Search the Community

TOPIC : Six months ago the region of Forestville increased the speed limit for vehicles traveling on the region's highways by ten miles per hour. Since that change took effect, the number of automobile accidents in that region has increased by 15 percent. But the speed limit in Elmsford, a region neighboring Forestville, remained unchanged, and automobile accidents declined slightly during the same six-month period. Therefore, if the citizens of Forestville want to reduce the number of automobile accidents on the region's highways, they should campaign to reduce Forestville's speed limit to what it was before the increase. ESSAY : The conclusion of the above argument , ' if the citizens of Forestville want to reduce the number of automobile accidents on the region's highways, they should reduce Forestville's speed limit to what is was before the increase' rests weakly on four primary assumptions. Turning first to the count on the number of accidents, a scale of 15percent is a very less margin. If the region consists of only 20 citizens, and an increase of 15percent accident rate on previously measured count of 2, the count now just increases by approximately 1 which is a very less count. Secondly, having mentioned the increase in speed limit on the 'region's highway', the author is in support of accidents due to overspeeding, rather than looking into the point weather a person is walking on these roads blindly. It is because of this carelessness of this walking person, that the automobile driver might tend to loose control which could result into an accident. The author here fails to mention the nature and intensity of any accident that has occured. It might be that due to an increase in population in Forestville, there might be more people walking on the roads due to which there might be cases arising in which it is the fault of the person walking on the road. Rather than blaming the pedestrian, the author is accusing the automobile driver. Lastly, the author also does not take into consideration the decrease in poplulation in Elmsford, if any. Failing to take this memo into consideration, this might also be another reason for him to believe the decline in the automobile accidents over the period of six-month. Finally, some other factors could also be an involvement of a speeding and unaware animal in the accident or an unexpected natural disaster causing the automobile driver to loose control. In sum, it stands that the author's argument is weak in favor of reducing the speed limit in Forestville to its previous limit.

TOPIC : "Both the development of technological tools and the uses to which humanity has put them have created modern civilizations in which loneliness is ever increasing." ESSAY : In today's fast growing world, technology does have its impact on the modern civilizations. Although it has several disadvantages in the field of environmental and health issues, it has more advantages towards the easy lifestyle a human could ever have. It is because of the modern technological tools which are increasing in both quality and quantity, we humans using them do benefit from them. One such way in which they help us is by decreasing our loneliness amongst one another. I am presenting three examples before you which i feel convincing enough for us to use the modern technological tools. Firstly, due to the increase in the academic as well as corporate competition in today's generations, we tend to move away from our homes to some another locality. Having moved here, we tend to get lonely at times. But, by using modern devices like a web-camera or a microphone with the aid of an internet connection and a compatible computer system, we are able to communicate with our loved ones within no time. Using modern technological devices like a cellphone also helps us decrease our loneliness. Also, having devices like radio and television sets, people using them are less lonely as compared to people not using them. Having mentioned earlier, due to the increase in distances because of various reasons, one might feel the need to visit his/her relatives, friends or even some places where he would love to spend some time thinking about special moments. Inorder to decrease this loneliness, use of modern technological vehicles like a car, bike or an airplane for example would help him him reach his desired place in a relatively less amount of time as he would without the aid of any of these. In the earlier generations, having nearly no means of transporting a parcel to another location other than to transfer it by land and on foot, if someone would be missing the company of a desired person and wished to interact with him/her through any sort of a parchment or a letter, it would nearly take this letter 3-4 months to be delivered on the other side of the globe. Whereas, in today's modern civilization, availing the use of faster means of communication like delivering the letter by using airways as a medium, it takes nearly one-fourth of the time it took earlier. Hence, decreasing the wait for the arrival in letter would mean decrease in loneliness . Clearly, by stating the above examples, we see that despite of technology having its disadvantages in other fields, it certainly has its advantages in the field of communication thus preventing loneliness from increasing.