Shaelyn Atkins Practice Summary Draft 1 ACP Comp W131 Mrs. Heiter 18 November 2015 “Too Much of a Good Thing” Summary In the article “Too Much of a Good Thing‚” by Greg Critser‚ he made many things clear about the morbid obesity problem in America. More often than not‚ it starts as a child. A study was done at Pennsylvania State University that proved that as children get older‚ they do not know when they are full; the children would eat what is placed in front of them (161). Crister suggests
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Violent video games are not causing kids to be violent people If there was an experiment created where a person was placed in front of a television screen‚ given a controller and allowed to play a violent first person shooter for an hour‚ would one feel the urge to shoot a school up? The question is do violent video games lead to violent behaviors? The research shows that violent video games cause heightened aggression‚ but not a more violent behavior. What trying to argue is that violent video games
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Do Professional athletes get paid too much? Yes‚ they do‚ Professional athletes get paid over 1 million dollars a year while the normal household salary is only fifty thousand dollars a year. This means that someone who just plays baseball‚ basketball‚ football‚ makes more than an office manager who gets paid a salary ranging from $30‚041 to $63‚184. Athletes get paid more than the people risking their lives to keep them safe. Athletes get paid too much and the amount they make needs to change.
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Video game controversies are unresolved societal and scientific arguments about whether or not the content of video games can change the behavior and attitudes of a player. Since the early 1980s‚ advocates of video games have emphasized their use as an expressive medium‚ arguing for their protection under the laws governing freedom of speech and also as an educational tool. Detractors argue that video games are harmful and therefore should be subject to legislative oversight and restrictions. The
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Most people wish that they could become a famous athlete or actor. The common question tends to come up do actors‚ and athletes get paid too much. Actors and athletes are not paid too considerably because they inspire more people such as teens to take a chance and do a job out of your passion. They are getting paid off on how they perform or play. Being put on a pedestal because society is always judging actors and athletes more often than not. Most importantly‚ actors and athletes are not paid
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be motivated by violent video games. Columbine school shooters(Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold) and theater shooter(James Holmes) all played these games. They would play these games for long hours daily. Studies show violence is motivated by the games that kids are playing. They act out these violent and illegal actions on their games and then do them in real life. Most of the teens in todays generation can honestly say they have played a violent video game at least one time in their lives. Therefore
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Nowadays‚ we have more and more free time‚ but I think we don`t know what to do with it. It all depends‚ of course‚ on what we mean by a "good" use of leisure time. In my view‚ it means using your time to do something creative‚ not wasting your time. A lot of young people today spend their free time watching sport on TV or doing some sport. Another popular pastime is sitting in cafes chatting and drinking coffee. Many of them spend much time surfing the Internet‚ chatting with strangers on the Net
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revealed that Australian children are spending too much time on screens. From the recommended screen time given by the government it is shown that 64% of kids from pre-school to early teens exceed the daily limit. Genevieve Allison published this article‚ ‘Most Australian children spend too much time glued to screens‚ research reveals’ in the Herald Sun on the 20th September‚ 2016 at 12:01am. Allison states that children are having excessive amounts of screen time. She implements a logical tone‚ which moves
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Do video games have a negative effect on children’s behaviour? Do video games have a negative effect on children’s behaviour? This question has been asked many times with many different answers and opinions. Scientists have conducted tests and experiments‚ and surveys have been done‚ but still the question remains predominantly unanswered due to the difference of opinion between people. You often hear of young people violently lashing out or committing horrific crimes‚ supposedly‚ due to them copying
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or if it is at home‚ television‚ many types of music‚ cell phones‚ have all been studied to cause problems when people try and learn. However‚ many technological devices and systems have been shown to help or even improve the ability to learn and understand things. In a 2009 survey done by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) found that both the video game market and the computer game market only consists in 10% of video games were shooter and family entertainment games were the highest at 18%
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