The column i read was called "For better vision, kids need the outdoors. This is talking about how kids using technology generally have bad vision for it. She says that we need to spend less time on electronics, and spend more time outside. My favorite line is "In the U.S. alone, the percentage of people ages 12 to 54 who are nearsighted- meaning unable to see things clearly at a distance-rose from 25 percent in the early 1970sto 42 percent now" I like this because she tells us cold hard evidence to support her "claim." It uses hyphens to pause the sentence but also to let it extend. Instead of two periods and 3 sentences, there are two hyphens and one big sentence to support her. She is a very formal writer, she gives her opinion, but then backs it up with good evidence.
Questions:
1. did you take English in college, or is writing another thing you like as well as something else?
2. Do you have kids of your own?
3.(goes with the 2nd) Are your kids what inspired you to do the column? If not, what did?
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