shawnee Mission East High
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