...Laccetti (professor of humanities at Stevens Institute of Technology) and Molski, in their essay entitled The Lost Art of Writing,[12][13] are critical of the terms, predicting reduced chances of employment for students who use such slang, stating that, "Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol' when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms." Fondiller and Nerone[14] in their style manual assert that "professional or business communication should never be careless or poorly constructed" whether one is writing an electronic mail message or an article for publication, and warn against the use of smileys and these abbreviations, stating that they are "no more than e-mail slang and have no place in business communication". Yunker and Barry[15] in a study of online courses and how they can be improved through podcasting have found that these slang terms, and emoticons as well, are "often misunderstood" by students and are "difficult to decipher" unless their meanings are explained in advance. They single out the example of "ROFL" as not obviously being the abbreviation of "rolling on the floor laughing" (emphasis added). Haig[1] singles out LOL as one of the three most popular initialisms in Internet slang, alongside BFN ("bye for now") and IMHO ("in my honest/humble opinion"). He describes the various initialisms of Internet slang as convenient, but warns that "as ever...
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...words so I can submit an essay. pretty dumb but I mean whatever. What are you going to do. Im pretty unreal and think this is a waste of time. Yolo but whatever. Just typing and typing trying to get my word count up. Drinking starbucks and water im unreal. I have an iphone so I guess that’s kinda cool. Sorry just writing down the first thing that pops into my head. Got places to go and stuff to do so whoever is reading this if anyone ever does….lol. that’s really funny. Hey how is it going right now with all of you? Im just doing this so I can get 250 words so I can submit an essay. pretty dumb but I mean whatever. What are you going to do. Im pretty unreal and think this is a waste of time. Yolo but whatever. Just typing and typing trying to get my word count up. Drinking starbucks and water im unreal. I have an iphone so I guess that’s kinda cool. Sorry just writing down the first thing that pops into my head. Got places to go and stuff to do so whoever is reading this if anyone ever does….lol. that’s really funny. Hey how is it going right now with all of you? Im just doing this so I can get 250 words so I can submit an essay. pretty dumb but I mean whatever. What are you going to do. Im pretty unreal and think this is a waste of time. Yolo but whatever. Just typing and typing trying to get my word count up. Drinking starbucks and water im unreal. I have an iphone so I guess that’s kinda cool. Sorry just writing down the first thing that pops into my head. Got places to go...
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...About Me Keyboarding Essay. Hi, I’m Mackenzie Neal and i came from Stacey Roell in Good Samaritan hospital in like Dayton or wherever it is. I have lots of family. Ha believe it or not my family is from California and I guess you could say that’s why I have blond hair and blue eyes. I LOVE sports. I play softball and volleyball, and basketball. I also run track, I play JO or traveling volleyball and I play a middle and middle back in volleyball for JO. In school ball I usually play a full rotation. I also love basketball because it just runs in my family and I play summer basketball I love doing that. I play a low post but I can play a high post and shoot outside if i need to. I play softball and love that too my brother was super good at that he set all the records at Trial and i plan on doing that in South. I play a third basemen and a first basemen. The last sport is track and i do 100 meter hurdles and 200 meter hurdles and a 4x2....
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...Essays are the Best or Nah? Reading Rebeccas article she says “humanist insist writing leads to the crafting of sharp argumentative skills”, but this skill is not necessarily needed for each trade. This leads me to ask are essays really relevant as a college or high school student. Essays are hated by students and teachers. The fact that most people hate essays have raised the question can this issue be solved? First of all teachers hate grading essays. It’s very time consuming, student papers highly outnumber the teachers. College essays can be long as 100 pages. Grading a 100 page essay for 15-20 students can get extra stressful if you ask me. Not to mention that they actually have a life to live. Rebecca stated in her article that “I’ve graded drafts and assigned rewrites, and that helps the good students get better, but the bad students, the ones I’m trying to help, just fail to turn in any drafts at all. Meanwhile, I come up for air and realize that with all this extra grading, I’m making 75 cents an hour.” I can definitely sympathize with teachers on this issue. To fix this problem I would suggest that the teachers could assign grading assistants (Students that actually like writing and are top of the class) this would allow the teachers more time to live life, tutor and relieve some of the stresses of grading. Although essays are assigned students still are not learning to write factual papers. Looking back at Schuman’s article she quotes that her “friends...
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...I’m not sure how all this works on term paper warehouse but trying to find out. Just trying to get my 250 words so I can upload and find out. Really I just want to see what this website is about. Bless my wife’s heart, she is having a time getting started with a paper and I am just trying to help her out. She has said no to these websites but if I could get her some hints on how to start she would never know and think I was a genius. Lol. Anyone else out there have issues? Dang she is smart I don’t know why she’s having so much trouble. Stress I guess. So sorry to whoever got stuck reading this. Really I just needed to upload an essay that is 250 words for some help. Now what to write. I am 145 words in and stuck. Writing was never my thing so now I guess I will ramble on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on. 183 words in now. Man this is tough. Ugh. Wish I had something interesting to talk about and this would be easier. 205 words in now. Almost there. My hands are killin me. Killin me I say. I wonder if my wife will kill me when she sees I used her email to log in? probably should have used my own but I hate spam. Hate spam....
