Luvshaggies's List: Team B ware dispute

• There are many areas where people simply give up at doing things themselves. For simple addition problems people will often whip out their phones to use the calculators on them. It simply requires less effort than doing it themselves.
• An individual has the choice between spending hours memorizing complex equations and large amounts of information, or they could simply type their question into Google and let either some more driven individual or a computer answer their questions for them.
• My proposition is that technology does not slow the mind in any way, but instead make people lose their work ethic. Therefore they appear less intelligent.

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• They believe that students’ habitual use of shorthand is affecting their ability to write grammatically correct sentences – a skill they need not only to write term papers but one that will serve them their entire life.
• “They do not capitalize words or use punctuation anymore,” says Terry Wood, a teacher with 10 years of in-class experience
• [Texting] is becoming such a problem that teachers must explain why using the shortcut language is not acceptable in the business world,
• “Admissions officers have shared with me that a lot of the essays they’re encountering now are deeply rooted in this technological culture of cut-off sentences where you’re writing like you speak. After the first few sentences, college admissions professionals toss them to the side.”¹
• Reports like this suggest that the younger generation is not as smart as it used to be when it comes to basic decorum for important life skills such as applying to college or for a job

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• According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 55 percent of college presidents declared that there was a noticeable increase in the numbers of plagiarized works in their colleges. Of that 55 percent, 89 percent stated that the growth of technology was a significant contributor to this increase.
• According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 55 percent of college presidents declared that there was a noticeable increase in the numbers of plagiarized works in their colleges. Of that 55 percent, 89 percent stated that the growth of technology was a significant contributor to this increase.
• According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 55 percent of college presidents declared that there was a noticeable increase in the numbers of plagiarized works in their colleges. Of that 55 percent, 89 percent stated that the growth of technology was a significant contributor to this increase.
• According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 55 percent of college presidents declared that there was a noticeable increase in the numbers of plagiarized works in their colleges. Of that 55 percent, 89 percent stated that the growth of technology was a significant contributor to this increase.
• According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 55 percent of college presidents declared that there was a noticeable increase in the numbers of plagiarized works in their colleges. Of that 55 percent, 89 percent stated that the growth of technology was a significant contributor to this increase.
• Technology has brought about another simple way to transmit information: purchasing online essays.
• Technology has brought about another simple way to transmit information: purchasing online essays.
• Technology has brought about another simple way to transmit information: purchasing online essays.

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