The problem with today’s youth is their addiction to technology. We have an undeniable hunger for entertainment. The hunger must be fed and sustained or we cannot function properly‚ yet it is never filled. We yearn for more and more. This‚ in turn‚ produces new technology to meet consumer needs. MP3 players‚ cell phones‚ and laptops are all objects to entertain our dulled minds. Rarely do we cure our boredom with a book or another form of "intellectual" entertainment. We would rather let the screen
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Spontaneous Generation. John Needham Meath Broth is boiled for several minutes to sterilize it. Broth is poured into two jars. One is sealed‚ the control‚ is left unsealed. Needham hypothesis that if life arises only from life‚ the heated broth would stay clear‚ indicating no presence of living organisms. If life can arise from non-living matter‚ the heated broth would become cloudy‚ indicating presence of living organisms. Within days‚ the heated broth was cloudy. He proclaims this as evidence
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July 7‚ 2014 Generation Me We are the first generation surrounded by technology. We were the first to grow up with computers‚ smart phones and internet. Within two seconds of using our phones‚ we can get ahold of any information our little heart’s desire just by typing words into google. We are Millennials‚ also known as Generation Y. Born between the early 1980s to 2000s‚ our generation has much more confidence than the generation before us. We are smarter‚ confident and always connected. In fact
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passion for music and not a day goes by that I don’t listen to it. Music not only carries me throughout my daily routine‚ I believe it runs through my veins in which it has affected my life in positive and negative ways. Although‚ there are some similarities in the ways that I am affected negatively and positively‚ there are some distinct differences that make music a positive and negative part of my life. Music can have many positive effects on a person’s health. For example‚ music has been proven
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Generation. In this short essay I would like to address how the third generation (referred to as TTG in the text) is affected by and how it has affected the Iranian society and its culture. As a result of the revolution in Iran‚ the Iranian population had to follow strict directions in the way of living‚ culture and interaction with other people in the society. Khosravi writes that the youth today lives in a society with dual norms and values or in between-ness‚ between the old and the modern
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Expository Speech Good morning ladies and gentlemen‚ the topic that I have chosen to present this morning is one that is very dear to my heart‚ for in my relatively short existence on this earth I have watched my aunt battle a disease which literally changed every aspect of her life and day to day living. Scleroderma is a chronic auto-immune disease of the connective tissue. Coming from two Greek words ‘sclera’ and ‘derma’ which mean ‘hard’ and ‘skin’ respectively‚ scleroderma in actuality is
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In the Beginning of the 16th century‚ Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States of America. Separated from their history and language‚ African Americans somehow managed to preserve their spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere
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Music education is a part of making a human more intelligent. According to Turben.com‚ “At the state level‚ only 23 states have enacted graduation requirements that in some way involve music and the other arts”. It is something all kids in the US should have access to. Sadly‚ many schools do not provide music education. Children in the US should have music classes‚ which is a key factor to a quality education. According to Washington Post‚ “Children’s ability to appreciate the rhythmic aspect of
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attempt to reach this farfetched ideality yet they fail to acknowledge that it is not within arm’s reach. People‚ as civilized as they are‚ crave aspects of structure. The absence of set rules and guidelines leave the citizens of this world clueless. Expectations differ from culture to culture and that is what results in a diversity of norms‚ morals and desires. Cultural expectations influence the way the citizens of that society think‚ talk and act. In Douglas Coupland’s novel‚ Generation X‚ he uses a
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Changed a Generation The 1960’s is a decade remembered for its counterculture‚ social revolution and an emergence of a new kind of popular culture. If you asked me what my first thoughts were when I hear the decade 1960s‚ I automatically think about the Beatles. Has a decade ever had such a defining musical group that represents not only a shift to more rebellious music such as Rock n Roll‚ but an influence so great that they are still talked about to this day? The Beatles not only changed music but
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