Instant messaging

I think that Social Media is a distraction because, students are heavily involved in social media; causing a lot of attention problems. Also the brightness of the phone while the sound of a chime goes off from a text or notification can be a problem while you sleep. Students can lose a lot of sleep due to sleeping with the phone next to them, because once the phone lights up or bings, they will want to get up and check it. Students that are heavily involved in social media have "continuous…

Speed is an important part of an MC's arsenal; though you don't need to rap as fast as Twista- who currently holds the world record for fastest rap- you do need to learn how to rap fast to improve your versatility. Here are several exercises you can do to improve your rappping speed: Follow LL Cool J's Advice. One of the greatest rappers of all time, LL once recorded a track where he rapped the alphabet while saying "the" in between each letter. So it came out like "The A-The B-The C- The D,…

“The Machine Stops” by E.M Forester depicts a very sad, yet all too possible future in which the human race is forced underground by some cataclysmic event. This might seem unrealistic now, but we rely on technology almost as much as the people in the story. There are many parallels between the dystopian future Forester portrays, and the present we live in now. For example, the main characters in this story are a mother and son, Vashti and Kuno. The only way that they communicate is through a…

An interesting sociological insight that I picked up from this article, is a relation between the Roughnecks and marginalized communities. While marginalized communities are clearly at a much larger scale, I noticed that the concept that defines a marginalized community, that they are a material legacy of injustice, can apply to the Roughnecks too. There were several reasons throughout the article as to why the Roughnecks were termed as more delinquent than the Saints, even though their…

Texting has always been a way of life for young adults; being able to send and receive messages in a matter of seconds is revolutionary in itself. However, today’s generation has taken texting to an extreme. Recently, texting while driving has become a growing issue among young adults. Texting while driving is dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Research is key to creating persuasive messages to deter young adults from texting while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety…

I once had a group assignment for a Business Law course I was taking at Tuskegee University. I don’t remember the exact context of the assignment but I do remember the troubles me and my group mates ran into while trying to schedule meetings to work on the assignment. Preparing for this assignment was a difficult task because of the many difference between myself and my group mates. I was in the band, another member worked, and the third group member was a member of the Student Government…

Many people have most likely encountered a distracted driver. And the odds are you’ve been one at some point. Even with the plethora of anti-texting and driving propaganda, we still seem to do it. But first off, who is actually texting and driving? According to statistics provided by distraction.gov, 38% of accidents caused by using a cell phone involved people of ages 20-29. Surprisingly, adults 30-39 hold second place with 20% of the crashes. Teens 15-19 only make up 11% of these crashes. For…

The police showed up not much longer after that, but there was nothing they could do. The man in the truck was very cooperative and did exactly what the police told him to do. It is not known where the man is now, but it is thought that he is going to court soon. Also, The boy that saw the incident said that the truck was moving very fast and had pointed it out to his mother before the incident. Right before the incident the boy on the scooter was practicing bunny hops, and was showing off to…

Students bringing phones to class lead to tragedies, unless given permission by a teacher or school official. Phones distract other students. People use phones to cheat on tests or quizzes, also, phones allow students to cyberbully during school hours. Some schools provide strict no phone policies and students get in trouble if the phone makes noises or gets spotted by a teacher. These few reasons found out by Prezi.com why phones allowed in classes on the internet, picked out of many. Phones in…

ISU Research Social impact: 1. Technologies that exist to help people and people with disabilities. How do these technologies benefit society? Driverless cars: Driverless cars offer many benefits to all people in today’s society which relies heavily on cars to get from place to place. Some people however cannot drive due to disability or another aliment that prohibits them from driving. Self-driving cars work but using an array of different sensors and map systems to help them drive on the…