Dear Mom and Dad‚ I’ve really been thinking about this whole driving incident‚ These past few days have made me see it differently. I’ve learned that this isn’t necessarily about keeping insurance rates down or keeping a good reputation‚ Head injuries are extremely common in car accidents and after seeing what happened to Zack‚ I could never let you guys go through that. Doing what I did‚ and driving how I used to‚ is a good way to critically injure myself‚ or someone else… What has happened
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CGHS AP World Summer Work 2014 Directions • Go online to Broward Schools BEEP and access the AP World textbook. • Directions to BEEP • Go to http://beep.browardschools.com/ssoPortal/index.htm • Look for grades 9-‐12 • Click on Social Studies • Scroll down to Advanced Placement World History • Click
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Distracted Driving In the year 2009‚ 16% of total fatalities have involved distracted drivers and the numbers would be 5474 people killed. These are more than 5000 people who won’t get to spend time with family‚ see their children or parents‚ talk about good old times with friends‚ or finish school. The even more devastating part is the family members of these distracted drivers or the people who were distracting them‚ that their lives will never be the same. As technology develops more and more
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Humphrey says. He merely establishes the main point‚ that text messaging is destroying English. Paragraph Two: DC also summarizes John Sutherland’s paper from 2002 which asserts that texting is an ugly‚ illiterate version of English. Paragraph Three: DC places Humphry‚ Sutherland‚ and others who criticize texting shorthand into a longer history of critics who have opposed new media for using language‚ such as telegraph‚ telephone‚ radio‚ and television. Paragraph Four: Initiates a history of
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Texting Gone Wrong Technology has become increasingly advanced in today’s society. Specifically‚ texting has become the modern and faster way of communication. From being able to talk to someone across the country to letting someone know one is at his or her door‚ everyone seems to love this new innovation. But when does texting go too far? Randy Cohen examines this question in his article‚ “When Texting is Wrong.” In Cohen’s article‚ he explains the downside and inappropriate times for texting
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Texting -- trading written messages over cellphones and other devices -- is changing the way people communicate‚ (Janet). Editor Debra Nussbaum writes in an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer that by the early 2000’s Americans sent more than two trillion texts a year‚ by 2007‚ texting had exceeded phone calls by a long shot. This has definitely made a huge difference in the way people communicate with each other. To get a letter in the mail is pretty rare today especially knowing that a text
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Distracted Driving? A Public Service Announcement is not effective enough to reduce the number of distracted driving incidents. We live in a society where people are too distracted by their phones to put them down‚ even if that means risking their lives by driving distracted. According to an article posted on Mother Jones‚ the Department of Transportation estimates that at any given daylight moment‚ approximately 660‚000 people are "using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices" while driving (Hansen-Bundy
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forgot to send before I left the house. Before I know it I’m dividing my time between driving and using my phone. I know I have a problem‚ and studies say I’m not the only one. The Associated Press reports that texting while driving is up 50%‚ even as more states are enacting laws to prevent people from doing so. Studies show that 20% of adults are willing to admit that they have sent text messages while driving‚ and I focus on the word “admit” here because using your phone while on the road is
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Texting alters driving‚ relationships‚ communication‚ and academic behavior. It can have a negative and positive affect on communities. For instance‚ texting can be misinterpreted and can be unsafe‚ however it is a great way to communicate to relatives and friends. All things considered‚ there are safe and unsafe ways to text. Texting changes the world and the humans that live in it. For this reason‚ as humans text‚ society is changing. Texting changes society. According to Ameen‚ in 2015‚ out of
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Texting is something that most teenagers and young adults could not live without. Even my parents are texting constantly. My father‚ especially‚ because he is usually very busy and cannot answer a call while he is in a meeting. I have to talk to him every day‚ though‚ because I love him so much. I miss him while I’m at school‚ and it is very convenient that if I am randomly thinking of him or my mother while I am in class‚ I can send them a message letting them know. I can do this without bothering
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