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Does the Internet make you smarter vs. Does the Internet make you dumber? Have you seen the debate of the intelligence and the stupidity of the internet and how it effects the way the human brain works? The Internet has turned the way we live in a completely different direction. This make the world wonder what is the internet doing to our life as we evolve into the modern world. Today we will look at why Nicholas Carr thinks the internet make you dumber in has article from Wall Street Journal…

Rule, Ann. The Stanger beside Me. Paperback ed., Pocket Books. 2009. Ann Rule describes Ted’s life events from her perspective. She also tells us about their conversations during their friendship. She describes how she helped police investigate her friend without knowing she was helping the police to capture her friend. Anne Rule’s book has a lot of information about his crimes that I think would be an interesting perspective. She describes him as such a normal person which I feel would be a…

The Beatles were a pop/rock band active from the early 60’s to around 1970. They contributed so much to rock and pop music and have been awarded multiple grammys and prestigious awards over their short span of only around ten years. However their legacy still remains. Formation of the band In the 50s guitarist and singer John Lennon formed a band known as “the Quarrymen” In 1957 “the Quarrymen” added guitarist: Paul McCartney, to the roster. Not much later George Harrison (a friend of Paul…

this absurd type of feeling in his article “Mind Over Mass Media.” He compares the fear we have of the internet and emerging technologies on our “brainpower and moral fiber” to the fear past generations had when “the printing press, newspapers, paperbacks, and television” were introduced at their respective times. Is the newspaper a threat to our relationships? The idea is so absurd that we find humor in it. If technologies themselves are not the reason that we feel less happy now, the issues…

California, Riverside. Gaustad published several books in the span of his life, but the one in reference here is The Great Awakening in New England, published in 1957, that was published by Harper & Brothers originally, and has been reprinted in paperback version that I am reviewing, in 1968 by Quadrangle Books, Inc. Gaustad produced this work based…

For example, “crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel” (Tolkien 68). In the paperback Bilbo receives the ring by crawling on the floor and randomly finding it. He found it innocently, and didn’t know the ring was Gollum’s. So it wasn’t his fault for finding the ring and asking Gollum what was in his pocket. Technically he didn’t steal…

Why Technology? Technology has become one the greatest innovations worldwide. Maybe the real question should be, however, whether or not it is helping with the teaching and education of society today. Technology is readily used in most schools today including elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. However, it may not be all that it is cut out to be; corrupting youth and classrooms all over the world. Students are more tempted to cheat, become easily distracted with music and…

gave all the men a slight pang of hope. When they were around the fire at night they would read out different recipes and discuss them just to have something blissful to do. “One ritual the men looked forward to was hearing a recipe from a small paperback book that Marston had. Each night he read one recipe aloud to the crew, and at the end of the recitation the men spent hours discussing the recipe, comparing it to others, they had known, reminiscing about meals they had had back home.”…

intrigue when it came to learning for the very first time. As I climbed up one grade at a time as a young pupil, I would always be faced with the “big test” every year. The same scenario would repeat, instructions would be given, and a small thin paperback book alongside a sharpened #2 pencil would be placed on my desk. Tension and stress would fill the silent classroom as I filled in one bubble at a time. For me, that day would mark the days of true panic as I nervously hoped…

In Christine Rosen’s essay, “In the Beginning Was the Word,” she mentions a quote by C.S. Lewis, “We read to know we are not alone” (234). He explains that books are pathways to a better insight on what it means to be human. They are a way for people to cope with loneliness because it allows them to relate and empathize with the characters in the story, allowing them to feel like they are a part of the story. Although it cannot single-handedly combat loneliness, books are one way to help some…