101 Reading Response “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by‚ Steven Johnson. A. Comprehension: Steven Johnson argues about watching TV shows makes us smarter by developing our brain. He compares the current TV shows and earlier TV shows. B. Response: Johnson explains about how TV shows has changed over a decade. He explains how the show Hill Street considered to be a complicated TV show but that perspective has
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“Watching TV Makes Your Smarter” In Steven Johnson’s essay Watching TV Makes You Smarter” (2005)‚ he suggests that the increasing complexity of TV shows can engage audiences’ brains‚ and help people think smarter. Citing multiple second-hand evidences‚ Johnson develops his ideas by comparing old and new TV shows‚ describing the confusion may caused by complex TV shows’ threads‚ and the positive effect of watching complex TV shows. By using examples from multiple TV shows‚ the author differentiates engaging
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VIRGIN BUSINESS GROUP. This group owns more than 200 companies. “Branson” and “VIRGIN” is now a symbol of a famous brand all over the world. VIRGIN group holds a pretty number of companies. Most popular VIRGIN companies are VIRGIN Money‚ VIRGIN America‚ VIRGIN Australia‚ VIRGIN Money Giving‚ VIRGIN Casino‚ VIRGIN Holidays‚ VIRGIN Balloon Flights‚ VIRGIN Cola‚ VIRGIN Atlantic Airways‚ VIRGIN Galactic and VIRGIN Mobile. Starting a business from student magazine to airlines‚ VIRGIN group is now operating
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Case #7-The Apollo Group(Report) I. Analysis-Issues: a. The young people drop out the programs because the doubt in the education quality. b. The Apollo group education method is contrasted to the conventional mechanism of education being summited to criticism by other universities. c. The young students are more interested in enrolled into traditional education. d. Companies give financial help to the adult working students to pay their
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"Everyday Use". Maggie Johnson was the youngest of the two daughters‚ and her older sister Dee had gone to college and hadn ’t been home in over a decade. Maggie stayed at her mother ’s side‚ to make a life for herself that seemed suitable for her. In this story‚ Maggie is a fragile young woman‚ however a strong character that is opposite of her sister Dee‚ who underestimates Maggie for the person she is. The story takes place at ’mama ’s ’ house‚ where Maggie and Mrs. Johnson were at their home waiting
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in detail‚ and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life’’( James Johnson). Living your life surrounded by people that make you happy and feel content are the important things in life. No one is promised tomorrow and James wrote about a woman that makes him feel like he will live till the end of time. James Weldon Johnson is the creator of‚ “The book of American Negro poetry”‚ which is a book filled with Poems from different authors that write
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escalation in 1964 came about as a result of perceived threats to U.S. interests and political pressure to resolve the conflict entirely amidst the Gulf of Tonkin incident. As a result‚ the Vietnam War profoundly impacted the Great Society programs Johnson had implemented as with the diversion of resources and attention to the war effort the effectiveness of his domestic policies was weakened significantly. Long-term consequences in Vietnam also saw widespread casualties and displacement among the locals
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The essay Environmental Justice by Robert D. Bullard and Glenn S. Johnson explored many different aspects of environmental justice issue in the United States. They specifically looked at how communities of color have been specifically targeted for sites toxic waste dumps and other environmental hazards. A phenomenon known as environmental racism. Additionally‚ how grassroots organizations have had success fighting for the rights for the people in lower-class communities‚ as well for people of color
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that day President Johnson held a speech titled ‘The
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The Downward Spiral Questions 1. Anthony Johnson was the first man to owned slaves. 2. The first eleven slaves were treated very badly. It was the begging of slavery and not lot people where uses it. After they got to use it‚ then it got really bad and a lot people died and got hurt. 3. A lot of the slaves didn’t have rights until a long period of time. The only day they got off was Sunday and they would still make them work. 4. The difference between the two is how indentured servants agree to
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