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...immediate, a form of tech speak has developed and due to frequent, constant use, has begun to creep into the school classrooms. Tech speak is a form of slang that shortens words to make text messaging faster. It also includes emoticons, a way of using punctuation marks to make a picture of a face or whatever the user wants to form. Technology is making us bad spellers with the use of spell checkers and autocorrect. This texting lingo is also damaging our youth’s written language skills because students are finding it increasingly difficult to switch between using tech speak and proper grammar. Further, texting is hindering students’ abilities to focus in class, hurting their grades. Finally, college entrance officers are reporting application essays with tech speak and acronym shortcuts being submitted by prospective students that end up causing the student to be denied entrance to the college. Tech speak is becoming increasingly more evolved and complex in its own way. Students who use tech speak, or texting lingo, tend to ignore punctuation and capitalization rules, use acronyms to shorten sentences (i.e.: “BRB” means “be right back, and “TTLY” means “talk to you later”), drop consonants and vowels, and sometimes even use numbers in place of where letters should be (i.e.: “C U L8R” means “see you later”). With the increased usage of technology for writing and communicating, has come a decline in spelling abilities in students and adults. Cell phones have an...
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...As I walked into Griffin Hall to enroll in college, all I could think about, “Is this something I really want to do?” I was hesitate of making this decision, but I realized if I want better I have to do better, so I continued with my enrollment process. I changed my mind about a dozen times, but the support of my family and friends made this experience a lighter load to carry. I did not know what to expect, whether I would continue, or whether I would be the right fit for the task. All I knew was I am determined not to give up. I have been out of school for so many years, the thought of actually starting from scratch and having homework, essays, and assignments frighten me. It had gotten so bad I asked my mom should she be getting me some...
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...Title??????? (Heading) On the third dismal day of freshman year, my English teacher led our class to a room across the hall and sat us in a circle around a garbage can. It being Friday, the advisory that had occupied that room 45 minutes prior left the remains of a delicious breakfast. The trash was filled to the brim with half-eaten donuts, dirty napkins, and unfinished bottles of juice. Without warning, our teacher picked up the bin and turned it upside down. Detritus of advisory breakfast splattered across the ash-colored carpet. The class screamed. Our teacher calmly looked up and said, “This is the essence of man. Write.” For the next 60 seconds, we scribbled in our brand new composition notebooks. I looked up, hoping my classmates...
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...Dear Bardes (aka the best teacher ever), Throughout my memoir, I reflect upon the meaning of a home to me, and how it’s definition to me changed over time. I also try to use innocence and ignorance highlight the misunderstandings of the real world through the mind and eyes of a child. My narrative includes stories of immigration from Israel, the struggles to fit in, and accepting myself for being one of a kind. This belongs to Unit 4 in particular because it easily relates to the idea of immigration, and transition, and feeling left out of the crowd, which is what Oscar felt and experiences in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I also tried to use humor to spice up my memoir with statements such as “And if your mother [...] case red rain boots.” which as silly as it may...
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... and you want to share what you learned with a friend who is interested in enrolling. Write a 150- to 200-word e-mail to your friend summarizing the resources available to students. Hey Friend, I found some really cool stuff while going through the UofP Online Learning Center. I know you are afraid that you won’t have time or you can’t afford. That is what I thought too. But UoP offers scholarships that help reduce your tuition. I had no idea about that. Not to mention there are tons of resources to help keep you on track and guide you through your classes. My advisors are amazing. They really want to see you succeed and are there for you whenever you need them. My academic advisor was telling me about Prior Learning Assessment. At UofP we have the ability to test out of a lot General Ed courses. I’m sure you know I’m going to try to test out of as much as I can. LOL. I had no idea it could reduce my time in school by almost 2 years. You should really look attending with me. I think online courses may work for you and your busy schedule. Call me or email me back and let me know what you think. Sally You asked your facilitator to review your e-mail draft. She liked what you wrote and asked you to write a summary to post in the class forum for the other students to read. Write a 150- to 200-word summary for your class of the resources available to students. Remember to write using an academic tone. Good Afternoon Class, There are many resources...
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...My second favorite was the Botany of Desire even thought I hated reading that book I believe I became a better note taker. I believe I turned all my weakness around and made them my strengths rather note taking, summarizing, punctuations, and transition words. I’m not saying I’m perfect at it but I’m a whole lot better than what I was and I truly believe that I’m ready for English I ,I’m ready for the next challenge I know it’s going to be hard but I learned the key is take you time believe in yourself and tell yourself you got...
