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  1. Dec 2016
    1. Even cursory fans became invested in the home run races, especially in 1998 when McGwire shattered Roger Maris' 37-year-old single season home run record. Jerseys flew off the shelves, games sold out and baseball was so exciting that some have gone so far as to claim it ruined post-steroid baseball.

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    2. A huge part of watching sports is witnessing the very peak of human athletic ability, and legalizing performance enhancing drugs would help athletes climb even higher.

      true

    1. So is cheating here to stay? Drugs areagainst the rules. But we define therules of sport. If we made drugs legaland freely available, there would be nocheating

      true

  2. Nov 2016
    1. Dress code means that all the college students should wear one type or pattern of uniform that is introduced by college

      what would happoen if didn't follow the dress code

  3. Oct 2016
    1. students who come from stressful, low-income environments might have a particularly hard time developing gritty characteristics.

      i think that people from low income familys would want to be passionate and hard working so they dont have to live with low income when they have a family of their own

    2. Thrivers were significantly more likely to use words such as “trustworthy,” “wise” and “helpful” to describe their future selves, while divers were more likely to use words like “tough,” “man” and “rich.” While thrivers dreamed about contributing to society or helping others, divers were more likely to cite wealth or success in business as their goals.

      even though this is judgmental i find it very interesting that divers who want to be rich and successful are divers

    3. Other personality traits, such as agreeableness (being kind and empathetic toward others), openness to new ideas (being imaginative and curious) or emotional stability (not being anxious or easily upset), did not appear to matter much in determining whether people were thrivers or divers. Instead, the traits related to work-study habits seemed to be the most predictive.

      didn't think that these traits have anything to do with being a thriver or diver anyways

    4. divers were less likely to describe themselves as organized or detail-oriented, less likely to say that they are prepared, that they follow a schedule or that they get work done right away. Divers were also more likely to say they crammed for exams and more likely to score highly on measures of impatience.

      there's nobody but yourself to push you to do your work. so when it comes to school work you need to take responsibility and do your work

    1. The book also contained reports linking Bonds to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), a San Francisco company that had been identified as a major hub for steroids and other PEDs. 32 BALCO founder, Victor Conte, created designer steroids which were so new that they were undetectable by drug testing.

      used in third paragraph

    1. The reason being steroids have tremendous benefits including increased muscle strength, increased body size, and increased healing rates.

      used in second paragraph

    1. As players who played during the steroids era retire and become eligible for the Hall of Fame, players linked to steroid use have often fallen short of election.

      used in finale paragraph

    2. While just three players reached the 50-home run mark in any season between 1961 and 1994, many sluggers would start to surpass that number in the mid-90s.

      used in thirs paragraph

    1. Baseball players are under extreme amounts of pressure to play at their highest level, with money and fame often attached to good athletic performance.

      used in second paragraph

    1. “The key aspect of this phase of education is moving beyond the familiar notion of information technology simply as the means to deliver content and e-learning.”

      everyone is using technology for learning

    1. participation in the learning community seems to enhance the quality of studentlearning. By learning together everyone’s understanding and knowledge is, in the eyes of theparticipants, enriched. As this student puts it “We not only learn more, we learn better.

      learning better is always great

  4. Sep 2016
    1. As I flipped through my twelve pages of information, I began thinking about how technology integrated into the classroom could make our academic careers easier and more enriching.

      technology could make academic careers easier. a lot of people can use technology to do many things and help them be very successful

    1. We report on two large studies conducted in advanced algebra classrooms in the US, which evaluated the effect of replacing traditional algebra 2 curriculum with an integrated suite of dynamic interactive software, wireless networks and technology-enhanced curriculum on student learning.

      a lot of people hate algebra so making it more interesting to support students in success by adding technology into learning is great thing.

    1. As observers in both the popular media and academia have pointed out, institutions of higher education haveincreasingly begun to rethink the way in which teaching and learning occurs on their campuses in response tothe matriculation of digital-age students, often referred to as the Net Gen or Millennials (Howe and Strauss2000; Oblinger and Oblinger 2005). Computer and networked communication have become socially andculturally embedded throughout our students' lives. Students not only consume the elements of a digitallifestyle, but also play a role in the production of "social practices that are evolving beyond the school withindigitally saturated milieux" (Lankshear and Knobel 2003, 175)

      Technology these days have begun to increase and that everyone uses some sort of technology. Making it easy for people to learn, professors will use technology in classroom activities

    1. These legislative efforts stress the need to protect students when they’re online, safeguarding their data from advertisers as well as from unscrupulous people and companies.

      many people steal students identity online. its good government is trying to stop this