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Children and Television: Educational or Detrimental

Children and the amount of television they watch has always been an ongoing issue. Just like video games, many people suspect that both provide an easy access to violence and unfamiliar concepts. Is that all television is? Mindless violence? Or …

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Practice Gun Safety, Your Life Depends on It

 

One weekend I tagged along with my parents as they met up with a few of my fathers co-workers.  This wasn’t my typical preference for weekend fun, but it was quite enjoyable witnessing my parents take a break and …

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School Destroys Creativity!

After reading the article “I Can’t Think” by  Sharon Begley, I began researching the issue at hand, are we doing too much? After reading plenty of articles and watching numerous videos on a somewhat similar topic, I stumbled upon a …

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New Generation of Less is More Reading

We are shifting into a world where reading is old technology. Books used to be the new technology, but throughout the many years, they have been replaced by a newer technology. We’ve slowly started to try and condense our readings …

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One Laptop Per Child Doesn’t Yield Results

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization that prides itself on attempting to advance the education of disadvantaged children in poor/third-world countries. They do this by providing each child with a laptop. They don’t exactly give out Apple

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Obama plans to keep costly college expenses at bay

Good news for college students: President Obama plans to implement a new college affordability plan, which includes expanding student financial aid, providing assistance to colleges that strive to keep tuition down, and cutting costs from those that do the opposite. …

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