In my opinion‚ I don’t really like this story. It gave us as a reader a negative vibes regarding to their attitude. ’Twelve and not stupid’ is very interesting at the beginning. I am wonder what twelve and not stupid is. It is very mysterious. The writer began the story with the character of Auntie May. I feel pity towards Shasha has to wait alone after school time. It will be so dangerous if we let a kid to be alone.If she has been kidnapped‚ she and her family would be in trouble. Shasha’s father
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ENG 110 Is Google Making Us Stupid? “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is an article written by Nicholas Carr‚ which was published in The Atlantic in July 2008. Throughout his article‚ Carr discusses how people are beginning to rely on the internet as their primary source of information. He also states that the internet is negatively affecting the way we read and write‚ and is also having an effect on the way we process information. With the help of his fellow writers and personal research‚ he makes
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In his essay‚ Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses‚ Louis Althusser demonstrates that in order to exist‚ a social formation is required to essentially‚ continuously and perpetually reproduce the productive forces (labour-power)‚ the conditions of production and the relations of production. The reproduction of productive forces is ensured by the wage system which pays a minimum amount to the workers so that they appear to work day after day‚ thereby limiting their vertical mobility. The reproduction
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In this article‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr discusses the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence as the main source of knowledge. Artificial intelligence has the ability to condense one’s life into the cyber world‚ most time of a phone or computer: “It’s becoming our map and our radio and T.V” (Carr‚ 3). Giving that much control and information about one’s life into such a system that is insecure and easily accessible can be very
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In the article‚ “How stupid is Google making us?” by William Badke responds to Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr supports his argument by stating the fact that he has totally lost his ability to think and read and that the longer we work online‚ the less tolerance we have to concentrate and contemplate. William Badke seems to support his argument but not completely. He discusses his opinion on technology and whether it impacts human thinking. He is against the fact
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Michelle Huynh English 4 Professor Polster April 22‚ 2015 “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains‚” the author Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet has detrimental effects by altering the way we comprehend and the way our brain functions. Carr’s mind is changing because he is not thinking the way he used to think. He used to love reading books and articles‚ but now he can barely get through two or three pages because his
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R.S Prep-why is the bible so important to Christians: B question The Bible is important for Christians because it is the word of God and in the New Testament God speaks to us directly through the life of his son (see Hebrew 1:1‚2). The bible is also very important to Christians because it reinforces the existence of Jesus and provides proof of his existence through the letters from Peter when he stated that “we were eyewitnesses of his majesty” (see 2 Pet 1:16 -18). The Bible is an eyewitness
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Caleb Pierce Political Science Too Stupid for Democracy? The principle of the Salon article‚ “Are Americans too stupid for Democracy?”‚ is that American citizens aren’t stupid‚ just uneducated on political issues to form a democracy. The problem lies not on the voter‚ but on the question itself. Since the United States was founded it has always been a constitutional republic. The word democracy isn’t even mentioned once in the Constitution or Declaration of Independence. The founding fathers
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UCWR 110 September 8‚ 2014 Essay 1: “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” summary and response Summary: In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. In the article of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way our mind works and has some negative effects on our lives. The article begins with that the Internet is the excellent resource
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“Is Google Making Us Stupid” In “Is Google Making Us Stupid‚” Nicholas Carr discusses over the question about the cause and effect of how Internet impacts our thinking‚ reading‚ writing habits‚ and how our brains react to adapt to the “new-media rule”. The author uses many specific examples and statistics to demonstrate his point of view. Throughout the first part of the article‚ Nicholas Carr argues whether our reading and writing habits may be affected by the search engines on Google. We used
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