Growing Less Dumb By Eileen Brenoff: Article Analysis

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Decisions making are not always as hard as we think. According to the question that why decision making is difficult, the first reason is that after reading the article “Growing Less Dumb” by Eileen Brenoff, the most people don’t get chance for decision making in their school days by their parents or teachers because of that when they become old they still wait for the backup support from seniors. Second of all, I think decision making is difficult because we make it difficult by not knowing of the importance of tasks. Moreover, it is better to think about the particular decision before the deadline. Thirdly, in my opinion, people don’t believe in the God and they don’t think that someone is running the universal system. For instance, they

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