Social Networking and Its Dangers Just when I was about to pick up my pen to finally start on my assignment‚ the Facebook chat buzzer went off yet again. It was Ivan‚ a friend I just met at the beach this afternoon playing beach volleyball. We chatted for about twenty minutes before he started asking me a series of personal questions and finally my sexual orientation. I was naïve then and didn’t know what sexual orientation meant‚ looking back I realized that Ivan was gay wanted to know if I
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when you come upon a teacher giving a student a Saturday school. What could he have possibly done? Did he hit somebody or curse at a teacher? No‚ he was just chewing gum; a harmless activity that is prohibited in middle schools‚ but why? In fact‚ chewing gum speeds up you heartbeat and blood pressure just enough to wake up both the left and right hemispheres in your brain‚ accessing your memory and helping you to concentrate better. Do teachers not want students to concentrate better? People chew
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The Effects of Internet Addiction As far as the developments that have changed the world considerably throughout the history are concerned‚ the internet is one of the most notable ones. With the internet’s becoming widespread all over the world‚ one can easily find the computer connected to the internet wherever he/she goes. However‚ there are certain bad effects steaming from using the internet excessively. According to the articles “This Is Your Brain On Internet” by Terrence Sejnowski and
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1. By Any Definition Social media is a way to transmit‚ or share information with a broad audience. Everyone has the opportunity to create and distribute. All you really need is an internet connection and you’re off to the races. On the other hand‚ social networking is an act of engagement. Groups of people with common interests‚ or like-minds‚ associate together on social networking sites and build relationships through community. 2. Communication Style Social media is more akin to a communication
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Over the past few years‚ social networking websites such as Facebook and Myspace have exploded in popularity‚ especially among children and teenagers. The social networks as Facebook‚ MySpace and others are all “virtual places” where people find themselves and share information. Nowadays‚ social networks are the best tools for communication‚ though in the first place they were used only for university purposes‚ where students and colleagues stayed in contact with each other after works or studies
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I say that youth organized sports should be allowed in schools Why i say we should allow organized sports should be allowed in schools it’s because the difficulties so you can be in the right level so you are not playing with people that are way better than you.You learn skill’s that pick up from playing in sports.Also you get healthy benfits from doing sports. Skill’s Being in sport gives you multiple skills needed for life.You lose games you win games but all of those experiences you learn
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scholarlinkresearch.org Internet Use and Reading Habits of Higher Institution Students Ofodu Graceful Onovughe Institute of Education Faculty of Education‚ Ekiti State University ___________________________________________________________________________ Within the Nigerian context‚ it is worrisome to notice the way derogatory comments about the way students apply themselves to modern technologies. Many people have attributed students’ non-challant attitude to reading to the use of the Internet. The reason is
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It was only a matter of time before social networking had gained so much attention that we would evolve this tool into a goldmine for businesses and entrepreneurs to grow their passions. Social networking clearly has an array of benefits; some would argue that social networks should be for individuals only‚ but users like me find that including businesses in social networking is an outstanding tool for judging reputation‚ finding out about new products and services‚ and giving free branding and advertising
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Phones are disruptive don’t get me wrong‚ they can be used for work but if i’m in class trying to take a test or learn i’d rather not hear your phone. Most kids don’t put their phones up. Phones shouldn’t be allowed in school and here is why. First and foremost phones are disruptive. If a student has his phones on him he’s more likely to look at it and cause a problem. In other words phones are bad to have in class.For example Tyrus has his phones out during a test‚ he will get of track and he won’t
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The Significance of Social Networking The development of public social networking websites is surely apparent to anyone in the Twenty first century. Because the world has been changing so much technically‚ public media tools and websites also consume me. It appears that websites have begun to modify my identity as an individual‚ whether I like it or not. Some of these changes are good‚ and yet others are not. Social systems have modified my identity by allowing me become friends with and connect
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