Persuasive writing 3 topics (300 words each). Use Pathos, Logos, PECS and PESTLE:
1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
3. Should school start later?
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Question-This is not my homework
When it says ‘should school start later’, is it datewise or timewise, like instead of starting in January, It should start in March, or 10:30 instead of 8:30?
Which interview Questions should we do, or do we choose?
it’s time wise. E.g. not eight o’clock start but nine thirty.
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1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
Each day, 25,000 people, including more than 10,000 children, die from hunger and related causes. Some 854 million people worldwide are estimated to be undernourished, and high food prices may drive another 100 million into poverty and hunger. (United Nations). Many of these people are from poorer countries and our help is needed. Imagine you having bones sticking out of your flesh, a starving child and a family that has no healthcare. How would you feel?
To start off, one reason why rich countries should help the poorer ones is because it promotes world peace and brotherhood. If one country is helping another, there is much less of a chance of war, giving the poorer country time to recover. It’s a win for both! This leads me to my second point.
The second reason on why more well-off countries should help the poorer ones is because it will help the rich be more grateful and careful with their money. Also, according to a poll by the American Psychological Association, a large majority of people, around 89%, report feeling better after performing an act of kindness, including giving to others, with many stating they felt “significantly better” after doing so.
My last point on why developed nations should support poverty-stricken nations is because it’s a human right to have food, water, shelter and basic healthcare and schools. If richer countries fund this, the government can focus of other things like road, public transport and other types of infrastructure, which leads to less financial strain on that country or specific region.
Due to these reasons that I have stated above, this is why richer countries should aid poorer ones, no matter the circumstances.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
It is obvious that smartphones are making our generation dumber. If we keep going in the direction we are, in forty years, suicide rates will soar like they are already starting to do.
My first reason on why smartphones are making us dumber is it hinders our social skills. Instead of having a conversation to the old man next to us on the train, we are absorbed by the screen in front of us. This not only stops us from learning social skills, it could stop us from learning lessons that the elderly has to give. A recent study showed that 42% of teens who were on their phone lacked social skills and couldn’t strike up a conversation with any age group.
Another reason why smartphones are making us dumber is that it puts ill-advised ideas in children’s head, leading to impulsive behaviours, disrespect and potentially violence. Children do not know what to believe on social media, and without a parent helping the child to navigate the ideas that it suggests, they may be led astray.
My third point on how smartphones are making us dumber is that if children are on them late at night, their sleep cycle will change, leading to fatigue and the child not developing. A study conducted suggested that between eight and twelve pm is when the brain works on getting smarter, and if children aren’t sleeping in that time frame, it may lead to the child being stuck in academic work and not being focused on school.
Due to the three reasons that I have stated above, this is why I agree that smartphones are making us dumber, even though we may learn from them.
3. Should school start later?
It is a very debated topic on if school should start later. Today I will be informing you on why it is not good for children to start later and some of the side effects. Let us begin.
My first reason on why schools shouldn’t start later is that it could hinder learning. You see, children learn best in the morning, but if school started later, there would be less time for improvement and educational growth, leading to the child falling behind.
Additionally, it is bad for schools to start later because it doesn’t prepare the children for work life. To elaborate, many jobs start early and require you to get up at 6 am or earlier. If a child does not get used to this, they may find it hard to go to work. One person on Reddit stated that they never became used to getting up early. He simply could not biologically adapt to it because of not doing it as a child. He also said that he also experienced aching joints, a bloated stomach and cramps.
To finish, my last reason on why schools shouldn’t start later is because it could upset the balance of daily life and make it harder for kids to participate in their communities. For example, let’s say you have community sports or something else in the afternoon that you enjoy. If school started later, it would also finish later, leading to you missing out on that fun activity. It is also a hard change, because everyone’s schedules would have to move around, causing conflicts and other circumstances. Another hindrance of school starting later is that parents may not be able to drop off their kids, as they will be at work.
Due to all these reasons that I have stated above, this is why I firmly believe that schools should not start later and stick to what is working for families.
Should school start late?
3. School. This is a vital part of life that shapes your future. Over the years, the school has evolved dramatically, from small wooden buildings to massive marble structures. However, school tends to start from around 8:30am to 3pm. But is the starting time too early, or the finish time too late? Well, today I will prove to you why school should start later, and how it can significantly benefit children’s lives.
To begin with, it is important to recognize that students, being in their growing years, require good amounts of rest and sleep to support their growth and overall health. A study conducted by the Department of Health at the University of Queensland indicates that children need at least 10 hours of sleep per day. However, many students are not achieving this criterion, which heavily affects their development and well-being. For instance, a friend of mine experienced a growth increase of 6 centimeters during the holidays, attributed to sufficient sleep. By changing school start times to 9:30 or 10:00 am, schools can ensure that their students get the rest they need to grow, stay healthy, and thrive.
Furthermore, students who do not get sufficient sleep often feel tired during school hours. This is a significant concern because fatigue can have a negative impact on their learning and negatively impact their performance on assessments. Picture this, you are an exhausted student facing a test early in the morning after a bad night. Drained with energy, thinking clearly becomes a challenge, leading to a decline in academic performance. Many of my peers have shared similar experiences, and are not very happy about the situation. Changing when school starts could greatly benefit children, as they would feel less tired and thereby be able to perform at their full potential during tests.
Last but not least, a later school start time can benefit both children and their parents. Parents working night shifts often struggle to wake up early, and a later start could allow them more sleep, boosting their energy and productivity. For instance, my mother’s earlier bedtime, since I started to do my homework by myself, led to her receiving a pay raise, due to her newfound energy. This clearly shows that a later start to school can benefit everyone.
In conclusion, I strongly believe school should be later, as it causes students to become more healthy, makes sure they aren’t tired in class and can not only give students more rest but parents too. Therefore, I believe school should start later.
Should school start late?
3. School. This is a vital part of life that shapes your future. Over the years, the school has evolved dramatically, from small wooden buildings to massive marble structures. However, school tends to start from around 8:30am to 3pm. But is the starting time too early, or the finish time too late? Well, today I will prove to you why school should start later, and how it can significantly benefit children’s lives.
To begin with, it is important to recognize that students, being in their growing years, require good amounts of rest and sleep to support their growth and overall health. A study conducted by the Department of Health at the University of Queensland indicates that children need at least 10 hours of sleep per day. However, many students are not achieving this criterion, which heavily affects their development and well-being. For instance, a friend of mine experienced a growth increase of 6 centimeters during the holidays, attributed to sufficient sleep. By changing school start times to 9:30 or 10:00 am, schools can ensure that their students get the rest they need to grow, stay healthy, and thrive.
Furthermore, students who do not get sufficient sleep often feel tired during school hours. This is a significant concern because fatigue can have a negative impact on their learning and negatively impact their performance on assessments. Picture this, you are an exhausted student facing a test early in the morning after a bad night. Drained with energy, thinking clearly becomes a challenge, leading to a decline in academic performance. Many of my peers have shared similar experiences, and are not very happy about the situation. Changing when school starts could greatly benefit children, as they would feel less tired and thereby be able to perform at their full potential during tests.
Last but not least, a later school start time can benefit both children and their parents. Parents working night shifts often struggle to wake up early, and a later start could allow them more sleep, boosting their energy and productivity. For instance, my mother’s earlier bedtime, since I started to do my homework by myself, led to her receiving a pay raise, due to her newfound energy. This clearly shows that a later start to school can benefit everyone.
In conclusion, I strongly believe school should be later, as it causes students to become more healthy, makes sure they aren’t tired in class and can not only give students more rest but parents too. Therefore, I believe school should start later.
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1 -Albert Xiong – WK 4 FEEDBACK
Question-not my homework, how many interview questions of each section do we ppractice
Hi,
You may answer as many interview questions as you can for practice.
1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
I strongly believe that rich countries should be required to help poorer nations, the disparity between them comes from historical events, economical imbalances and inequalities that are beyond the poorer nations control. Rich countries have benefited from poorer countries through manipulation and exploitation of recourses, land and work. This has led to poorer countries being war-ravaged, helpless, in devastating poverty, increased illnesses and diseases, undeveloped infrastructure, inadequate facilities; All this breeds bloodthirsty dictators and merciless tyrants who add to the depression and deaths of innocent people. As a result of all this, rich countries have an obligation to correct the imbalances.
