“Growing Up‚ Wired For Distraction” talks about the effect of technology on the lives of many people‚ specifically teenagers. The 3 main claims in the article are that technology distracts students from doing things they need to‚ has created a lack of self control and a focus on other things than what’s important‚ and it has harmful effects on the brain. Many students have suffered from these things‚ causing all different issues. Starting off‚ technology provides a distraction from homework or other
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English 101 Summary "How to Survive the Age of Distraction" Summary Is the tangible book going out of style? In the article "How to Survive the Age of Distraction." Johann Hari implies the question: is the paperback book becoming forgotten in the face of electronic technology or can there be a balance? In the article‚ Hari talks about how for years the paper book is constantly being challenged. Hari
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the product of planned inspiration. Getting rid of distractions‚ planning the work to be done‚ and writing what comes is the way to writing productivity. Here’s how to do it: 1. Get out of the house Go somewhere alone with your laptop‚ and leave the power cord at home. Bring along an mp3 player and some headphones or go sit outside where there will only be bird song and the wind in the trees. Sometimes the only way to get rid of distractions is to get away from their origins. Especially if you
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Mobile phones: a resource or distraction in education Mobile phones are one of the greatest inventions of mankind. Through his invention he has created his own world at his fingertips. He has removed the hindrance of distance between him and the world. But the important question which needs to be answered now is what should be the role of mobile devices in the learning process? It has been a key factor contributing to bad grades‚ also several health related disorders among students‚ but on the
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Cell-Phone Induced Driver Distraction In the study conducted by David L. Strayer and Frank A. Drews the researchers examined the effects of operating hands free devices mainly cell phones for this study‚ while performing driving tasks in order to determine just how much the devices can divert or distract the operator of the vehicle during their use. The authors conducted four different experimental studies with various scenarios as a means to pinpoint and observe whether an individual can
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The Surgical and Distraction stage The surgery was done under local anesthesia. The flaps were horizontal in the mucogingival junction; first‚ the surgeon removed the right screw and the failure bone graft‚ and then‚ he performed the vertical cuts between the first molars and the second premolars and the horizontal cuts above the apices of teeth by using Piezo surgery. The cuts were extended from the buccal cortical bone to the palatal cortical bone‚ and the surgeon connected the vertical lines to
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Monserrat: Cell phones can be a distraction in the learning environment and make other students lose interest in the classroom. Most recent studies show that at least 68% of students in grades 6-12 take their phone to school. When a child is in school‚ their purpose there is to learn. Distractions can come in the form of text messages‚ phone calls‚ the internet‚ etc. Phones make alerts for a variety of things besides from calls. A cell phone going off in class can be disruptive during class and to
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Matt Richtel’s article “Growing Up Digital‚ Wired for Distraction” displays that technology is becoming a particularly large problem among teens and young adults; it is starting to affect their grades and sleep patterns. While teens are struggling to choose between the real world and the virtual one‚ many schools are starting to integrate technology into their curriculum to hopefully engage students more. The author shows this by stating‚ “But even as some parents and educators express unease about
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Matt Richtel’s article “Growing Up Digital‚ Wired For Distraction” depicts modern day education‚ dark spots and all‚ showing the issues and benefits of technology. Technology is great thing and should be exploited to the best of our ability however overusing it and becoming addicted has the potential to create negative habits such as procrastination. In the first section and the 19th paragraph the author Matt Richtel shows that because of technology some kids have trouble with procrastination by
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role in teens learning how to drive‚ more up-to-date training and laws prohibiting friends and cell phones. Parents play a big part in teens learning how to drive‚ parents can be a good role model to show a teen how to drive. In the article‚ “Distraction and Teen Crashes: Even Worse Than We Thought” produced by AAA discusses how much of a role distracted driving actually plays in teen crashes. For example it says‚ “AAA recommends that parents teach teens about the dangers of cell phone use and restrict
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