Persuasive Speech Outline on “Texting while driving” March 21st‚ 2013 I. Introduction A. The main premise of my argument is that no one for whatever reason should be texting while driving. B: Defining the issue: Distracted driving while texting 1. Texting and driving 2. Lack of concentration‚ losing focus on driving 3. Looking at texts and not paying attention to the surroundings scenery C: Standing on this issue? All drivers need to be aware of distracted driving and take steps to
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“The web was going to be the great educator‚ but the cult of the amateur is now devaluing knowledge‚” says net entrepreneur Andrew Keen in his book The Cult of the Amateur. Would you agree or disagree with this statement? Is the Internet killing our ability to think critically by providing us with too much information and too many voices? Our ability to think critically directly relates to how we use our brains in our everyday lives. So many people use the internet for emailing
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The beginning stages of social media began years ago with online blogging‚ then spiraled forward from instant messaging to MySpace and soon other online social networks emerged. As new facets of online and virtual interactions were created and utilized‚ former and more personal forms of communications have seemed to become outdated. As a result of the huge increase in socializing online over the past decade‚ we have become a society of networkers. Yet‚ with all the networking going on people have
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example‚ people who speak English have a better chance at being accepted into training programs or colleges in English-speaking countries. They can make friends easier if they know English. They can also make friends all around the world just by using instant messengers online. Knowing English broadens one’s social networking because they can communicate with people around the world. In conclusion‚ learning English is necessary today. English is the most common language in the world. Knowing English
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growing number of small- and medium-sized firms‚ many of which are high technology firms. Accurate Accounting staff typically spend many days on-site with clients during their consulting and audit projects‚ but has increasingly been using email and Instant Messenger (IM) to work with clients. Now‚ many firms are pushing Accurate Accounting to adopt videoconferencing. Diego is concerned about what videoconferencing software and hardware to install. While Accurate Accounting’s email
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Words count: 717 Social Networking: Important Factors of Facebook Facebook is a part of social networking‚ that everyone like regardless of age‚ gender and occupation. Social networking is becoming important part of student’s life; students could use Facebook to keep in touch with friends‚ family even with classmates discussing homework or group projects. The article “Facebook Addiction Spreads” by Angela Fowler is a great article points out some important facts about social media‚ also Michael
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new level. Now with the internet‚ people no longer need to wait for mails from overseas or pay for expensive international phone calls to be informed of the well being of their loved ones. All they have to do is send an email or chat with them on instant messenger. If this is not enough‚ you can speak to them “face to face” on Skype. Believe it or not‚ all of this can be done free of charge. If you want to know how your old schoolmates are
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television exploded onto the scene in the 1940-50s‚ it provided much the same things the Internet is providing people today: entertainment and information. However‚ the Internet has certain advantages over television and‚ most importantly‚ it provides instant access to specific information. And it is interactive‚ whereas television is not. Whenever Internet addicts feel overwhelmed‚ stressed‚ depressed‚ lonely or anxious‚ they use the Internet to seek solace and escape. Their lack of emotional support
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Clayton Lego Comp & Rhetoric Prof. McKinlay 11/1/14 Argumentative Essay: Nicholas Carr In the article by Nicholas Carr‚ "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"‚ Carr points out numerous drawbacks to today’s technology and as well as a useful tool to our society. Of course this topic of discussion has various opinions and viewpoints on whether technology is coming our aid or hurting us more in today’s world. I believe technology is in fact hurting us in some categories‚ but ultimately I believe that
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then the invention of paper and printing press spread the communication.The ever evolving technology helped circulate the newspaper from one part to another part of the world. The invention of the telephone‚ radio‚television ‚mobile phone and text messaging made communication faster‚ less expensive and widely available. But internet has completely changed the way we communicate.According to Zhong(2007) says that Internet made communication very handy for humans.He points out that people can easily
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