What do you think about McGill’s statement?
Learning Goal: I’m working on a english writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.InstructionsI. STEP ONE Read the following passage by Bryant McGill, a human potential thought leader, activist, author, social entrepreneur, and one of the world’s top social media influencers around the world. You may want to highlight and/or underline the key words and take some notes on the margins. What do you think about McGill’s statement?
Do you agree with him? Why?
Is there a particular phrase or sentence that resonates with you? Why or why not?
II. STEP TWO Write a short essay in which you respond to the passage below.In the introduction, briefly summarize the passage and include YOUR POSITION on the issue (thesis statement). In the body, include 2-3 short paragraphs, each presenting and supporting a different point that directly supports YOUR thesis statement. introduction, 2-3 body paragraphs, short cunclusion Before you begin, take a few minutes to think about your response and organize your ideas.HERE IS THE PASSAGE for you read:There are so many people in need, who are quietly hovering near the abysmal edges of emotional bankruptcy. Life is dynamic, and it can be ugly. Thomas Hobbes wrote in Leviathan that life was, “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” And Henry Thoreau wrote in Walden that, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Too many people are living those lives of quiet desperation. This is one of the reasons so many people anesthetize themselves with a never-ending, gluttonous consumption of mass entertainment, television, technology, and fruitless consumerism. The rise of technology, corporatism and consumerism has slowly smothered out a way of relating to the world that seems to be almost lost forever—analogue and in person. Along with the rise of technology has come a very strange arrogance. There are so many disillusioned and disconnected people out there prancing around because of the powerful technology they use, but what do they really use it for? We have these shiny, almost magical things, but are we really happier, or wiser? While much of the technology we are senselessly addicted to promise us greater connectedness, people are more isolated, disconnected, and lonely than ever before in history.
Requirements: intro- 2-3 paragraphs – cunclusion