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    An Organization That Has Been Misunderstood Many sports commentators and a few athletes believe the wnba is a waste of time and money because the players do not compete hard enough. Women basketball players work like any other athlete. Female basketball players are often looked at as weak‚ masculine‚ and somebody who always like to take charge. Women who play basketball are not considered interesting because men have been playing it for so long. Several basketball players have admitted to being disappointed

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    is a waste of time. When we watch television‚ we give it our visual and audio attention and there is very little we can do while watching television. We may enjoy a snack or two but that only ad up to the television does not allow us to do something else beneficial. A huge percentage of adolescents have started developing unhealthy habits in front of the television. Watching T.V. can really pack on the pounds when exercising is seldom and snacking is often. It has been proven that the more time a person

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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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    When you’re perfectly calm when dismembering a body‚ obviously you’re not mad. Throughout the entire poem‚ the narrator repeated expressed signs of rather extreme insanity. From the beginning of the short story‚ the narrator has always had a few screws missing. On page 1 the narrator states‚ "I have lost control of my mind‚ why do you say that I am mad?" The narrator is clearly in denial‚ he knows that the ideas that are swarming through his mind at the very least‚ indicate some sort of insanity

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    In Hope Jahren’s memoir Lab Girl the author gives the reader the ability to experience everything she had to go through in the process of building herself; giving her strength for her to be able to obtain the career she wanted; like her overcoming multiple sexist boundaries‚ and emotional blockades. Not only‚ does Hope Jahren give the readers this experience but so does Susan Cain in her novel Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking; as she walks the reader through the mindset

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    Homework is defiantly not a waste of time. We understand more of what we learned at school‚ it gives us a chance to show how responsible we are by working independently‚ and it teaches us how to become more organized. These are just some of the reasons why I think that homework is not a waste of time. But I’m sure that there are plenty more of why homework is a good thing. Studies shown homework can make you smarter and more successful in life. A wise man once said "were doing our homework to make

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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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    Is reading fiction a waste of time? The more you read the more things you will know. The more things you know the more places you will go. To start off‚ reading is very educational. Everyone knows that. But some people say that reading a fiction book is a complete waste of time because the stories are so called “fake.” Others believe that fiction books expand imaginations‚ teach you important lessons‚ and help you relax. We are introduced to fiction books as children‚ but of course we did not

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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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    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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