If you told adolescents that their texting capabilities would be taken away‚ they would take to the streets in revolution. The same young people would make a endless list of “texting benefits.” However‚ texting can have consequences as well‚ due to how and when the technology is used. Texting can threaten personal safety‚ distract people‚ and encourage rudeness. Even though there are many benefits of texting‚ there can also be many negative consequences‚ some of them can be very harmful as well.
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celebrations of individuals in her community. One of her poems‚ We Real Cool‚ is quite short but has much substance. Although it was written in 1959‚ some can say that this poem can also be set in the Prohibition Era. The poem lines‚ “We real cool. We / Left school. We / Lurk late‚” the narrator is saying how cool they are and also shows some type of excitement are because they are in a pool hall when they should be in school getting an education and they are failing to live up to their potential
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“Cool People Break the Rules” is the title of an article written by Elizabeth Winkler‚ a writer who has had articles appear in Quartz‚ The Economist‚ Foreign Policy‚ and The New Republic. This article focuses on what cool people do‚ in this case‚ break the rules‚ but only certain rules. Elizabeth has written articles on topics such as Instagram‚ ‘Throwback Thursday’‚ and J.K Rowling‚ the writer of the Harry Potter Series. These articles suggest that Winkler has a strong background in what would be
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In Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” we are given a four stanza couplet that shows the daily activities of seven young men that dropped out of school. What I found really fitting in this poem was how the rhythm of the poem related well to the lifestyle of these young men. Each line comes at the reader quickly. Much like the rapid fire delivery of the lines in the poem‚ these characters also live life quickly both literally and metaphorical. The poem is spontaneous as are the characters and each
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To Frack or Not to Frack Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at high pressures in order to release natural gas from shale rocks by fracturing them. It takes an abundance of resources to create just one fracking well. Each gas well needs on average four hundred tanker trucks to carry water and supplies to the site. Fracking uses a great deal of water. Each fracturing job requires one to eight million gallons of water to complete it
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William Dugan English 216: Literature and Film Professor Conklin Study Questions on “Sisyphus” and Cool Hand Luke 1. The charges against Sisyphus that earn him his fate are: a) Having Levity towards the gods‚ or taking them lightly b) Stealing the god’s secrets c) Preferring the beauty of the earth‚ the sea‚ over the power and majesty of the gods. d) Putting death (pluto) in chains. Sisyphus harbors scorn and resentment towards the gods. He thinks he can get the better of them‚ as
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|And Lan doesn’t learn French‚ either. |3 - | |I’m not a pupil at Tran Phu School. |nor cakes and sweets now. |4 - | |I like beef‚ Chi. |And Hoa is in class 7C‚ too. |5 - | |Hoa doesn’t learn Frech.
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The poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks is a stream of the thoughts of poor inner city African-Americans who have adopted a hoodlum lifestyle. Though many can have different interpretations of this poem‚ it is fair to look at the life and career or the works and influences of Gwendolyn Brooks. The life and art of the black American poet‚ Gwendolyn Brooks‚ began on June 7‚ 1917 when she was born in Topeka‚ Kansas. She was the first child of Keziah Corine Wims and David Anderson Brooks. When
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Can Phil Schiller Keep Apple Cool? Is Apples brand in jeopardy following the death of Steve Jobs? I believe Steve Jobs became well known and synonymous with Apple because people love the Apple products. People will build loyalty toward a brand because of the product‚ not the CEO or perceived genius behind it. I believe Steve Jobs personal brand benefited from the products popularity and brilliant marketing. He was highly publicized and marketed as “the man” alongside the products. In
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“Owain cannot be cool with this.” “Please. He suggested half a million” — Gwen could hear Percival on the other end — “but I told him you’d have a flat-out stroke. Oh‚ and by the way‚ we’re coming out next week to help.” “I don’t know what to say. I can never repay this.” “Stop being a drama queen‚ Gwaine‚ and hear me out‚ because there’s something you need to know. I owe you everything.” “How do you figure that?” “Remember when I came out to you during our senior year of high school?” “How could
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