The Value of Proper Interpretations

7/28/2019 The Value of Proper Interpretations

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SAMPLE QUESTION (1)Technology

simplifies our lives

to the point ofaddiction. Discuss.


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TECHNOLOGY

SIMPLIFIES

the applications of science in the form of tools,

devices, programmes

that affect many aspects

of our lives

convenient

less tedious

fewer steps takes a shorter time

less complicated

not requiring specific oradvanced skill orknowledge

easy for laymans use


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Interpretations + Thesis Statement

How much technology do we use in a typical day ? We needour water heaters for warm showers, and air conditioners for our

summery nights. We use kitchen equipment to blend, mix, knead and

bake. We send text messages more than we make house calls. We take

the trains or our cars instead of walk. When we get to work, we are

productive because of computers and printers. Even in schools,children learn complex abstract concepts using simulated animation.

Technology makes so many things so easy. One of the questions that

have arisen because of this miracle of technology is this : Have we

become tech-addicts? My opinion is that many people in

developed societies today have. They even display the signs ofaddiction to prove it. They are over-reliant on technology, cannot

function properly or independently without it, put up with harm to

use it and would probably face terrible upheavals in their lives if it

is withdrawn from them.


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Sample Points / Topic Sentences1. When tech makes completing tasks convenient do not know

how to do things without it2. Being reliant on technatural abilities are dulled

3. When we become so used to using tech put up with harm to

use it

4. The joy we get from the ease that tech bringswant more and

more, even when we do not really need

5. Simplified life due to tech things go terribly wrong when the

tech fails, or is absent

6. (counterpoint)efforts to counter the problems oftechaddiction

promote enjoyment of non-tech activities

7. (Resolut ion) Despite efforts to use less technology, the fact

remains that the default way we live is technology-driven.

Normalising the use of something that looks like an enhancement,

but is actually detrimental and keeps us enslaved to it is none other

than an addiction.


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SAMPLE QUESTION (2)Discuss the

importance of mass

mediawith respectto education today.


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Education, formal or informal, ismeant for the holistic development ofthe human being

Schools may have other aims as well

e.g. Public schools have social ornational aims

EDUCATION


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MASS MEDIA Diversified platforms that reach out to large audiences

newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, the internet etc.

IMPORTANCE FOR EDUCATION ?

oMass media can DELIVER, REINFORCE or

UNDERMINE the messages / aims / values ofeducation

oDepends on the agenda of those who own themass media

oDepends when whether educators and learnersthemselves can take what is good from the massmedia, and learn from what is bad


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INTERPRETATIONS + THESIS STATEMENT

In the past decades, people in modernsocieties have witnessed the growing influence of massmedia on many aspects of their lives. One of thoseaspects is education, a key institution in all societies. Ithink that mass media can be of great importanceto education because it can help reinforce some ofthe values, messages and aims of education.However, I recognise that some of their objectives canalso be divergent. In cases of such conflicts of interest,

mass media could very well undermine what goodeducation stands for and thus educators and learnersmust manage this clash so the aims of education are notcompromised.


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POINTS / TOPIC SENTENCES1. Education teaches values ; mass media can reiterate

2. Mass media knowledge beyond the textbook

3. Public broadcasting and public education system ensure that

their messages are aligned at specific junctures esp. for

social and national aims

4. (counterpoint)Mass media is associated with consumeristculture (excess, frivolity, hedonism, superficiality etc.) VS

Educations wholesomeness

5. (counterpoint)Mass media (more varied ideas, some even

anti-establishment) VS controlled environment in schools or

home impact of socio-cultural and national aims

6. (Resolut ion)By using media content, responsible education

prepares learners to critically engage the media-saturated

world they live in.


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SAMPLE QUESTION (3)It is impossible to

spend qualitytimewith the family

today. How true isthis ?


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Parents, children,grandparents & otherrelatives

Considered a buildingblock of society

A means through whichvalues are transmitted

Provides the primarysupport system for eachindividual

family quality time Time to bond, have fun

Focus on the family, and noton other things

Get to know family membersmore deeply by doing thingstogether and talking


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INTERPRETATIONS + THESIS STATEMENT

Ill be home late today. A text message like this from abusy family member may be something that many peoplehave grown accustomed to in this day and age. More oftenthan not, family members are understanding andaccommodate each other in such hectic periods. However,this loss of time with the family can lead to seriousconsequences that begin with family members driftingapart so subtly and gradually. Families need a two-stepapproach to keeping close. The first is to make more timefor each other. The second is to make whatever time spenttogether quality time. The latter step is particularlynecessary when busyness cannot be avoided. It isundoubtedly a challenge to work towards gettingquality time, but not entirely impossible.


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