phones cost about P5.00 for three minutes‚ while calls made to cell phones cost P9 per minute. However‚ text messages‚ about 160 characters long‚ cost only a peso per message (2001). To better appreciate its popularity‚ in 1998 alone‚ more than eighteen million text messages were transmitted in the country daily. ( 2001) The youth have been quick to catch up with this technology. It has‚ unofficially‚ become the status symbol of Filipino youth‚ who are now far more knowledgeable about a cellphone’s
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One sunday afternoon‚ the day was beautiful‚ the sun was shinning and the air was fresh. It seemed to be such a perfect day for anything tragic to happen. Then the moment I heard that deadly‚ faint yell I new something was wrong. Earlier before the event I was eating a delicious taco‚ in the newly remodeled kitchen. My mother was sitting in the living room next to me. She was doing her homework for college. After I finished my taco‚ I was headed down stairs to see what my brother was doing. Suddenly
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English 111 26 June 2009 A Fatal Addiction One minute you’re talking on the phone with a friend‚ driving home from the store‚ the next you wake up in a hospital bed with serious injuries covering your body‚ wondering what happened. An estimated amount of traffic injuries and deaths combined are 350‚600‚ and 330‚000 being injuries. Everyone you know has a cell phone‚ we all use them constantly‚ every minute of everyday. Knowing that it is dangerous to text and drive‚ we still do it; we text‚ play
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drivers get in a accident due to texting and driving. Whether it’s just looking down at your phone for a second‚ that second can take someone’s life. In Los Angeles between December 2016-January 2017 there were about 630 fatal car accidents. 28% of those accidents were caused by a irresponsible human beings looking down at their phone. It really makes you realize if liking that Instagram picture or even watching a 10 sec.snapchat story was worth it. When it comes to driving every second counts. I realize
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Juan Martinez Problem Exist * Although cell phones can help to maximize time usage for business owners‚ texting while driving is detrimental‚ the government should pass a law to limit their usage and protect people on the road. The cause of accidents * The majority of the population owns a cellphone which they make use of in their daily lives. * Elizabeth Wasserman‚ member of CQ staff‚ in her article “Lawmakers Target a Modern Danger” asserts that although there are many distractions
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Cell Phones While Driving In today’s society‚ most people rely on their cell phone to do just about anything. Cell phones have opened up many opportunities for communication. There has been an increased reliance on cell phones; people use them to make calls‚ send text messages‚ check emails‚ and even to do research on the internet. There are many advantages to having a device that opens up so much of the world‚ but people often forget about the dangers that go along with this. One of the biggest
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Conclusion Managers in the 21st century are encountering extremely significant challenges in their process of management in an organisation such as hiring and keeping the right employee‚ building a strategic mindset‚ crafting an innovative culture and organisation‚ developing system thinking and also getting rid of short term mentality. An organisation will need to have a caliber HR manager in order to own a team of committed employees. It is HR managers’ responsibility to make sure
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No Cell Phones while Driving Kirk K. Ronolo COMM/215 July 10‚ 2012 Han Nee Chong Wester No Cell Phones while Driving In today’s world of advanced wireless technology‚ it is very uncommon for someone not to own a cell phone. In fact as of August 2011‚ 83% of American adults own cell phones. (Smith‚ 2011) Of these 83%‚ how many of them are using cell phones while driving? In todays fast paced world of "Time is money‚ and money is time" Americans are searching for shortcuts to accomplish
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without thinking of their safety as well as others. They usually pay less attention on the road while they are driving. It is because they tend to do something else rather than focusing on driving. Talking phone at the same time of driving is the most serious one among all of the activities that disturbs people attention on their driving. Because of this reason‚ some people say that talking phone while driving should be banned. “Distraction has been identified as a contributing factor in 22%
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About forty percent of American teens say that they have been in a car where someone has been texting and driving‚ putting them in the was of danger (“The Dangers of Texting While Driving” 1). Texting and driving has become a major deal over the last several years‚ due to the increased number of car accidents that have been caused. Texting while driving can put drivers in dangerous situations that they could avoid by just putting their phone away. Over the years texting and driving has become a major
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