Economic stability is better for children, mothers, students and the whole community. Otherwise, this will lead to no food, no education and creates a cycle of poverty. Wealthier nations have the privilege of many resources, technology and more knowledge to make a strong impact on reducing the amount of poverty. By providing money and aid, rich countries can help poorer countries by building better infrastructure, better access to education, cleaner water and other essential services which can bolster and dramatically improve their way of life and reduce the amounts of deaths and suffering.
If poorer countries are helped the world will become a better place. Global issues like pandemics, economic instability and climate change will improve and benefit everyone. In addition to this, providing aid will improve and strengthen the relationship between countries which will promote peace throughout the world which benefits everyone including the rich.
In conclusion, rich countries should be required to help poorer nations because it is a moral, pragmatic and strategic responsibility. By assisting poorer nations develop, wealthier nations will improve the whole world.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
Yes, there is no doubt that smartphones are making us dumber. They significantly reduce our cognitive capacity to learn, weaken our ability to absorb and process information and knowledge. With all their hazardous distractions like constant notifications and apps that keep us hooked, smartphones promote brain rot, dwindling focus and an erosion of connections. Smartphones make people overly anxious, stressed and one-sided fuelling addiction, procrastination and loss of natural creativity. Phones have GPS that tells us where to go, they have reminders and notifications to keep track of tasks for us and they have the internet to answer all our questions at any moment
One of the most glaring consequences is the devasting impact on memory, especially on teenagers. Instead of holding information in our their minds, they rely on smartphones to remember things for them more and more.. All this independence leads to a rapid decay in memory function and our thinking – teenagers no longer believe they need to store information in their heads. Leading to them becoming over-reliant.
The constant use of smart phones makes students anxious online – I felt anxious just playing a multi-player game because a couple of players supposedly on my side suddenly turned against me, switching to the other team. I had no way to discuss about why that happened, increasing anxiety.
Smartphones have most certainly taken over our minds permitting control over workers and adults, creating problematic and minacious issues in the workplace. Workers trying to multi-task and rely on smart phones leads to fragmented attention making it harder to concentrate, focus and problem solve. Regardless it being children, teenagers, parents or even teachers the outcome is the same, they become chained; they become addicted leading to lower attention spans and poor mental health.
Endless entertainment options such as social media, videos, games add to intellectual laziness. All these distractions to very little to challenge our thinking and stimulate critical thinking. It is the complete opposite; they spawn a culture of self-indulgence and instant gratification where people expect fast rewards with little effort.
Smartphones has lead to a society that is less knowledge-able, over reliant and less capable of critical thinking. Smartphones are making us dumber by trapping us into a convenience instead of promotive cognitive growth.
3. Should school start later?
I firmly believe that, yes-schools should start later, particularly for teenagers. Adolescence sleeps cycles are quite different from younger children and adults because it is harder for them to fall asleep earlier at night. When schools start early in the morning, students are tired and lack sleep. This impacts their academic performance, their mood and their entire health. Starting school later allows students to get the recommended nine hours of sleep, leading to increased energy, better focus, enhanced cognitive function and memory retention. Sleep is essential for learning and maintaining emotional steadiness. Without enough rest, students are more likely to struggle with attention and struggle with behavioural issues.
Lack of sleep is directly linked to mental health issues such as stress, anxiety and depression among teens. Sleep plays a critical role in the mental and emotional well-being of teenagers and depriving them only increases emotional disparity. By starting school later, we can reduce some of the mental strain and pressure that students experience. Adding to this, schools with later start times means teenagers will have better attendance, better grades, better behaviour and would be less lazy. Students are more likely to arrive at school on time and feel ready to learn, creating a more efficient and productive learning experience.
In conclusion, starting school later will lead to better academic results, improved mental health and overall well-being. It’s an exceptionally simple change that will have a long-lasting positive impact on students and the community.
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3 -Xavier Serravalle – FEEDBACK
Persuasive writing 3 topics (300 words each). Use Pathos, Logos, PECS and PESTLE:
1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wQQUSg2DcMsAZqGup7bGMgvg8AixBEfoU5uzCKVOJo/edit?tab=t.0
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u8wKv-xC8Vi14t_ozfmbkNuRJSPjj6I4JWQXS9xMRTY/edit?tab=t.0
3. Should school start later?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10HaFEUMfmrMsfrv0pJ0jJhwSlJ5hSzzT_XIL6HuqTMY/edit?tab=t.0
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3 -David – FEEDBACK
How many interview questions do we do again?
Hi, Karyn.
You may do as many interview questions as you can for practice.
As you walk through the desperate ruins of streets, devoured by poverty and war. You see children, their faces gaunt with the ebbing feeling of starvation spreading through their veins. Weeping parents abandon their children at the steps of orphanages, the wretched crying for aid, yet help eludes them. They wake up to another day of agony, wishing for death. But all is not lost. Wealthier countries should be required to help poorer nations, as it can save millions of lives in conflicted areas.
Poor countries need the help to revive their citizens and provide places where they can be safe. In Ukraine, every minute someone dies, and is the second poorest country in Europe. Ukraine needs more support. The UN estimates that one fifth of the population will be lost by 2050. This is a significant decrease, and privileged countries need to provide more aid for Ukraine. Help shouldn’t be a moral obligation, it should be mandatory.
Poverty-stricken countries need financial stability in order to reconstruct communities. The famous saying: “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” means to help yourself instead of relying on others. This is quite incorrect in this circumstance. These countries cannot “pull themselves up”. They need help, aid, from other countries that can afford to help them.
In conclusion, rich countries should be required to help poorer nations because they need to revive citizens and financial stability. These conflicted nations cannot help themselves, so aiding them should not only be a moral obligation but be required, because it is needed.
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1 -B H – WK 4 FEEDBACK
1. Should rich countries be required to help poorer nations?
Whether rich countries should be required to help poorer nations is a question that makes us think about fairness and our responsibility to others. I fervently believe that rich countries should be required to help poorer nations as they lack financial resources, food, shelter, and basic essentials. Nowadays, poor citizens are experiencing deaths, prosecution, and war raged areas, without having any help from other countries. Consequently, poorer nations have the right to request help from richer countries.
Right now, children and parents are desperately rummaging around for food, hoping to find as much as a rotten apple. Students are experiencing terrible education, therefore, leading to hard working jobs and labour for the rich. Wealthier nations succeed in various topics such as technology, resources, financial stability and basic necessities. By providing money and help, poorer nations can start striving, gaining access to all sorts of things like clean water and food. Therefore, rich countries should help poorer countries as many people need basic necessities.
As people say, everyone deserves a chance. Poorer nations deserve the chance to re-start and strive in multiple aspects. Issues like illness, orphans, devastation and religious or political prosecution can be easily stopped, only if rich countries help the poor. In addition, rich countries can strengthen bonds with other nations, creating peace and happiness as a relationship. Isn’t that what everyone wants?
If poorer countries are benefited by the rich, the environment would definitely improve. With fewer people robbing stalls or banks for money, poor citizens can start developing a morally good life. Technology will improve, which can warn poorer nations if they are in trouble of war or a natural disaster. The economy will slowly become much better, with people having money to buy nutritious foods and essentials. We need to provide poorer nations with money and aid!
In the end, it is undoubtedly essential for rich countries to help poorer nations. By helping them, not only will both countries or nations get benefits, but wealthier nations could change the world. They have money and power, which could be spread out to everyone.
2.Are smartphones making us dumber?
As technology in the world becomes more and more advanced, many people are stuck at home, scrolling down a digital device. Although entertaining in the short term, smartphones are undoubtedly causing overwhelming emotions and addiction. This causes many people to become dumber and lazier which leads to a disappearance of curiosity. Not only will people slowly develop ‘brain rot’, but they will also become distracted from doing activities and cut off from the natural world.
One of the most obvious impacts of using smartphones is the fact that people start to become lazier. Instead of finding books and essays to research information for a specific topic, adults can just ask Google for the answer, which only takes a few seconds. Teenagers can be addicted to social media platforms, which can lead to the ‘cut off’ of social life, also known as their echo chamber.
