Headphones

There were a million places I would have rather been (hyperbole), but I was there, in our nation’s capitol, gazing up at the towering Washington Monument. I was a 16-year-old girl about to spend a week of her summer in Washington D.C. learning about the founding fathers of America and dreading every minute of it. My family was going to take our trip to D.C. two summers ago, but my sister and I convinced my parents that it would not be enjoyable if we had to drive rather than fly. Last…

In the article, “Hidden Intellectualism” Graff argues that streets smarts are being not utilized enough in students’ academic work. He incorporates several examples that support his claim including how sports taught him how to effectively write an argument. Graff also uses an eye-catching introduction with an intriguing example of Michael Warner’s transformation and intellectualism as the main theme. Overall Graff gives his audience a perfect template for argumentative writing with balance,…

studies have shown that music has a tremendous impact on geriatrics. In the emotionally inspiring documentary, Alive Inside, shows the effect of listening to music for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. Bringing music into nursing homes by using headphones and individually tailored playlists with music from the senior’s prime times in their life can help them become stimulated. We can see how a person with no light in their eyes, nothing but fear and confusion, can suddenly come back. The…

the car, coffee shops, office spaces, department stores, and at home. Young adults are large contributors to this surge in music listening, and have embraced this new trend. Thus, when walking on a college campus, you will see many students have headphones in at the gym, dining centers, and in the library. Along with listening to music, young adults are the largest group to adapt and utilize new technology. Previous studies show that technology leads kids to become more off-task and distracted.…

was during the night where there were several people Pokemon Go hunting and crossing streets without looking for cars. I saw a grown man that was playing the game get hit by a car because he walked across the street looking at his phone with his headphones on. It was a shame seeing people so attached to their phone just for a game and get into an accident that could easily have been avoided. He was distracted from the present world, which defines the identity of smart phones as harm to society…

The hip hop culture first started forty years ago in the Bronx community. It slowly began to change through the different styles and from the various area. Hip Hop does not just cover the music, it is intertwined with sports, television show, clothing, and accessories. The Hip Hop Culture began to receive some serious stereotyping from the media when “gangsta” rap became popular. The ethnocentrism of hip hop is due to young adults wanting to emulate their favorite artist(s). However, the Hip Hop…

It is a lot easier to simply have a pair of earbuds and my 5 inch phone in my pockets than it ever was to carry my headphones, DVD player, and MP3. With this practicallity also came the fact that it allowed me to do these things more much like when it came to getting work done. Gone are the days of boring waiting room visits or seemingly endless road trips since all I…

An Encounter Without Words Encounter is a short film directed by Giacomo De Bello that details the encounter between two strangers at a train station. It follows these two characters as they travel and tells a story of attraction and hesitance. The film centers on their unique encounter without actually using dialogue to make the characters interact. The film starts with a guy sitting on a bench, tapping his leg as he waits for the train. A girl approaches the scene and it's as if the…

Pacing walking over to my locker, my music was blasting. Happily, I recall listening to one of my favorite songs, and I found myself strutting throughout the hallway. Quickly stopping I started laughing at myself, as I slowed my walking down to a slower pace. Finally, I had concluded to smile, yet I was elated inside. The surface of my face was emotionless, as my eyes drifted past my locker outside through the back door. Approaching I could hear a select few talking amongst themselves aloud,…

benefits out weight their negative outcomes. For example in test conditions or when the teacher wants to achieve quiet learning environment a computer generated voice reading aloud a text book is not suitable. Additionally adding an extra AT such has headphones to overcome this adds an additional layer of separation of the student with the special need to the rest of their class. Thus the ATs become the antithesis of what they had been introduced to achieve, that being an inclusive…