English as an International language – Good or Bad? Are we witnessing the definitive rise of English as a truly global language? This prospective development is an issue that is heavily discussed. English has for a long time been the world’s dominating language. There are two prime reasons for its high frequency all over the globe. First of all‚ the vast influence of Britain as a former colonial power; secondly‚ the subsequent dominance‚ politically and economically‚ of the United States.
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Amanda Hubbard 1/27/2014 Paper #2 Entertainment can come in many different forms. People today get their different forms of entertainment from the use of technology. With the use of technology people can watch tv‚ browse the internet‚ and play video games. People can also have social media and email loved ones that are far away to keep in touch with them. In some ways technology has been great for some people while on the other hand‚ some people still don’t like technology. Some people believe that technology gets in the way
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Video Games’ Good and Bad Effects Everybody all have to take rest after they finish working. Different people have different ways to have a rest or to be relaxed. Everybody has a lot of pressure when they are working or studying. So‚ after working they must find a way to relax themselves. Some people would like to watch TV to relaxes or work out in gym. But maybe most of young men will choose play video game to relax. Maybe just twenty years ago‚ not most of people know what video games are
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applied to persuade or encourage people to do some action‚ and it has become an essential part of society especially in recent yeats. As advertising has been closely related to our daily life‚ it can exert large impact on us‚ bringing about both bad and good consequences.It on the one hand leads to consumerism of society and inconvenience in people’s life‚ on the other hand raises public’s awareness towards certain issues. The commercial advertising easily leads to the rise in consumerism of the
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Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson explains why the things people usually look down upon can actually be good for you. Johnson explains how video games‚ television‚ film‚ and even the internet can be helpful and to our present society. Johnson’s view of society is defined by the sleeper curve. The sleeper curve concept shows that even the things that are proposed bad can have significant benefits and can actually make us smarter. Steven Johnson proves his point by discussing how complex
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social Network. Over in Egypt they even refer to their revolution to overthrow their dictator‚ the “Facebook Revolution.” They concocted all of their protests and such over Facebook via private groups and even some public Facebook groups. But as much good that the Social Networking world has brought to the real world it has brought just as much negativity. From the tragic suicide of the late Tyler Clementi‚ who was an 18 year old Rutgers student who was a closet gay and committed suicide by jumping
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Good and bad: there always seems to be a choice and an extensive gap between them‚ as if there is no grey area whatsoever. In literature and film‚ this frequently leaves two distinct and defining characters within them: the “good guy”‚ the protagonist‚ and the “bad guy”‚ the antagonist. Contradictive of the prior point‚ is the reality of life and people’s ability to choose right over wrong. Given the choice‚ most tend to do wrong for the simplest reasoning of having the ability to do so‚ or the fact
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relations‚ typically lack a good understanding of contraception‚ as well as safe-sex practices. Alternatively‚ our youth today only learn from these classes that they should not have sex until they are married. Abstinence- only programs in public schools and private schools have become a consistent part of the education curriculum mainly due to the fact that millions of dollars are given to schools to implement these programs. Sex education classes do have the good intention of ’pleading their
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Freedom. Good or Bad? The idea of personal freedom and individuality is a concept that has been debated by philosophers throughout history. In 380 BC‚ Plato addresses his thoughts on freedom in society throughout The Republic. His main opinion is‚ too much freedom given to individuals will lead to an unjust society. This concept‚ through proven thoroughly‚ has some complications with adapting to todays society. Years later‚ Plato’s ideals are hard for today’s society to grasp. In an age of rapid
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Prof. Gina Lomotan “The Funny in the Filipino” The article that I’ve chosen to take a good critical opinion is entitled ‘The Funny in the Filipino’ from Rapler.com by Lilio Carreon Jr. I chose this type of issue because it is very apt and timely which is straightforward to the reality of all Filipinos nowadays. In this commentary‚ it gives you an idea about how Filipinos are trying to getaway the callous reality through humor. There are a lot of entertainers here in our country and even if we don’t
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