Workers tend to use AI to help build or design structures, unlike in the olden days, when they used their own creative ideas. Consequently, children and students normally cheat by using various AI tools for homework, tests, or classwork. This results in them not using their minds and becoming dumber every single time they use a smartphone. Why can’t everyone just stop and go back to using their minds? I thought we all wanted to be smart!
The people who get most impacted are small children like toddlers as their minds haven’t fully developed yet. Those toddlers who use smartphones are more likely to forget about the world and be addicted to it, watching it all day. Smartphones also cause solitude, which can lead to people developing isolation and mental disadvantages.
In conclusion, we should not be using smartphones often as it damages our brains and can develop very serious issues like isolation and addiction. By stopping the frequent usage of smartphones, the community can benefit and strive to the best level, without having to think of the smartphone.
3. Should school start later?
It is undoubtedly clear that many students are sleeping in class and having lack of rests. Although school is an essential part of the day, I strongly believe that schools should start later in order to allow the students to unleash their maximum potential. If we want good students who are not sleepy, we better start school later for better learning.
A study showed that students who sleep well can have better memory and learning. I fervently believe that is true as many students tend to not listen to class and fail at homework because of the lack of sleep. If schools start later, it will not only benefit students, but also benefit teachers. These include, the teacher being able to explain clearer in class, no naughty children, and better homework grades.
Sleeping is a vital part of the human body. If we don’t sleep, our overall well-being will drop dramatically. We can’t do anything because we are too tired. Not listening to teachers explaining how to solve various problems is only one of a hundred possible situations. If we don’t sleep enough, not only will we be better at academics, but we will also be less grouchy. No one likes to see a person with a twisted, mad, and red face!
Schools should definitely start later as it can improve your academic skills, concentration and focus. If schools start later, it would undoubtedly reduce the number of students sleeping in class and improve the academic standard of the class.
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3 -Jason Xie – FEEDBACK
Persuasive writing 3 topics (300 words each). Use Pathos, Logos, PECS and PESTLE:
1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
Yes, rich countries should be required to help poorer nations. This is because it promotes fairness, helps maintain global stability, and ensures that everyone has a chance to live a better life. Wealthy nations have the resources and technology to support struggling countries, and it is their responsibility to do so.
One important reason is fairness. Many rich countries have built their wealth by using natural resources, trade, and labor from other parts of the world. Some even became wealthy through colonization, which left many nations in poverty. Since these richer countries have benefited from global resources, they have a duty to give back and support those who are struggling. Providing aid is not just about kindness; it is about justice and making the world more equal.
Another reason is that helping poorer nations makes the world more stable. Poverty often leads to serious problems like war, disease, and refugee crises, which can affect the entire world. For example, when people do not have access to food, clean water, or education, they may be forced to migrate to other countries, leading to overpopulation and conflicts. By supporting poorer nations with aid, education, and healthcare, rich countries can prevent these issues and create a safer, more peaceful world.
Finally, rich countries have the ability to make a real difference. Instead of just donating money, they can help poorer nations develop strong economies, improve education systems, and provide healthcare. Teaching skills, building infrastructure, and supporting local businesses can help these nations become independent and successful in the long run.
In conclusion, wealthier nations should be required to help poorer countries because it is fair, helps maintain global stability, and creates opportunities for a better future. By working together, we can create a world where everyone has the chance to thrive.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
Think about it. Many of us don’t use our brains to think of basic equations or questions that even a Year 3 could answer in his own head. For example, people use calculators just to add up how much their groceries cost. This might seem like a small thing, but it’s happening all the time. Instead of using our brains to solve simple problems, we rely on technology to do it for us.
Smartphones, in particular, have made it even easier to avoid thinking for ourselves. We can look up anything we don’t know, whether it’s the answer to a math question or the meaning of a word. While this is helpful in some ways, it also means we’re not exercising our minds as much. It’s like going to the gym but never lifting any weights because you use a machine to do it for you. Over time, our brains might get lazy.
Even though smartphones can help us learn new things, they can also make us forget things we already know. If we’re constantly looking things up on our phones, we stop trying to remember things on our own. For example, my friend used to be really good at remembering phone numbers, but now she just stores them all in her phone forgetting everybody’s phone number. If her phone broke, she wouldn’t be able to remember anyone’s number!
Smartphones aren’t all bad—they can boost learning and productivity when used right. The issue comes when we rely on them too much and let them do the thinking for us. Over time, this can make us mentally lazy, like always using a calculator instead of doing simple math in our heads. While phones are helpful, we shouldn’t let them replace the mental exercise that keeps our brains sharp. It’s all about finding a balance between using tech and exercising our minds.
3. Should school start later?
Schools should start later in the morning for several important reasons, especially because students need more sleep. Research shows that teenagers need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep every night, but with early school start times, many students don’t get enough rest. When students don’t sleep enough, it can make them feel tired and distracted during school. This means they may find it harder to focus, learn, or remember things, and it can also affect their mood, making them feel stressed or grumpy.
Starting school later would also be helpful for teachers. Teachers need rest too, and when they are well-rested, they can teach better and keep students more engaged. Well-rested teachers can create a more positive learning environment and manage their classrooms more effectively. Teachers are also less likely to feel stressed or burned out if they have more time in the morning to prepare for their lessons.
Another reason schools should start later is because it could help families. With later start times, students would have more time in the morning to eat a healthy breakfast and get ready without rushing out of the door, scared to be scolded by his teacher. This could reduce stress for both students and parents, making the start of the day way more calmer. Also, having more time after school could give students a chance to participate in sports or after-school activities without feeling too exhausted.
In conclusion, starting school later would be a great way to help students get much more sleep, improve their focus and health, and support teachers in doing their best work everyday as they would not have to wake up so early in the morning. It would also make mornings easier for families, leading to a better and more balanced school day for everyone.
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3 -Amy- FEEDBACK
Imagine a world where no one talks. People are consumed by their screens, as if their eyes have been stuck onto them, like zombies in the human world.
The only friends you have are virtual, and you don’t even know what they look like. So the question is, are smartphones making us dumber? The answer is yes. Smartphones are a huge threat to the world today, with many technological advancements, day by day, people scrolling on their phones, getting dumber and dumber, Students, adults, even young kids and you! This is our call to stop using smartphones immediately before it is too late.
Before the 2000s, research was done using books and the brain. Schoolwork was completely a test of smartness and diligence. To get good grades, you had to search tirelessly for the right information, find the right books and read. Through that process, the amount of information that you had learnt was breathtaking. Nowadays? Some school work is just a question of ‘Are you even bothered?’, for all you have to do is google some questions, read up a few websites, and BOOM!, done, no book reading involved, you can even just copy and paste! Macquarie neuroscientist Professor Mark Williams says “There’s lots of evidence showing that the information you learn on a digital device, doesn’t get retained very well and isn’t transferred across to the real world” After graduating school, you ask yourself the question ‘What have I learnt?’ Perhaps you have learnt that 1 + 1 = 2, or maybe just ‘How to use Google and cheat through my school life’. The handful of people who do their research these days are considered’ Smart and dedicated’ but before, it was just ‘normal’.
Second, as the use of smartphones in the 21st century increases, our social skills decrease. On our free days, instead of going to the gym to lose weight, or hanging out with friends, we pick up our phone and scroll endlessly. Even though that might satisfy us now and cause a few laughs, we will gain nothing. We lose our ability to communicate with other people well and our time with them decreases. All we want to do is look at your smartphone! You talk through your fingers, not your mouth. The part about being a human by coming together as a group will disappear. Without that, are we even human anymore?
Lastly, addiction. How many times have you woken up and been tempted to just look at your smartphone? Just the fact that the first thing we think of each day is our smartphone showcases just how addicted we are. You think ‘I’ll just look at my phone for 5 minutes before getting started on my assignment’ and before you know it, 5 hours have passed! Smartphones are a burden for us, a mortal enemy, even if we don’t think of them as one. Furthermore, innocent, young kids who are born in this generation are being exposed to harmful screens and technology, causing their brains to rot at such a young age! Moreover, This exposure to technology is causing our kids’ tender minds to be open to scamming and cyberbullying, causing depression and loss of money. Our poor children have done nothing wrong, but with constant bullying through screens, their mental health is rapidly decreasing. With this continuing, our next generation is not looking too good!
