noun‚ plural theses [thee-seez] (Show IPA) 1. a proposition stated or put forward for consideration‚ especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war. 2. a subject for a composition or essay. 3. a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research‚ as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. 4. Music. the downward stroke in conducting; downbeat. Compare arsis (def
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Is Texting Harmful? Ashley Robertson ELA B 10b Words June 1st 2013 Is texting harmful? Is it effecting younger generations? Teenagers and adults text when crossing the street and during meal times. They do it throughout the day at school and late at night. Some people even do it so much that there thumbs begin to hurt. People often and send and receive an average of 2‚272 text messages per month. That’s about 80 messages a day and the amount of text messages can
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The effect of Literacy Due to Texting Nowadays‚ texting is the main source of communication‚ especially for college students. They tend to not have the time to have conversations with others on the phone because of all the studying and work they may be doing‚ so they will send a quick text to keep in contact with friends‚ family‚ or fellow classmates. The way the words are sent in these text messages are usually abbreviated to quicken the process of texting or spell check tends to fix every word
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Are professional athletes paid too much? Today’s sport’s world is the biggest revenue making industry in the world. Different sports bring in different amounts of revenue but they are all enormous amounts. I myself love sports so there are a few sports that I contribute to financially also. Is it fair that professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to entertain us? It is known that the sporting industry Sporting events is a place for people to go‚ relax‚ have fun‚ and do something they
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Raven McKenna Bailey ENG 0113 304 7 November 2012 The Stress in My Life. There are many things that stress me in my life. My stresses include going to school‚ working a full time job‚ and taking care of my daughter. Those are my major stresses‚ but I also have small stresses to. My small stresses include managing a boyfriend‚ my social life‚ and handling everyday life experiences. All of this can be very stress full but I somehow seam to somehow get through the days. When I was sixteen
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Professor Greg Loyd Refutation Paper ENC 1102 23 September 2014 Texting While Driving “Despite the dangers of texting while driving‚ many behind the wheel just can’t seem to stop. One idea from Apple could put up more of a roadblock. Published on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office‚ an Apple patent called “driver handheld computing lock out” proposes a couple of different ways to cut off texting and other cell phone features while a person is driving. In one scenario‚ Apple’s
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Jeslin Kauffman Persuasion essay 3-15-13 Texting and Driving Have you ever lost a close friend or family member from them texting and driving or someone else texting and driving? I am sure you have been one to text and drive also as much as we hate to admit it. Would you want to be the one who killed yourself or someone just because of that one text? I have personally known two young girls who have been killed from texting and driving. Both were on the same road exactly five months apart.
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There’s reasons why teens decided to use their phone while driving. Teens that observe their parents or friends driving while texting and driving‚ adapts them to say “if they can do‚ I can do it too”. Another statistic from “Texting and Driving Safety‚” says that “48% of young drivers have seen their parents drive while talking on the phone‚” – also‚ 15% teen drivers have viewed their parents text while driving. Like I said‚ teens get influenced by their parents‚ and do as they do. But teens shouldn’t
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12 Apr. 2011. Matthew R. E. Romoser’s article highlights the findings of a study conducted at the Human Performance Lab of the University of Massachusetts concerning the most dangerous behind-the-wheel activity. The conclusions reveal that texting while driving is the most unsafe one‚ even more dangerous‚ in some aspect‚ than drinking and driving. Findings show how driving with distractions increases a person’s chances of crashing more than 20 times compared to nondistracted driving.
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In Cullington’s essay he talks about how texting is a bad influence on students who use its text speech in their writing‚ but does not really effect students focus nor grade because they do not mean to do it purpose. I disagree with his statement‚ and in my essay I used some of his points to bring out how it does affect students writing and focus causing them to get that bad grade. The influence technology has on students today is huge. Therefore‚ it is more important for teachers to enforce how
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