Texting Helping or Hindering In the essay “Does Texting Affect Writing” written by a student from Marywood University the question was asked if how students communicate is being effected by texting. The author made a very good argument that she believed it didn’t. She went through great research to answer the question that we have all asked at one point in time. This process was done through speaking with teachers‚ friends and students to see if texting affected their ability to write in
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within the mind. When it comes to texting it is a lot quicker to express ideas. Texting makes it easier to get the point. When writing an essay or sending a formal email standard english has to be in use‚ but when texting you can use slang or formal english. Most people prefer to text rather than send e-mails or write notes. Nowadays people like for everything to be easy‚ so most adults and teenagers only text because it is a lot easier to communicate. Texting is so easy to just pick up a phone
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Comparing driving in the winter and driving in the summer is a little bit complicated because no matter what the weather‚ you still have to pay attention to the road and everyone else driving. Secondly‚ you must wear your seat belts at all times. Driving involves basic decision-making year round. Always stay alert and concentrate on getting from point A. to point B. In the winter rain and snow make the roads slick and hard to avoid dangerous situations. In the winter‚ a special tire is required
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Impaired Driving and Aggressive Driving Alcohol is a contributing factor in close to 50% of all driver fatalities on Canadian roads. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is the single largest criminal cause of death in Canada. Drinkers who drive not only risk their own lives but the lives of others on the roads and around them. All this can be avoided by one simple rule: If you drink‚ don’t drive! If people drive responsibly they will reduce the chances of conflicts on the road and help
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The article texting‚ sexting ‚ and attachment in college students’ romantic relationships was an article I could best relate to‚ because I am a student in college and I am currently in a distant relationship. I also thought this article cover good points like. How they conducted a survey for college students in a relationship. This article also talks about how cell phones are increasing and how they are becoming a huge factor in relationships. Finally another point that I thought was interesting
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------------------------------------------------- Barbara Wheeler‚ A. Texting Affects Communication Skills‚ Kent News. Retrieved from: http://www.kent.k12.md.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=555:texting-affects-communication-skills&catid=54:superintendent&Itemid=188 Lenhart‚ A.(2010)‚ Text Messaging Becomes Centerpiece Communication. Bensoncheng Wordpress. Retrieved from http://bensoncheng.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/teens-cell-phones-and- texting-statistics/ Reid‚ F & Reid‚ D. (2004). Insights
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Editorial New Laws against Texting while Walking Will Rogers once said “You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people." However‚ you can try. After recent incidents involving distracted pedestrian accidents‚ New York and Arkansas are attempting to outlaw texting or listening to music while walking‚ or cycling. It may seem a little bit ridiculous‚ but after Cathy Cruz Marrero’s infamous fall into a mall fountain‚ these means may be necessary. Have you ever tripped while
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for sober driving ultimately presenting arguments against impaired driving. Driving sober must be the only way a person gets behind the wheel no doubt that impairs drive is costly. There is no evident to support any arguments against sober driving‚ nonetheless‚ statistics have proven the implications of impaired driving. In 2008‚ more than 1.4 million individuals were detained for DUI‚ yet that figure speaks to under one percent of the self-detailed episodes of alcohol-impaired driving‚ as indicated
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Distracted driving is a recent epidemic that is “killing 5474 (16%) people and injured 448‚000 (20%)” (Overton). Drivers are multitasking constantly when they are on the road. It is not just the different tasks they need to perform while driving‚ such as: looking into the rear mirrors‚ stepping on the gas and brake pedals‚ or calculating the stopping distance between their car and another obstacle. They are distracted by other tasks that involves electronics: looking at the gps‚ texting a friend‚
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and Cognition: Investigating Driving and Divided Attention Shamsi T. Iqbal‚ Yun-Cheng Ju‚ and Eric Horvitz Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way‚ Redmond‚ WA 98052 {shamsi‚ yuncj‚ horvitz}@microsoft.com ABSTRACT Conversing on cell phones while driving an automobile is a common practice. We examine the interference of the cognitive load of conversational dialog with driving tasks‚ with the goal of identifying better and worse times for conversations during driving. We present results from a controlled
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