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...CM107-21: College Composition 1 June 18, 2014 1. Did you meet your goals? As I look back on how I first started in my writing class I thought okay, what and how do I get started on writing in a journal and what do I put into words about what I need to write about. It was a struggle for me and I thought to myself you have to put a plan in action to meet the goal I had set for myself. 2. Did you try any new strategies to help you achieve your goals? Which ones. The professor would always tell us to more so think about a career you would like to write about and put it in action on paper as an essay. I had a difficult time trying to understand what it was I needed to say about the career in question. There was a lot of pondering in my head on what I really needed to do and what I needed to say but even on paper it came out wrong. After being told by the professor over and over what I had started was still wrong, I begin to get frustrated with her and myself. Then a light came on and I had looked into getting a tutor someone outside of the class to help me get started and focus on what I really needed to do. She began to talk to me and ask me what was my major and I told her my major was paralegal studies, and from there she began to start me in the right direction on how to start my writing project. Her strategy for me was getting a strong thesis for my paper and how to stay focus on it and stick to it. Her strategy for me was saying Kimalon pretend that you are putting yourself...
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...Professor Baker English 1301 9/13/13 Our Generation on Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Reading and writing are things that I am very well at. The difference is, I’m stronger in my writing skills than my reading skills. The reason for this is that when I’m writing I get so into my words and imagination to where my hand with the magical pencil does the talking. My skills in reading only depend on one thing, if it catches my attention or not. Stories have to get me involved with the story somehow in order for me to get interest. If it’s not catching my attention, I’m not reading it. But most importantly, critical thinking is what ties reading and writing together. I am very picky about the books and articles I read. Stories for me have to have a mystery or even sometimes a sappy love story. Of course I’m going to love romantic books because I’m a girl, right? Yet again, some love stories bore the living hell out of me because it’s a “typical” love story. Reading books just all depends on how the author grabs his reader’s attention and how he plays the story throughout the book. When I find a book that I’m interested in, I will read the entire novel. Or even something that is scary will keep hooked on the story. Scary stories are my favorites because the story just keeps my suspense in play. Celebrity gossip is definitely something that I get into reading. There is always something new with these celebrities. Since these celebrities are well known, their lives...
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...Examples of informal language: yo, what’s up, hey Informal language is impolite. Abbreviations (lol) (ttyl) Basic words (not specific) such as (bad, good, stuff things, a lot) Contractions (it’s, can’t, shouldn’t) * Formal language: speech in situations that are described to be professional or proper * Examples of formal language: hello, good after noon, how are you * Context clues: words surrounding a word that you may not know and the words around it might give you glues on what the word mean or whole sentence. * Independent clause: are complete sentences and can stand on it’s own Example of an independent clause: The plant on the front porch died. * Dependent clause: is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can’t stand-alone. Example of an dependent clause: If I don’t come by noon. * How to separate a sentence into 2 sentences (3 ways) 1. Add a comma + coordinating conjunction 2. Semicolon 3. Make 1 independent clause into a dependent clause * Examples (3) 1. I was uplate, so I am tired. 2. I was uplate; I am tired. 3. Because I was uplate, I am tired. * Figurative language: Non-literal language (not meant to be taken serious) Refers to something not possible or not likely * Examples of figurative language Ex: I’m so hungry I can eat a horse. Ex: My homework took me forever. Ex: The fog was thick on the ground like a heavy blanket. * How are...
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...correspondence through mail, and leaving messages on home answering machines. At one time, these outdated items were the wave of the future. Mark Twain couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the typewriter. Why aren’t these technical advances not good enough anymore? Why have these ways of communicating become historical artifacts? Most of one’s answer lies in the fact that people are constantly looking for faster, more convenient ways to achieve their goals, and cyber culture does just that. Tools such as e-mail provide one with a way to write and communicate with others in a very convenient way. The world we live in is very fast paced. Tasks such as hand writing and mailing letters have become too time consuming. As Dennis Baron writes in his essay “From Pencils to Pixels”, “…the physical effort of handwriting, crossing out, revising, cutting and pasting, in short, the writing practices I had been engaged in regularly since the age of four, now seemed to overwhelm and constrict me, and I longed for the flexibility of digitized text” (Tribble and Trubek 36). Besides the troubles of writing a letter, one would then have to stamp and seal the envelope, and rely on the trusty post office to deliver your letter in a timely manner. As essayist Adam Gopnik states, “Ten years ago, even the most literate of us wrote maybe half a dozen letters a year” (181). Ten years ago, one would have more than likely picked up the phone rather than sit down and write a letter. E-mail, in a way, has digitized...
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