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    distracted driving

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    reaction will be to jolt from their seat a little or try to quickly clean it up. While cleaning the mess the driver can swerve without knowing it. Even though many things that are in our vehicles can be considered distractions‚ there are ways to minimize their distraction. The cell phone‚ for example‚ can be put away in a bag or set in the

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    SaCarlos Espinoza Sagging pants The issue of sagging pants in school has been controversial. Many schools have disapproved on students who wear sagging pants. An argument against wearing sagging pants is that teaches have to correct the students which takes away time that could be spared if sagging was banned. Students can also be distracted by others wearing sagging pants. Some students could get into trouble with others if mistaken by a gang member. If a teacher saw a student wearing sagging

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    When a cell phone goes off in a classroom or at a concert‚ people are irritated‚ but at least lives are not endangered. When on the road‚ however‚ irresponsible cell phone users are more than irritating: They are putting our lives at risk. Many of us have witnessed drivers so distracted by dialing and chatting that they resemble drunk drivers‚ weaving between lanes‚ for example‚ or nearly running down pedestrians in crosswalks. A number of bills to regulate use of cell phones on the road have been

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    Texting and Driving Essay I do support in the fact that texting a driving should be considered illegal‚ mainly for the soul purpose that many people die because of the distractions on the road that your phone can cause. “In the past three years alone‚ 30 states have banned texting while driving‚ the only state that has not done it yet is Oklahoma.” (Delcour 2) You see on the news that there are many teenagers now a days that get into car accident why? BECAUSE THEY WERE TEXTING AND DRIVING! “Last

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    Over the years the internet has become a major element in the world. It has been integrated into every aspect of today’s society: becoming part of our social life‚ education system and everyday routines‚ such as online shopping or booking tickets. It is responsible for the vast networking and connecting of the world. The world has become a smaller place‚ where it is possible to be in one country while talking and seeing another person in a different continent. The advances and conveniences the internet

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    images of whatever you want. But‚ we must ask‚ is this easy access to images and websites safe for young children? There are many upsides to the Internet. ... Middle Another factor which may put some people off the Internet as a whole is the distraction it is to young people‚ mainly teenagers. They can get sidetracked into chatting to friends on MSN or Myspace. Many children have stated that instead of doing homework or coursework‚ they often get distracted into other things. Some parents do not

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    Listening Habits

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    and write them down. I should be alert throughout the whole presentation that way I can get more then the facts‚ like the little details. The last poor listening habits that I have is that I get distracted extremely easily. No matter how fast a distraction distracts me‚ I need to fight the urge to let it get to me! Luckily‚ there are ways to help us become better listeners! One way is to guess or predict what the presenter will say next. This will help us be engaged in the presentation and get

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    listener does learn to tune them out. These factors listed above are a major affect of oral communication because the listener attention is focus elsewhere other than the message the speaker trying to make understood. If the listener let these distraction draw them away from the speaker message it would be very hard for them to give any type of feedback because they were not listening. It is very embarrassing for the listener to be asked to give feedback on the speaker message and they do not respond

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    “the determination to shut the door” he maps out an environment‚ which helps him concentrate on his writing. Stephen points out that usually we need to find a comfortable place to write (in his case-his home). The next step is to get rid of all distractions (the shutting of the door) and then to set a certain goal‚ as well as to make sure that it is quite attainable. King believes‚ based on his own experience that the hardest part about writing is just to begin the task‚ writing “one word at a time”;

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    has three words: concentration‚ contemplation‚ meditation. Concentration is of the mind. You focus your mind on a particular object‚ you exclude everything else‚ you just go on narrowing your vision. Hence in concentration everything can become a distraction. A dog starts barking and you will be distracted because you were excluding everything and now the barking dog has come in. Hence the concentrator is always angry because small things – a mosquito – can disturb his concentration. Anything is capable

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