When people think about multitasking, it’s usually claimed as a helpful ‘skill’ to learn for both work and personal environments. As for me, I can’t really function that way because it would lead to my thoughts going into a spiral- it’s just more preferable to get things done one at a time. That’s why I agree with Travis Bradberry’s “Multitasking Damages Your Brain and Career, New Studies Suggest” since he makes an astounding point about the negatives of this skill. Although I will note that Bradberry (to me at least) comes off a little bit aggressive with his insulting yet strong claims. But in light of those claims, Bradberry has managed to provide ample evidence to prove his statements. And through his writings, it almost feels like he’s having a conversation between the audience rather than just providing information for them. Something that I believe everyone should take from this article is this: yes, it’s bad to multitask but if it was your last resort to catch up deadlines or completing assignments on time- then it’s okay to use it.
I’ll admit, college writing is weird and there are many structures of writing that we students must both learn and adapt to. Unfortunately, there are still a few numbers of students who have major issues when trying to understand how college writing works. But does anyone realize that we have all been learning something about this topic through the screens of our phones? Ann N. Amicucci explains this idea very well in her article “Four Things Social Media Can Teach You about College Writing—and One Thing It Can’t“. One aspect of this article that I enjoy the most is how well Amicucci is able to transfer the language of social media (i.e., abbreviations, hashtags, filters, etc.) into the languages of scholarly writing. It’s a very powerful strategy to get her audience develop knowledge about college level writing. While there are a lot of articles that attempt to use a similar strategy- I think Amicucci pulled it off better.
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