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    Does The Internet Make You Smarter? Brentney Davis Ivy Tech Community College Cover Letter Dear Professor Downton: In my peer responses‚ I noticed a lot of the students said I didn’t have the questions I proposed answered for them so I went back and included that into my final draft. I also made sure to state the article in the introduction that I am summarizing and responding to. Problems I encountered while revising my draft were the compatibility of the computer I was using with the Microsoft

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    vocabulary development. However‚ our focus will be directed to the vocabulary development through television and radio. Due to learners of EFL must learn thousands of words that the speakers and writers of English use daily. In addition‚ increasing learners’ vocabulary is very important since the words that we understand influence our thoughts and our perception of the world. 2.5.1The relationship between television‚ radio and vocabulary development Vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of

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    Make You Feel My Love - Adele The eulogy is concluded with the song Make You Feel My Love by Adele Adkins. This song describes an endless and permanent love that comes at the price of sacrifice. Particularly Adele sings‚ “I’d go hungry; I’d go black and blue‚ and I’d go crawling down the avenue. No‚ there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to make you feel my love” (Adele). She also mentions‚ “make your dreams come true‚ nothing that I wouldn’t do. Go to the ends of the Earth for you‚ to make you feel my love”

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    What keeps you alive? In addition to air‚ water‚ and food‚ people require something to motivate them‚ to keep them going. These motivations are oftentimes dreams which others consider to be unrealistic or even impossible. So what are we to think of people whose very existences are predicated on their own delusions? By definition‚ a person who cannot separate their own delusions from reality is considered to be insane. By this measure‚ it is possible to be a person whose entire existence is predicated

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    little brother observes from the sidelines as the boxer rigorously prepares for his momentous match. What the boxer doesn’t know is that after he graciously wins the fight his actual match will begin outside of the gym. The advertisement “Boxing Makes You Bigger” from the company Everlast seems to be about boxing but is really about responsibility. The two boys leave the boxing gym‚ and the town that they walk through appears to be an impoverished area; there are piles of rubble‚ and graffiti is sprayed

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    different between things you want to do and things you have to do. When I love what I do‚ I will spend my whole time and effort into it no matter how hard it is. Furthermore‚ having lucid decision is important too. In facts‚ leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want because he wants to do it. No one wants to trust someone who is indecisive and has no idea what he is doing. Henry Ford said that‚ “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing‚ you’re right

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    will make you smarter Getting smarter isn’t something that happens overnight. Instead‚ you have to build your intelligence every day through intentional daily habits. In a recent Quora thread‚ "What would you do to be a little smarter every single day?"‚ readers shared their advice on good habits you can establish. Here are some simple actions that could help you become a smarter person. 1. Come up with 10 ideas every day. Think about how to reduce poverty‚ how to solve a daily problem you have

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    In the article‚ Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is making us less attentive and overall less intelligent‚ Which in his opinion is making us "dumber". Carr’s article refers to a growing body of scientific work to prove his point. A study conducted at Cornell University revealed that while some areas such as visual-spatial intelligence are increased by internet use‚ "new weaknesses in higher-order cognitive processes‚" such as "abstract vocabulary‚ mindfulness‚ reflection‚ inductive problem

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    The help being received is not always welcomed with open hands. A person can get helped by many others‚ but if they are reluctant to change their ways‚ Then there is no point in them being helped. This is stated in the adage “you can lead a horse to water‚ but you can’t make it drink.” This adage comes to prove that there is no use in helping those who are comfortable with their life style no matter how atrocious it is. Whether in relationships‚ history‚ or the public world‚ this adage is proven to

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    infinite daring‚ and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.   This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside‚ not to lay the blame upon anyone outside‚ but stand up‚ lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.   Tell the truth boldly‚ whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away‚ let them go; the sooner the better.   This life is

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