Jonas Kyle Eng 205 Midterm Exam 1. In the story‚ "Car Crash While Hitchhiking" the protagonist is characterized as an outsider. Reason being‚ is because he is he’s evidently a drug addict who wakes up in the middle of nowhere. It even mentioned in the story that he had been to DETOX.He’s abandoned by the fellows whom he did drugs with. Clearly he did not fit in with most social groups‚ and he had a hard time being accepted. Due to him being an outsider‚ I believe that there was some type
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incorporate healthy eating into your lifestyle even if you are always on the go. III. Packing a lunch‚ choosing restaurants wisely‚ and keeping nutritious snacks on hand are a just a few of the ways you can still manage to eat something decent while maintaining a hectic pace. (Transition: Let’s start off with reasons why you should pack your lunch.) Body I. Want healthy choices‚ pack your lunch A. Usually less expensive than eating out B. Can choose healthier options than if eating out
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My topic on my argument paper is on distractions while driving. I know that there are a lot of different distractions while we drive. But the one thing that bothers me is the law that there is on texting while driving. I know that it’s not good to text while you drive because how can you be paying attention to the road if you’re looking down. And I also know that all teens like to do now is text rather than talk on the phone. I personally would rather talk on the phone because it seems a little more
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Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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cellphones while driving may have served to deters drivers from using their phones as they drive‚ but increased number of causalities clearly demonstrates that there is still a lot more that needs to be done. One of the main reasons that make texting while driving very dangerous is that using traffic or on busy roads. The amount of time the one talks before reacting to a situation in most cases‚ determines whether one gets to continue living. As much as it is both dangerous to call and text while driving
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I text while driving. I try not to‚ but I do. And I know what you’re thinking. I get it. You think I’m careless. You think I’m reckless. You think I’m dangerous. You say I’m an accident waiting to happen; that I’ll probably get killed one day; that I might even kill you. I tell you now‚ I understand. But I don’t care. I have places to be‚ text messages to send. At times I’ve been brilliant‚ multitasking to perfection; typing ’Brobdingnagian’ while making a double lane change in Austin rush-hour
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not be an understatement to say that most of the distractions while driving are caused by a cell phone being used. Drivers need to be aware of the consequences and damage they can make in just one second. Young people talk and text while driving‚ they feel invincible and think it’s okay to break on other many laws we have out there. Driving while using a cell phone could be considered as bad as driving under the influence. Driving while being distracted by a cell phone could end up on
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HAVING CHILDREN WHILE YOUNG (pros and cons) One of the largest problems nowadays is having children while young. That problem includes teenage parents from fifteen to eighteen years old‚ who aren’t ready to bring up their children yet. However‚ having a children while young has both‚ advantages and disadvantages. Being a young parent does not have many advantages‚ but some of them are really good. For example‚ young parents are more mature than their peers because they’ve seen how hard life really
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Far off in the dim moonlit country‚ over a viaduct and down a valley‚ a train rushed along whistling like a lost metal thing‚ nameless and running. Tom went to bed shivering‚ beside his brother‚ listening to that train whistle‚ and thinking of a cousin who lived way out in the country where that train ran now; a cousin who died of pneumonia late at night years and years ago— He smelled the sweat of Doug beside him. It was magic. Tom stopped trembling. “Only two things I know for sure
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How does working while in high school affect high school students? There are many differing opinions both positive and negative regarding the effects of working on academic success. Working while in high school is a necessity for some in order to pursue higher education. It teaches responsibility and budgeting. However‚ on the flip side‚ there are many who would debate that teenagers in America who work during high school experience negative effects on their high school success such as‚ no social
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