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Growing up

             Tv is used as an escape from the daily grinds of everyday life. The hours we spend in front of the screen is more than just what show is on. Television sparks imgaination and creativity and brings us into a fantasy world. Ever since television got popular in the 1950s, it has not slowed down since then. EVeryone starts watching TV at an young age which helps shape their thinking. It is the foundation of which learning and thinking is done. Ther is not a lot of vast communication between young kids or even teenagers. Other than the people in a community, TV is the only other outlet in which a person sees and learns about different type of things. With TV programs expanding and diversifying every since its inventino, there is something out there for everyone. Watching Tv becomes second nature after a while because it is a regular part of everyone's routine. Watching TV is so addicting because it takes no effort. .
             Writing is often associated with school which leads to work and energy. Writing is something that takes creativity and imagintation. Watching hours of TV takes aways from our originatlity because other people are controlling what is going on. Many people do not escape the fantasy world of TV after they stop watching TV. Some people watch TV so much that they start expecting things in TV to start happening in the real world. Its easy to get caught up in the fantasy world of TV where everything is controlled and presented in a certain type of format. With the expansion of more TV networks setting up different shows, TV will always be popular. With so many people watching TV, television is a multibillion dolllar industry. ADvertisers and TV executives are put into a position of great power. .
             Since Tv takes so little effort, people spend hours in front of the TV. Watching TV starts taking its toll on the brain. Thinking and reasoning is not done as much because the person is just sitting in front of a TV screen absorbing the information.


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1. Growing Up

After long hours of contemplating what I should choose as my personal statement in order to gain admission to (name of college or university) I decided on the one thing that I have wanted to hurry up and happen but now wish would slow down just a little bit Growing Up. ... I chose growing up as my personal statement because as I sit with applications in front of me I realize that these years cannot be taken back and have gone too quickly. ... I realized that I am not done growing up and doubt I ever will be and all that I have accomplished is growing out of the first phase of my life. ... If...

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  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

2. hold's growing pain --the Catcher in the Rye

It is the growing pain of Holden .It is also the growing pain of human. ... Because adolescent' s growing trouble is very common in nowadays and let them grow up healthily is very important to the future of human. ... But someone can change the pain into strength and grow up healthily. ... Adolescent grow up healthily are very important for a nation. ... If they can' t grow up healthily and happily, the world has no future. ...

  • Word Count: 678
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Growing up

Growing up is something that every human must go through. ... I personally and very excited to grow up and experience all the things that everyone goes through in life. ... As you grow older you become a teenager. ... Also I am very excited to grow up and experience all the things I have yet to experience. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

4. Growing up

"Growing Up" by Russell Baker One of the most critical economic periods in the United States history was the Great Depression, which occurred in between the two world wars. ... "Growing Up" by Russell Baker is an autobiography on the problems he and his family endured during this era. ... While the United States is vastly changing from war to war, Russell tells his story of growing up in an extremely devastating environment. ... Mother didn't want to give Audrey away and "break up her family... Elders, such as Russell's "PaPa", talked about how growing up in their day was a beaut...

  • Word Count: 1814
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Growing Up

Russell Baker's Growing Up is a depiction of the lives of Russell Baker and his family as they faced the Great Depression. ... He ended up having diabetes in 1918, when insulin was still unknown. ... They learned coping skills and learned never to give up. ... Because of this, Russell was forced to grow up fast . ... In reading Russell Baker's Growing Up, I was so glad that I had the opportunity to read it. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 6
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6. Growing Up

He perceives that football is a man's sport and that it toughens one up not only for sports, but later on in life as well. ... You see, football was really sparking up in the sixties, but people didn't play for glory, they played for the love of the game. ... When he first started playing during his seventh grade year he played noseguard because he was short, slow, and fat but as he grew older and more mature, he turn into an athlete instead of a fat guy on the line taking up space. ... A turning point in his football career came when he had to face up head to head with the bigges...

  • Word Count: 423
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Growing Up

Growing up with two older brothers, one younger brother and two younger sisters, you would think I would have experienced relationships with them. ... People say we look exactly alike and I looked up to many aspects of him. ... Camp was four hours long, and Mom was always there to pick me up. That night Dave, my stepfather, was there to pick me up. ... That night Chad had gone to a halfway house (A place for kids to discuss their problems) and had my real dad drive three hours from Indiana to come and pick him up. ...

  • Word Count: 658
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

8. Haddon and the Struggles of Growing Up

As he grows older, he learns different ways of becoming socially intelligent. ... As Christopher grows older, he does things that other people might find different. Christopher explained, "He held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. I held up my left hand and spread my fingers out in a fan and we made our fingers and thumb touch each other. ... Lastly, everyone grows up and becomes more mature. ...

  • Word Count: 1047
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

9. Growing Up with Diabetes

The most difficult challenge I have ever faced is growing up with diabetes. I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was only thirteen months old, so growing up dealing diabetes is all I have ever known. ... As a young child growing up, I would see everyone around me eating and enjoying foods that I knew that I could not or should not eat; it made me feel a little left out. ... For a long time I had to wake up early every morning to take my medicine and eat, no matter if it was the weekend or we were out of school on break. ... All things considered, growing up dealing with diabetes has defin...

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  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

10. Jem Growing Up

Just like caterpillars emerge into beautiful butterflies, Jem undergoes the same transformation throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird in which he grows up and matures. ... He gets into a number of mischiefs in Maycomb, including the time when Jem, Scout and Dill invades the Radley backyard to get a view of Boo Radley, but that is all part of growing up. ... "What's up?" ... Growing up is just the beginning. ... Growing up is all about learning lessons and maturing into an adult. ...

  • Word Count: 1124
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

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