So, think again, are Smartphones really good for Human society? Or are they just making us dumber? With the chaos this technology is causing, we are lazy, antisocial, unfit, addicted, scammed, and the list goes on! We need to put a stop to the smartphone’s reign and be more responsible with the use of technological devices. Smartphones are really making us dumber and they are a huge threat to human society.
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How many interview questions do we have to do?
Hi, Amy.
You may do as many interview questions as you can for practice.
P.S. I ACCIDENTALLY DID ALL THREE PERSUASIVE TOPICS
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3 -Cherie- FEEDBACK
Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
The contrast between rich and poor countries has been a problem spanning for a long eon. Should the wealthier countries be required to provide financial aid to these developing countries. The answer is yes supported by ethical responsibilities and necessities for the poorer countries.
Think of the thousands of children born into landscapes with barely any facilities, no proper health care limited access to water and education and the lifestyle they live reminiscent of hell. This shows a stark disparity in the lives of kids in poor countries vs rich countries. It would be inhumane to just watch as the poor kids dreams and life slipping out of their palms. As a global community it is our responsibility to help these struggling countries. By offering this aid, we will strengthen the connection between countries and
help kids from less fortunate backgrounds be able to works towards their aspired dreams.
Helping poorer countries benefits everyone in the long run. Most wars are about money, land and facilities. By building infrastructure like schools, hospitals and sports centres, and prioritise education we can lessen deadly wars. By Developed countries doing this it will also benefit global trade as these poorer countries often have some jewel or mineral or foods with high demand. This will also reduce the amounts of refugees and too many immigrants.
Opulent countries are equipped to better technologies, facilities, resources and overall, usually a better lifestyle. They also definitely have the money to support facility, economical and social development in poorer countries so these kids have a chance to be successful in life. Through launching aid programs to specific countries identified as poor, underdeveloped regions will be provided with amenities and a better lifestyle.
The ethical and righteous considerations of helping others is unquestionable. Social change pushed by international organizations like the UN asking to make a more collaborative effort. Stable economy clean environment(environmental) and avoidance of environmental collapse for the well being of the global economy. Wealthier countries have the power to change the fate of hundreds of millions of people but also help the world as a whole and reduce conflicts. Hence, the righteous path for them is to start aid programs in developing nations.
Are Smartphones Making Us Dumber?
In today’s day and age, I’m sure you know a lot of people spending a lot of time doing something called “mindless scrolling”. Although keeping our dopamine detectors triggered for a while, phones are making us overwhelmed and addicted. This causes people to get lazier and dumber and develop something called brain rot. They also become less aware of nature and will be distracted from other activities. Smartphones are a concern to our cognitive abilities as seen through these problems.
Laziness is one of the issues people develop from staring hours at a screen. Instead of studying or practicing their homework, many teenagers just search up the answer on their browser. While google provides quick answers this instant pleasure, stops us from developing critical problem-solving abilities and the skill deeply analyse something you’re your mind. Teens also often misuse AI to make structures or ideas or do their homework, not using their mind potentially causing underdevelopment.
The people who are most vulnerable to the lure of smartphones, are little kids, as the become addicted their minds grow an attitude of irritation and don’t want to do anything other than playing games and scrolling though social media.
Smartphones weren’t made to damage kids minds and development. They were made for calling and easy access to our loved ones online. However, this generation has abused its features, spending hours at a time. Having fun on your smartphone should be done in moderation, or we our minds won’t be able to strive to its best ability if we keep using smartphones this frequently.
Should School Start later?
Have you ever been woken up early, forced to ready up and eat breakfast when you’re not hungry to be tired at school and not being able to do work to the best of your abilities. That is every day for people with early school.
Starting school later would give students adequate sleep which helps with awareness, eliminating the need for caffeine. Being well rested also enhances the student’s performance and energy.
Being tired in school is deeply detrimental to our chance to learn, by starting school later, students will have a longer sleep improving their focus during class, their enthusiasm while participating in class activities, and helping them do their homework with a better mind, leading to better grades, and better cognitive development.
Getting more sleep not just helps in school but also in extracurricular activities. Many kids after school too tired to do anything productive, leading to the watching television or their phones for hours. However, this newly found energy will encourage their body to do some sports or drawing are anything they have a passion for.
In conclusion, starting school later benefits school kids in various ways. From improving sleep, getting better grades, and even encouraging more productivity, or just improving kids’ overall wellbeing, it’s a minor change that can have a positive long-lasting impact on our students and potentially the world.
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1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
With the world shrinking, it has become obvious that a number of contrasts exist between rich and poor countries. Some would argue that rich nations should not be obliged to help poor ones, but there is quite a fair deal of reasons why the rich nations must be obliged to assist the needy nations. This is not only a moral obligation but also an investment in global stability and prosperity.
First, rich countries have a moral obligation to help poor nations whose poverty was partly brought about by historical processes. The experience of colonization, exploitation of resources, and unequal exchange practices has left most nations in a pathetically struggling position to get up. Due to that fact, wealthy countries, many of which are beneficiaries of this type of historical inequalities, must come up to deal with the lingering outcome of these actions.
Helping poorer countries can also reap economic benefits for rich ones: Poorer countries are helped to develop so as to create the new markets for a trade exchange that, on the whole, fosters global stability and lessens the risk of conflict related to poverty. As poor countries grow economically, they increase demand for goods, creating opportunities both ways. Furthermore, it assists in solving global problems such as outbreaks of diseases and climatic change that have no borders.
Last but not least, most of the challenges we are facing climate change, pandemics, and international security are borderless. The solution to these challenges, therefore, requires border-transcending cooperation that rich countries have to lead by providing resources and necessary expertise in order to enable all people to live at least a decent life. In helping poor countries, we promote equity and sustainability for humankind as a whole.
Conclusion: Rich countries should have an obligation to assist poorer countries. It is a moral issue, good for world prosperity, and necessary if the global problems are to be solved.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
Smartphones have seamlessly transferred their importance in our modern life, offering a easy access to information, and connecting distant families from across the world. While some argue that smartphones are making us dumber, the truth is that it actually enhances our learning ability and style. Many parents are considering giving their child a phone after the age of 16 as they believe that smartphones will hinder their child’s learning ability and performance. This essay will highlight and evaluate the important roles that smartphones play in our life – keeping in touch with family members and for conducting business.
Many people around the world have to constantly invest their money into air travel to connect and meet with their distant family members. In contrast, a phone can bridge distant families with a click of a button – much simpler than booking flights and worrying about travel logistics or safety. Smartphones are not the cause of making us dumber, but instead, an opportunity to check how our families are going with a simple call or text.
Smartphones have made much difference in business functions nowadays, bringing flexibility and efficiency. They enable business proprietors or employees to conduct different businesses even while on the go, such as responding to emails, setting up meetings, or accessing documents remotely. Project management applications, video conferencing for communication, and cloud storage make collaboration within a team quite smooth, even when the team is working from different time zones or locations. It keeps business people connected and informed about what’s going on around them. Far from making us dumber, smartphones provide ways to make it easier to facilitate business processes in terms of speeding up responses and efficient workflow for more successful results eventually.
Drawing on the above, it can be seen that smartphones have indeed revolutionized business operations; they are quite fundamental in terms of flexibility, efficiency, and better connectivity. Rather than degrading people’s cognitive abilities, smartphones empower the professional through automating processes, improving communication, and facilitating better collaboration.
3. Should school start later?
Debates about earlier school starts have been going on for many years, but there are a variety of reasons this can be very beneficial to the students, the parents, and even the teachers. First and foremost, with an earlier start time, the day becomes quite productive. With the school commencing early, the children finish their work accordingly early, which leaves them adequate time for other extracurricular activities, homework, or rest. Having them start off early allows many students to have ample time for after-school sports or jobs.
