Mass media and the internet have caused people’s attention spans to get shorter. However, the overall effect has been positive: while people are less able to focus on one thing, they more than make up for it with an enhanced ability to sort through large quantities of information and find what’s important.
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Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
In 1964, Arthur C Clarke predicted,"By the time our children grow up, we will be having computers and devices that can fit on a desk. They will have all the information they need at their fingertips. And they will take it for granted as much as we do the telephone!" Fast forward about 60 years later, and his prescient statement has indeed come to pass. But is this ubiquitous availability of information indeed the golden ticket? Or is it having a negative effect on those who use and have become quite dependent on it? Let us discuss.
First off, we often hear so many sensational statistics and comparisons related to attention span. "The average time a 15 year old can remain focused on a videohas gone down has gone down from 1 minute to a mere 20 seconds!", "Studies show that the information retention capacity of a young adoloscent has precipitated drastically" and so on. This negative spin on lowering attention spans is sometimes aimed directly at the younger generations, implicating them of being less brighter and hard working compared to older generations. Reducing attention spans is a pervasive problem; and there are a glut of statistics and studies backing it up. But does not a lower attention span mean we can collimate our cerebral energy into what is more important and interesting to us, rather than just taking it all in? If we expend all of our concentration span on Shawn Mendes' and Camila Cabello's breakup story, we might end up not giving our much needed attention to things that do matter to us, such as tips on cracking the GRE and ToEFL exams! So, in short shorter attention spans may not be such a big deal as it is made out to be.
Then, we do have the controversial topic of "multi-tasking", claimed to be an excuse to pretend like you have got your hands full, when the reality is probably a dire lack of attention on each one of our "tasks". Admittedly, this is a ubiquitous problem. But so is being too parochial in our approach to gaining knowledge and insight. This is especially so when you are at a young age. Let us consider a bunch of children living in rural areas, attempting to clear the Engineering Entrance Examination. Since this is a difficult exam, the pupils have to live an ascetic life, eschewing internet and other forms of distraction. Many a time, these students clear the entrance examination with flying colours, only to come to the horrific realization that they were never interested in engineering in the first place. They were never really aware of the eclectic opportunities outside engineering, due to the lack of information available to them. On the other hand, there might be a lesser chance of this happening in an urban setting, where children would mostly be keeping abreast of information online, and also have friends and connections through which they can explore the umpteen opportunities out there, and choose what they love.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 35, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
In 1964, Arthur C Clarke predicted,'By the time our children grow up, we wi...
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Line 3, column 493, Rule ID: LESS_COMPARATIVE[1]
Message: Non-standard use of the comparative or superlative. Did you mean 'less bright'?
Suggestion: less bright
... generations, implicating them of being less brighter and hard working compared to older gene...
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Line 3, column 620, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'gluts'?
Suggestion: gluts
...is a pervasive problem; and there are a glut of statistics and studies backing it up...
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Line 5, column 108, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to like'
Suggestion: to like
...os;, claimed to be an excuse to pretend like you have got your hands full, when the ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, really, second, so, then, in short, such as, what is more, in the first place, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 49.0 33.0505617978 148% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 12.9106741573 163% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2464.0 2235.4752809 110% => OK
No of words: 502.0 442.535393258 113% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90836653386 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7334296765 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.15370795652 2.79657885939 113% => OK
Unique words: 289.0 215.323595506 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575697211155 0.4932671777 117% => OK
syllable_count: 774.0 704.065955056 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 10.0 1.77640449438 563% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 80.6347269089 60.3974514979 134% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.333333333 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9047619048 23.4991977007 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.85714285714 5.21951772744 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.97078651685 60% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.14637369468 0.243740707755 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0406052405642 0.0831039109588 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0321332287484 0.0758088955206 42% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0987124213023 0.150359130593 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0119772329471 0.0667264976115 18% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.1392134831 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 48.8420337079 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 117.0 100.480337079 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.