Brent Staples wrote an essay about “What Adolescents miss when we let them grow up in Cyberspace.” In the beginning Staples describes the father of his 10th grade heartthrob. He insinuates that he is a fearsome steelworker who struck terror in the hearts of 15-year old boys. Whenever they would talk on the phone‚ her father would cut the conversation short. Now he has to make a choice to give up or show up at the front door. This is the first sustained encounter with an adult outside of his family
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research is showing that the heavy use of cyberspace is isolating people form the world around them. Knowing that adolescents are spending a great deal of their time in cyberspace‚ this article will examine the things they miss when they are left to grow up in it. Leaving Adolescents Grow Up in Cyberspace The question on whether leaving adolescents grow up in cyberspace is beneficial or not has long been controversial. When a lot agree that cyberspace has made their life easier‚ many others
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Prejudices in Our World Both Brent Staples in “Black Men and Public Places” and Judith Cofer in “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” seem to be illustrating the prejudices some people have. They both explain how the way they look gets them treated by others. Brent Staples‚ because he is black in perceived as a criminal; Judith Cofer is a Latina and is mistaken for a waitress. Both stories give numerous examples of prejudice. In addition‚ each writer has a larger purpose
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What Adults Miss About Adolescents who Grow up In Cyberspace By Brent Staples I understand exactly where Brent Staples’ idea that teens are missing out on vital parts of what is a necessary part of life. I agree that this is happening‚ however I do not agree this is a negative trend. I would be considered one of these adolscents that Brent talks about‚ as I myself grew up using the computer as a form of comunication. Brent neglects to realize that it is virtually impossible
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Public Space‚"� Brent Staples demonstrates how a stereotype on race and sex can intervene with one another. Each point‚ whether a narrative or remark‚ can have positive and negative outcomes on the audience Staples is trying to enlighten. His thesis‚ the ability to alter public space through racial stereotypes‚ affected him as well as many other persons of his stature and skin color. It not only influenced lives of people like Staples‚ but infringed onto the "victims"� of Staples and others like
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2nd draft college essay What are we going to be when We growth up ? That’s a biggest question for any teenagers like me . I couldn’t even read when I was in tenth grade because learning a complete new language is the hardest part for most immigrant students including me. I moved from Vietnam to the United state three years ago . Everything I have seen has been new to me : From the detections to the locations‚ from houses to schools every
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web‚ I found out some very informative information about the life of Brent Staples. Brent Staples was an intelligent man‚ not just an ordinary man from Chester‚ Pennsylvania. He earned various degrees as different universities and colleges like a BA from Widener University in 1973‚ and a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1977. He was a professor of psychology at various universities in the states. Writing is one of Staples’ specialties and he has been a reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times and the
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Brent Staples; Fight Against The Destiny Everyday millions of people; young and old‚ rich and poor are getting up with the sunshine glittering in their eyes and start in their days with different concerns‚ in different moods. Each of them is just living out their lives with the destiny that has been set for them. It is interesting how life starts differently for each of us. Some may be born rich‚ handsome or super intelligent‚ while the others may be born poor‚ disabled or as orphans. Some may
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First analytical essay The night world In “Black Men and Public Space‚” Brent Staples makes the most interesting idea that‚ people look – always – to black men as a threat‚ they see every dark skinned youth as an incoming danger‚ and that is what Staples implies in his essay. He also explains when he was young‚ people looked at him as a mugger or‚ a rapist or even worse. So‚ throughout his essay we can see Staples’ realization of the fact that‚ people – rarely - change their prospective about
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cast back a worried glance. To her‚ the youngish black man—a broad six feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair‚ both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket—seemed menacingly close. After a few more quick glimpses‚ she picked up her pace and was soon running in earnest. Within seconds she disappeared into a cross street. That was more than a decade ago. I was 23 years old‚ a graduate student newly arrived at the University of Chicago. It was in the echo of that terrified
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