This article is all about how instant messaging is effecting out youth. The author spoke to teachers and students for this article. Instant messaging is all about saying something using less letters and/or words. Our youth is so used to writing in this lingo it just comes natural to them. It comes so natural that it is making its way into schoolwork. Students are so accustomed to using this language they don' t realize they are doing it. Even when they are proofreading they don't see it as being wrong. They should know when and where its appropriate to use internet lingo. Some teachers believe this form of shorthand is just a fad and won't be around long. There are other teachers that use it as a way to teach their students about the way language evolves. Some teachers encourage their students to use it in the first draft in order to get their thoughts out, just don't put it in your final draft. The author wants you to know how and why instant messaging is effecting students, and what teachers are doing to deal with it. Here we have a very bold statement about powerpoint corrupting our society. He states it effects our business, schools even our government. He boldly states, "It induced stupididty turned everyone into bores, wasted time, and degraded the quality and credibility of communication." (390) He is very one sided on this topic, to him powerpoint is all bad there is nothing good about it. The author believes information gets lost when taking the facts and turning it into a powerpoint. To him these presentations are just disruptive and lack a proper amount of data. He wants to see more simple presentations, just statistics and facts nothing more nothing less. He thinks that teaching our youth to make a powerpoint takes away their ability to write a full sentence. He can draw from this article that the author thinks that our society would be better off without the use of powerpoint. The Youtube effect is the way that information, mainly videos are spread across the internet and across the world. The author mentions the CNN effect, it was an expectation that through the television they could shed light on serious topics and expose government truths. This is pretty much what the Youtube effect is, but it spreads like wildfire. In our world today there are so many camera phones anyone can take a video and post it online. Once it's online anyone can view it and share it, then next thing you know it's being viewed around the world. He states, "There are 65,000 new videos posted everyday." (424) Sometimes it can be hard to decipher between fact and fiction, but our demand for reliability is getting stronger. We want to see reliable sources in a video or we have doubt it is real. Governments are trying to find ways of controlling and censoring video content being uploaded, but these are pretty much failed attemtpts. The web of videos can become very confusing, but that is all just part of the Youtube effect. Greg Gutfield is very upset with Time magazine and online writers. He feels Time magazine doesn't put enough effort into it's articles anymore He even suggests they do it purposely because they know no one reads their magazine anymore. He also attacks the writing styles of online writies. He says they are a bunch of cowards hiding behind their computers saying what they couldn't say in person. The author uses a satiric style that is hard to understand. His sense of humor comes off more hostile, than funny. What is clear is the author is very dissatisfied with the writings of the present. He believes more harm comes from online commentors than points being made. He also thinks the focuses of today in the media and online are effecting our children in a negative way. He feels they no longer aspire to be great, they only want to be rich and famous. It really comes doen to the author thinking the internet is having a bad effect on all of us. This article is really just about that finding out if google is making us stupid. The author feels that since he has been using google his thought process and concentration have been effected. He can no longer handle reading anything more than a couple paragraphs long. He also talks about how technology has changed our society throughout the years. He says the machine we use to write with can have an effect on our thought process and the way we write. He mentions when Friedrich Nietzsche bought a typewriter and a friend noticed a slight change in his style of writing. He believes that with new technology comes new ways of thinking and reading. He also did call the web a godsend. He can now look up information in minutes verses days of library research. He does express fears of us relying on technology too much and it taking over us. In conclusion he does see some good to it, but it doesn't out weigh how harmful it is to us. A lot of people think that English classes are a waste of time, I am not one of those people. English was always a class I did well in. Taking this class will help me in my future endeavors. I want to own a restaurant one day, this class will be helpful in writing descriptions for each menu item. The description on a menu is very important, it is the first thing a customer sees when it comes to ordering. This friend of mine told me about a website that pays you for writing for outside companies. I haven't taken on many jobs on there that pay more because I feel my writing isn't up to par. With this class I will have the confidence to take on more jobs, and be able to quit my current job, so I can work from home. Right now I'm working in a job with crazy hours and is a very stressful environment. I could be in control of my hours and environment if I had better writing skills. As much as I find this class useful, I also have my fears and hesitation. I have been out of school for eight years, and fear there's a lot I have forgotten. I know writing at college level is much different from when I was in tenth grade. Sometimes I fear I'm too far behind will struggle to catch up. I have been known to be harsh on myself for my writing. I worry that could be my downfall in this class. I don't want to get in my own way to receive a good grade. Even though I am a little hesitant about this class I know it will be very beneficial to my future. I know if I apply myself and not be so critical of my work I will be just fine. This class will help me near and far in my future. I am looking forward to experiencing this semester.
In the house I grew up in I did almost all of our baking. My mom wasn't one for baking cakes or cookies if she wanted them she would bring home the stuff for me to cook it. I also always loved cooking on the grill! I didn't do much of any other cooking. I first was inspired by Emril. I loved him and his cooking style. He was fun to watch and his food always looked amazing. I then got hooked on the Food Network, for a long time I wanted to be a chef. Then it happened I seen my very first Food Network Challenge. I was completely astonished they could do such elaborate things with something as simple as cake. I then fell in love with cake decorating. I have through the last few years been working on teaching myself a few things about cake decorating. I have decided though that I will not pursue the baking and patisserie field of cooking. I may take some classes to learn a little something for the cakes I make for family and friends, but that's it. I have tremors and won't be able to do cakes for long because I shake. I have thus decided that I just want to pursue being a Chef. I love to cook and feel most at peace in my kitchen. I love to cook even if I don't want to eat. I love the aroma in my home after cooking even for hours after I cooked. I know the people in my apartment building must be jealous. They smell my food out in the hallway just about everyday. I cook from scratch almost every night. I especially love to cook soup when it is cold out. It's kind of a specialty of mine. I love to look through the cupboards and just start pulling things out to make a meal. Sometimes when I start cooking something it turns out to be something different in the end because I changed my mind on what I wanted to do with it. I love to use a lot of fresh fruit and veggies whenever possible. My soups are made with fresh veggies, never frozen or canned (unless it's my chicken corn chowder I use cream corn for that). I have a few ideas for my restaurant whenever I get the chance to run my own restaurant. I wish I could tell you all about them, but unfortunately I don't trust people and don't want someone to take my ideas. I will eventually tell you all about them :) For now that is all. I'm hoping to get on in the next couple days and start adding to the recipes. I will be putting up one of the new soups I made! Come back in a couple days and check for the new recipes and for now have a great day and enjoy!
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