Current Event #3
Topic? Giving birth vs. college exam due.
Title? Mother- to- be- labor overs college exam at hospital in Georgia just before giving birth
Summary? Pregnant college student has contractions every three minutes, but also has an exam due within hours. How does she handle this? She works hard on her exam while sitting in a hospital bed to give birth.
Effects me? This doesn’t effect me in a way to say that i’m pregnant. I’m not, this just shows that some people can work hard. I am a hard worker and I would probably do the same exact thing. I always try to do my homework and I always try even when I want to hang out with my friends. This woman shows backbreaking work.
Current Event #4
Topic? 109-year-old veteran dies
Title? Funeral held in East Texas for oldest World War II veteran.
Source? http://www.kltv.com/story/30111591/funeral-held-for-oldest-world-war-two-veteran
Summary? This article basically tells a little bit about Elmer Everett HIll of Henderson. He was drafted into the US Navy when he was 35 and served until 1945. Last year, he was honored by East Texas Residents when the City Of Henderson named a day after him.
Affects me? This makes me think about how it would feel to be this man. Before he died, he didn’t have any other veterans from WWII to talk to. Also, he probably doesn’t have much of his family left. He probably felt lonely before he did.
Affect the world? Dying is part of history. It’s eventually going to happen to everybody. Some old, some young, and he just happened to be old. Now there is no one left to tell about what the war was like. HIstory researchers now have no one else to get information from.
Expository Essay ~ Effects of Cell Phones
Effects of Cell Phones
Glass covered the newly paved road, and all he could remember was trying to pull himself out of his brand new Chevy truck with his Iphone 6 in the palm of his hand. He stared down at his cell phone realizing that he could have just killed himself,all because he heard the “Ding!” of his phone and quickly reached for it. Texting has become one of the world’s largest death-causing accidents. Cell phones have affected people’s lives positively for long distance relationships,but negatively for car accidents.
Cell phones can be positive for when someone has family or friends that live far away.For example, my best friend,Dana, lives in Arkansas, and since she lives so far away,I don’t get to see her every weekend. However, since I have a cell phone,I’m able to dial up her number anytime and have a long conversation with her being 1,000 miles away.Just like my friend in Arkansas, people have family all over the world and not everyone is within driving distance.Another positive thing about cell phones is that when you have an emergency, you can quickly dial 9-1-1 and get help fast.The other day, my grandpa was having a bad allergic reaction to some medicine that he took, and he couldn’t drive himself to the hospital, so he got out his phone and called for an ambulance.
Negatively, cell phones have increased the number of car accidents in just a year.While driving in the car, people often hear their phones go off, and their first instinct is to quickly snatch it up and read their new message, or try out their new app. Suddenly, they find themselves injured, or almost killing themselves.Some people do die from car accidents.About a year ago, a family friend of ours was driving home from the store , and he checked his phone, within an instance, he had crashed into an oak tree, and it killed him. Another negative flaw about cell phones is that it’s a big distraction during school.Looking around, all I can see is people on their cell phones during class, not paying one bit of attention to the teacher. That might be the reason that students don’t pass tests.
Cell phones have become one of the world’s largest distractions in the past year or two.Cell phones affect people’s lives every day, whether it’s positive or negative. Maybe one day , cell phone usage will decrease in school,or around the world.
Expository Essay ~ Effects of Fear
Effects of Fear
Riding down the road, sitting in the passenger seat, Tom looks over to the next car and notices that they are texting instead of paying attention to the road. Tom tells his dad to pull over because he is afraid one of them will get hurt. Just like Tom,we are afraid sometimes, but it’s not always good to be scared.Fear can affect people’s lives positively by making them afraid when danger is near,and negatively by making them miss opportunities.
When danger is near, fear can help us know what to do,whether it’s to tell us to run or to call for help.For example,my friend,Cecilia was riding her bike down the street one day ,and came upon a man brutally beating his four year old daughter.Cecilia then feels the need to pedal faster so that she can get home and tell someone before she, or anyone else gets hurt.She wants to save the innocent little girl,but she fears that she might get beaten. In these kinds of situations,fear is a great quality that might save someone else’s life.
In addition,fear can sometimes be controlling and make people miss opportunities.For example,Amy was always afraid to talk to people.On the day of her big job interview, the boss would ask her important questions and she would nod in the place of a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Amy didn’t get the opportunity to work there because of her fear of talking.Like Amy, I was once very shy. One day in math class, the teacher asked if anyone had any questions. Although I did, I kept my mouth shut and my hand in my lap.I missed an opportunity to get help because I was too scared to raise my hand and ask the question. In these instances, fear can be a poor quality to have.
It’s okay to pull over like Tom because people may be afraid of getting hurt, but nobody should ever let fear affect them in a way that could cause them to miss an opportunity.
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