Category: Writing

You gave a great explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of video games. I agree that video games help children to develop hand eye cordination. Video games can be a way of relieving stress for some children. In my opinion video games can be good or bad depending on the content of the game, the freqencey they are played, and the childs response to them. Many parents don’t monitor their childs use of video games and use them as a way to keep thier child occupied and thats when they become unhealthy. Comment as you see fit. Min 40 words or more

4. Having finished his lunch, Chuck got up from his table in the student center. Then he noticed the new girl from his calculus class walking toward him with a lunch tray in her hands. “Maybe she’s coming over to sit with me,” he thought, quickly sitting back down.a. Chuck is afraid he is going to be late for his next class.b. Chuck decides that he is still hungry and wants to get more food.c. Chuck is interested in the girl and wants to talk to her.

Task: Write a narrative essay in 200 – 250 words (personal story).Think of meaningful experiences you have shared with close friends or relatives. These might be times when you and another person faced a dangerous situation, had an adventure, or just did something fun. Choose one topic.Instructions? Write a narrative essay about one of the experiences mentioned above, making sure you get across why the event was significant to you. Include the settings, main events, feelings and reactions to the experience.? Your essay should have 200 – 220 words.? Your essay should have 3 parts: Introduction – Body – Conclusion.o Introduce the setting, the people involved, and the situationo Sequence events so they build on one another from beginning to end.o Add vivid details, descriptions and sensory language.o Provide a satisfactory conclusion and include your personal reflections on what happened.o Use the first pronouns (I, we).
? Use the simple past tense? Include dialogues – direct speech (simple present tense)? Use adjectives and adverbs? Use transitions/linking words and time expressions? Be careful about capital letters, punctuation and spelling of common words.

Read the case “For the Birds”, and answer to the set of questions 1-9:
1. “Is this an example of a system failure or a system success?” Why or why not?
2. What is “the system”?
3. How did the “problem” and related “system(s)” evolve from the time the aircraft departed the runway until the crew and passengers were safe and the post-event forensics were completed?
4. Did the definition of the system boundaries change dynamically?
5. Who are the stakeholders?
6. Who is (are) the decision maker(s)?
7. In “designing” this system (however it was designed), what were the important design considerations?
8. What are the metrics?
9. How were alternatives generated and evaluated—during the design of the “system” and during the resolution of “the problem”?
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