Does The Internet Make You Smarter? Brentney Davis Ivy Tech Community College Cover Letter Dear Professor Downton: In my peer responses‚ I noticed a lot of the students said I didn’t have the questions I proposed answered for them so I went back and included that into my final draft. I also made sure to state the article in the introduction that I am summarizing and responding to. Problems I encountered while revising my draft were the compatibility of the computer I was using with the Microsoft
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Steven Johnson the author of “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”‚ argues that TV programing has become more cognitively demanding‚ and therefore believes that both watching TV and playing violent video games are somehow beneficial (278). By stating‚ that TV programing and reading focus on the same mental faculties such as attention‚ patience and retention (280) he makes it seem that is acceptable to indulge in such distractions. Ever since the multi-threading was introduced in the 1980 culture has
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You Can Find Happiness Anywhere When people think of an abandoned building they think it looks creepy or haunted or they wonder why it was abandoned in the first place. Well no one really knows why‚ when‚ or how they were abandoned except the people that worked there. However‚ a photographer from Genoa Italy‚ will change the normal perspective about a rundown‚ abandoned building. She has made a photo collection about abandoned places and how they do not perceive to be as creepy as we may think. She
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reality on TV. Johnson‚ Steven. “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” They Say I say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.Eds. Gerald Graff‚ CathyBirkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. New York: Norton‚ 2009. 213-230. Print. In the article written By Steven Johnson‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”‚ states that the TV audience has become more cognitively demanding then earlier generations. Johnson believes that shows on TV are popular because they make the audience think more to understand the show.
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different between things you want to do and things you have to do. When I love what I do‚ I will spend my whole time and effort into it no matter how hard it is. Furthermore‚ having lucid decision is important too. In facts‚ leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want because he wants to do it. No one wants to trust someone who is indecisive and has no idea what he is doing. Henry Ford said that‚ “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing‚ you’re right
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Have you ever realized that its the little things in life that make us happy? But‚ have you ever noticed how each of us is remembered for the little things we do in life? Like holding open the door for the person behind you‚ smiling at someone as you pass them on the street and in this case‚ taking detail into consideration. We live in an increasingly image conscious world‚ where looks and the way we dress make as much difference as our ability‚ and trying to really define yourself is really hard
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little brother observes from the sidelines as the boxer rigorously prepares for his momentous match. What the boxer doesn’t know is that after he graciously wins the fight his actual match will begin outside of the gym. The advertisement “Boxing Makes You Bigger” from the company Everlast seems to be about boxing but is really about responsibility. The two boys leave the boxing gym‚ and the town that they walk through appears to be an impoverished area; there are piles of rubble‚ and graffiti is sprayed
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advice‚ for how can one advise another how to act unless one knows that other as well as one knows oneself? Heaven knows‚ I know little enough of myself: I know; nothing of others. We can only guess at the thoughts and emotions of our neighbours. Each one of us is a prisoner in a solitary tower and he communicates with the other prisoners‚ who form mankind‚ by conventional signs that have not quite the same meaning for them as for himself. And life‚ unfortunately‚ is something that you can lead but once;
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The Current Undergraduate The article‚ “Ask Not What You Can Do For Your University‚ but What Your University Can Do For You”‚ written by the University of California Los Angeles Student WebZine‚ claims that universities are no longer providing education for students‚ but rather running a business. Colleges have turned into a profit seeking institution‚ making decisions based on financial concerns. The article claims that students are customers and education is a purchase. Webzine scolds the students
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and has had a significant change on everyone in some type of way. It is heavily influenced by technology. In some form of way technology has allowed people to gain more knowledge on general topics. “2b or Not 2b” by David Crystal‚ and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson‚ both discuss how technology has had a huge impact on the way our modern day society works. Crystal argues the benefits that come with texting. He explains that although in many ways texting has tainted the English language
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