Attention Span
8.5 seconds now; 12 seconds in 2000; 30 minutes in 1980.
What is the average human attention span?
"How R U?" belongs...
What is to a text to a friend; not in an email to your professor?
If someone says something snarky about the instructor...
What is don't repeat it out loud?
The foundation of the essay
What is the thesis?
The key to being happy I
What is being kind throughout the day?
Social media & cell phones
What are the #1 contributors to lowering attention spans?
% who read at least one book a year in the United States?
What is, In 2022, 48.5% of adults reported reading at least one book for pleasure, down from 52.7% five years earlier?
Pew Research Institute
Chatting when the instructor is talking means...
You aren't hearing what the professor is saying
You are interrupting the education of those around you (you should see their looks and hear their email complaints about you)
You are being RUDE
The word "and"
What is a word that should be used sparingly; when more than two in a sentence, stop and ask yourself?
The key to being happy II
What is being comfortable with - even craving - time alone in your head?
Average GPA of user of social media
Average GPA of non-user of social media
Percentage of those texting in the United States.
What is, according to the Pew Research Center, 81% of Americans regularly text?
If your dad/mom/grandpa/grandma calls during class...
Wait or quietly leave the class and carry on the conversation there.
The structure of the essay
What are the thesis and topic sentences
The key to being happy III
What is writing down a flexible 5-year plan, and making it a main factor in decision-making?
The primary negative effect of a lower attention span
What is productivity?
Global ranking of U.S. literacy...
The United States ranks 125th out of 194 countries in literacy rate, which is the percentage of the population over 15 who can read and write.
National Literacy Institute - 2023
Flaking in group work means...
You need to remember how you feel about it inside, don't repeat it again, and then let it go. Don't beat yourself up over the break. Come back determined to never do it again.
"Decorating" the essay
What are the sources, examples, details
The key to being happy IV
What is: Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Democritus
#1 Reason for being fired
Poor Work Performance (low productivity due to low attention span due to overuse of phone and social media)
GET THE POINT?!!!
Different from texting and helpful in an essay for reader clarification...
What is 2 spaces after a period?
When you have basically blown it throughout the semester grade-wise...
Own it.
The best writing pearl of wisdom that you heard in this class this semester...
Always read the previous sentences (at least 5-7) in the paragraph before writing the next sentence!!!!!!
They key to being happy V
It is Making someone laugh or smile every day!