Good morning I bid to the Mr/Madam speaker Wise and honourable adjudicators‚ Accurate and precise timekeeper My fellow comrades‚ My worthy yet sadly misguided opponents‚ And last but not least‚ The respected members of the floor. I as the 3rd speaker of the negative strongly disagree with the motion for today which is SUCCESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAPPINESS. As such‚ I am bound by my duty to rebut‚ refute and expose all three points brought forward by the affirmative. After that‚ I will
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“They Say‚ I Say” Introduction Reflection In the opening pages of the book “They Say‚ I Say”‚ Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein introduce the readers with the use of writing templates. As a way of hooking their audience and making the material relatable to all readers‚ they give a comparison. They instructed the reader to think about a complex task such as basketball‚ cooking‚ or driving a car. The reason behind this movement was to prove that writing is no different and is simply a matter of practicing
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stigma and bias good for our society? Unarguably‚ stigma and bias have become dirty words in our society‚ stemming from the negative connotations they have enabled in the past. Try as we might however‚ even in a time of social reform‚ many retain their biases and champion them. From my point of view‚ stigma and bias are self-limiting upon how we conduct ourselves‚ but they can play an important role in our lives‚ therefore reducing the sway of these sentiments can be advantageous to our growth as individuals
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In the introduction to “They say/I say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing‚ Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to engage students to critically and academically think at the college level and in life. Specifically‚ Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer students the necessary means to formulate and structure their writing in an effective manner. As the authors themselves put it‚ "the underlying structure of effective academic
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Social media tools and other technology provide a way to meet and stay in touch with other people through the Internet and it links millions of people together across the globe. The technology has significantly changed the way we think about identity. Unlike face-to-face‚ online interaction provides an opportunity for one to be anonymous‚ invisible‚ and multiple. Users have the opportunity to portray‚ experience‚ and express unexplored aspects of the self. The computer and interaction online provide
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How Technology has Changed Our Lives Technology has allowed us to connect with people with ease‚ and has made many tasks so much easier. From desktops to IPhones‚ the world we live in allows us to communicate with anybody with wireless access with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. From listening to Led Zeppelin‚ to navigating to the mall‚ technology has made everyday life more convenient. We can text on cellphones‚ connect on social networking sites and video chat on Skype with little to
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Technology is something that we can’t live without in this fast paced world. We use it to help us get through our everyday tasks and activities. It has helped change our lives by making everything easier to access and simple. It has also affected our social and physical life in many ways. In the essays “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era‚” by Restak and “The Limits of Friendship‚” by Konnikova‚ they both discussed the impact of technology on us. Although technology has greatly helped
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To what extent are volcanoes more harmful to our society than earthquakes? Many people may argue that volcanoes are much more dangerous than earthquakes due to the devastating impact it has on people lives and the area it takes place in; however‚ others may solidify that earthquakes are infinitely more catastrophic than volcanoes considering the amount of destruction that it causes. There are two types of plates‚ oceanic and continental. Various types of movement occur along the different types
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Facebook‚ MySpace and Twitter are names which are quite familiar to anyone of us. Furthermore‚ many of us make use of these social networking sites to stay in touch with our family and friends. This is because that these sites are cheap‚ fast and easy to access. However‚ the parents often feel worry for letting their teens use these social networking sites. In this case‚ a study I’ve founded stated that these sites have actually bring more benefits than harms to teens. Advocates of the social networking
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to now. Technology shapes our society in a number of different ways. Before the invention of the internet‚ there wasn’t email. Many people in the business world communicate solely with email and without it‚ they are lost. Have you ever lost your internet connection or networking device? You are literally stuck in a mess and have no idea what to do. Think back the first cell phones that were available‚ before the days of text massaging and blue tooth. Technology is essential in our society in order
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