Early school start times regulate better sleep habits. This may be very counterintuitive, but starting school early can actually allow students to go to bed earlier and thus improve the quality of their sleep. Sleep is an important component in the development of the brain, and a student requires enough rest if he/she is to excel in school. The other added advantage is the fact that an early start might have would help those working parents who cannot always find childcare in the after school hours make a better arrangement for the children. An earlier time allows parents more time to settle down with an improved work routine, which usually enhances family function and reduces stressful situations.
An early start to school makes the process of learning even more productive and integrated. Quite a few hours in the morning are spent when school children are especially wakeful and energetic, and hence it usually remains the right time to grasp hard topics. In the case of early morning schools, the students’ morning peaks will definitely get facilitated toward their particular routine in education. It would increase better concentration, improved retention of information, and overall an enriching productive process.
Although it may be hard to adjust to an early morning schedule, the payoffs in productivity and health are undeniable, thus improving academic performance. Accommodating schools are encouraged to adopt these earlier start times through planning in such a way that a smoothly transitioned program will better meet the needs of students, families, and educators alike.
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What do you want to do when you grow up?
Ever since I was a little kid, I had hopped onto a computer and wondered how it functioned. This question lead to dream of being a coder: to create the foundations of a computer. When my dad had informed me of coding, i found it really intriguing, especially with the concept of using python. I still remember the time when i created mini games such as pong using complex coding. I truly desire to become a coder, not only because it is fun to code and create games, but it will be a financially and rewarding job.
Is it ever okay to lie? Why or why not?
Lying is generally wrong because it destroys trust, which is important in relationships. On the other hand, lying might be somewhat justified in some instances where one may avoid causing harm or hurt to others or saving them from their feelings. Telling a “white lie” not to hurt feelings in a delicate situation may be shown as an act of mercy. Besides that, in certain situations involving self-defense or saving people, lying would be imperative for safety. Even with all these exceptions, honesty is always the best policy, as lies can spiral, leading to harm in greater magnitudes. Generally speaking, lying should only be done seldom and responsibly.
If you ever found a wallet on the ground, what would you do and why?
If I find a wallet with lots of money lying on the ground, then my first efforts will be made toward finding its owner. I look for any identification, driver’s license, or even some contact details to return it. If I do not get anything through which I can get in contact directly, I just turn it into the nearest lost and found place or to any nearby local authority. Keeping the money wouldn’t feel right because it could belong to someone in great need, and returning it would be considered honesty on my part, and responsible behavior. Doing the right thing builds trust and integrity in a society.
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Persuasive writing 3 topics (300 words each). Use Pathos, Logos, PECS and PESTLE
1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
The presence of values in rich countries represents an overlooked contradiction: rich countries that encourage their citizens to be happy and care for their health while ignoring the need to encourage these values in poorer countries to enhance world welfare. Research from the World Bank reveals that countries like Egypt, Algeria and many other countries with high income support funds towards the IDA (International Development Association) which contribute towards poorer countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, who have all benefited greatly. In Djibouti, from 2014–18, IDA provided essential services to 1.9 million people. Thousands of pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls, and children under age 5 benefited from basic nutrition services. During the same period, over 24,000 women gave birth attended by a qualified health practitioner, up from just 1,000. IDA also helped immunize 78% of children before their first birthday in 2018, up from 33% in 2012. IDA has a critical global mission — and its successes to date are only possible because of the generosity of its members. More substantial financial contributions to IDA are good for MENA’s standing in the international community. It is the right thing to do. The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable, initiated in February by the IMF, World Bank and India (as president of the G20) holds the potential to reach greater consensus among key stakeholders. We are working hard to achieve further progress when all roundtable participants—creditors and debtors—sit down together on April 12, during the Spring Meetings.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
The proximity of smartphones affecting our minds demotes an overriding contradiction: companies that make smartphones to assist and educate us whilst simultaneously being a ‘gateway drug’ to brainwash us. Research by Professor Mark Williams from the Faculty of Human Sciences reveals that not only do smartphones affect our concentration, research shows they are addictive — to the point where they could be a ‘gateway drug,’ making users more vulnerable to other addictions. “Given what we know about the effect that smartphones and digital devices have on our brains, it’s scary to see how prolific their use is with children from a very young age,” says Williams. “Tech leaders Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both admit to restricting their children and teens’ access to technology including smartphones and tablets,” Williams says. “Why would you give a kid something that’s just as addictive as gambling?” Soon, we might also see a real episode of “Black Mirror” in life. Research done by Exploding Topics in 2023 found that the average person spends three hours and 15 minutes on their phone a day, with 75% of Gen Z saying that they spend too much time looking at their phones. Because the statistic is an average across all ages, we’re willing to bet that if you checked your screen time for the last week, you’d find your average time to be much higher and because we spend so much time being overstimulated by our phones a day, research is showing it might have an adverse affect on cognition. Even having a phone within reach significantly reduces cognitive capacity, even if the phone is turned off. The reliance on technology to keep track of things for you, like phone numbers or reminders, is even making us as a society more intellectually lazy.
3. Should school start later?
The proximity of current school times demotes an overriding contradiction: a school being aimed to educate students whilst forcing them to get up early in the morning to disturb their academic performance. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends teenagers, ages 13 to 18, should regularly sleep 8 to 10 hours per night for good health. Students without enough sleep are more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression, perform poorly in school, and not engage in daily physical activity. Proponents believe the post-COVID school climate makes a shift to later school start times even more urgent. With stress and mental health challenges on the rise, later start times are seen as a relatively pain-free step in making schools healthier and happier places for students. A 2018 study that looked at two public schools in Seattle found that students’ sleep increased an average of 34 minutes each night after start times were moved nearly an hour later. Students’ academic performance, at least in the biology course that was the focus of the study, also improved. Among students whose start times were delayed, final grades were 4.5 percent higher, compared with students who took the class when school started earlier. To ask a teen to be up and alert at 7:30 a.m. is like asking an adult to be active and alert at 5:30 a.m.,” said Horacio de la Iglesia, who co-authored the study. In 2021, researchers at the University of Minnesota looked at 18,000 students in grades 5 through 11 after four school districts postponed the start of their school day by 20 to 65 minutes. Students’ grade point averages increased by a modest 0.1 points, on average. While the researchers categorized the sleep benefits as “large,” the academic improvements were considered “small.”
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1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
Each day, 25,000 people, including more than 10,000 children, die from hunger and related causes. Some 854 million people worldwide are estimated to be undernourished, and high food prices may drive another 100 million into poverty and hunger. (United Nations). Many of these people are from poorer countries and our help is needed. Imagine you having bones sticking out of your flesh, a starving child and a family that has no healthcare. How would you feel?
To start off, one reason why rich countries should help the poorer ones is because it promotes world peace and brotherhood. If one country is helping another, there is much less of a chance of war, giving the poorer country time to recover. It’s a win for both! This leads me to my second point.
The second reason on why more well-off countries should help the poorer ones is because it will help the rich be more grateful and careful with their money. Also, according to a poll by the American Psychological Association, a large majority of people, around 89%, report feeling better after performing an act of kindness, including giving to others, with many stating they felt “significantly better” after doing so.
My last point on why developed nations should support poverty-stricken nations is because it’s a human right to have food, water, shelter and basic healthcare and schools. If richer countries fund this, the government can focus of other things like road, public transport and other types of infrastructure, which leads to less financial strain on that country or specific region.
Due to these reasons that I have stated above, this is why richer countries should aid poorer ones, no matter the circumstances.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
It is obvious that smartphones are making our generation dumber. If we keep going in the direction we are, in forty years, suicide rates will soar like they are already starting to do.
My first reason on why smartphones are making us dumber is it hinders our social skills. Instead of having a conversation to the old man next to us on the train, we are absorbed by the screen in front of us. This not only stops us from learning social skills, it could stop us from learning lessons that the elderly has to give. A recent study showed that 42% of teens who were on their phone lacked social skills and couldn’t strike up a conversation with any age group.
Another reason why smartphones are making us dumber is that it puts ill-advised ideas in children’s head, leading to impulsive behaviours, disrespect and potentially violence. Children do not know what to believe on social media, and without a parent helping the child to navigate the ideas that it suggests, they may be led astray.
