HELL OF AN EXPERIENCE University of the Philippines Visayas—it never occurred to me that these words would actually make a mark in my life‚ not to mention college life. I guess it was fate which brought me here but sometimes when I look back and think‚ I tell myself‚ “Maybe this really was meant for me”. Thus‚ my story begins. The only reason why I took the UPCAT was because majority of my batch mates took it and just because I somehow thought it would be worth the experience. I never treated
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Why Fight Traffic Tickets? What are traffic tickets besides expensive and annoying? Too many of them and they can become a serious problem. We don’t just mean financially either. We are talking about can’t legally drive for three months‚ calling your friends to drive you around level serious problem. Each state handles numerous traffic violations differently. Here in Florida‚ a point system is used for violations. Different kinds of traffic violations have different point values‚ ranging from 3
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The Great Seattle Windshield Epidemic reflects the collective delusion that can exist in society. In reality‚ approximately 4‚000 cars had their windshields pitted. The media influenced everyone to believe that it was an issue‚ by drawing their attention towards it. Pitting of windshields is common‚ therefore should be expected. The questions arises as to how one can know‚ without looking. By drawing attention to the already pitted windshields‚ people witnessed damages they’ve never seen before
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Is Texting Better Than Talking? Because texting provides an easier and less personal way of communication‚ people often use it to avoid awkward phone conversations or personal interaction. Although texting has not been around long enough to study how it affects communication long-term‚ there is a great amount of proof that shows how quickly it alters the way we communicate in person or through text. It can be beneficial in many aspects‚ but some argue that it discourages traditional methods of communication
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Texting and driving is a very wrong thing to do. If you are texting and driving there is a serious risk you are taking. There is great possibility that something very tragic could happen. It is against the law and you should not break that law. That law is trying to stop us from doing it. Do not text and drive. Texting and driving could end in a horrible accident. For example‚ if you are driving and you get a text‚ do not answer it. If you happen to answer it‚ pull over on the side of the
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Technologies Distract Drivers The popularization of advanced technologies today leads to the distracted driving directly. As smartphones and other electronic devices are getting more popular nowadays‚ more and more people use their phones while driving. As Sarah Doody proofs the fact in her article‚ Incentivize People to Ignore Their Phones while Driving‚ there is a shocking number of people use their phones while driving‚ their eyes were off the road because they paid attention to the screens (Doody
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How has the language of the text been influenced by technology? Technology has changed vastly over time. Now language is being influenced “faster and better than before‚ across 3g” and its changing language as we know it. Text messaging has changed the face of communication completely giving us the ability to “talk” instantly and giving a vast nhe whole of time‚ from great carvings on dingy cave walls‚ to the printing press in the 15th centuryew lexical and grammatical look on language…for better
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Imagine a teenager driving home from a football game late Friday night. Its pitch dark out and the teen can barely see when completely focused on the road. Then the teen feels his phone ring in his pocket and he reaches to check it‚ taking his eyes from the road for just a split second and then bang‚ he swerves off the road and hits a mailbox. Of course this isn’t an extreme example of what can happen from texting or distracted driving but it is dangerous none the less. One of the most common deaths
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In the last couple of years‚ teenagers and adults from around the country and even our area have been killed while texting and driving. Researchers at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park estimate more than 3‚000 annual teen deaths nationwide from texting and 300‚000 injuries. Texting and driving has increased tremendously as the technology keeps advancing. Wouldn’t you want to be one the people who don’t even need to worry about this issue or being one of the 300‚000 that get injured
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The Day That Changed My Life On August 8‚ 2009 I woke up like any other day‚ not knowing that it was going to be the worst day of my life. As soon as I cracked my eyes‚ my hand went to my phone to check a variety of things including my Facebook‚ my text messages‚ and my instant messages. I was hoping to see a message from my boyfriend‚ Lucas. Three months prior to this day‚ my boyfriend’s best friend‚ Michael‚ had died in a motorcycle accident. As long as I had known the two of them‚ they did
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