Text corpus

In this paper I will explain in detail how I started my experiment, the feelings I experienced, how many missed calls and texts I had and explain if any of my friends got upset because I did not respond to their messages. First of all, I decided to be without a cellphone for three days. I left my cellphone in my closet fully charged so I could see how many missed calls and text messages I had received at the end of the three days experiment. I did not see my cellphone until the end of the third…

1. Moses asked the Lord, "Suppose everyone refuses to listen to my message, and no one believes that you really appeared to me?" Contemporary English Version 2. Throughout the different variations of the passage Psalms 23:4, the valley is described in five different ways. The differences in scripture are as follows. Contemporary English version: I may walk through the valley as dark as death, King James Version: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, New Living…

I do not know a religious text that tells a story like this, but I wish that I did. In the story, the sage Gautama finds a baby elephant and must raise it. In return, he and the elephant become the closest of friends. Indra, leader of devas, contests their relationship and comes…

understand what knowledge she gained in the process as she felt closer to God at these scarred places. Though Egeria primarily focuses on specific sites previously mentioned in the Holy Scripture and tries to comprehend the proper readings of appropriate texts reads linked Scripture at each site, which differs from Augustine’s focus on sin and temptation, she still realizes that…

distracted while they are driving by using their cell phones to text, call and even check their e-mails. Many teenagers’ car crashes were from distracted driving with the use of their smartphones when they are texting while driving. When you are distracted while you are driving it takes your eyes off the road and you are not focus on what’s going on in front of you. Texting and driving is very dangerous for all drivers when they decided to text and drive and put themselves at risk. The risk are…

Why do people text and drive, what are the dangers of it, and how can we stop it? Texting and driving has been a big issue with today’s society as cell phones have become the "it" way of communicating. Out of habit, individuals are now attached at the hip to their cell phones and have a need to be on their phone now and in the moment rather than waiting for a later time. Every time their ringer goes off, it needs to be checked now or it will literally drive them crazy, but why? We are now a…

not to explore other places. I always get in trouble with my mom because she wants me to find other ways to entertain myself, rather than using my phone. When I got my first phone, it was what I expected because my mom got me unlimited minutes, and text messages. Once I got in trouble and my mom took my phone away for three months. It was hard at first because I was always on the phone and texting with my friends. I could see that my friends did not communicated a lot with me because they were…

Social Media Sites and Text-Messaging Introduction The recent advancement in technology has led to new developments such as the social media that has altered how people interact. Some of the common social media and text messaging sites that are frequently used include Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and Instagram. As noted by Watkins, these sites have been used widely particularly by youths for the development and establishment of relationships. Most, people are currently more socially connected…

“Outside, in the hallways, the people milling around me were looking past me to virtual others. They were on their laptops and their phones...There but not there” (236). She speaks about how baffled she is that these complete strangers would rather text those they love than to speak to her or others in the room. The kind of milling about she expects may have been common in simpler days, where everyone was friends with their neighbors and had a weekly barbeque to catch up. In today’s age, though,…

for the evening, and set my shopping bags on the passenger side floor. I fumbled around for the end of the auxiliary cord to plug in my phone. It took me almost two minutes before I actually turned the car on. I like to check my social media apps, text messages, and choose a song to play before heading off to my destination. After my routine, I finally inserted the key into the ignition and I pulled the vehicle out of my parking…