Text-Speak‚ Harmful or Helpful? Text-speak is‚ “A form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications‚ characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar‚ spelling‚ punctuation‚ and style‚” according to Dictionary.com. Text-speak is diminishing our young student’s ability to write properly and make convincing arguments‚ as stated by the writer of Text Speak is Harming Teens’ Writing Skills at Triumph Learning. The author states‚ in the
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Conservative Politics: U.S. ‚ President George W. Bush was quoted as saying‚ "There are people doing jobs Americans will not do. Many people who have come into our country are helping our economy grow. That is just a fact of life" (Illegal Aliens: Helpful or Harmful to America? 1). Increasingly fewer educated‚ native-born American workers are unwilling or unable to perform the strenuous jobs that don ’t even require a high school diploma…but immigrants are. According to an immigration policy brief written
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their nervousness. In other situations‚ however‚ the stress can be good for a person. The fight-or-flight response is a type of stress that can be either beneficial or harmful depending on the situation. The fight-or-flight response is important due to how it can benefit a person and how understanding it helps one negate its harmful effects. Fight-or-flight responses happen automatically in face of threats. True to its name‚ it helps prepare the body to either fight or flee the threat. As
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Social Networking Sites and Children: Helpful or Harmful? Social Networking Sites are one of the most popular applications for people to use. These social networking sites are usually focused on different kinds of relationships‚ for example‚ LinkedIn for professionals‚ YouTube for entertainment‚ or MSN and Facebook for personal users. Through social networking sites‚ people can communicate with people instantly‚ check the news quickly‚ and receive daily updates from family. Why are Social Networking
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Alas‚ the most dun smoke of hell cometh upon our Kingdom seeking blood; O that this too‚ too solid flesh would melt‚ thaw and resolve itself into dew! Or that the Everlasting had fixed His canon against self-slaughter! O God! O God! Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ or take arms against a sea of troubles by opposing them is not for me to decide. It is for me to end a foretold woe of stars with trains of fire and dews of blood‚ disasters in the
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Ear buds can be used in everybody’s daily life‚ but something this little can make you deaf. On the other hand‚ there is a way to prevent it‚ all you have to do is keep your music or whatever you’re listening at a medium volume‚ because if you do blast it‚ each time you do‚ it damage your ears. Nonetheless‚ keeping it at a medium volume let’s you hear when there is trouble. Such as‚ your sister got hurt and is screaming‚ but you had your earbuds blasting music so you couldn’t hear her. If only you
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Are strong religious beliefs helpful or harmful to a society? Overall‚ strong religious beliefs are mostly harmful because they are what resulted in the Aztecs being kicked out of Atlan and helped to cause the end of the Incan empire. Although‚ they can be helpful because they provided the Aztecs with land. Strong religious beliefs could be harmful to a society because it is what resulted in the Aztecs being kicked out of Aztlan. Aztlan is the place they decamped after having to leave their original
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and the students’ perspective about school. One of the major concerns in school is the absence of fine savory food. Lunch periods are filled with students who crave for food every day. The number of food options in the lunch lines are outweighed by the students. About 77 percent of 1‚300 high school students surveyed said that they did not like the food‚ and about half
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In 2002‚ parents of two obese teenaged girls filed a lawsuit against the McDonald’s Corporation alleging the company’s negligent‚ yet effective‚ marketing of fatty foods toward the American youth led to her unhealthy weight and lifestyle. The complaint also noted that McDonald’s failed to properly disclose the ingredients and nutritional information of their products. Similarly‚ in 2003‚ a male in California filed a lawsuit against Nabisco for their use of trans fats ingredients in their snack products
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As consumers we have to pay close attention to the products that we purchase and bring into are homes‚ because there are some products that are too dangerous to be sold even if the side effects are given and other warnings are given. However‚ we are not always given all of the side effects or warnings; unfortunately‚ many people find out the hard way after using products such as vehicles‚ machinery‚ cleaning solutions‚ or drugs. Generally‚ no one truly sees the dangers or risk of these items until
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