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    has three words: concentration‚ contemplation‚ meditation. Concentration is of the mind. You focus your mind on a particular object‚ you exclude everything else‚ you just go on narrowing your vision. Hence in concentration everything can become a distraction. A dog starts barking and you will be distracted because you were excluding everything and now the barking dog has come in. Hence the concentrator is always angry because small things – a mosquito – can disturb his concentration. Anything is capable

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    The Outcomes of Distracted Driving A car in movement is a lethal weapon. When a person is using his/her phone at the same time‚ it is a lethal distraction. Cynthia‚ shared her tragic story with the public to help people realize what texting and driving has the power to do. Her son was waiting to turn left at a red light and the driver who hit them was texting and not paying attention. Cynthia later lost her son to this tragic accident (“Texting and Driving Stories”). Distracted driving accidents

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    the world of multi-tasking. It’s hard to resist the idea that we can competently do something else at the same time that we are mindlessly making mouse-clicks even though research shows that we just end up doing both tasks poorly. The endless distractions provided by computers and our incessant

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    realized technology is very helpful now days but in the classrooms it’s more distracting than anything else. As Michael J. Bugeja stated in “Facing the Facebook”‚ Academics assessing learning outcomes often discover that technology is as much a distraction in the classroom as a tool. I catch myself checking my phone in class every now and then but when I do I miss out on what the instructor is teaching. Technology is a great tool for us to learn and gather information but when you put technology in

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    and nice textures wonderful? We all like colors‚ but they get the eye gone astray. Humans love to criticize‚ it is natural‚ or could you say that you could not pass hours looking and talking about someone’s horrible outfit? Clothes are a distraction. Because teachers get distracted by all the different colors‚ they are more than 15 students in a class‚ and then they will be more than 30 colors if students use different clothes‚ who could not get distracted? If teachers

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    strongly agree with the author when he states that cell phone use distracts students’ attention. First‚ I believe that cell phone use in class is distractions because it may cause children fail the class and not having a bright future. Most people do not have self-control‚ especially children. As the author mentions‚ “students fail is because of distractions in the classroom.” Children take cells will be distracted in classroom; by the end of semester‚ they will get low grade or fail the class because

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    part of the 64% of car accidents due to distracted driving. What is distracted driving and why is it so dangerous? Distracted driving is anything that can interrupt a person’s driving capability‚ making the driver more prone to accidents. These distractions can range from anything

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    Driving a car may not seem as dangerous as it is due to it being a daily routine‚ but in truth everyday people risk lives by letting themselves get distracted. On average in the U.S. alone there over 6 million car accidents per year of which over 1060 accidents per day involve a distracted party. The causes of these distracted drivers are caused by anything for the surroundings of the vehicle‚ the components inside‚ and the condemned cell phone usage. Cars and trucks all have their downsides‚ nevertheless

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    “Growing Up Digital‚ Wired For Distraction‚” several claims are generalized‚ and supported as each leads up to an idea. This idea is that as the generations grow‚ the “programming” of their brains direct them towards “failure” in a sense‚ educationally‚ and projects the inability to focus‚ and advert attention to one particular action. The generalizations that surround this idea‚ that the notions that “students have always faced distractions and time-wasters”‚ but technology

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    Paper 2 Draft Everyday more in more families are falling below the poverty lines in America. Not only is it a matter of finance but also it effects the growth and development of the teenagers living the household. As of 2008‚ 14 million (19 percent) children under the age of 18 were in poverty. That is the highest percentage of any other age group. Teen poverty can effect teens in various different ways‚ such as one ’s self-esteem‚social interaction/relationships‚eating habits‚and ultimately

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