Vietnam‚ a war that ended in 1975 was a war about the prolonged struggles between the nationalists forces that were trying to attempt the unification of Vietnam as a country under a government of communism and the United States attempting to delay or stop the spread of communism. To the Americans‚ this war seemed pointless and the Americans saw that there was no way of winning so the government lost the support for this uncalled war. In "The Things They Carried‚" Tim O’Brien wrote a novella about
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter By STEVEN JOHNSON The Sleeper Curve SCIENTIST A: Has he asked for anything special? SCIENTIST B: Yes‚ this morning for breakfast . . . he requested something called ’’wheat germ‚ organic honey and tiger’s milk.’’ SCIENTIST A: Oh‚ yes. Those were the charmed substances that some years ago were felt to contain life-preserving properties. SCIENTIST B: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or . . . hot fudge? SCIENTIST A: Those were thought
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These days a lot of children by the age of 2 years old will know how go on the internet‚ work a cell phone and know how to play video games. Technology is getting more advanced and children are getting smarter. My godson Brandon is 3 years old and knows how to work my phone‚ iPod and plays the PlayStation 3. He will grab my phone and will know how to go to YouTube and watch videos then later talk about what he just saw. Just by watching random videos his IQ expanded and started talking more about
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ersonally I think that you can get smarter‚ because as you age/grow older and become more mature you experience and learn alot more than you already knew. For example when I was 8 years old I didn’t know anything about world history at all‚ but eight years later you learn that type of stuff. If you wanna get smarter then the only thing you have to do is basically read. Make sure you read books‚ magazines‚ articles‚ newspapers‚ etc. You may also read the dictionary if you please. “According to the
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Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? As I walked into the gas station I couldn’t help but envy the cashier without even seeing who they were because they had a job that required zero mental capacity and required little to no thinking. I had just gotten off of work‚ where I was quite literally running a business‚ which was no easy task. It wasn’t until I laid eyes on who was ringing out my late night purchase did I immediately regret envying them. It was Jordan Davis‚ our graduating class’ valedictorian
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Many people are starting to question the need for human input in any aspect of life when technology is far more advanced in problem solving and productivity. However‚ others would disagree with these statements; in Clive Thompson’s article‚ “Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better”‚ he proposes that technology acts as an enabler for humans rather than a hindrance. Thompson believes that if humans and technology can seamlessly work together‚ humans can be transformed
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Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter? Greg Sabo Period 0-1 I do feel exercise does and could make kids smarter. This article is mainly about scientist testing kids and animals to see how they react and their knowledge after exercising for certain amounts of time. In the article they prove scientifically that exercise has no real change on I.Q. and intelligence levels. Then they tested it and then made the pets and animals run some kind of test and instantly they scored went up just a little at least
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point of focus is how the ability to read is now beginning to fade away (Carr). Google has made it easy to find the solution to a problem. He does say that we read more compared to in the past by reading what is on the web. Even though we may read more by using technology are ability to read books and curtain pieces of texts is beginning to
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For most children and teenagers‚ using the Internet has joined watching television and talking on the phone in the repertoire of typical behavior. In fact‚ 87 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds are now online‚ according to a 2005 Pew Research Center report. That’s a 24 percent increase over the previous four years‚ leading parents and policymakers to worry about the effect access to worlds of information--and misinformation--has on children. Psychologists are only beginning to answer that question‚ but
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