Rizaline Luna Ms. Klein Composition 8 May 2014 Modern Technology: For Better or Worse? When it comes to the topic of the impact of digital devices or modern technology on society‚ most of us will readily agree that technology has positive and negative effects on our social and personal life. Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of does technology control us? Whereas some are convinced that we need to embrace the technology‚ others maintain that we are living too much
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Some people believe Rome had a better system for citizenship‚ not in fact Athens system for citizenship is better. In 500 B.C.E Athens established a direct democracy. People have been arguing about this question‚ whom developed the better citizenship system Athens‚ or Rome? Better is defined as that which has a greater excellence‚ or is preferable or wiser. Athens citizenship made more sense because of three reasons: all citizens are equal‚ they had the power to ostracize‚ and they had full participation
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Bikes Are Better Modes of Transportation Than Cars for College Students As I was getting ready to leave for college‚ my dad asked me if I wanted a bike. I thought he was joking‚ so I just looked at him and laughed. Where I am from‚ riding bikes to school is not really cool‚ and what I really wanted was a car. When I told him that‚ he just laughed at me. He tried to tell me that a bike would be better than a car‚ but I was not trying to hear that. I told him I would rather walk than ride
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Five young women‚ graduated from high school five days before they had an accident on June 2007. They died instantly due to their irresponsibility for texting and driving (Sundeen). Teen drivers are more likely to get distracted than experienced drivers‚ and stories like this one prove it. Although texting is a major problem in today’s society‚ it is not the only distraction for young drivers. Other distractions can include putting on make-up‚ eating‚ combing their hair‚ having their dog on their
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Most planners need to take part in planning places where they are unfamiliar with‚ it is important for them to get as much information as possible within limited time. According to Jacobs (1961:21)‚ there is no perfection in planning since cities are a laboratory for testing theories‚ errors will be made in process. Therefore‚ there will be rooms for improvement. Observing the pedestrian behaviour in Coburg‚ the safety issues are my main concerns. However‚ the Moreland City Council (2011) conducted
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Better to be late than sorry The festive season is said to be a season of accidents and the high rate of road accident is testament to this. Road accidents have been identified as one of the causes of deaths in Malaysia. In light of this‚ the causes of road accidents must be identified to reduce them as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. One of the causes of road accidents is an increase in road users. Young people today obtain their licenses at a young age of sixteen and thus we
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to make a better life. There are some people‚ who make it in life without a valuable education‚ but it is much more important to have an education and further it for a person’s career and he or she’s life in general. This is stated because it is harder to build a career without an education than it is with one. Doing without an education can be one of the biggest challenges in a persons life and may turn out to truly be an experience that most are not willing to undergo. It is better stated than
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HelloooEducation and money are both important things. They are essential to support our life. People may think money is the most important thing in our life. But in my opinion‚ education comes first than money. They don’t know behind the power of education which makes money as an illusion. Nowadays‚ people look at money as it is the root of life like you will not be able to survive without money. They are desperate to find money which they think money is the most important thing in the world
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eradicating some of the most terrible diseases. Technological improvements are all indicators that our country is better in present time than fifty years ago. Discrimination in many forms has been an epidemic for our great country. As an African American female I have two characteristics that would classify me as a meager possession‚ an inanimate object. I strongly believe the world is better than it was fifty years ago; predominantly due to our progress as a nation‚ from the civil rights movement era
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I’m pretty sure all of us are familiar with the cliché‚ “money can’t buy happiness.” In Gregg Easterbrook book The Progress Paradox he tries to understand why a small variances of this cliché is so. The paradox that underlies Easterbrook’s venture is that through out the last fifty years‚ things have improved in the United States and Europe‚ by all objective standards. All though during same time‚ surveys of happiness and satisfaction have not changed since the fifties. Easterbrook’s main question
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