on a wide scale do not affect me. Already‚ Gen Z is being labeled as the “The Lazy Generation” and it seems so wrong to me. When do we have the opportunity to be lazy when all we worry about in high school is if we will even be able to pay for university? When do we have time to be sitting around all day when it is no longer a possibility to live on minimum wage as it was in the 1950’s and 60’s? There is no time for us to simply stop. How can we? When lawmakers in elected positions can’t do what’s
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter Steven Johnson’s argument in “Watching TV Makes you Smarter” that television increases intellectual and enhances our cognitive faculties‚ therefore making us smarter Johnson’s states that‚ “For decades‚ we’ve worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily toward lowest-common- denominator standards‚ presumably because the “masses” want dumb‚ simple pleasures and big media companies try to give the masses what they want. But as that
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Fable The fable I chose is called “X Marks the Spot.” This fable is about an old man who is dying‚ and has three lazy sons. The father owns a large land‚ that was a vineyard. As the old man was on his deathbed he told his sons that he has buried a treasure in the vineyard. The three lazy sons were shot with energy and happiness‚ that they started to dig and try to find the treasure through out the entire vineyard. As the three sons fully dug the vineyard‚ they couldn’t find the treasure. After
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Mind: Reality TV Is Reality TV good for us? This may be a question a person might ask themselves if they were one of the millions people who checked in with Joe Millionaire in the fall of 2003 on Fox. "Why Reality TV Is Good For Us"‚ this article was written by James Poniewozik in TIME magazine in 2003. Poniewozik goes to talk about how reality TV is good for all of us‚ "that viewers can empathize with Tony Soprano without wanting to be him" (Poniewozik 471). Wrong‚ most people look at TV and dream
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Tingting wang English 1301 Professor 04/15/2014 Synthesis Essay Intellectual diversity is an issue that has created confusion in many learning institutions. Most of the faculty members have differentiated ideas regarding the accommodation of intellectual diversity in academic institution. A section of some educational officers believes that it’s an important aspect that should be implemented in the educational system. There are others standing against the idea and their argument is
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Self discipline - Taming the lazy monkey Every morning I have a freezing cold shower‚ why? Because part of my mind says ’Don’t do it‚ it’s just stupid’ and that same part of my mind give’s lots of different reasons not to do it. Each morning I fight that inner voice and discipline it to accept that I am taking a freezing cold shower. I believe there are benefits to having a cold shower which is why I started the discipline in the first place. Self discipline is a skill and once you get to grips
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The Paradox of Reality TV A comment on the article: “Television: Why Reality TV Is Good For Us” For the last decade‚ reality TV has become increasingly popular. Not just popular‚ as in commonly well accepted and generally appreciated‚ but amazingly popular – a cultural revolution. The article “Television: Why Reality TV Is Good For Us” describes the phenomenon as the reason for the creation of attractive cults lead by spiritual leaders in shape of heartbroken singles‚ horny studs and failed actors
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Steven Johnson the author of “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”‚ argues that TV programing has become more cognitively demanding‚ and therefore believes that both watching TV and playing violent video games are somehow beneficial (278). By stating‚ that TV programing and reading focus on the same mental faculties such as attention‚ patience and retention (280) he makes it seem that is acceptable to indulge in such distractions. Ever since the multi-threading was introduced in the 1980 culture has
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What if “Lazy American” had more meaning than what we thought? What if instead of it just being an insult it was the truth? Over recent years researchers have conducted tests on young Americans to compare to that of other countries. Unfortunately‚ for the common American‚ these test results were not so favorable. These tests proved just how “lazy” America is in regards to sleep habits‚ study habits‚ technology use and other stipulations that correlate to their grades. The results proved American
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2b” by David Crystal‚ and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson‚ both discuss how technology has had a huge impact on the way our modern day society works. Crystal argues the benefits that come with texting. He explains that although in many ways texting has tainted the English language but at the same time it allows people to have better understandings as well. He beliefs it is the evolution of language. Johnson argues that television is not making us dumb but in fact is actually healthy
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