STUDY: WHY FACEBOOK IS MAKING PEOPLE SAD According to a new study conducted by sociologists Hui-Tzu Grace Chou and Nicholas Edge at Utah Valley University‚ research showed a correlation between a Facebook user’s disposition about their life and the amount of time spent on the social network. Approximately 425 students were asked to identify how much they agreed or disagreed with statements like “Life is fair” and “Many of my friends have a better life than me.” In addition‚ the students were asked
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Why do people attend college? College is a place that the students can learn more and new knowledge and experience in it. Of course‚ different people have different reason to study in college. For example‚ some people want to be to go on a further study after they graduate from the college; some people hope to find a good job after their studying in the college and also some people wish to exchange their present situation through studying in the college. In my opinion‚ no matter what reason people
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Why People Should Ride a Bicycle for Short Distance Trips A bicycle is a mechanism that has transported man for many decades. Nowadays‚ bicycling is a great way to move from one place to another in short distances. In my opinion‚ everyone should use a bicycle for short distant trips‚ rather than the convenience of a car. The use of a bicycle has many great advantages over a car. If you choose to ride your bicycle to drive a short distant trip‚ you will can decrease gasoline consumption‚ improve
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Why go West? Why did people migrate to the colonies? People migrated to the colonies for a number of reasons; especially oppurtunity. These reasons include push and pull factors; both counter-balanced by intervening obstacles. The push factors that repelled the migrants from Europe to the colonies; and the pull factors that attracted them to America consist of the following. The industrial revolution and economic opportunity were two primary reasons for migrating to America. The industrial revolution
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beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things and virtue is not "finding joy in beautiful things." Whether or not the definition of virtue is "find joy in beautiful things" is up for someone else to debate but people do desire bad things. In the end‚ Socrates was wrong in being that people do desire things that they know are bad. Meno starts out
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the world around them. Such as‚ why was the universe created or why are they here. To find answers to these questions‚ people have to look at some things from far away and others close up using scales. The way someone interprets these scales‚ is the way that person will view the world‚ and how they will develop their own opinion. When looking at things from afar or up close‚ using the appropriate scale is key. There are many different kinds of scales that allow people to do just that. Knowing what
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How Pompeii’s People Lived “I can’t breath! The volcano erupted on the poisonous gas was released and got into my lungs.” When Diomedes was a few feet from the door‚ he collapsed to the ground along with 14 servants‚ and they had died.”(“The Buried City” pg.38). Daily life in Pompeii is similar to us because‚ of how they lived‚ archeologist findings‚ and how Rome was an advanced society. To begin‚ Pompeii was once really similar to us with how they lived. Most families were always on the run
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education‚ etc. in the three English settlements: New England‚ Mid-Atlantic‚ and the South that really influence their lives. The different kind of races of people that came from the Old World‚ and the way they influenced the development of the colonies had a heavy impact in their colonial way of life. There were many reasons why people from the Old World came to the New World‚ especially because of religion freedom‚ the Puritans for example‚ they came to the region of New England‚ or to be more
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Why Discriminate Against People with AIDS? AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. In the early 1980’s people began to think that only gay males could carried the deadly virus. The New York City Health and Mental Hygiene Department released a controversial HIV/AIDS public service announcement ad targeting gay men about having HIV/AIDS. Why just target gay men‚ they are not the only people that can catch the disease. Studies show that many people around the world including
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To most people the Holocaust is one of the darkest periods of time in history. The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when Allied forces defeated the Nazis. During this time a genocide occurred that slaughtered 6 million people of the Jewish faith. Throughout this era of darkness many people risked their lives to do what is best. Although‚ with all of the bad things people do‚ it may be easier to think that there is evil in everyone’s heart. I strongly
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