Technology: Is it Corrupting The Balance of Life? Everything has an opportunity cost, even technology. As evolution evolved so did technology, the 20th century was the beginning of the new technological era; Computers, video games, mobile phones, appliances seem to manifest throughout society. Technology follows a sovereign development, a progression that we can slow down or accelerate depending on our decisions and efforts. This brings us to the big question: To what extent can electronics be
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inevitable (Cavanaugh, 2006). As modern lifestyles become more efficient and more complicated, people seek ways to apply technology to mundane activities in order to simplify these tasks. According to Professor Brian Nejmeh (2012), the acquisition of knowledge needs to be in tandem with current technological trends. One of the spheres having the rifest debates about implementing technologies is education. Among several radical proposals concerning this question was a blanket ban on textbooks in favor of
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美国说话术 美国也有自己的说话术。但是悲剧的是，我们在中国不管学了多少年英语，不管是新概念新东方新托福还是新鸡阿姨，对这套说话术，毫无接触。稍微礼貌点句子的就只会说“Could you ...please?”殊不知，斯坦福在对于国际学生第一天新生Orientation的时候就说，不要经常用这个句子。这个用法是不够礼貌和客气的，虽然是问句，虽然里面有“please”，但是还是一种要求的和轻微命令的语气。 我刚来到美国的时候，最痛苦的事情莫过于上课发言：插不上话。虽然美国人在侃的那些内容有些很浅显不是什么真知灼见，有些甚至很SB，但是他们就是在那里滔滔不绝。有你举手的功夫，或者你在头脑中组织语言的时间，人家已经侃了半天了。我们教育学，一堂课两三个小时，老师说话的时间不超过半个小时，剩下的时间都是大家在神侃（围绕着阅读材料，理论，案例）。如果是你是学文科和社科的专业，这种情况你肯定不陌生。课堂发言的重要性体现在三方面：一，这个占期末成绩的30%，比期中考试还多；二，你上课老是不发言，大家会认为你什么都不懂，大家不会很看得起你，在课外生活中会被边缘化；三，你上课老是不发言，老师会认为你的学习态度不端正，对这个课不感兴趣或者没有读阅读材料。
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SC: Greetings from the greatest mind of this generation to the great mind of yours. SH: You are in the teaching profession, severely introverted but with a tremendous almost psychotic sense of narcissism not unlike that possessed by the late Professor Moriarty. You play the piano, are a part time actor, are possibly constrained by reduced mental capacity even insanity. SC: I am usually bad at this but are you practicing whimsy? Humorous, Mr.Holmes. SH: Dear God, what was that? I have rarely
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When he’s not reviewing news stories at the Staten Island Advance, cheerful journalist, Rich Ryan can be found in front of his computer screen working on his next book. An avid reader and writer, Ryan’s passion for writing derives from his love of Sherlock Holmes. Thirty years ago Ryan published his first book, “The Official Sherlock Holmes Trivia Book,” paying homage to his favorite childhood detective. “I have always liked Sherlock Holmes,” Ryan explains enthusiastically. “Sherlock seems to be
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Appearances… I have noticed that Sherlock views “judging a book by its cover” is acceptable and his main form of gathering information. For example, in “The Red-Headed League”, Sherlock creates deductions of Jabez Wilson by observing his fish tattoo and necklace. Whereas, in “The Speckled Band”, Mr. Doyle wants us to base our theories according to appearances in order to create red herrings and false conclusions. I could easily apply this theme to my life in a very subtle, yet effective way by not
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We all have to make difficult decisions. Sherlock had to once, when confronting two fugitives. He let them free after they confessed, but so many people wonder; did he make the right choice? In my opinion, Sherlock made the right judgement. In the first place, Sherlock saved their souls! They would have been miserable in prison, and they wouldn’t be able to care for their families, and they didn’t even touch the “wealth for which I sold my character”. Maybe they stole the carbuncle because they were
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In the novel, “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis, the protagonist Byron Watson changes from being a person who bullies other kids simply for fun, to someone who comforts his little brother, whom he used to bully, when the latter is having an emotional crisis. The theme of the novel is that no matter how much you think that you are different than someone else, you can still help them. This is supported by the quote from Maya Angelou which says, “I refuse to allow any man-made
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If you read The Lord of the Rings (by J.R.R. Tolkien) and the Hound of the Baskervilles (by Sir Conan Arthur Doyle), you can see many similarities and differences between characters; mostly two of the them, Aragorn and Sherlock Holmes, both being very skillful and talented, have very different methods of solving problems and cases. Aragorn is always being backed up by his many friends, and always helps them even though he knows he is capable of surviving on his own. He isn’t usually a control-freak
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Have you ever kept a big secret? In this story Sherlock Holmes a crime was committed. In my opinion Sherlock Holmes was definitely wrong to let the criminals off the hook. First of all, Sherlock Holmes as a detective he broke the law himself to. It depends on how the crime was done like for example somebody had stolen a candy bar from a gas station people let them off with a warning. But if somebody stole a gem from somebody then you should send them off to jail. Secondly, Sherlock Holmes framed
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