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Rachael Berridge Professor Hohman English 100 4 December 2015 Literacy can mean different things to different people, but there is no denying the more common meaning. Jeff Magee, a teacher, said “Literacy is an essential aspect of our everyday lives that is embedded in our activities, social interactions and relationships. It is not only the ability to read and write, but to comprehend.” If you are able to comprehend more, the more successful you can be. Literacy dictates each and everyone’s…

In the year 2013, one of the biggest retail data breaches in history occurred, where Target lost the credit and debit cards of over 40 million customers, along with the personal information of 70 million customers. It all started right before Thanksgiving on November 27, when someone installed malware in Target’s security and payments system that was designed to steal every credit card used at the company’s many stores throughout the United States. When a shopping item was scanned and the…

When one reads a novel such as The Great Gatsby they are immediately immersed into the upper-class world of the 1920s and for a moment they can forget the problems that they are experiencing in their own lives. Of course being told a story can only take one so far; it is simply up to the imagination of the reader/viewer to interpret the rest of the world as they see fit. Obviously the next step in storytelling is the virtual reality realm. Many science-fiction…

women who speak up against sexual assault. If someone you know came to you and confided in you that she was raped, would you then proceed to tell her that it is her fault, or that she was asking for it? In our culture it has become a part of our lives to blame the victim and by doing this we are accepting rape, and allowing rapists to go without punishment. Did you know that in America, every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted and that one out of six women are victims of rape or…

Bullying is a problem that has been around for a long time, and has several different forms. One of the newest forms of bullying is known as cyber bulling and often occurs in online gaming. Cyber bullying takes place when two or more people are playing online games and a player attacks the victim. In doing this, it can cause harm to people’s emotions, creating emotional damage and establishing a need to protect people from cyber bullies. To protect people from being attacked online the…

From the moment we are born we begin to learn important lessons teach us. These lessons are essential in helping to shape our character, and ultimately lead to who we become. Everybody has had that moment when someone, or even possible something, has taught you a valuable lesson that you will never forget. I know that I’ve had a multitude of them, but most of them I can’t remember the specific situation that transpired to teach me the lesson. For example, I can’t remember the first time that I…

Microsoft and Sony, of which both make more than 70 billion dollars a year (forbes.com). The group included but 5 people, one of which was 13 years old. The Denial of Service, otherwise known as a DoS attack, was used to shutdown millions of consumers Xbox One and PlayStation accounts for days at a time. This attack,…

Since the accessibility of game developing programs such as Unity are increasing, many mid-level developers have had their chance to shine. One of the biggest games available right now is Minecraft. It is available through PC, PlayStation, Xbox, smart phone, and most recently, virtual reality. Minecraft started as a very popular third party game that was later bought out by Microsoft and is an excellent example of the effect third party developers can have on the industry. Another big reason…

What does our family mean to you? While conducting my research over the week, I became open to a lot of things I didn’t know my family thought. My question was “What does our family mean to you?”, and asking this didn’t end up changing my original hypothesis at all. My hypothesis originally was that all of the answers I received from my family would be relatively the same; that we are very close and overall a very happy family. I believe doing this research showed me how all of my family…

playing a video game. They can play games on their cell phone, their hand-held video gaming system, a tablet/laptop, home computer, or home video game device such as Xbox or PlayStation. An astounding 91% of all children play video games (Granic, Lobel, & Engels, 2014, p. 66). Video games have become a huge part of children’s lives with 97% playing for at least an hour a day. Although most research shows the negative aspects of video games, research that is more recent has shown many…