My third point on how smartphones are making us dumber is that if children are on them late at night, their sleep cycle will change, leading to fatigue and the child not developing. A study conducted suggested that between eight and twelve pm is when the brain works on getting smarter, and if children aren’t sleeping in that time frame, it may lead to the child being stuck in academic work and not being focused on school.
Due to the three reasons that I have stated above, this is why I agree that smartphones are making us dumber, even though we may learn from them.
3. Should school start later?
It is a very debated topic on if school should start later. Today I will be informing you on why it is not good for children to start later and some of the side effects. Let us begin.
My first reason on why schools shouldn’t start later is that it could hinder learning. You see, children learn best in the morning, but if school started later, there would be less time for improvement and educational growth, leading to the child falling behind.
Additionally, it is bad for schools to start later because it doesn’t prepare the children for work life. To elaborate, many jobs start early and require you to get up at 6 am or earlier. If a child does not get used to this, they may find it hard to go to work. One person on Reddit stated that they never became used to getting up early. He simply could not biologically adapt to it because of not doing it as a child. He also said that he also experienced aching joints, a bloated stomach and cramps.
To finish, my last reason on why schools shouldn’t start later is because it could upset the balance of daily life and make it harder for kids to participate in their communities. For example, let’s say you have community sports or something else in the afternoon that you enjoy. If school started later, it would also finish later, leading to you missing out on that fun activity. It is also a hard change, because everyone’s schedules would have to move around, causing conflicts and other circumstances. Another hindrance of school starting later is that parents may not be able to drop off their kids, as they will be at work.
Due to all these reasons that I have stated above, this is why I firmly believe that schools should not start later and stick to what is working for families.
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Are smartphones the next generation of our future? The debate of whether smartphones are making people dumber has arisen in the society. The National Department of Education (DOE) states that there have been more smartphones than the average number of Test standards. Smartphones are making us dumber because of shorter attention span, decline in face to face and reduced critical thinking memory.
The first reason is that smartphones create a shorter attention span. When teenagers get addicted to smartphones, they pay less attention to classes, and this results in missing important information. For example, when teachers announce test deadlines, and you miss the information, you might not pass your tests! Shorter Attention Span also means that when others are talking, your mind is still on your phone context. Therefore, smartphones are making us dumber because of shorter attention span.
Additionally, smartphones decline social activity. Now, phones are equipped with integrated features like Twitter, Yahoo and X. These apps can efficiently send messages in seconds. Emojis, contain anime emotions that you can post to show your emotion, but you can’t meet face to face! Emojis and Online platforms are making teens dumber, as they are not talking face to face with others. As you can see, it is certainly pivotal that smartphones are making us dumber.
Finally, smartphones decline critical thinking. Chat GPT, Deep-seek, can effortlessly compose answers without you thinking! In the workforce, you’ll have to rely on AI on the time without thinking. Smartphones are making Adults dumber, as they will have an AI mind, not their own mind. This is highly detrimental as adults won’t rely on their own thinking. To sum up, it is pivotal to understand that smartphones are making us dumber.
In conclusion, smartphones are making us dumber because of declining attention span, non-socializing habits and trimming critical thinking. Put down your smartphones and socialize with your friends!
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1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
Imagine the children barely clinging onto life, starving daily as they trample the barren, war ridden plains. This is the disturbing reality for many poorer nations, too weak to even aid themselves or their families. Which is why we must. Because it is more than ethics, it’s about justice, and fairness.
First, ask yourself, how did countries like the United States and England get wealthy? It is a dark history of stealing from other countries and exploiting them. For instance, take England. About 200 years ago, the British empire colonised India. However, while they were there, hundreds of thousands of artifacts and ancient history were stolen, resulting in a loss of more than 45 trillion dollars for India! Even though that is not the same England we know today, helping parts of India out would be more than charity, it’s justice, and paying back their long-due debt.
However, it’s important to remember that even the nation that needs help the most can have problems. The most common example would be Africa. Countries have tried to help by sending money and resources across borders, however, the corrupt African Governments stole the money for themselves, never reaching the needing people. So, instead of using monetary aid, it would be wiser to establish trade with other nations, leading to a two way benefit.
Thirdly, helping countries across borders is not a new idea. Countries like Indonesia, Australia and Kenya have consistently been helping other nations by sending resources, spending billions of dollars on humanitarian aid. The United Nations organisation is also a very viable way to help other nations, providing clothing and shelter, and most importantly, peace between countries.
All in all, rich countries should undoubtedly help poorer nations. It is a matter of ethics and humanitarians as much as it is fairness and justice for those who don’t have the necessities.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
Smartphones are undoubtedly making us dumber. From dramatically reducing cognitive abilities to decreased attention spans, smartphones are an addiction that must be solved.
Firstly, smartphones have a devastating effect on our brains, the most notable being that our cognitive abilities are severely affected. Our overreliance on platforms such as Google leads us to search up a question without thinking for the answer and we don’t even fact check the source. Our attention span also decreases with media platforms such as TikTok or YouTube providing short-form content that catch our attention for only about a minute.
Additionally, these platforms can further lead to isolation from the real world, backed up by the addictive nature of social media. Research has proven that excessive media usage can also lead to lower practical information, as we also lose our empathy skills. This separation from the real world has also proven to cause higher rates of developing depression of any sort.
One of the primary users of social media, young teens are possibly also at risk because of cyberbullying. Online bullying can be very common on online platforms such as Facebook or Instagram because everybody can freely comment on content. Young teens can be harmed here as a high percentage of people don’t know the right steps to take when in the situation, and can lead to a long term dispute.
However, there are some precautions you can take to reduce the significant drawbacks of technology. For instance, the most popular example is restricting screen time on certain apps. This not only reduces the addictive nature of phones, but also reduces the harmful effects of blue light, leading to eye strain and fatigue. You can make sure to keep your account private on social media accounts, so no one can bully you. All in all, smartphones are addictive devices with drawbacks, however can be avoided when used correctly.
3. Should school start later?
The deprived slumber of students dragging themselves to the bus stops and the sluggish people in the dull grey classroom, waiting for the end as time trudges on like a snail. This is the tiring reality for students, forced to wake up at unnatural times. This does more than disrupting your body clock, it irritates students and lessens their cognitive and concentrative abilities. This needs to stop now.
Firstly, children and teens in school are proven not to get the recommended amount of sleep and nourishment. The average sleep time for students is roughly 6.5 to 7.5 hours. This well falls behind the recommended 8 to 10 hours of sleep. This heavy disruption can create problems with our circadian rhythm, and this can become a problem for young adolescents especially, as they require more sleep as they are rapidly aging.
Secondly, when children and teens don’t get the sleep they require, it can lead to mixed emotions, like irritation and quick temperedness or can even lead to depression if it is such a large disruption – which would be a colossal problem for someone so young. Furthermore, it would lead to lower concentration during class, and can even disturb your marks in tests or activities.
Later start times would be a huge improvement for both students and teachers alike. Students will receive a healthy 8 hours of sleep, leading to much better concentration, mood and marks during class. Teachers can rest up from long and stressful weeks of teaching, preventing fatigue and burnout.
All in all, school should certainly start later. All of the benefits of later school times should be considered and the disadvantages of early school times need to be thought about. So remember, a good night’s sleep is essential for everyday activities, whether it be school or on a weekend.
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1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
As wealthy first-world countries constantly develop, growing in technology and society – poorer and less fortunate countries wither and die as countless people starve. Just because a group of people are unfortunate enough to be born in a slightly warmer country with less resources, they are doomed from the very beginning. Would you want this to be your reality? Where innocent people don’t even get a chance at life? It is undeniably obvious that richer and more privileged countries should help nations that are in need. As first-world countries grow, advancing closer to a dominating monopoly in trade and resources – there is simply none left for third-world countries, completely taking away their chance to grow. It is only fair that we give them a chance to prosper as well. Nations are not like business, if you get kicked out of the industry – you don’t just go bankrupt; you and the future nations to come will die.
First and foremost, first-world countries should help third-world countries because as time goes by, some countries will inevitably dominate supplies and third-world countries are guaranteed to wither. More fortunate countries will continue advancing economically, mastering the market and resources but the less fortunate will fall behind. Eventually, there will be a turning point – a point of no return – where they are trapped in an endless cycle of being behind everything. First-world countries will form monopolies in different development fields, leaving no supplies for third-world countries. If we don’t help them, thousands of people will perish and sacred fragments and tribes of the past will be lost. Disregarding third-world countries can actually pose a significant threat to modern historical and archaeological development as important pasts and artefacts will be destroyed.
