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    Realistic Fiction Story

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    basketball finals had finally came. It would take place in his hometown‚ Houston‚ Texas. Jack Jo was ready. Jack was a thirteen year old eighth-grader‚ he was a full time basketballer. No one messed with Jack‚ ever. But that day at practice‚ his whole life changed. “Hey‚ J-Jo‚ Pass the ball!” Alex‚ Jack’s best friend‚ shouted. Everyone called Jack‚ “J-Jo”. In basketball‚ he was known for being a one-man team‚ but he was a great one-man team. “No‚ I got this.” Jack shouted back‚ then he drove in for

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    Life In Colonial America

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    How was life like in the southern colonies? They did not have any modern day technology and any quick means of transportation other than horses and ships. They also had a different lifestyle from what we have today were men went to school and got educated and women instead got taught how to run the house and take care of the young children. Men had different jobs where they tended to the farm and created furniture. There are many differences from colonial lifestyle and ours and the lifestyle of the

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    from probation to house arrest‚ we provide our criminals with a gambit of programs designed to rehabilitate themselves as well as help them start a new life. Recidivism is at an all-time high and the crime rate is stagnant as criminals pass from one corrections program to the next. As we discuss role models and issues we can see that our system should work‚ however‚ it doesn’t. We must reevaluate our current understanding of community corrections so as to provide updated‚ effective methods to help

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    Is Television Harmful

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    So many TV shows are also very good for teens to watch and also have messages in them that really do get across than someone shouting at them. Lots of shows are not good for young children but in all honestly shows are becoming more and more about everyday life and what goes on in the world so I would say yes but at the same time it’s a shame for parents they are to be careful. I think more shows need to be aimed at children not just 17 right up to 40‚ but I can think of a few shows that are okay

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    Violence on Television

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    Violence on Television Television is the most important sourc of information. It plays a significant role in people’s lives. In these days‚ people spend a lot of time watching TV. Also‚ most of families stay in front of the TV having dinner and discussing about what happened in their day. Although most of people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time‚ some people think there is too much violence in television and that it influences people to act violently.

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    Advantages Of Television

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    Advantages of television: Positive: Literacy‚ Democratization of Information‚ Enrichment of Culture. In this era‚ also known as information age‚ Television plays significant role in disseminating information and shaping people’s opinions. Since its invention television has been used for several different purposes including‚ broadcasting information‚ imparting knowledge and providing entertainment masses. Television has a lot of positive effects on society and culture

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    The history of motion pictures The purpose of this lecture: 1. to provide a brief overview of the development of motion pictures 2. with an emphasis on the economic culture that developed historically. 3. This has meant an emphasis on profits and 4. an avoidance of controversy.     I. Early moving pictures Note the term used in the early days of the industry: Moving pictures. Pictures that movied. From the 1850s on‚ there had been experimentation by photographers and others in reproducing human

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    Television and Behavior

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    Running Head: BEHAVIORAL EFFEECTS OF TELEVISION Behavioral Effects of Television on Children Abstract Does television promote violence and crime among children? If a person really thinks about it‚ it is not all that uncommon to turn on the news or pick up a newspaper and find out that someone’s face has been slashed or someone has been shot. With the advancement of technology‚ the television has expanded a lot and now can influence the majority of our society. Many of the senseless violent

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    Television watching

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    Effects of Television Watching in the Social Development of an Individual An Extended Essay presented to Professor Jam Severo Mapua Institute of Technology In partial fulfillment of requirement in English for Academic Purposes 2 (ENG11-B26) By: Joseph Louie R. Ledesma Estefan Josef Angeles Alvin S. Talavera Mark Kim Bryan B. San Pedro December 2013 Ledesma & Angeles Abstract The purpose of this research is to inform every individual the effects of television in the

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    Television and Children

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    Summary How media affects the children is undoubtly one of the hottest issues all over the world. The main focus of this term paper is on “Impact of Media on Children”. In this report we have mainly discussed electronic media especially in terms of television and games. We have also briefly focused on the impacts on advertisement on kids. We added some charts and graphs showing the time children spend with different types of media and also one showing the opinions of parents regarding impacts of media

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