When presented with a range of statements in the formal essay paper of my English mock exam‚ one in particular stood out: “The Digital Age is making us physically and mentally lazy.” It seemed far more interesting than the other standard subjects‚ sport‚ politics‚ national pride‚ obesity‚ cyber-bullying‚ and more sport. None of which I really felt I could write about‚ yet alone complete a full essay in less than the 30 minutes I had allocated to the article. Despite the single line scrawled on
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towel and headed straight for the shower. “Dang you’re so lazy” my mom said with steam rushing her face from my hot shower. I also remember another time I was called “lazy” but it was way worse. It was when I was just a little kid about 8 years old. And my neighbors window got broken into. So then my neighbors right away blamed us. They called us a bunch of “lazy Mexicans”. They even called the cops on us even though we didn’t do it. The word lazy actually comes from low Germany. In Germany it’s actually
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answer the “Why”s that parents are presented with by their young children‚ or to
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The question that Nick Carr is asking in his article “Is Google making us Stupid‚” is if the availability and convenience of the internet is causing people to become lazy‚ or stupid. Supporters of the internet argue that we will enter a “golden age of intellectual discovery and universal wisdom” (Carr). Everyone will be able to access the internet and the knowledge that is available. This would result in faster and more efficient access to information‚ which would lead to our brains understanding
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The Lack of Will Makes Us Lazy The Industrial Revolution was the beginning of a new era in human history. Thanks to this‚ many countries were able to experience economic growth at a rate never seen before. Unfortunately‚ it has brought an unforeseen consequence that today has been taken for granted. Because of lacking regulation laws during the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution‚ we now face the worst environmental crisis of all time. As a result‚ the planet is experiencing an increase
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Dear Mr Hodgkinson‚ I recently read your article ’Live lazy‚ live long - look at Britain’s oldest man’ that was published in ’The Guardian’ on 5th November 2012. After reading your article‚ I felt it was important to write to you explaining why I disagree with the message within your article. My first criticism is that initially you stated‚ “It seems to make sense that slow lives‚ as well as being enjoyable‚ are long lives.” I would like
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Learning achievement is the result obtained by the students after going through some process of learning at school and it is the desire of each parent to child. Good performance would be gained by good learning and bad performance will be obtained with the process of bad learning. Learning is a process of something that has not been able to be able‚ from old behaviors to new behaviors‚ from old understandings to new understandings. In the process of learning‚ it should come first is how the child
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INTRODUCTION By Syed Hussein Alatas in his book‚ The Myth Of The Lazy Native ‚ Myths is about a traditional or legendary story. The function of myth as a critical element in colonial ideology is illustrated by resource to historical and sociological. There are so many type of myth‚ however today I would like to reveal the truth behind the “health myth”. So why this kind of myth happened in our daily life? Did you noticed that every single thing you are going to do‚ there is always prohibition? They
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CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………...44-45 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………46 Introduction Do you know the problems students face during their college? Does it affect every inch of you when it comes to different aspects of being in student’s college life? Have you ever notice these problems and what do you do in order to cope up with it? Can you give the problems college students’ face? Are you already aware of it or not? Starting college is a difficult decision to be made. But after finishing
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unfair in order to gain an advantages. Whereas exam cheating refers to the situation where students break exam room rules and behave dishonest to their exam paper with the purpose of achieving a good result in the examination. Nowadays‚ students cheating during the examination become a social issue in our country. There are some reasons why students cheating during examination. First and foremost‚ students cheat during examination because they want to get a good score in their examination. They are
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