Teens and Technology Addiction

In the past five years, parents have watched with horror as teenagers have become permanently attached to their
ipods, cellphones, and laptops. A teenager today spends up to three times as long staring at a screen (television or
computer) than teenagers ten years ago. In an effort to remind teenagers that technology is not essential to life,
some parents are rationing out screen time for the week. Other parents don't allow their children to watch any
television during the school week. Some families are even taking week-long camping trips in which no technology
is allowed at all--even a cell phone. The struggle to break technology dependency is constant.

What is the claim of this passage?

A) Modern technology is causing teenagers' grades to drop significantly.

B) Cellphones are useful to both teenagers and adults.

C) Cellphones are ruining society.

D) The struggle to break technology dependency is constant.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey. what theme is supported by the excerpt? 1. it is important to see new sights. 2. people should indulge their curiosities. 3. it is wise to follow the counsel of trusted friends. 4. people should trust their instincts.

What is the problem with the following sentence: cameron, who has an extreme and unreasonable suspicion of other people and their motives, suffers from paranoia which is a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur, was absolutely sure that someone was following him even though he was absolutely alone and hadn't seen a car for miles and miles.

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.