Horror movies are a waste of time When I walk into a movie theater and I hear the scary climatic music‚ coming from inside of one of the theaters. I see people running out of the theater that cannot handle the gore with their eyes shut tight. To think that they just paid eight dollars to have an unpleasant two hours watching only a fraction of the horror movie. They probably watched about 50 cents if you divided the money into the time the movie runs
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Studying history is a waste of time because it prevents us from focusing on the challenges of the present. People live in this present. They plan for and worry about the future. History‚ however‚ is the study of the past. Given all the demands that press in from living in the present and anticipating what is yet to come‚ the speaker concludes that studying history is a waste of time because it distracts us from current challenges. However‚ I do not agree with this opinion because history is essential
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English Diagnostic Essay Is Reading Fiction is a Waste of Time? ! ! Reading fiction is not a waste of time. There are many reasons why fictional books are good to read‚ but some of the main reasons are: reading fictional literature increases emotional awareness‚ enhances learning‚ and reading is good for the mind.! ! ! Fiction is full of emotion. The avid reader feels many emotions and experiences lives through the characters in the book. As William Styron said‚ “A great book
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2011 Caroline Bird’s essay “College is a Waste of Time and Money” explains her beliefs on why‚ for some people‚ going to college is an ineffective and inefficient use of their time. She states that many students do not belong in college because they are there for the wrong reasons and they are not happy learning. She also gives evidence to suggest that going to college and getting a degree does not actually allows a person to make more money in their life time. Her final claim is that college does not
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would give the children more social time‚ it could calm the students minds‚ which would reduce stress‚ and most of all‚ because physical fitness is important for children to keep them healthy. Although some people think that recess is a waste of time‚ and the students could be doing work‚ studies show that exercise‚ and social time is helpful for the kids. One reason that a longer recess would be more helpful for the children is because recess gives the kids a time to interact with their friends‚ and
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Television‚ a Waste of Time And Money Television has become increasingly more popular through the years since it was first invented. In fact it is so popular that almost every home in America has one or more television sets. TV started when Edwin Belin‚ an English man‚ held the patent for the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and radar‚ which demonstrated a mechanical scanning device that was an early ancestor to modern television. With TV sets almost everywhere in sight
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Sorayah Vuningoma Professor Scott English 101 Rough Draft College is a waste of time and money In Caroline Bird‚ “College is a waste of time and money‚” Bird discusses why college is not necessary for everyone. She states that many college students are in college not because they want to but because they have to. Bird came to realize that college students don’t feel needed. They are led to believe that getting a college degree is important because it’s a way of getting higher chance of
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world‚ and it’s slowly damaging us. An author by the name of William Gibson wrote an article titled “The Net is a Waste of Time” published on July 14‚ 1996 in The New York Times; in the article William Gibson argues that soon the internet will be boring‚ used only for work and lack any form of fun or randomness. Williams argument is also hinted in the title “The Net is a Waste of Time”‚ he states the internet in 1996 was at a “test pattern” meaning that all the interesting things one could do in 1996
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The art of dramas convey one’s emotion and thought through a visual effect. The key elements of the nature of drama are essential to understanding and interpreting a play or any type of drama. The dramatic art within “Time Flies” by David Ives and “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry are perfect examples of the main points of the nature of drama. To understand the elements of soliloquy and asides‚ the dramatical difference in stories and plays‚ and the effect of the audience against the actors
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Net is a Waste of Time In William Gibson’s persuasive essay “The Net is a Waste of Time‚” he often uses figurative language to portrait his point of view and most of the time talks to the audience as a first person. He is trying to convince the reader that‚ in an inadvertent way the World Wide Web (The Net) is just wasting our time. The purpose of his essay is to make the reader re-think the fact that the net isn’t what everyone expects; instead of thinking that we are using our time productively
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