ONLINE DATAS AND RESEARCH Negative Effects of Technology on Children March 21‚ 2010 According to a New York Times article this January‚ the average kid‚ ages 8-18‚ spends over 7 ½ hours a day using technology gadgets equaling 2 ½ hours of music‚ almost 5 hours of tv and movies‚ three hours of internet and video games‚ and just 38 minutes of old fashioned reading according to the Kaiser Family Foundation‚ which adds up to 75 hours a week! These statistics are not just mere numbers; they are a reflection
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Cigarette smoking accounts for almost half a million people died from cancer‚ emphysema‚ and heart disease every year in the U.S. A positive effect on electronic cigarettes is that‚ e cigarettes can help tobacco smokers quit. People suggest that smokers quit slightly more easily with e cigarettes than with other cessation aids like nicotine patches or gum. A negative effect with electronic cigarettes is that‚ e cigarettes might actually make it harder to kick the habit of smoking; that’s because they can
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Negative Effects of Media on Children The media evidently has a noticeable impact on our lives and behaviours and especially the immature‚ impressionable and weak-minded people in our society. In a short span of time‚ most children can imitate a movie character‚ sing an advertising song‚ or show other impressions of what they learn from media. These examples may include posing indecently or expressing violent behaviour. Children only have to put a movie into a DVD player‚ open a magazine‚
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The Negative Effects of Social Networking on Teens As technology advances it becomes a big part of our lives and has changed the way the world communicates. Being a teen in this generation we have basically grown up with cell phones and social media. Some say that these two things have greatly impacted us in a negative way. According to Alive.com a study showed that 73% of teenagers use some type of social networking and along with the usage of social media‚ teens today are at risk of anything
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While this can be true‚ there are also a number of negative side effects it can cause. First off‚ multitasking is also known as sequential processing. What this means is‚ we aren’t really multitasking. Essentially we are closing a ‘tab’ (task) in our brain and opening another one. We are only performing one task at a time‚ rather than a bunch at once even though it may seem that way. As mentioned earlier‚ this can have negative side effects on the brain. One example of that is over-stimulation
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Do Schools Put Too Much Pressure on Kids Yes‚ it’s true that school put a lot of pressure on kids. School children are always seen carrying a huge bag of books and notebooks along with them. Though it’s a class 1st kid or a class 10th kid‚ all have huge burden of studies. Nowadays everyone wants to come first and no body wants to be the last. Every body just talks of marks and syllabus irrespective of learning things in a better and appropriate way. Children always want to score higher and higher
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The Negative Effects Of Grade Inflation Grades have always been disputable and have caused controversies; whether they are fair or not; whether they represent students’ knowledge or not; whether there are other alternatives that can be used instead of them. However‚ I believe nobody has come up with better solutions than the five letters grade system. A major issue is that has appeared in recent years related to grades is the so –called grade inflation. It means an escalating boost of grades for
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in closers of said facilities. A major negative aspect is the effect on the federal deficit. There are often expansions to Medicare without any congressional action or approval on how or where the funds come from to pay for these expansions. Therefore‚ the cost of these expansions gets added to the federal deficit‚ which in turn drives up taxes and the cost of medical care to privately insured individuals. Fraud and abuse are another concerning negative. The government processes an estimated
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I think the biggest negative impact in teens is sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation hurts people’s health and makes it harder for them in their school life and their real life.You need sleep as much as you need to breathe and eat. While you’re sleeping‚ your body is busy tending to your physical and mental health and getting you ready for another day. In children and adolescents‚ hormones that promote growth are released during sleep. These hormones help build muscle mass‚ as well as make repairs
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must be equal between men’s and women’s athletics. After forty years of this law being instated‚ it is evident that Title IX has accomplished its goal of providing equal opportunity to female athletes in collegiate athletics. However‚ unintentional negative outcomes have stemmed from this law‚ and is thus no longer acting in a positive manner for NCAA and should therefore be amended. Title IX has tremendously changed the world of women’s collegiate sports. In fact‚ the current number of women competing
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