Intellectual Merits of Television Steven Johnson wrote an article “Watching TV makes you smarter. In his article he explains how watching television can help you make a smarter person. He uses examples from several TV shows and series that may be affecting our brain activity even when we don’t realize it. He try to reach to audience from teenagers to older adults. He makes some good points in his argument as well. He argue that TV isn’t necessarily a bad thing‚ but too much of anything is never
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Date: January 11th‚ 2013 “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” In “Watching TV makes you smarter‚” Steven Johnson makes clear his thesis statement to us that television programming today makes increasingly complex cognitive demands of viewers‚ and enhances people’s cognitive facilities. He uses the images telling us what the intellectual effect of television viewing. First‚ based on his theory called “The Sleeper Curve”‚ he talks about reality TV affecting younger generation by helping with personal development
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researched the qualifications for the Presidential and Merit scholarships. These scholarships are granted to exceptional students excelling in high school. Fortunately‚ I was awarded the Presidential scholarship from Manhattan College due to my high academic achievements. Moreover‚ I applied to STEM scholarships at Stony Brook University. This scholarship is given to a rising senior who shows a strong aptitude in the science field. Overall‚ the merit and STEM scholarships are beneficial and will be used
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An intellectual is a person who primarily uses intelligence in either a professional or an individual capacity. As a substantive or adjective‚ it refers to the work product of such persons‚ to the so-called "life of the mind" generally‚ or to an aspect of something where learning‚ erudition‚ and informed and critical thinking are the focus‚ as in "the intellectual level of the discourse on the matter was not high". Jacques Barzun‚ a French-American intellectual. The intellectual is a specific
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Essay on Democracy – Its Merits and Demerits (free to read). The English word ‘Democracy’ is derived from two Greek words ‘Demos’ and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’. Demos means crowd and ‘Kratia’ or ‘cratos’ means power. This is why the critics of Democracy have described it as Mobocracy. But in reality Democracy is not mobocracy but rule by majority of the people according to certain rules and regulations which are accepted by the people of a country. In the beginning there was direct Democracy.
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The most consistent data points to the impact of high-quality teachers in the classroom. This along with the Race to the Top fund has opened the door again for merit pay or performance pay. Merit pay ties pay increases to school test performance‚ evaluation of the teacher’s in-class performance and professional efforts (Goldhaber 2008). Merit pay is a solution drawn from the business world‚ and is based on the belief that rewarding effective teachers and encouraging them to work harder will increase
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The Alchemist: Worth Literary Merit? The story of Santiago‚ the Andalusian shepherd boy‚ who travels to the Egyptian desert looking for treasure close to the Pyramids to fulfill his personal legend‚ captured the hearts of many in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. First published in 1988‚ The Alchemist is a critically acclaimed book‚ considered one of the ten best books of the twentieth century and translated in over eighty languages. In Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist‚ his superior use of theme‚ characters
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Hawthorne’s mother‚ Elizabeth Hathorne‚ dies. Hawthorne falls into a deep depression but continues to write The Scarlet Letter and publishes it in February 1850. On May 19‚ 1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne dies in Plymouth‚ New Hampshire. Novels of Literary Merit often teach a life lesson. The Scarlet Letter reveals that revenge is a sin that can transform a human into an evil being. Hawthorne writes‚ “With the common ministers‚ he imagined himself… by the poisonous drug of revenge” (169). Roger Chillingworth
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Merits of the WTO According to the WTO agreements‚ one of the most important reasons for having the system is that it’s a forum for countries to thrash out their differences on trade issues. In the agreement lie many over-riding reasons why it’s better off with the system in place. These are the ten distinct advantages according to the WTO; the system helps promote peace‚ disputes are handled constructively‚ rules make life easier for all‚ freer trade cuts the costs of living‚ it provides more choice
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The Merits of Technology If there is one factor that separates the modern era from those that have gone before‚ it is technology. Through new technology‚ mankind has united the globe in a continuous civilization that is capable of living standards and life expectancy never before experienced. There are many advantages of technology that can be outlined. Technology is so intrinsic to the way that people have come to live that its advantages are often overlooked. By far‚ the major driver of economic
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