Furthermore, if we don’t help third-world countries, we may lose monumental cultures and traditions. Preserving these cultures and traditions could provide us with meaningful insights into what our world used to be like – and prepared with new technology, could unveil many historical mysteries. Within such cultures and traditions, there is almost always traditional medicine – some that could be helpful to many it need and some that could perpetuate medical development and discoveries. It is undoubtedly essential that we help and save countries that are poorer or less fortunate.
Moreover, helping third-world countries may actually result in something of our benefit. Giving their culture and society a chance at life significantly boosts our connection with them, allowing us to trade valuable resources with them. Additionally, prodigious individuals may be born – some that have the potential to revolutionise the world and make significant contributions. These people can were only born and only rose to glory because they had a chance. If we don’t give them this chance, then it is certain that society will be a worse place. But if we do provide them with adequate supplies and the chance to glory – they will seize it, some changing the world for the better. It is undeniable that we should help third-world countries.
In culmination, it is incontrovertible that we help less fortunate countries. It can save hundreds of thousands of lives, providing us with important insights and it can lead to prodigies and revolutionary revelations. . And that’s because we gave them a chance. If we just give them a chance at success, they might score it and that’s what matters – living in harmony and contributing to help everyone. By extending our support to less fortunate countries, we not only save lives but also unlock untapped potentials that could shape the future. A single opportunity can ignite a chain reaction of progress, innovation, and global unity. Let’s take that step—because when we lift others up, we rise together.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
As society inches closer to a technological era, the proliferation of cellular devices are rapidly growing. They offer convenience, engagement and communication – but at the cost of our cognitive capabilities. Smartphones limit your information processing skills and can offset the way that your mind allocates cognitive resources. It also poses a threat to memory, reaction time and motor skills – proposing constant brain-rotting engagement tactics in order to keep you interested. Billions of people lumber around – their minds constantly revolving around the new trend or influencer as their mind is consumed by their phones; creating an irresistible urge to check your phone and upload. It is undeniable that smartphones are making us dumber – from captivating developing children with absurd short-form content to causing even mature people to fear the loss of their devices.
First and foremost, the rise of short-form content, such as TikToks, Instagram reels, and YouTube Shorts, has proven particularly damaging for the developing brains of children and adolescents. These platforms are designed to hold attention in short bursts, providing quick, dopamine-triggering rewards. For young people, their brains are still developing, and prolonged exposure to this type of content limits their ability to focus for extended periods and process information deeply. Rather than engaging in activities that promote critical thinking and deep learning, children are being trained to jump from one fleeting piece of content to the next, which can affect their ability to concentrate, engage in sustained tasks, and think analytically. This disruption can also impair memory retention, as they become more conditioned to digest bite-sized pieces of information instead of comprehending larger, more complex concepts.
Another major issue is the addictive nature of smartphones. Many individuals experience a compulsive need to check their devices, even when there’s no immediate reason to do so. This “phone addiction” isn’t just about staying in touch with people; it’s about the constant flow of notifications, social media updates, and the never-ending cycle of information. It’s almost as if the device has been engineered to tap into our base instincts, creating a sense of urgency and FOMO (fear of missing out). This leads to a condition known as *nomophobia*—the fear of being without your phone. Studies have shown that this addiction to smartphones can cause anxiety, stress, and a decreased ability to focus on real-world tasks. It becomes difficult to disconnect, and the need for constant engagement can deteriorate both mental health and personal relationships. People become overly reliant on their phones for information, entertainment, and validation, and in doing so, they lose the ability to perform tasks without the constant assistance of their device.
Lastly, the overwhelming presence of smartphones and constant digital stimuli is impairing cognitive capabilities. The brain is being constantly overloaded with information, making it harder to process thoughts or engage in deep, focused thinking. When people are constantly multitasking—checking their phone while working, reading, or socializing—it’s harder to maintain cognitive clarity or think critically. Research shows that frequent smartphone use can decrease attention spans, hinder memory formation, and even slow down reaction times. This constant switching between tasks, or “task-switching,” has been shown to reduce the brain’s ability to concentrate and retain information in the long term.
In conclusion, smartphones are not just gadgets—they’re reshaping the way we think, remember, and engage with the world. While they offer tremendous convenience and connectivity, the toll they take on our cognitive abilities and mental health cannot be ignored. From shortening attention spans in children to causing addiction in adults, the very devices designed to enhance our lives are subtly degrading our capacity to think and function without them. This growing reliance on smartphones may well be contributing to a world where we are more connected, but also, paradoxically, much less cognitively engaged.
3. Should school start later?
Education is essential, but the way we structure school days may not be the most effective for learning. The traditional school schedule, with long hours and minimal breaks, often leaves students exhausted, disengaged, and unmotivated. Instead of promoting deep learning and intellectual curiosity, extended school days can lead to burnout, reduced productivity, and declining mental health. If we want to create an education system that truly benefits students, we must start school days later.
First and foremost, shorter school days would improve students’ mental health and overall well-being. Long hours of sitting in a classroom, absorbing information without sufficient breaks can be mentally exhausting. Studies have shown that excessive school hours contribute to stress, anxiety, and even depression among students. With shorter school days, students would have more time to rest, engage in hobbies, and spend quality time with family and friends—activities that are just as crucial for personal development as academic success. Instead of forcing students to power through long, draining days, we should create a system that allows them to learn efficiently while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Another major issue is that long school hours do not necessarily translate to better learning outcomes. Research suggests that productivity declines after a certain number of hours, meaning that students are not actually absorbing information effectively for the entire school day. Instead of spending hours in a passive learning environment, students would benefit from shorter, more focused school days that maximize engagement. Countries like Finland, which consistently ranks among the top in global education rankings, have shorter school hours and emphasize quality over quantity. Their success demonstrates that reducing school hours can actually enhance academic performance rather than hinder it.
Lastly, shorter school days would allow students to explore their interests outside of the classroom. With more free time, students could participate in extracurricular activities, pursue creative passions, or gain real-world experience through internships and volunteer work. These experiences are invaluable for personal growth and career development, yet many students miss out because they are confined to rigid school schedules. By shortening the school day, we would be giving students the freedom to develop skills beyond traditional academics, preparing them for a well-rounded future.
In conclusion, reducing school hours would not only improve students’ mental health but also enhance their learning efficiency and provide opportunities for personal growth. The current system prioritizes quantity over quality, often to the detriment of students’ well-being and academic success. If we truly want to foster a generation of motivated, engaged, and well-rounded individuals, it’s time to rethink the way we structure school days. A shorter school day isn’t about learning less—it’s about learning more efficiently.
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Do Smartphones Make Us Dumber
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Just wondering. Do we have to answer all the interview questions or just some of them
Also do we type up our answers for them or are they like practice questions
Hi, Annabelle.
You may do as many interview questions as you can for practice. 🙂
Ok thanks
Week 4 Writing Homework
Persuasive writing 3 topics (300 words each). Use Pathos, Logos, PECS and PESTLE:
1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
3. Should school start later?
WRITING:
Should rich countries be required to help poorer nations?
I strongly believe that rich countries should be required to help poorer nations, otherwise there is a big imbalance between the countries. The rich countries have been helped by the poorer nations with resources. This has led to poorer countries being war-ravaged, helpless, in devastating poverty, increased illnesses and diseases, undeveloped infrastructure, inadequate facilities. As a result of all this, rich countries have an obligation to correct the imbalances.
A big issue for the poorer nations is that there’s not much economic stability. Economic stability is better for children, students and the whole community. Otherwise, there will be no food, education and can create many problems. If richer countries provide money and aid, then they can help the poorer countries with infrastructure, food, cleaner water, better education and other essential services. That way it can also dramatically improve their life in the best way imaginable.
If poorer countries are helped, then it can also save many lives. For example, in the Ukraine, every hour maybe less, someone suffers. Ukraine is the second poorest country in Europe and need aid. If richer countries help, then many lives could be saved, no, billions. Help shouldn’t be something that your forced to do, it should be something that everyone should be willing to do.
