By also using effective analogies and specific sentence placements, she commands the argument between her and the opposing research. Ferguson’s article uses the three classic rhetorical appeals to her advantage. Logos is efficiently utilized when she describes how schools now approximately have one million computers of which 93 percent are on-line (Ferguson, 2005, p.195). This shocking statistic sways the audience to believe that the sheer ubiquity of computers distract children from studies. Ferguson follows up with pathos by characterizing fifteen-year-old student Colin Johnson with: “the tenth grader is failing science” (196).
One who doesn’t know how to operate every video game console? That doesn’t know how to illegally download music? Most teens are proud of these skills, but how will they help you in ten or twenty years? By living in a medieval society, teens would have more knowledge in more practical areas of life. In a medieval society there would be no supermarkets, malls or hardware stores.
This is likely because she was only a young child while Sal and Barbara almost a decade older than she is. Deanna was only a child while the anti-war protests and civil rights movements were happening all around the country. Her only statement is simply that, “I feel we are more book smart…when we want to look up things we would have to go straight to the encyclopedia. Now a day’s everything is electronic.” This alludes to her view of the good old days when times were simple and life was pleasant. This is a significant difference from the politically charged times Sal and Barbara describe when thinking about their generation.
Legislative Worksheet (SBAR Format) – How a Bill Becomes a Law SITUATION: IS THIS SOMETHING THAN CAN BE LEGISLATED? Identify the problem/concern: Decrease cyberbullying in the adolescent and child population. State your proposal/idea. Ban children under the age of 15 years from access to smart phones and social forums for one year if involved in cyberbullying and have been found guilt in a court of law. The term smart phone for the purposes of this proposal is defined as a cell phone that includes additional software functions such as e-mail or an Internet browser (Merriam dictionary, 2014).
Some students are able to accumulate enough dual credit hours to eliminate an entire year of college studies. Lydic goes on to describe that “ the Texas legislature even passed a law that every school district must “implement a program under which students may earn the equivalent of at least 12 semester [college] credit hours in high school.”” (HB 1, 2006-07 paragraph 5) Starting college is hard enough, but being able to be given the opportunity to start college and be ahead in classes seems like an easier way to go. Depending on the school, it is possible to start college with 12 hours, that way you are lessening your college years by just taking dual credit classes in high
Did T-Rexes put off going hunting because they would prefer playing Halo 3 on X-Box, or is that just teenagers and lonely thirty year old gamers of today? After much research (which included a visit to Wikipedia, the mother of all procrastination enablers), I learned that the word procrastination is actually rooted in Latin. The original form of the word "procrastinationomen", meaning "a putting of" is the noun form. The verb form, meaning "put off til tomorrow" comes from procrastinare. The roots of these words can be broken down further school.
Natasha Rehak Johnson English 090 606 Febuary 22, 2012 Mickey Goodman: Summary Exercise Mickey Goodman's article" Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids?" published in The Huffington Post on February 23, 2012 talks about how children that were born in 1882 and on, are spoiled because of technology and because the fact their parents do everthing for their children. The author says "Allow children to fail while they are young in order to succeed when they are adults." According to Mickey Goodman children in the newest generation rely to much on their parents and they don't do anything on their own. In the begining the author gave two examples of young people always relying on their parents for everything.
Samantha Laudick Dr. Cynthia Nitz Ris English Composition 289 10 January 2011 Always Connected a Benefit or Detriment Cell phones have been all the rage for the past 15 years. It used to be that texting wasn’t even an option and who would have ever guessed access to the internet could be reached whenever and wherever as long as you have your phone at all times. Most owners of cell phones do have their phones with them every hour of every day but are phones helping or hindering in today’s society. While the two pieces of writing show a discrepancy within concerns, the proposal made by both emphasize rise in invulnerability when in reality more precautions should be made when dealing with cell phones. The research article Call If You Have Trouble by Jack Nasar, Peter Hecht and Richard Wener utilize studies taken from OSU undergrads.
Not too many years ago, it was not uncommon to see children turning in hand written assignments, but in today’s society it seems having computer access both at school and at home is a necessity. Teachers are no longer accepting a handwritten paper as a final draft. In today’s education, most students do not even turn in a hard copy of their final papers. With services such as Turnitin and online classrooms which rely on forums like BlackBoard, many
When students generally cheat it is either on a final exam that determines their future or solely the fact that they weren’t prepared for the test (Koch). k. Many high schools have stated that recently, students have been using cell phone text messaging to send the answers to other students in the classroom (Koch). l. Major universities have specified the under graduates have been caught using the internet to download illicit term papers (Koch). m. The internet is an amazing tool for