In conclusion, rich countries should be required to help poorer nations as they can save millions of lives, help improve people’s lives and many more reasons. Helping other countries shouldn’t be a moral obligation, it should be mandatory.
Are smart phones making us dumber?
There is no doubt that smart phones are making us dumber. They obviously are. They reduce our cognitive capacity to learn, weaken our ability to stay focused and listen, and people get addicted to their screens. Smartphones make people overly anxious, stressed and one-sided fuelling addiction. People don’t take time to talk to people in real life that much as everyone is looking down at there screens. Phones have GPS that tells us where to go, they have reminders and notifications, messages to chat with other people and they have the internet that can just answer all our questions.
One crucial problem with phones is that it can make people so addicted that they spend all there time scrolling on their phone watching videos, messaging and more. People stop studying which results in failing class and also getting over reliant on their phones. Students can start taking shortcuts for homework, for example, students might start cheating on tests and homework and not doing it properly. They can use the internet to make their essays and give them all the answers. People start to lose their natural curiosity which is something that everyone should have.
The constant use of smart phones makes students worry a lot about their social life. They get anxious that maybe they don’t look great or maybe that they read to many books. People can change their personality over one comment. For example, if someone said to you that you are such a bookworm then maybe that person would feel bad about themselves. They’d get to anxious and start worrying that maybe they stop reading many books so that people would like them more.
Not only that but being on your smartphones all the time can make you lose interest in real life conversations. You message all the time that you don’t even bother in reality. You can start to be bad at conversations, lose focus so much that you just zone out. This just comes to show that smart phones are really wrecking us.
In conclusion, smart phones are certainly making us dumber as we tend to lose focus, start taking shortcuts with schoolwork, losing the ability to make conversations, make us addicted and over reliant. If people stop using their smart phones that much then they can start to improve. Smartphones are making us dumber by trapping us into a convenience instead of promotive cognitive growth. We need to put our technology away for a bit and take a break. Get back that natural curiosity and start some great conversations!
Should school start later?
I firmly believe that schools should start later, especially teenagers. This is because, scientific evidence shows that teenagers require 8-10 hours of sleep. If school starts early than students don’t get the amount of sleep they require, which means they will lose focus in class as students would be tired from their lack of sleep. All teachers want their students to succeed, then make school later.
Sleep is crucial for every person. I’m sure everyone likes to sleep in on the weekends and it’s much easier. On the weekends you don’t have to worry about waking up early to go to school, you can sleep as long as you want. If schools have later start times, it means that teenagers will have better attendance, better grades, better behaviour and would be less lazy. Students are more likely to arrive at school on time and feel ready to learn, creating a more efficient and productive learning experience.
In conclusion, starting school later will lead to better academic results, and students would get the right among of sleep they require. It’s an exceptionally simple change that will have a long-lasting positive impact on students and the community.
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1. Should Rich Countries Be Required to Help Poorer Nations?
Each day, 25,000 people, including more than 10,000 children, die from hunger and related causes. Some 854 million people worldwide are estimated to be undernourished, and high food prices may drive another 100 million into poverty and hunger. (United Nations). Many of these people are from poorer countries and our help is needed. Imagine you having bones sticking out of your flesh, a starving child and a family that has no healthcare. How would you feel?
To start off, one reason why rich countries should help the poorer ones is because it promotes world peace and brotherhood. If one country is helping another, there is much less of a chance of war, giving the poorer country time to recover. It’s a win for both! This leads me to my second point.
The second reason on why more well-off countries should help the poorer ones is because it will help the rich be more grateful and careful with their money. Also, according to a poll by the American Psychological Association, a large majority of people, around 89%, report feeling better after performing an act of kindness, including giving to others, with many stating they felt “significantly better” after doing so.
My last point on why developed nations should support poverty-stricken nations is because it’s a human right to have food, water, shelter and basic healthcare and schools. If richer countries fund this, the government can focus of other things like road, public transport and other types of infrastructure, which leads to less financial strain on that country or specific region.
Due to these reasons that I have stated above, this is why richer countries should aid poorer ones, no matter the circumstances.
2. Are smartphones making us dumber?
It is obvious that smartphones are making our generation dumber. If we keep going in the direction we are, in forty years, suicide rates will soar like they are already starting to do.
My first reason on why smartphones are making us dumber is it hinders our social skills. Instead of having a conversation to the old man next to us on the train, we are absorbed by the screen in front of us. This not only stops us from learning social skills, it could stop us from learning lessons that the elderly has to give. A recent study showed that 42% of teens who were on their phone lacked social skills and couldn’t strike up a conversation with any age group.
Another reason why smartphones are making us dumber is that it puts ill-advised ideas in children’s head, leading to impulsive behaviours, disrespect and potentially violence. Children do not know what to believe on social media, and without a parent helping the child to navigate the ideas that it suggests, they may be led astray.
My third point on how smartphones are making us dumber is that if children are on them late at night, their sleep cycle will change, leading to fatigue and the child not developing. A study conducted suggested that between eight and twelve pm is when the brain works on getting smarter, and if children aren’t sleeping in that time frame, it may lead to the child being stuck in academic work and not being focused on school.
Due to the three reasons that I have stated above, this is why I agree that smartphones are making us dumber, even though we may learn from them.
3. Should school start later?
It is a very debated topic on if school should start later. Today I will be informing you on why it is not good for children to start later and some of the side effects. Let us begin.
My first reason on why schools shouldn’t start later is that it could hinder learning. You see, children learn best in the morning, but if school started later, there would be less time for improvement and educational growth, leading to the child falling behind.
Additionally, it is bad for schools to start later because it doesn’t prepare the children for work life. To elaborate, many jobs start early and require you to get up at 6 am or earlier. If a child does not get used to this, they may find it hard to go to work. One person on Reddit stated that they never became used to getting up early. He simply could not biologically adapt to it because of not doing it as a child. He also said that he also experienced aching joints, a bloated stomach and cramps.
To finish, my last reason on why schools shouldn’t start later is because it could upset the balance of daily life and make it harder for kids to participate in their communities. For example, let’s say you have community sports or something else in the afternoon that you enjoy. If school started later, it would also finish later, leading to you missing out on that fun activity. It is also a hard change, because everyone’s schedules would have to move around, causing conflicts and other circumstances. Another hindrance of school starting later is that parents may not be able to drop off their kids, as they will be at work.
Due to all these reasons that I have stated above, this is why I firmly believe that schools should not start later and stick to what is working for families.
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Essay.
Why is it fair for Poorer Nations to suffer starvation and depression whilst others live in abundance? The debate of whether rich countries should help poorer nations has risen in the society. A report conducted by World Health Organization (WHO) presents that Millions of people in poor nations like Gaza suffer from preventable diseases. Some environmental experts raise the awareness of Rich countries neglecting the responsibility for aiding supplies such as water, food and education. Rich countries should certainly help Poorer Nations because of Economic benefits, Global stability and Moral Obligation.
The first reason is that helping poorer nations raises significant economic benefits. Economic benefits are when a government provides money for poorer nations on their appliances and fees like Electricity, Education. U.S governments prominently exemplify this. U.S governments aid to India by providing money for India’s agriculture, primary education and the workforce. As you can see rich countries should help Poorer nations because of economic benefits.
Additionally, helping poor nations raises global stability. Global stability helps country combat environmental issues, wars and food. Norway strongly shows this. Conflicts between Israel and Palestinians have arisen many times, and Norway created the Oslo Accords for future negotiations. Besides Global Stability includes giving food, education to one another to make sure every country has a same economy. Therefore, rich countries helping poor nations is pivotal for global stability.
Last but not least, helping poor nations presents Moral Obligation. Moral obligation refers to a duty or responsibility that arises from ethical principles, values, or a sense of right and wrong. For instance, Germany aiding Ukraine, showing justice and personal rights. All in all, rich countries should help poorer nations.
To sum up, rich nations should help poorer nations via Economic benefits, Global stability and Moral Obligation. If wealthier nations can fund wars and luxury, but not clean water and medicine for the dying, then the real poverty is in their morality.